Cassatt's life marked by railways farms and finance
The article portrays Thomas Cassatt as a vigorous leader of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a financier and horseman who built roads, bred horses, and steered corporate boards. It notes his retirement plan, his clubs with figures like Morgan and Frick, and his golf hobby as he aged toward 60, balancing public work with leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York
Norfolk
Cassatt
The
University of Darmstadt
America
van Rensselaer Polytechnic
Immedi
Georgia
Redman
Corporation
Clement A. Griscom
Henry C. Frick
P. A. B. Widener
J. P. Morgan
S. Weir Mitchell
Club of Millionaires
Mr. Cassatts
Fabrite
Uie
Matt
Ameri
Bachelor girls farm two acres and plan to live there
A New York mother and five daughters study farming on two Berkshire acres near Terryville Connecticut to prove they can live from garden produce. They expect five hundred bushels of potatoes and a $250 to $300 annual net, plus selling radishes lettuce and potted tomato plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berkshire
Terryville
Waterbury
Conn
Hartford
Two Lincoln Tales From Tramps and Soldiers
The excerpt recalls Lincoln’s humor in a dialogue with an aristocratic lady who laments many common people. Another memory features a soldier who lent Lincoln a whetstone as a boy in Illinois and later met him in Washington during the war, with Lincoln recounting the whetstone episode and the soldier’s drawled exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
United States
Illinois
Washington
Fads and Fancies in a Paris New York Fashion Service
The magazine outlines weekly fashion tips from Paris and New York with patterns ready to mail from the New York fashion correspondent. It details lingerie blouses, yoke lace designs, skirts, unlined yokes, and the vogue for diminutive coats, with pattern numbers, sizes, and mailing instructions to obtain patterns for 15 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
Messure
Metropolitan Bldg
New York City
Hunters Fear Texas Havalenes in Gulf Coast Country
Hunters describe havalene or peccary as dangerous and elusive in Texas Gulf Coast country. They warn dogs fail against small droves and advise treetop escapes or avoiding shots. Captive havalenes near Kingsville attract travelers but are quick to resent care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Texas
Kingsville
Remarkable Echo Story At Baseball Dinner
President Murphy of the Chicago National League Club shared a tale at a baseball dinner about an owner with a Catskills country house who argued an echo could repeat four times from a rock. A visitor retorted his Sunapee echo wakes him at seven each morning by shouting bedtime lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Chicago
National League Club
Catskills
Sunapee
William
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shaw
Miinna S. Crawforp
Panama
rAd
Ole
Scarne
Jesse M. Weissman & Co
Broadways
York
Varsity
Betes
Perly & Treaese
Meaikan
C. Fisher
Michigan Avenue
Chie
Reem&c
Wat
Lagington Ave
Koons
Broadway
Leane
MQMT
ILE Mfg
Lev Fc Gzaryone
IBM Esra
Peter Keagan
Galesburg
Keagan
Rupert Wavette
Radol Bidg
St. Louis
Italking Machine
Wee
Greenwich Strest
Awife
Gured
Mer
Ira
Edison
Dela No.c
Rey
Gustavus Babess, & Isd
Michigan
NOVA
Pgmeppy Co
Broad Way
Mew
Dept
Bek Rose Co
T. Jon
SALTY
Clomra
Addrees Dept
Paris School OF MI Y
Pel
Forele
Louis Oeld
Milwaukee
Bee End Brush CO
Dept. A
Wis
Bueseiuées
Ink of Commerce Bidg
Minneapolis
Idm
Ardops Lenok CO
le Nore
Iad
Bend
Wei
Umntrd Shear CO
Weetbore
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!