Traction Debate Shapes Chicago Mayors Vision
The piece highlights Mr. Graft heading a reliable traction firm praised for fair treatment of workers and value to customers. It notes George Mason as a respected citizen and successful businessman. It mentions John K. Prindiville’s honorable record as lawyer and Justice of the Peace and his Democratic loyalty.
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Tony
Graft
Efablat
Frativ
Giewpge Mason
Britewell Lispec
Covell
Chicago
John K. Prindiville
The
Pease
Mayor and board appointments raise local politicking
The City Board faced surprise as Messer John T. Keating and Thomas Gallagher were appointed to the Board of Valuation after a contentious Monday night meeting. Sources cite rivalries with Mayor Morrison and disagreements over policy as possible causes, but praise for the capable, energetic school board members remains.
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Morrison
Messer
John T. Keating
Thomas Gallagher
Board of
Valueation
Keating
Lote
Harrison
Takingther
County official vows to uphold pledged interest on county funds
County sismver Hanberg decries failure to pay interest from county treasurer funds to the county. He says he wrote commissioners urging adherence to the promise before vacation. The piece references an Eagle forecast about Hanberg keeping his pledges.
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Sismver
Hanberg
Lke
Otticlal
Islus
Haneberg
DP Orhink
Wade
Servian bonds show steadiness amid European shifts
The article notes Servian government bonds remaining steadier than peers during European market swings from 1800 to 1902 and a June opening price above earlier highs. It details a Belgrade autonomous monopoly administration collecting state revenue for creditors and compares pension schemes in New Zealand Denmark Germany France Austria and England.
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Servia
Turkey
Greece
Portugal
China
Belgrade
New Zealand
Denmark
Germany
France
Austria
England
Fall of a Boston Broker and His Family’s Struggles
Ten years after amassing wealth Jas B Seddon, once a Boston broker worth at least half a million, lost everything in a panic. Now penniless and estranged from finance he is jailed in New York for letting his children sell perfumery on streets. His two daughters aged eleven and thirteen support him, while a thirteen year old boy remains in Juvenile asylum.
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Jas. B. Seddon
Boston
New York
Priced Pride and Woman Suffrage Across Continents
A disgraced magnate faces prison for city ordinance violation while debates on women’s right to vote progress in the UK, Australia, and the United States. The text contrasts wealth’s limits with suffrage gains and notes tramway electrification cutting horse use in Britain.
Lame Plano Man Details Long Series of Rejections
W T Richards a New York piano agent recalls a San Francisco trip in which a persistent buyer tried to pick between two instruments over months. Despite frequent visits to the branch house the woman could not decide between makes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Richards
New York
Plano
Mr. Richards
Brown Palace
San Francisco
Exploding piano incident spurs injury and debate on records
A piano exhibit ends in disaster as a heightened pitch explodes the instrument injuring a woman who fainted and prompting a lawsuit threat. A dealer explains phonograph recording work and earnings while broader life lessons about work and contentment surface in later reflection.
Truesdale Reflects on Happiness and Banking Talks
Delaware & Lackawanna president W Hf Truesdale recounts a conversation on an elevated New York train with a leader of a major bank. He notes the bank president works late into the evening, challenging ideas about contentment and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hf
Truesdale
Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad
Mr. Truesdale
New York City
Bank
Multilingualism among Russians shapes global knowledge
The article asserts that educated Russians know English, French, and other languages, often four. Families hire several governesses to teach children foreign tongues before Russian, claiming this linguistic edge gives Russians superior awareness of world affairs.
It Coinages and the Quest for a US Citizen Name
A French journalist debates a demonym for US citizens proposing Unistatists. A Toledo man prefers Uniton but Cleveland Plain Dealer calls it too long and suggests It. The piece notes both sides of the question and the idea that every issue has a wrong side.
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United States
Toledo
Ohio
Uniton
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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