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...they whirled home through the underground, the purchasers of this rare pennyworth perused a little story, in the now familiar vein, which described the adventures of a boy with the kings, queens and knaves of a pack of cards. In the end all the royal cards are burnt, and this denouement seemed commonplace enough to most of the stolid Londoners. Here and there, however, there was one who remembered that...
...these are minor enterprises compared with the proposed subway, which will cost 160 millions and be the largest system of its type in Europe. About 50,000 men will be employed for three years in its construction. To build and operate this freight subway, the "London Underground Goods Railways" has already been organized by Britons and Americans; required capital will be raised in London and New York...
...documents' (which, moreover, would not be accessible to everybody), but would find it sufficiently simple to ask himself, if the derogatory characteristics given by Eastman to the leading personnel of our party had been true, how could this party have gone through the long years of underground struggle, have made the greatest revolution in the world, have been able to lead the millions and to assist the formation of revolutionary parties in other countries?" Max Eastman, 42, whose father was descended from Daniel Webster, was born in New York State. He was graduated from Williams College...
...high noon of night, sharp, strong shocks shook the earth. Husbands and wives bounded out of bed, bounced their offspring out of bed, fled into the streets clad in night attire. In the middle of the streets the frightened dwellers sank to their knees, prayed for protection against the underground commotion. No damage was reported...
According to The Daily Graphic, London illustrated journal, American capital is to provide London with the ''largest underground freight subway in he world...