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...Columbia University, as given by Hearst-Editor Brisbane, that sheet copper roofings connected by huge copper bands directly with wet earth would have frustrated even this "act of God?" The system of lightning rod protectors at Lake Denmark is obviously inefficient. The Government controls immense voltages of electricity at Niagara Falls; why have not engineers sought a method to control electrical attacks on the concentrated sudden death at Dover? Were the officials negligent in permitting habitation near the arsenal? Will new storage plants be situated at Dover? Will serious attempt be made to safeguard them against lightning? Will...
Poet Vachel Lindsay, who has hymned many cities, played up the prosy aspect of "this Buffalo, this recreant town," to get a contrast for the "deathless glory" of nearby Niagara Falls. He reported "sharps and lawyers, prune and tame; Jew pioneers in Buffalo"; and journalists "sick...
...prince and his party will complete their tour of the eastern and New England states with their two day visit of Boston. On the day following his visit to the University the heir to the Swedish throne will take the train for Detroit via Niagara Falls, and will continue on through the middle and far western states. The most important engagement of the prince on the day following his visit to Cambridge, will be his attendance at the festival and reception to be given by the Swedish Old People's Home in West Newton Carl W. Johansson, the Swedish Consul...
...frustrated an attempt to rob the First National Bank; how Miss Ruby LaVerne Wilson, at Washington, Ark., tried to stop some bandits; why Emory Daniel Stine, lineman, waded into an icy stream at York, Pa.; what Repairer Everett C. Nelson did on top of a 45-foot pole near Niagara Falls. But most extraordinary of all was a curt report concerning a certain Mrs. Mary Regina Smith of Fabens...
...hour spent at South Station last night, watching, the suckers who took the excursion to Niagara return, and ten minutes, spent watching the Memorial Day paraders straggle down Mass. Avenue, have emboldened me. Even one who has never been present at one of the soirees at the Lamb's Club, or has never baited poor literatae from the Convent up Brattle Street, dares to have his fling. And since I'm asking, how do you like your fling...