Havemeyers Sugar Trust Built From Generations Of Power
A historical narrative traces how Henry O Havemeyer and the Havemeyer family built one of America's great sugar empires. From early American refineries to the Sugar Refining Company and later the Sugar Trust, the house of Havemeyer forged a vast industrial monopoly, surviving clashes with Standard Oil and expanding into corn products under the Corn Products Company, while financing and influencing politics and finance.
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United Nted
House of Tavermeyer
Judson, Wetliver
Hampton
Mag Avine
Sugar Trust
Henry 0. Havemeyer
Germany
Havemeyer
America
Bisco
American Sugar Renning Company
Protte
Sugar Refineriax Company
Corn Products Company
Standard Ol
House of Havemeyer
House of Rockefeller
Havemeyers
Henry O. Havemeyer
National City Bank
Standard Old Finance
Beat Sugar
Corn, Products Company
Flood plan to submerge Marquette Wyoming town
Government plans to dam the Shoshone River between Rattlesnake and Cedar mountains will flood Marquette and nearby ranches, creating a four mile wide reservoir. Engineers have spent years surveying a site to hold about 106000 acres for regional use, with a large concrete dam needed in a canyon to divert the river.
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Aropa
Shoshone Valley
Wyoming
Marquette
Shoshone
Marquatts
Uncle Sam
Rattiesnake
Cedar Mountains
Ilia
After Blais Island Women Trafficking Tale From New York
A Cincinnati Times-Star NY report recounts a gang leader describing a white slave ring in New York. He claims Irish gang members run the operation, trafficking young immigrant women from Ellis Island via false promises to women’s presumed abusers, with police and press failure blamed.
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New York
Jimmy
Cincinnati Times-Star
Ellis Island
Origin of The Big Stick phrase in Roosevelt era cartoons
A compact history of the origin and evolution of the phrase "the big stick" tied to Theodore Roosevelt. The 1902 Chicago speech, the 1904 World editorial, and early to later cartoons show a shift from a simple cudgel to a knotted club and a more symbolic spear or mace. The phrase contrasts Roosevelt's peace aims with power projections, including William II's imperial fists, as depicted by Success Magazine.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
New York World
Wth
Roosevelt
Pacific
Interparliamentary
Peace
Urati
William
Wiliam
Success Magazine
Is Your Ideal Husband the Man Who Helps or the Good Provider
Denver News argues the ideal husband blends provision with practical help at home. It cites a man who shares household chores, laughs at himself, and values partnership over dominance. A reader praises a gentle, sportlike husband who balances love with domestic duties.
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Denver News
Husband
Kitch
Magele Shand
Barrie
Youth and Age Contrast in Joyful Dreams and Memories
A reflection on youth chasing hopeful prizes and voyages beyond the rising sun, contrasted with age savoring memories of yesterdays in twilight. The verse weighs which joy is sweeter: the page of youthful hope or tender recollections.
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Realma
Bren
John Kendrick Bangs
Success Magazine
The Author's Wife and a Web of Desire in Tatler
In a drawing room scene from Tatler, Mrs Molloy confronts Beatrice Lascelles about her husband Edgar’s growing bond with the author’s original, revealing a wife’s strategic game to protect her marriage. Ward slyly inserts himself, while Edgar’s heroine draws provocative commentary from guests.
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Blaie
Mr. Ward
Edgar Molloy
Miss Lascelles
Ward
Molloy
Jim
Mrs. Molloy
Edgar
Beatrice Lascelles
Disia Molloy
Tatler
Scotch Teacher in West Inspires with Optimism and Love of Freedom
A Scottish educator from Albion Road School in Edinburgh, sent to the United States by Alfred Mosley, visited Omaha and other cities. She praised American courtesy and the West climate, noting pioneering women as capable leaders and predicting future change with enfranchisement. Her impressions highlight warm hospitality, a belief in independent careers for women, and the West’s unflagging optimism.
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Mian Bremmer
Kate F. Bremner
Albion Road School
Edinburgh
Scotland
Great Britain
United States
Alfred Mosley
Omaha
Davidson
Lttle
Omaha Bes
Atlantic
Canada
America
West
Bramner
Fragmented historic quips on daily life and humor
A garbled compendium of light dialogue and jokes from old newspapers including a quip about a professor and a wife preferring cooking school to bridge. Also references a golfer and a pension joke, with dated tone and clipped phrases.
Fragmented Humorous Snippets From Pictorial Columns
A patchwork montage of quips and cartoon captions from early papers. Jokes range from domestic satire to political banter, featuring a wife and husband exchange, a condescending interviewer, and light political commentary. Distinct names and outlets emerge, including Houston Post and Kansas City Journal.
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Grant Enterprises
Blais Island
Big Stick
Scott
Sylph
Wis
Darel
Llerr
Lechendes
Washington Star
Ron
Sandy
Mamma
Mr. Baldhead
Congress
Kansta City
Aigteura
Houston Post
Pompeii
Jans
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Houston Pogt
Lestie
Chauncey
Ani
Puck
Pilegende Blatter
Bdelinkton
Columbia
Kunsya City Journal
Tommy
Henson
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