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Rich Old Men of Gotham
New York communique profiles a baker’s dozen of elderly moguls in Manhattan led by Russell Sage and Levi P Morton. The piece portrays Sage’s routines from home to office, notes Morton’s wealth and daughters on Fifth Avenue, and lists other magnates like Depew, Mills, and Bonner. It contrasts vitality and aging among Gotham’s tycoons and hints some may not live to 1900.
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New York
Gotham
Russell Sage
New York City
Broadway
Sage
Norero
Une Russell
Lelgh
Stanford
Levi P. Morton
Morton
Levi P. Morten
Russelll Sage
Mortens
Fifth Avenue
Levi P. Secupaton
Charnes
Sage Ge Lucel
Morten
Jr Hun
Weil
Eljerslip-on-the-Hudson
Chauncey M. Depew
Tie
Washington
Orpen
Mills
Whitelin Reids
Eoes
Mills Boardmar
Marty
Amy Au
Millenaire
Alma
New
Robert Bonner
Maud
Bonner
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Goulds
Brices
Pullmans
Oelrichs
Hiberge T. Gerry
Gerry Society
Totham
Lind
Gerry
Gorham
1 Avenue
Central Park
Avenue
Gothia
the Battery
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