Obelisks and Egypt Link to New York Monument Scheme
A discussion traces Cleopatra's Needles and ancient obelisks from Egypt to America. It details how monoliths were moved, the engineering feats used, and debates over their origin and symbolism. The piece notes plans to bring an obelisk to America with a proposed cost under 100000 dollars and mentions British and Egyptian authorities.
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New York
London
Egypt
Englend
America
Levant
Syene
Karnae
Heliopolis
Nile
Sharpe
Tiberius
Alexandria
Cleopatra
Rome
Arles
Ets
Vee
Boaz
Tore
gMr
Boneni
Gardner Wilkin
Robbers Attack Freighters Near Custer City Dakota
A freighting party twelve miles south of Custer City Dakota was visited by three men who demanded money. Young Myers fired from a wagon, wounding a robber in the face and breast. The robber shot Myers, then the bandit dropped his gun and fled, later dying from his wounds. A freighter shot the robber in the arm during the escape.
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Custer City
Dakota
Myers
Phahimnéhe
Young
Wall Street Gambler's Tricks detailed in 1900s column
A New York correspondent reviews a sensational exposé of forged insurance broker William C. Gilman and his $300,000 losses. The piece dissects a cheap gambling scheme run from a Katchem and Skinhem style broker house, where small margins turn bets on stock prices into quick fortunes and ruin. It warns that such schemes persist as long as players stay inside the circle of influence.
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New York
Opersgioum Spreyalt
Wall Street
William ‘C. Gilman
Gilman
Wall’ ‘Street
Paeeseesboay
Gilmans
Caus Ely Coutht Oni
Leavin
Wall. Street
Herald
Katchem
Skinhem
Oyster trade in Baltimore fuels vast Chesapeake fleet
About thirty thousand people work the Baltimore oyster trade, supported by over seven hundred schooners and pongies. The season sees daily output of twenty five thousand gallons, with workers packing, washing, canning, and shipping in air tight cans. A million cans are sent out yearly, aided by steam cars and sawdust shipment, all sparked by renewed European contracts.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake
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Wall Street Gamblers
Ain
Neil Ehianee
Janige
Wwatdarali
Skp
Mig
Srey Erate
Ciy
Sania
Miss Carson
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