East Boston Tunnel Links Old State House to Modern Transit Hub
Boston adds the East Boston tunnel to its transit system, transforming the ancient State Street building into a major underground station serving East Boston and Winthrop. The site, dating back to 1634, housed markets and government, later hosting Hancock’s inauguration and the colonial general court. The project extends Boston Elevated Railway lines, creating a vast commuter network for Greater Boston and mass travel to Cambridge.
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Boston
East
Winthrop
Massachusetts
John Hancock
Commonwealth
Boston Historical Society
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Greater
Chicago Chronicle
Cambridge
Tate House
United States
Vto
New England
Middle States
Balloon ascents exceed ten thousand meters in Europe
Balloon records report manned and unmanned flights across Europe with Blue Hill kite observations in this country. The highest heights include Trupes near Paris at 16,000 and 14,800 meters and Itteville near Paris at 11,200 and 10,800 meters. Zurich balloons reached 13,000 meters.
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British Islands
Blue Hill Observatory
Trupes
Paris
Itteville
Zurich
Plans for Glass Bank Building in Des Moines
Des Moines national bank officials receive plans from Q E Eastman for a glass bank building in a classic design. The proposal features a steel framework with two walls of opalescent wire glass, fire resistance, and extensive use of marble and glass interiors. Walls would be nearly windowless with columns of glass forming bays, reducing outer wall costs by a quarter to a third versus stone or brick.
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National Bank of Des Moines
Des Moines
Q. E. Eastman
Des Moines National Bank
Walnut Street
Sixth Street
Eastman
Roach Starts a Fire in St Louis
A fire began when a man described as a large roach attempted to set fire to J. C. Woodman’s house at 5105 Kensington Avenue. The incident, reported by the Daily Fire Reporter, involved a girl using lighted matches to find roaches, leading the roach to ignite woodwork after fleeing through a partition. Fire units contained the blaze with slight loss. The tale, deemed a freak by agents, sparked humorous speculation about roaches and girls collaborating in arson.
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Lowia
J. C. Woodman
Kensington Avenue
Coek Roach
Daily Fire Reporter
St. Louis
Young lawmakers reveal clash of paths to Commons
Two byelections underscore class and access in Britain. Thomas Richards, 49, a self taught miners’ leader, wins West Monmouth while Lord Turnour, heir to aristocracy, takes Horsham. Turnour, still in school, will be the youngest member, aided by vast social influence. Prime Minister Balfour congratulates him as parliament reassembles. Pacific coaling stations noted by era.
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London
House of Commons
West Monmouth
Wales
Thomas Richards
Tabor
William Harcourt
Horsham
Sussex
Viescount Turnour
Richards
Miners’ Federation
Lord Turnour
Earl Winterton
Kansas City Star
Oxford
Duke of Abercorn
Duke of Bedford
Arthur Balfour
Lordling
Washingtons Masonic Apron A Century and Half Old In Leroy
The Leroy lodge in Bloomington displays an white silk apron worn by General George Washington during Masonic ceremonies. The artifact, about 155 years old, was given by C A Whitehead and linked to Oliver Wolcott and Marquis de Lafayette. Eminent Masons nationwide have visited Leroy to view the relic’s elaborate embroidery and engrained symbolism.
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Bloomington
Ill
Lodge
Leroy
George Washington
United States
C. A. Whitehead
John Wolcott
Oliver Wolcott
Walcott
Relics and Teeth of Famous Englishmen at Auction
The article recalls curios from literary history including a necklace pocket token with Shelley's charred cinder, Hugo’s tooth in a glass case with inscription, Isaac Newton’s tooth sold in 1816 for 3650 dollars with a diamond set in it, Sterne’s wig fetching 10000 dollars, and Pope’s chair selling for 5000 dollars after his death.
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Shelley
Victor Hugo
Vianden
Mme, Koch
Isaac Newton
Relle Monger
London
Sterne
Tristram Shandy
Alexander Pope
Giant Cheese Weighs Two Thousand One Hundred Pounds
An English cheese factory produced one of the largest cheeses ever made with curd from nearby farms. Milk from the surrounding country was turned into curd, pressed into molds, and hauled to a car at the depot before final dressing. The cheese weighs 2100 pounds.
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England
Women in Korea described as lifelong imprisonment and child marriage
A stark critique portrays Korea as the worst for women, claiming the life of girls begins with betrothal seclusion. It states little girls are married between ages ten and sixteen to strangers and forced into servile roles for life.
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Korea
The Power Plant Driven by Niagara Like Waterfall
A 19th century feature describes California’s long distance electric power system. It details Niagara like water fall pressures and the 40 000 volt to 60 000 volt ranges, the South Yuba river power source, and a network reaching from San Francisco to Me. It notes 3 000 horse power per five dynamos and turbulence of water as it drives turbines and city trams from Oakland to Mare Island with multiple mines mills and plants fed by the system.
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San Francisco
California
Niagara
Yuba
Nevada City
Westport
Mother Lode
San Jose
Feather River
Marysville
Sacramento
Vallejo
Port Costa
Navy Yard
Mare [Slind
Pihole
San Pablo Bay
San Quentin
Napa
Oakland
Inita
Kansas City Star
Ban Jochin
Whitney Power
Comstoins
Oaklawn
Colgate
Ivy Tree of Bridgewater A Fascinating Ivy Covered Maple
In Bridgewater Pennsylvania along the Bristol pike a notable maple on a front lawn draws attention for its ivy covering. The tree, nicknamed the ivy tree of Bridgewater and evergreen maple, is deciduous yet shielded by dense tree ivy whose waxy leaves drape every limb to expose flowering parts to light.
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Bridgewater
Bristol Pike
Bridge- Water
New Designs in Lamps Shine at Philadelphia Show
New lamp designs display rich bronze work with grape motifs and vine clusters lit to imitate real fruit. An antique iron looking lamp, green glass shades, and dark metal trimmings offer a distinctive, nontraditional stem for a firelit scheme.
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Philadelphia
Vic Dory
Homeopathic Dose Doubled Bet With Natrum Muriaticum
A German druggist bet fifty dollars he could take many daily doses of Natrum muriaticum without filling a penknife point. Halfway through the month he paid up after a proving of the remedy showed inner head affections and headaches described as a thousand hammers beating the brain. Guernsey notes the oddity of homeopathic “power.”
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Guernsey
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