Burke's rise from foreman to major entrepreneur in postwar Texas
The narrative traces Major E A Burke a New Orleans Time Democrat editor who built a vast Confederate era business in Texas starting as a stone yard worker. Despite poverty he proved relentless, rising to foreman manager and eventually owner of a profitable company shaping Gulf States commerce with Central American ties while underscoring thrift grit and opportunity. It also touches on commentary about manufacturing protectionism and other brief items from the era.
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E. A. Burke
New Orleans
Burke
Gulf State
Mississippi Valley
Central American Republics
United States
Major Burke
Washington Season Opens With Society at Center Stage
Capital City editorial notes that as Congress nears its assembling Washington gears for a new social and political season. Society dominates official life, with balls, races, and diplomat fashion shaping the capital’s autumn and winter scene. Notables and officials mingle with elaborate entertainments as Beall and Bayard display grand stables and carriages.
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Washinatox
Congress
Washington
Capitol
Society
House of Representatives
Soand-so’s
Sargeant-At-Earms
Vanity Fair
National Legislature
Paris
London
Berlin
St. Petersburg
General Beall
Lmits
Bayard
Antar Coma
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Louisville
Starkey Paley
Eamed Wollhksows
Lyon
Walmen
Hawaii
Sandwich Islands
Fe Hterere
Ortega, Fressille
Euenteens
Etter A Tans Cooper
Elle Bpautch
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Conrad Pan
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Mores
Boer
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Turkey & Palen
DRS. Starkey & Palen
Arch Street
Philadas
Alten
Ark
Columus Enquirer-Sun
Chattanooga Times
Georgia
Enquirer-Sun
The
Times
Columbus
D. M. Spinney
Anniston
Ala
Mr. Spinney
Gov. Oglesby
Illinois
California
Capital City
Washington Society and Politics
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Americus
Bank OF South-Western Georgia
Hugh M. Brown
Marion
Harper, the New Book Store
Dina
Macon
Atlanta
P. F. Brown, Jr
Eldridge
Brown & Harper
Sim Walters
Lamar and Lee Sts
Americus, Ga
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Dank Books
States
En Grit Paver
Thomas
Arnold
Stafford
Mitchell
Aone Ieadsmranda Staeakdnen and
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