J Pierpont Morgan Passes Leadership to Jack Morgan
The Wall Street power shift unfolds as J Pierpont Morgan steps back, passing practical banking authority to his son Jack Morgan 40, with George W. Perkins and Charles Steele directing major affairs. Jack is described as methodical, athletic, and plain in manners, residing at 29 Madison Avenue with close ties to the firm and its London operation.
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Mr. Morgan
America
J. P. Morgan
Jack Morgan
House of Morgan
J. P. Morgan, Jr
George W. Perkins
Charles Steele
Steele
Perkins
Stock Exchange
John W. Gates
House of
Morgan
London
Jack” Morgan
New Rochelle
New York
Steel Trust
Jough
England
Harvard
Jedge
London House
J. Spencer Morgan & Co
Morgan, Sr
International Mercantile Marine Cam
Northern Pacific Rail
Young Morgan
Madison Avenue
Morgan gifts and estate of a financier with vast art holdings
A profile of financier J. P. Morgan detailing his London society ties with White's and St James, his 1890 marriage to Jane Norton Grew of Boston, and his New York library and gallery on East Thirty-sixth Street. It notes his charitable gifts, hobby of collecting art, and a library cost around $200,000 with $10,000,000 spent on objects and books over twenty years.
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Union
Metropolitan
University
Harvard
New York
London
White's
St. James
Devonshire
Bath
Jane Norton Grew
Boston
Morgan
Morgan, Sr
East Thirty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
Wall Street
Tate
Finacier
How to Stop Revolutions in Mexico
A historical critique notes Mexico suppression of revolutionaries by swift imprisonment and discreet execution. It contrasts Mexican tactics with ongoing revolutions in Central and South America and Cuba, suggesting a grim efficiency in neutralizing insurgents.
Diaz stability and reform in Mexico under Diaz's rule
The article argues Diaz governs with strong advisers, keeping Mexico steady while other Latin American revolutions falter. It notes the avoidance of revolutions and the success of Diaz's leadership in preventing unrest, contrasting with sensational death or disappearance appeals.
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Mexico
Diaz
Reappearance After Death Reported by New York Lawyer
A Boston businessman's supposed post death visitation to a New York lawyer is investigated by Professors Josiah Royce and William James for the American Society of Psychical Research. The affidavit describes a vision of the dead man in a bright, foreign city, with two encounters in one night and a prior Harvard pledge to communicate after death. The lawyer denies Spiritualist leanings, cites confirmed illness of the deceased, and notes the limelight around Mrs. Piper the medium during the pact era.
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Repute
Psychical Society
Josiah Royce
William James
Harvard University
American Society of Psychical Research
Boston
New York
Harvard
New England
New Hanpehtre
Henry C. Quimby
Quimby
Elaborate Candle Shades and Fashionable Home Décor
The feature highlights candle shades as a premier decorative trend for dining and entertaining. It surveys creations from crepe and silk with bead trim to paper and fruit motifs, including Scotch plaid and poppy designs, plus silk edged shades for candles, lamps, and electroliers. It also notes fashionable photograph attire and tips for handmade portieres with felt fleur de lis accents.
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Signer
Chintzes Catch Fashion Amid Bedroom Decor Trends
Chintzes of all kinds captivate fashionable women as a craze. A new interior decor trend features pink and green flowered chintz walls matching hangings. A finished bedroom showed pink and green chintz walls with a pink gimp border and brass nails, with furniture and curtains in the same material.
Worn for Half Mourning at Daughter’s Wedding
A woman in mourning wore an empire robe of black shadow-checked velvet with jet embellishments. The gown featured an empire waist, tucked black chiffon sleeves, epaulettes, and a jet-trimmed skirt panel. A high empire hat with three black ostrich plumes and white corsage accents completed the look.
How to Freshen Ribbon Cleaning Guide
Instructions for cleaning various ribbons. Dusted and ironed between tissue, a soap honey gin water wash, rinse in cold water and drip dry, then iron with pressure. For tinsel ribbons use bread crumbs blue and ammonia, for colored ribbons use soapy lather and iron between muslin sheets.
Pretty Coat For Baby In Velvet Trimmed Attire
The baby wears a light cloth coat with dark velvet piping and a light felt bonnet trimmed with ribbon and roses. Match veils to hats and gowns, avoiding black with very light outfits unless a touch of black exists. A blue veil can dull a bright color, especially with small mesh.
Green styles dominate summer weddings and accessories
Green is a leading wedding color with gowns featuring green embroidery and ivy border veils. White ostrich boas and big ostrich feathers are forecast for spring hats. Handkerchiefs showcase blue, pink, lavender and red borders with Valenciennes lace, while France experiences a birth rate higher than ever, except in one troubling case.
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Wells
Puzzle: Arrange Locomotives in Nine-Pane Yard
Eight numbered engines must be moved one by one in 17 moves to arrange in order around a circle with the center empty. One locomotive has its fire drawn and cannot move. Determine which engine stays still and how the others are moved to achieve the final arrangement. The diagram shows the nine panes and initial placements for reference.
Ammonia Trick Makes Fake Smoke in Glass Goblet
A reader is shown how to make a convincing white cloud in a glass by releasing sal ammoniac from a plate covered goblet. A few drops of muriatic acid and ammonia beneath the plate create a visible powder cloud that resembles smoke.
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Hartshorn
Fire Drill and Simplified Art in Boys Life Brigade
A collage of clippings notes the Boys Life Brigade in Britain using a temporary fire drill house and ambulance training for boys in Sunday schools, highlighting uniforms and the brigade’s growing reputation. Also described are toy making and quick reading anecdotes from various papers.
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Great Britain
Boys’ Life Brigade
Los Angeles Times
Texas Judge Refuses Case Siding with Bailiff Verdicts
A Texas judge who was robbed of a horse earlier is approached for trial. He delays the hearing with a personal prejudice remark and declares the bailiff will preside and render a verdict based on the facts. The exchange hints at a dramatic courtroom moment.
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Texas
Burning Pity and The Cry of Battle Ends
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News quotes a provocative editorial exchange about poetry and fire, with the tall bard and the editor discussing a reversed effect from the poem The Cry of Battle. The dialogue hints at literary controversy and editorial response.
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Wey
Chicago Daily News
Moonlit Romance Dialogues Spark Farce Between Freddy Edna
In a playful snippet, Freddy praises the moon to Edna while she likens him to its mellow glow. A brief exchange follows with Bill offering his hand and heart, and Jill quipping about money versus beauty. The public mood shifts to a bus mishap report and a judge’s remark about loud cheers.
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Jill
Yonkers Statesman
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