Wealth estimates place New York City millionaires over time
The State Sentinel notes NYC had 1420 millionaires today, contrasting with 24 in 1889 and 25 in 1853. It cites John Jacob Astor as the city’s first millionaire circa 1820, names John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. Pierpont Morgan, and others as top fortunes, and mentions Hetty Green as the wealthiest woman.
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New York City
New York
John Jacob Astor
Isaac Classon
Wall Street
John By Rockefeller
Andrew Carnexio
Julin Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rockefeller
United States
Andrew Carnegie
William Rockefeller
Pierpont Morgan
Alfred Vanderbilt
Russell Sage
George Gould
E. H. Harriman
Dr. Willis
James
George F. Baker
Hetty Green
State Sentinel
Community self defense in lynch law debate
In a Trans Pecos News column a line of argument compares communal self defense to individual defense against deadly attack. It asserts society may act against rapists or assassins as a justified homicide when virtue and safety are threatened.
Deaver assesses beef cattle trends for fall market
Reports agree a high percentage of beef cattle will be sent from the western range this fall. Competition will rise between fringe beef cattle and native beeves of Micerality, and feed supply for feeders from corn belt farmers will be curtailed.
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Tns Deaver
Consolidation of Railroads Promoted by Stuyvesant Fish
Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central, states consolidations will aid national prosperity and that railroads will not be fully government controlled. He argues mergers will continue to improve economy, urges public scrutiny of rates and taxes as the number of railroad companies shrinks from about 800 to fewer than 30.
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New York
Stuyvesant Fi H
Illnews Central
Titled Ideology and Voter Preference in Party Choice
The Providence Journal discusses that voters judge which party can govern effectively rather than adopting party principles. It argues the key distinction is opposition between parties and that electability and competence drive decisions over ideology.
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The
Providence Journal
Gorman
Gold supply outlook shifts as Mexico nears self sufficiency
Data from the monetary commission notes 487 mines producing gold in combination with other metals in the republic. The Mexican Herald reports a policy shift toward a modified gold standard and rising domestic yield, signaling Mexico may soon sustain a gold basis without foreign aid. Meanwhile a large movement of troops travels Alpine region, with 32 cars in three trains carrying the Twenty sixth infantry from the Philippines to Texas, destined for Fort Sam Houston Hebronville Ringgold Brown and Laredo.
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Mexico
Republic
Monetary Commission
Mexican Herald
Alpine
Twenty Sixth Infantry
Texas
Philippines
Fort Sam Houston
Hebornville
Forts Ringgold and
Brown
Laredo
GEMS IN VERSE AND THE NEWER SOUTH REFLECTED
A collage of verse snippets and prose excerpts from multiple era sources. It blends meditations on nature and artistic temperament with bold visions of a transformed southern United States, highlighting mobility, vitality, and aspirational progress.
Anatomy essay reveals student’s humorous misreading
A public school anatomy lesson yields a student’s satirical misreading of human body parts. The essay claims the head contains brains if any and the thorax holds the liver and lights while the abdomen houses five vowels. The piece ends with a joke about legs and rings for sitting or standing.
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Brewster County
Fi. Larkin
W. D. Kixcatn
Felix Starrer
K.J. Altorst
Kincald Altgelt Go
Riedman Bros
Tweediedum and
Tweediedee
Willeh
Westminster Gazette
Tam
Philadelphia
Erdcaveer
Hilton R. Creer
National Magazine
Chicago
Saint Louis
Ean
Flavn
Folsom and
Folsom
Brewster
Presidio
Jef Davis
Pecos
Sanderson
San Antonio International Fair
Kansas City Stock Yards
Kansas City
Union Stock YaRds
Ill
National Stock Yards
South Omaha
Nebrasa
Fort Worth Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Tea
J-D
Jackson Agt
Alfine
Dr. Sweeden
Alpine Drug Store
Orient Drug CO
W. E. Ashton
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