Curious Coincidence Pleased Roosevelt in London Luncheon
A Roosevelt luncheon story reports him asking a Times leader writer to name the better man between Jeffries and Johnson. The writer clueless about the reference later finds a Reno datelined Times note mentioning the fight, and sends it back with the remark on the uncanny coincidence.
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Roosevelt
London
United States
Times
Jeffries
Johnson
Reno
Samuel Johnson
Ben Johnson
Lord Jeffrey
Baron Jeffreys
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Taylor Promises Fewer Strikes Under Scientific Management
Frederick W. Taylor argues in a Carnegie Hall address that scientific management reduces labor fear and strikes. He notes wage gains of 30 to 50 percent for 50,000 workers under the system and cites no strikes where the principle operates. The piece also mentions Crumbine's house fly campaign and its nationwide impact.
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Frederick W. Taylor
Carnegie Hall
Taylor
Gold Treasures Found in India’s Deserted Fields
In Gol conda India a brick field near old workings yielded bricks with a yellowish color due to gold. The initial bake tests reveal gold valued at 3 600 000 dollars, suggesting a remarkable treasure in formerly useless terrain now repurposed into industrial sites.
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Golconda
India
Little boy’s sly tale at cobbler shop
A woman sees a boy with a small package and asks what it contains. The boy says it is his mother’s slipper, with a tack sticking out he wants fixed before she notices. He explains the tack is in the sole and is used for spanking him.
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Sonny
Horace Greeley’s Election Day Oration and Dismissal
A historical tale recounts Horace Greeley presiding over New York’s 1864 electoral college meeting. He delivered a stirring address for Lincoln and Johnson before privately lamenting a drunk elector who was brought in barely able to sit up.
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Horace Greeley
Whig
Republican Party
Congress
New York State
Albany
Greeley
Mr. Greeley
State Electoral College
Electoral College
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
New York
Secretary of State
E. 4
Edwards
Railroad President’s Regret at End of a Great Career
The article reflects on Thomas A. Scott as a premier railroad manager and engineer. It recounts his wartime service reorganizing Union transport and his role with the Pennsylvania Railroad, noting his early death at fifty seven. A luncheon tale with an old friend shows his fame and personal cost, ending with a proverb about life’s duties.
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Thomas A. Scott
Lincoln
President Scott
Pennsylvania Railroad
Colonel Scott
Philadelphia
Snedeker
John
Mr. Snedeker
Tom
Scott
Texas
War Department
Washington
Thomas A Scott
Dingley’s Lesson in Economy with Hanna in a Washington Car
A BE J Edwards vignette recalls Nelson Dingley Jr, Maine governor and tariff innovator, and Mark Hanna in a Washington trolley. Hanna teases Dingley about saving twenty percent, a lesson on frugality that Dingley vows to apply. Dingley dies in 1899, closing the story.
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Washington
Nelson Dingley, Jr
Congress
Maine
Lewiston
Thomas B. Reed
House of Representatives
Dingley
Ways and Means
Committee On
Mark Hanna
Hanna
Wolk
Sle
United States
Benator Haun
Mark
BE. J. Edwards
Mosquito Pest Report From Forksville Louisiana
A Louisiana correspondent notes alarming mosquito conditions with cattle losses in northwestern parishes. The piece cites a New York Sun quiz arguing a hypothetical 16 percent mosquito increase would raise cattle hire profits, reflecting concern over pest impact on farming.
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New York Sun
January illustrated page notes will of late Scottish heir
An illustrated page for January ISV7 contains a brief extract from the will of a recently deceased Scotchman. The testament bequeaths his watches to his son, with the odd remark that the son will “dissect them.”
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CoatesviLle Herald
H. E. Hathaway
Coatesville
Indiana
Kansas
Union
Ol' Doc Crumbine
West
Crumbine
Kansas State Board of Health
Commonwealth
American Magazine
John Snedeker
Lffe
Amiel
Nelson Dingley
Binkley & Fehring Buggies
Fish Bros
E. Raith & Son
ALAMO
Slyvester Ellett
S. E. Mark
Coatsville, Ind
McAnindhs Lecman
Diana
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