Era of Big Salaries Highlighted by Bank and Steel Leaders
The article surveys top earners in finance and industry, noting Lyman J. Gage at $50,000 plus, Richard Delafield at $40,000, Charles Counselman and Conrad Matthieson in the Chicago sugars trade earning $50,000 to $75,000, Schwab at $100,000 with a $25,000 bonus, and Elbert H. Gary at $80,000. It also mentions bishops and rabbis earning $15,000 annually, highlighting a high salary era.
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Lyman J. Gage
Washington
United States Trust Company
Chicago
R. M. Delafield
Gage
Denver
Charles Counselman
American Fisheries Company
Alaska
Counselman
Board of Trade
Conrad H. Matthieson
Chicago Sugar Refining Company
The
Glucose Trust
Matthieson
Combine
Richard Delafield
National Park Bank of New York
United States
Delafield
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Wheaton
Federal Steel Company
Steel Combination
Illinois Steel Company
Great Steel Trust
Bishop Potter
New York
Emil G. Hirsch
Dream House Ghost Revealed as Realized Self
A couple rents a country house linked to dreams of the wife. They discover the residence matches her repeated visions and that the local agent believes they themselves are the house’s longstanding ghost. The tale blends dream and perception with a spectral twist.
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Horace G. Hutchinson
Longman's Magazine
Old Mill to be Preserved in Kentucky Landmark
The Kirkpatrick flour mill near Hodgerville Kentucky built in 1816 by the father of Abraham Lincoln is the focus of a preservation movement. Lincoln, born a mile away, recalled the mill in notes and nearly lost his life crossing a floodlogged stream as a boy.
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Kentucky
Lincoln
Kirkpatrick
Hodgerville
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Patrick
Austin Gallagher
Gallagher
West Point Celebrates Centennial as premier military academy
The United States Military Academy marks its hundredth year praising hard study and strict discipline. Over four thousand graduates list among its honored alumni as it stands as a premier institution for soldier training.
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United States Military Academy
Okd
West Point Army School A Century of Duty and Discipline
A historic profile praising West Point as a century old institution. It notes its founding by Congress on March 16 1802, its rigorous four year curriculum, and extensive subjects. It highlights strict discipline, tough examinations, select head Col. Albert L. Mills, and renowned alumni. It contrasts cadet hardships with the idea of enduring training shaping American military influence.
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Continental Congress
Congress
Military Academy
West Point
Col
Albert L. Mills
Robert KE. Lee
Peter G. T. Beauregard
John M. Schofield
Thomas G. Ruger
Oliver O. Howard
Wesley Merritt
Harvard
Yale
Uncle
Sam
Relics from Manila Battle Fragments Adorn State Department Mantel
In the office of Assistant Secretary Cridler at the State Department a mantel displays fragments of a shell from the famous Manila battle. The objects serve as historic tokens tied to the war and its enduring legacy.
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Cridler
State Department
Manila
West Point and the origin of the Army Engineering Corps
The article traces the origins of the U S Army engineering corps at West Point its first head Jonathan Williams shaping the academy before the 1812 war Sylvanus Thayer established cadet commandant studies ten month plan on cadets pay and graduation commissions leaders like Grant and Lee and the academy’s influence in Civil War and Spanish American War noted artifacts from Cavite and remarks by Secretary Gridler with historical quotes from papers in St Louis Globe Democrat and Cleveland Plain Dealer
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West Point
Jonathan Williams
Washington
Williams
A. L. Mills
Benja
Thayer
District of Columbia
United States
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Aet
Congress
United States Army
Academy
Winfield Scott
Mexico
Grant
Lee
Admiral Dewey
Cavite
Montejo
Cridler
Wildman
Gridler
Washington Correspondence
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Berlin’s Criminal Book Grows to Thirty Seven Volumes
Berlin’s Black Book, the police crime record, now reaches 37 volumes with about 21 000 photographs of criminals from all classes. The piece notes how many a girl’s distant manners trace to occasional dinners and questions the reliability of many so called statements of facts, claiming 100 percent logical deduction.
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Berlin
Lincoln’s shoulder rides and urban tales across eras
The piece recalls Lincoln carrying his children on his shoulders and the playful tyranny of the youngsters referenced by neighbor Roland Diller. It juxtaposes anecdotes about nervy China workers, Japan’s orphan care, and early 1900s notes on realty sales and social quips from period publications.
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Lincoln
Literary Digest
Springfield
Roland Diller
Mr. Lincoln
Alpine Clubhouse on Mont Rosa Tops World Elevations
The Alpine Clubhouse atop Mont Rosa in the Alps is likely the highest building worldwide with foundation stones placed 12 000 feet above sea level, marking an extreme altitude achievement.
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Mont Rosa
Alps
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Emy
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Hudson River
Highlands
North China
Baltimore American
England
City of
London
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