Make Big Money in Hawaii
In Vin Norden's Magazine Hawaii hosts many self made millionaires in Honolulu. Fall wealth came from sugar, as small planters expanded to finance, advertise output, and grow personal fortunes. Alexander Young built Monohulu Iron Works and a landmark hotel, funding vast projects and reshaping Honolulu into a marble city.
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Honolulu
Vin Norden
Hawaii
Alexander Young
Monohulu Iron Works
Hhis Monument
Langon
New York
One Trump One Finger in a Riverboat Poker Tale
Cowell recalls a Mississippi steamer poker game where a bystander signaled opponents by laying fingers on the table. A forefinger was cut off with a heavy knife after a deal to signal a trump. The amputator warns he would have taken more fingers if he had more trumps.
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Cowell
Lesur
Stringer
Curled Her to the Altar Hairdresser’s Brush With Anxiety
A hairdresser recalls the comic stroke of a bride’s wedding day in a heat wave. The curl failed en route as the bride’s hair wilted limp and stringy. They used spirit and alcohol to finish the styling at the carriage door, minutes before the ceremony.
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Emiret
Modest Irving Laughs At Tennyson In Cab Incident
An author recalls Irving and Tennyson as close friends yet contrasts Irving’s sharp criticism. He recounts a cab ride where they nearly caused a crowd as Tennyson acted erratically and drew curious onlookers.
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Tryin
Tennyson
Autor
Ely
Irving
Tannysen
Jim
Wagner Souvenir Auctioned in Berlin for 148 urks
A Covlows Wager souvenir in the form of a small handkerchief sold in Berlin at Liepivaina's for 148 urks. The item featured a poem and diction praising Memilein Mii Pharer on her marriage. Musical director Richard Wiener was noted, with mentions of Samgegberg, Konigsberser Stradt theater, and Hlabridens Wilhelming Planer.
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Liepivaina
Berlin
Weis
Memilein
Mii Pharer
Richard Wiener
Samgegberg
Wapner
Konigsberser Stradttheater
Hlabridens Wilhelming Planer
Chicago Names Steward Police Chief and Business Manager
LeRoy T. Steward nearly unique in Chicago’s top role, described as both chief of police and city business manager. He rejects military style, favors organization, and aims to bring order without uniforms, noting the force costs the city seven million yearly and should have two bosses. Steward’s past spans Bayton birthplace to Chicago rise, including roles at Wilson Bros. factory and the post office delivery system. He is a poetry reader, a student of systems, and a disciplinarian who prioritizes human understanding over traditional policing.
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LeRoy T. Steward
Chicago
Publc
Chief Steward
Cicago
Ori
Bayton
Wilson Bros
Fim
Chicago Post Office
Steward
Maeterlinck
Pennyson
Wordsworth
Burns
Walt Whitman
Tavater
Lombroso
Believes in Jury Trailing Hill Leads Slew of City Scandals
Arthur Dehon Hill, Suffolk district attorney, champions jury trailing and a tough stance on graft. His actions followed the George Battis case and brought convictions against purchasing agent Michael J. Mitchell, contractor Thomas F. Maher, and others. He has jailed Alfred J. Porter and several steel firms, pledging to clean up Boston.
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Arthur Dehon Hill
Suffolk County
Boston
George Battis
Will
Harvard University
Michael J. Mitchell
Thomas F. Maher
Maher
Lea M. McCullough
Common Council
Hill
James I. Cassidy
Hig Steel
Alfred J. Porter
Paris
John Z. Moran
Moran
Fort Madison to Open Modern Cell House in Iowa
The Fort Madison prison in Iowa nears completion with a futuristic cell house featuring 480 laminated steel cells arranged in four tiers along the building’s length. Long windows and extensive ventilation promise full sun exposure, while graded steel bars deter escape through a combination of case hardened and soft steel facing.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
May Open Rich Territory Local transit and daylight shift plans
East Des Moines business leaders mull turning clocks back to start work earlier May 1 1910 and end earlier October to extend evening daylight. Cincinnati already proposed the change and Des Moines officials discuss a railroad project from Des Moines to Nebraska City with multiple Iowa towns on the route.
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East Des Moines
City Council
Common Council of
Cincinnati
New York
Cincinnati Council
Des Moines
Nebraska City
Neb
Winterset
Shenandoah
Iowa
A. M. Hodge
St. Paul
Nes Moines
Fred McMillan
Gisford
Des Moines Commercial Club
Earl Ferguson
Adams County
Villisca
Missouri
Sidney
Greenfield
Warlington
Sted Oak
Botsford
Convict Released Kills Juror in Middletown
In Middletown New York Daniel A Fenton a well known hotel proprietor and juror in the case against McSorley was shot by a recently released Sing Sing convict. McSorley who had sat on Fenton's jury and was sentenced to a long term shot Fenton after a luncheon and fled down West Main Street dying at hospital soon after. Both men died. McSorley had previously threatened to kill Fenton upon release for his jury role.
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Middletown
Daniel A. Fenton
Jan
Sing Sing
McSorley
Fenton
McSortey
Whicch McSorley
Elberton
West Main Street
Mr. Fenton
Drs. Mills
Powelson
Purdy
Coney Island
Penton
McSorney
Daniel Penian
Taft's trainer Dr Barker shapes the president’s fitness
Madison doctor Dr Barker, an amateur middleweight, serves as Taft's personal trainer at Beverly Mass. summer home. He prescribed exercises and diet, boxing and wrestling drills, medicine-ball work, and ghost-weight pulls, guiding Taft’s daily routine under Dr Barker’s supervision.
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Charles J. Barker
Madison
Wis
Mike Donovan
Taft
John, Spooner
Wisconsin
Larker
Harker
Dr. Harker
Roosevelt
Mike" Donovan
Deverly
Mass
Barker
Javker
Hassen
Will Study Children at Clark University
G Stanley Hall of Clark University Worcester has announced a new department for the study of the child this fall. The 64 year old authority will direct a clearing house for scientific information on child anthropology care customs hygiene and juvenile vice and crime as part of the child welfare movement.
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Dy G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Worcester
Mit
Hell
Uni
Ate
Mall
Census tagging for Iowa Sunday school scholars planned
The department of commerce and labor in Washington will classify Iowa Sunday school scholars for next year. The International Sunday School union will conduct the national quadrennial census and report to Washington. Work starts early next year and ends before fall.
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Iowa
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
International Sunday School Union
Labor and Commerce Department
Bay Shot While Playing Indian in Des Moines Area
Des Moines boy Ja-Jtay Atchison dies in Oskaloosa from a wound inflicted during a game of Indian at the Meaher home. Charles Meaher is arrested after he found an old rusty rifle and shot Atchison as a friendly group approached. The incident occurred as several boys played near the Meaher residence.
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Bay
Des Moines
Jtay Atchison
Oskaloosa
Charles Meaher
Meaher
Royalye
Atchison
Meaber
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Islands
A, B, Elliott
A. B. Elliott
East Des
Handsome Stranger
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