Wealth Concentration Across America Reported by Klein
A proposed portrait of vast fortunes shows John D Rockefeller and allied dynasties dominating U S wealth. The study quotes Henry E Nein and George P Hampton, listing estates and holdings totaling billions across Rockefellers Carnegies Vanderbilts and others, highlighting 50 to 500 million plus fortunes in major families.
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United States
Tobacco Trust
Ure Tockefeller
Steel Trust
Henry E. Nein
New York City
Mr. Klein
George P. Hampton
Farmers’ National Council
Hampton
Klein
John D
Willam Rockefeller
Pratt
Harknees Carnegie Weeverhne
Vanderbilts
Payne Whitney
Goulds J. J
Henry Green
Field
Harriman Morgans
Flagler
Anthony Brady
Gould
Widener
Stimins
Jaane Stevenson
Kennedy-Todd Group
Sage Estate
$100,000 Book Brought to United States From Poland
A 700 year old book valued at $100,000 arrived in Philadelphia and was studied at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. Willig R. Newbold. The manuscript, believed to be by Roger Bacon, is dated between 1216 and 1262 and concerns natural law. It is owned by Dr. Willfred M. de Voynich, a Polish exile.
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University of Pennsylvania
Willig R. Newbold
Roger Bacon
Fire alarms and drunken confession shock New York street
Patrolman Winner helps a man who said he smoked out a fire inside his body after drinking alcohol. The man, Joseph Marone of Wooster, was taken to the police station as firefighters were led to the source of the alleged blaze. The item also lists estates and wealthy families, including Blair and Searles estates, with mentions of prominent names and marriages in a long, fragmentary roster.
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New York City
Reclaiming the Campagna Romana Lands Near Ostia
An Italian company, backed by Prince Aldobrandin, begins reclaiming thousands of acres in the Campagna Romana near Ostia after centuries idle. An experimental station at Ostia irrigates with Tiber water, testing crops from fruit to cotton, with high yields reported and plans to expand reclamation across the region. Meanwhile in Tegucigalpa, American aviators arrive to teach flying and air mail operations for future wartime use.
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Aldobrandial
Ostin
Heen
Sinn Fein Bomb Arsenal Found in Dublin Bicycle Shop
British auxiliary police uncovered a cache of bombs in a bicycle shop on Parnell Street Dublin. Officers inspect the site as part of a counterterrorism case with Sinn Fein links.
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Sinn Fein
Parnell Street
Dublin
Moon Affects Radio, Moon Changes Hit Adriatic Communications
Radio officers of a small American fleet in the Adriatic report moon phase changes markedly alter atmospheric conditions for radio transmission. They traced curves from months of observation to predict future radio performance, noting Adriatic conditions are especially affected. The Adriatic fleet, under Admiral Andrews, relies on radio, with limited gear, and benefits from these findings. A separate Bloomington tale mentions a woman branded after not feeding a tramp.
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Paris
Adriatic Sea
Spe
Cial
Adriatic
Andrews
Lafayette
Bordeaux
Attack on Farmer Woman Branded by Flat Iron Attacker
A farmer’s wife named John Carmichael, age forty five, was attacked and branded across the body with a flat iron she had been using. Her screams drew bystanders and a posse formed to pursue the assailant. Bloodhounds trailed the Dixie Highway nine miles south before the trail went cold.
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John Carmichael
Dixie Highway
Here
French Baby With Heart In Pouch Outside Body
Paris medical authorities were called to Soissons to examine an infant born to a working family with the heart and intestines contained in a pouch on the outside of the body. The case is described as the first of its kind on record. All organs are functioning despite displacement, and the child is expected to live.
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Paris
Soissons
Pinkham Vegetable Compound touted by testimonials
A flood of testimonials from women in Chicago Burlington and Vermont praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female trouble. They report relief from conditions thought to require operations and credit the remedy with restoring health enabling them to work and care for families. The ad notes free literature from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkhop
E. H. Haydock
St. Lawrence Ave
Vermont
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. R. Sharon
Apple Tree Point Farm
Burlington
Lydia E
Pinkham
Substitutes and stockings and a New York dinner remark
Cortland Meecker laments the age of substitutes and inflated prices at a New York dinner. A debutante jokes about artificial silk stockings while a child asks why there is no Santa Claus. The piece blends social quips with brief reflections on fame and New Year resolutions.
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Cortland Meecker
New York
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