Elevated Railway timetable details from 1914 notice
Public transit notice outlines train intervals and routes for Orient Heights to Scollay Square and Sullivan Square to Forest Hills via tunnel. Includes daily, Sunday, night service, special cars, and contact at 101 Milk Street for rates and connections.
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Tele- M. C. Brush
Real Estate Ads in Sun and Visitor Seek Tenants and Buyers
Classifieds note apartment rentals and homes for sale in the Sun and Visitor papers. Listings invite readers to advertise properties and connect with potential tenants or buyers through the local newspapers.
Get nature to make us happy and give children cameras
Mr Avery argues nature inspires happiness and urges gifting children cameras instead of guns. He claims cameras preserve outdoor wonders and teach observation while guns lead to destruction. The Buffalo Express supports the camera over the gun for youth.
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Society of Natural Sciences
Nature
Mr. Avery
Buffalo Express
European war clamps US radium ore market
The European conflict has closed the European market to American radium ores. Colorado and Utah uranium ores are sold mainly for radium, leaving miners without buyers. While the war lasts and likely after, market competition is restricted. Secretary Lane noted Congress bills could have put the US government in the market as a buyer.
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Colorado
Utah
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Congress
United States
Lensless stereoscope promises new motion picture realism
Science Conspectus says the device by Dr. W. R. Hess of the University of Zurich will create stereoscopic effects without usual apparatus. Screens direct each eye to its own picture, composing a convincing depth. Hess envisions use in motion pictures with real relief and potential color adding a graphic revolution.
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Science Conspectus
W. R. Hess
University of Zurich
Doctor Hess
New York letter claims a tramp signal code exposed
A letter to a New York clergyman allegedly reveals a tramp signaling system. It describes a horizontal line with four short vertical marks denoting a dog, a large X and a crude four line figure for a saw meaning you have to work here, a plain circle around a cross signaling you can get food here, and a large V with three small inverted Vs indicating nearby residents will fall for a hard luck tale.
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New York
War names persist in London child registrations
Amid wartime anxieties, London birth records show infants named Alsace Lorraine Jones and Louvain Nicholls, reflecting ongoing memory of battles. The practice reveals how even babies carry symbolic ties to frontline events and national history.
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London
Jones
Louvain Nicholls
War Poetry Output Declines Reflected in Tributes
A marked drop in war poetry output prompts questions on whether poets are permanently hors de combat or still composing unseen verses as conflicts continue to unfold.
Guns to hurl shells 25 miles from Berlin
The Krupp works are reported to be producing guns capable of firing shells twenty five miles. If this continues, Germany could shell Paris from Berlin.
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Krupp
Paris
Berlin
Russia's wartime ban boosts happiness and bank deposits
The wartime vodka ban raises public cheer and savings, while the war mirrors past conflicts in overall hardship. The amateur strategist questions why a sea port must double as an air base. A line suggests American horses face danger abroad, and a pessimistic view notes a man is never truly down until death.
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Russia
Honest Labor Promoted as Wheel of Fortune Insight
A concise reflection highlights honest labor as the primary engine of fortune and success, framing industry and steady effort as key drivers of personal and communal advancement.
Man Keeps Pushing: Lecture Ends With Lesson
An out-of-town speaker in a village schoolhouse delivers The Art of Getting On urging persistent effort as the keystone of success. A small heckler jokes about gasoline theft from a motorcar used for a bonfire, prompting a quiet admonition from the lecturer.
Ambitious student aims for corporate law specialty
A dialogue shows Ange line considering law with resolve. The mentor notes Portia excellence, while Ange line says she will not take loan shark cases and plans to specialize in corporation law. The exchange emphasizes ambition and focus on corporate legal work.
His Rule on Offering Seats in Street Cars
A man explains his rule never to offer his seat to any woman. He will only offer it to old people, and he avoids implying a woman is old. The other person notes the woman in question was not very young, prompting the reply about strict etiquette and self-protective distinction.
