The Graduate and the Morse Reporter Meet in Chicago
A job-seeking young man, freshly graduated, encounters a cynical horse reporter in the Chicago Tribune editorial rooms. The exchange satirizes ambition, education, and destiny as the reporter doles out blunt judgments about journalism and the fate awaiting new graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Donjon
Hawkinsville Clarion
Grundy County Palladium
Boston Advertiser
Boston
Platonian Literary Society
Temple of Fame
Texas
River Street
Limits of Credit and Paper in Merchants Trade Observed
A detailed look at commercial credits shows normal limits at 50 percent above capital with 10 percent allowance for an individual account. Some lines exceed limits, yet ratings rely on reports from mercantile agencies, banks, and legal records. Large New York and Philadelphia houses illustrate scale, while a curious profile of Miss Oliver in Brooklyn notes her bold real estate move and planned travels.
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Saad
New York City
Philadelphia
George Alfred Townsend
Ledger
The
Times
Record
Press
Childs
Abell
Baltimore
Swayne
Drexels
New York
Brooklyn
Miss Oliver
Miss Olive
Oliver
Palmer orders tearing down lake shore mansion walls
Not Harmonious. Harper's Bazar reports Chicago millionaire Mr. Potter Palmer dislikes the mansion’s architectural effect and has ordered walls, already up to roof level, torn down after spending $100,000 to date.
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Harper's Bazar
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Lake Shore
Barton the Engineer of Denver in Courageous Train Rescue
A tale of Philip Barton the Denver engineer who halted a runaway freight train on a perilous mountain grade. He leapt from his cab, braved icy slopes, and saved the express, the wreckage burying his body but earning martyr’s fame. The piece links his act to the Barton name and memorials.
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George R. Parrish
Philip Barton
Denver
Philip Eee Cat
Bere
White
Heaven
Ant
Barton
Foster
Miller's Bend
Arkansas
Gallen
Basen
Vigmer
Che
Tilie
Sreneen
Philip’ Barton
Migiiinos
Wall Street at Nicht Graphic Quiet Described
A New York editor describes Wall Street as a merciless, crushing stillness within granite walls. The tone emphasizes a cold, iron atmosphere, avoiding any warmth of summer, forest, or river, and suggests a city ruled by harsh, unyielding forces opposed to openness or honesty.
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New Yorks Graphic
Urs
Wall Street Skids as Traders Retreat and Sage Faces Scrutiny
A veteran observer recalls seat prices dropping from 50 000 to 20 000 25 000 as Wall Street loses vitality. He criticizes Russell Sage for hedge trading and predicts a long decline with bears retreating and little prospect of revival. The piece contrasts market rot with population growth and land reform in America.
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Wall Street
George Alfred Townsend
New York
Wallstreet
Gould
Field
Bears
Cammack
Russell Sagey
Wallatreat
Belgar
Sage
Train Fatality Reported Near Fresh Air
A brief notice reports a fatal train incident near Fresh Air yesterday evening. Details are sparse but authorities say the event involved a train and resulted in a death. Further information is expected from local officials once available.
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Morse
Sin
Phillip Barton
London
Detroit Free Press
Strand
Thrusday
Europe
Australia
South America
Africa
America
Illinois
Florida
Naboth
Indian Territory
Atlanta
J. B. Morrow
Cheyenne
Wye
Leaper
Thomas & Page, P.O. Adds
Wyo
Range
Cheyemb,Ver
Lodge Creek
Brani
Powder River Cattle Com
Powder River
Juul CK
Brands—Tongue River
Rawhide Branch
Powder River Cattle Co
Tange
Rawhide
Wyoming
WIH
M. E. Post
Range Pole
Horse Creeks
North Park
Plunkett, Roche & CO
P. O
Johnson Co
John Donoughue
Sturgis, Goodell & CO
Benjamin, Weaver & Co, P.O
Fort Fetterman
Wyo. Range
North Platte River
Sage and Lightning Creeks
J. 1
Ford, P.O
Cheyenne, Wyo
Range, Lance and
Old Woman Creeks
Lemuel Smith, Jr
O. A Dress
Fetterman
Dry Creek
North Side
North Platte Riven
Aw Ce.l
Mark Bw
Sturgis & Lane
Custer City
Dakota
Ranges
Fox and Horse Creeks
Goshen Hole
Cheyenne River
Oyster City
Postoffice
Teleg
Theodor
Cago
Depar
John Mamore
Order
Harry
Gral Other
Babylon
Gue ‘Argyle
Arthur’s
M. Beasion
Yond
Dora
Rosa
Brunswick
Orleai
Louisiana
Ginia
Asso
Jas. Oruella
H. O
Jas
Winslow
Bank of
Tenno
Pasadena
G. T. Kimberton County
Orleans
Afo
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