Cassatt's Career and Quiet Retirement at Pennsylvania
The article profiles Mr. Cassatt, a Philadelphia railroad leader, horse breeder and road builder. It outlines his multifaceted life from promoting horse shows and racing to directing the Pennsylvania Railroad, his education abroad, and his habit of club dining with financiers and professionals. It notes his reluctant move to presidency, golfing as a major pastime, and a planned retirement after reaching age seventy.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Cassatt
The
University of Darmstadt
America
van Rensselaer Polytechnic
Georgia
Rodman
Cincinnatus Fashion
S. Weir Mitchell
Club of Millionaires
Cassatts
Odd Facts About Gold and Lighthouses Worldwide
A curious note states gold can be drawn into wire so fine that 550 feet weigh one grain. It adds the world holds about 2350 lighthouses, with the United States owning the largest share at 670 to 680.
Speed Claims for Sharks and Whales in Water
The note states sharks swim at twenty miles per hour, while whales may reach fifteen miles an hour briefly but typically travel about six miles per hour.
Bachelor girls farming it in New York two acres of land
A group of bachelor women from New York and their mother experiment with market gardening on two Berkshire acres near Terryville Connecticut. They plan 250 to 300 dollars profit from potatoes and yearround crops, selling vegetables directly to customers and expanding to greenhouse production. They advocate educated scientific farming as a path out of city life.
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New York
Berkshire
Terryville
Waterbury
Conn
Lincoln dialogue on common people and divine love
An anecdote recalls President Lincoln conversing with an aristocratic American lady who lamented many common people. Lincoln answered that God loved them for he made so many of them.
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Lincoln
United States
Soldier who met Lincoln during tramps in Illinois recalls whetstone
A veteran who housed a young Lincoln and lent a whetstone to sharpen a jackknife recalled meeting him during the Civil War in Washington. Lincoln remembered the tale and joked about the tool, saying he kept the whetstone with him, though the veteran doubted its fate.
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Lincoln
Illinois
Washington
FADS AND FANCIES in the Pictorial Color Magazine
Minna S Crawforp outlines Paris and New York fashion advisories for readers of the color magazine. It details lingerie blouses, lace yokes, and simple yet elegant skirts with various pattern numbers, sizes, and purchase instructions from the New York fashion correspondent.
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Paris
New York
Metropolitan Bldg
New York City
Hunters Fear Texas Havalens
The havalene or peccary of Texas Gulf Coast country is aggressive and dangerous when wounded, with tusks four inches long. Hunters avoid dogs and should climb trees to escape. Captive havalenes at Kingsville attract travelers, though they resist rough handling.
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Gulf
Texas
Kingsville
Remarkable Echo Tale at Baseball Dinner
President Murphy of the Chicago National League Club shared a humorous echo story at a baseball dinner. He recounted a country house in the Catskills where an echo repeated four times after a shout, each interval lasting minutes, contrasting a guest’s brag of an even louder echo from Sunapee that wakes him at seven each morning.
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Murphy
Chicago
National League Club
Catskills
Sunapee
William
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Fragmentary OCR text mentions High Art Post Cards and areas in vague context. No clear event or entities beyond generic references. Summary limited by unreadable content.
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Jesse M. Weissman & CO
York
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Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Ill
Yonkerman Consumption Cure Co
Water St
Kalamazoo
Mich
Moore's Dept
Broadway
LOW Top CO
San-Ito
Old Forge
Durham
Parker
Bellch
Epecialty Co
St. N
New York York City
Harris
Yash Bend
Nassau Street
DR. Wells
Peter Keagan
Galesburg
Rupert Wells
Radhel Bldg
St. Louis
Maine
Greenwich Street
N. Y
New York and
Tan Nae
Derma Viva CO
Washington &I
Gindh Shear
Te Meron Cumeant Popular Music Publishing Company
Margaret Andis
Erson
Box & Hill N
Edison
Betty
Inon Phonograph
Edieon
Gustavus Babsen
Edison Phonograph Dist
Fen
Michigan Ave
Dept
Chica Intest
Anti-Jag & 8
Renova Remedy CO
New Yorkh
Dept. A
Dr. Edison
Ely
Martin
Dunham
Quinton St
Binghamton
N. C
Isabelle Wheeler
Weirfeld St
Brooklyn
Ecs
BoGolis
Cormam
Wanna Br
Milwaukee Dust $ Bruse Co
Milwaukee
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