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...Fosdick Church, another enormous building is going up-the Broadway Temple. Its Methodist pastor-Dr. Christian Reisner-was injured two weeks ago when he coasted on a Flexible Flyer with his son. Last week, from a hospital room, he renewed his campaign for $1,500,000 to pay the contractor...
...topmost line. The second and third students to register were his sister Mathilda, his brother "Ron." His grandfather, Capt. Levi Scott was the university's first janitor. His father, William J. J. Scott, it was who loaned $2,000 to keep the sheriff from foreclosing a contractor's lien on the institution's one and only building, Deady Hall...
...Bulletin publishes as many employes' pictures as possible, too, with jolly titles like 'Girls, Take Notice,' 'Loves the Interborough, 'Faithful Employes,' 'Well, Well, Well,' 'All Smiles.' Last week, William Clark, Negro, though employed by us indirectly (through a contractor), got a chance to be mentioned in the Bulletin. He was working 30 ft. underground on our new Eighth Avenue subway (the excavations for which unfortunately blocked fire engines from a blazing tenement last week) when he sank deeper and deeper into a huge sand bin. Walter Strong saw Mr. Clark...
...novel involving crime and courtship, homicide, and happiness, is familiar. Since its plot departs from this head-scratching standard set up by the writers of dectective fiction. "The Blind Goddess" may amuse even experienced cynics Instead of attempting to mystify, the amiable author has Richard Devens, a rich contractor, accidentally shot by Daniel Shay, his friend and business associate, before the eyes of the reader. This subtle flattery is not unappreciated by one accustomed to being hood-winked until the concluding chapter...
Unfortunately for this fictional crusade, it does not escape the standardizing influence of the type of mystery story. In the person of Moria Devens, daughter of the murdered contractor, the inevitable love theme enters to bring the story down to the normal level. By means of this amorous tie, Mr. Train holds his narrative within the bounds which has been plotted out by a host of novelists before...