From June 4, 1911

CELEBRATING THE NAMING OF AMERICA AT ST. DIE: Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Mathias Ringmann, Who First Suggested the Name of This Continent in His “Introductio Cosmographiae.” (PDF)

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From May 28, 1911

NEW MOTORBOAT BEATS WORLD’S RECORD IN SPEED: Alexandrian Inventor builds a Cup Challenger That in Trial Trips Is 7 Miles Faster than Dixie II’s Best Time (PDF)

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From May 28, 1911

SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS HERE; MOTHS EVEN WORSE: Cicada Army Not the Most Destructive of Our Pests — How, thanks to Ineffective Laws, We Yearly Import Creatures That Cost Us Millions — Despite All Efforts Moths Steadily Increase. (PDF)

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From May 28, 1911

RICH AMERICANS REVIVING THE ROMAN FAD FOR “BATHS”: Modern Thermae That Rival Anything They Had in Rome to Byzantium — Big and Splendid Buildings Erected Just So That Croesus and His Friends Can Wash Themselves in Comfort. (PDF)

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From May 28, 1911

NATION’S RARE DOCUMENTS UNPROTECTED AGAINST FIRE: Even the Original Declaration of Independence and Constitution Are in Peril and Thousands of Invaluable Records Are Merely Filed Away in Wooden Wall Cases (PDF)

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From May 28, 1911

HOW CERTAIN CRIMINALS HAVE REDUCED FORGERY TO A FINE ART: William J. Kinsley Gives Some Remarkable Instances of the Way Checks Are Altered. (PDF)

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From May 21, 1911

SECTIONAL VIEW OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING: Intricacies of the Huge Structure Shown, and the Approaches to the Subways Connecting with the Bridges Plainly Indicated. (PDF)

A lovely cross-section of the Municipal Building. Almost exactly four years ago, I got married in that building.

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From May 21, 1911

NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY’S NOVEL MECHANICAL DEVICES: Electrical Plant There Is as Large as That Used to Light the City of Stockholm — Special Appliances in Every Department of the Building. (PDF)

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From May 21, 1911

“NO MYSTERIES IN CRIME TO A GOOD DETECTIVE” William J. Burns, Chief Investigator fo the Famous Dynamite Cases, Talks of Modern Methods of Detecting Criminals — Every Thief Leaves Some Clue. (PDF)

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From May 21, 1911

IS WOMAN FIT FOR SUFFRAGE? PERHAPS NOT. WELL, IS MAN? The Office Radical Thinks Not, and He Overwhelms the Philosopher by Some Cases in Point. (PDF)

The Office Radical and the Office Philosopher were two otherwise unidentified debaters who took on various topics in the Sunday Magazine. I’ve posted one of their debates here before. This one is about suffrage.

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