Metamorphosed Guest Departure Joke
A guest tells the clerk to remove the bed because it transformed into a buggy during the night. The clerk asks what happened and the guest explains the bed became a buggy, prompting the humorous exchange described by the judge.
Man delays in proposal as Charley’s pace slips
Alice comments to Maude on Charley’s hesitant courtship. She notes he starts with ease and gains speed, but at the critical moment he skids, a description attributed to a judge. The dialogue highlights a humorous take on proposals and timing.
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Alice
Maude
Charley
Very Foolish Robbery Set in Taxi Hire Dispute
A terse courtroom exchange features a defendant admitting to theft from a man who hired his taxi. The judge labels the act a very foolish robbery and questions why the thief did not accept money by conventional means.
Strange Exchange About Mrs Wasserby Appearance
A fragmentary exchange mentions Mrs Wasserby and a remark about her complexion, noting beliefs about her efforts to seem refined. The dialogue reflects social attitudes and salon gossip rather than a clear news event.
Delights to Hear Himself Talk Catches Bulger Mock
A playful exchange probes Bulger’s vanity as one remarks that he enjoys hearing himself speak. The other notes it irks him when he cannot hear his voice in sleep, revealing a sly, teasing mood about the subject.
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Bulger
Loony With Love Chapter Seventeenth Excerpt
A short story passage shows Sylvia rushing into Armand’s arms and expressing relief. She recalls training three men and a rhyme with foreign words, then warns to guard against a true man behind a mask, urging Armand to capitalize his name.
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Sylvia
Armand
New Haven Register
Campaign Whisper From A Humble Teller
An alert manager urges workers to commit to the campaign while a wary assistant recalls a prior setback when a wagon train backed up and crushed him, highlighting hesitation and resolve in the effort.
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Wagor
Those Fish Fancies
A brief exchange centers on a tale of catching fish with bare hands. Mr Whopkins questions the exaggeration while noting a swap of actions including jumping overboard and swimming to secure the fish for his friend.
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Mr. Whopkins
Dentist Advises Bridge Work To Mrs Swiftly
Retrenchment necessary. The dentist says what you really need is bridge work. Mrs Swiftly replies she cannot afford it, citing the doctor’s bridge playing as the source of expense.
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Swiftly
Union Rules Force Cook to Quit
Mistress Mary insists she will bake the pudding herself today while the cook fears leaving due to union rules that ban nonunion labor in any part of the work. The exchange shows tensions over labor control and independence in a household kitchen.
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Mary
Weather’s Impact Debate Echoes Through Battle Talk
A witty exchange weighs prophecy versus fact as one character claims rains follow major battles. The other counters Marathon used spears and arrows, challenging the idea, then the first retorts by dismissing the skepticism.
Dentist Claims Age by Mouth Then Targets Suffragists
A dentist boasts he can estimate age by examining mouths and jokes he would be useful against militant suffragettes because they would not show their teeth. The remarks mix humor with political tension and gendered mockery.
Rent Hike Schemes Amid War Russia Belgium Paris War
Gaspard the landlord tells tenant Sullivan a rent rise is justified by war. The tenant ridicules the claim, while Gaspard cites wholesale destruction in Belgium and Paris suburbs as the cause, per Puck commentary.
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Gaspard
Ready for Him Both Ways Phrase Sparks Debt Joke
In a dialogue about money and debts, Owens claims paying interest is against his principle while Tailor suggests paying the principal. The exchange focuses on contrasting views of handling bills and loan terms.
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Owens
Father-My Son I Worked My Way Through College
A quoted passage recalls a father telling his son he earned passage through college by hard work. The speaker mentions washing a runabout each Saturday afternoon before taking it out, reflecting a working-class, California setting and values.
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California Pelican
A Hopeless Case
Mr. Woppit urges Mr. Meekson to assert himself while Mr. Meekson laments his wife’s refusal to take him seriously in a brief dialogue excerpt from a domestic scene.
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Mr. Woppit
Mr. Meekson
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