Bank bombing in Philadelphia kills cashier and bomber
A bomb explosion at a Philadelphia bank killed the bomber and the cashier, wounded a messenger and several others, and wrecked the first floor. Identity points to Robert Steele of Garner Iowa. president and vice presidents survived with minor injuries as chaos spread through Fourth Street areas. Authorities recovered missing checks and secured the scene as crowds gathered.
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Fourth Street
McLear
William Crump
R. Steele
Garner
Robert Steele
East
Rushton
Edward F. Shawbacker
B. M. Faires
Eugene MclIhone
Harmony Street
Oriana Street
Bullitt
Bomb Thrower in Philadelphia Bank Massacre
A gunman and bomb thrower, Steele, formerly of Garner Iowa, blew apart the Fourth National Bank in Philadelphia, killing the cashier and himself. The blast wrecked the eight story Bullitt building, sent money and debris flying, and caused panic. Steele had previously lived in Garner with a machine shop and later disappeared toward Chicago, earning a reputation as an anarchist.
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Fourth National
Philadelphia
Rushton
Philadelphia Clearing House Association
Steele
Chicago
Fourth National Bank
Bullitt Building
President Rushton
Mr. Rushton
G. E. Willig
Mr. Rashton
Bob
Crump
Harriman's ascent from poverty to vast wealth
A 59 year timeline traces Edward Henry Harriman from a shabby rectory in Hempstead to Wall Street power. It covers his father's financial struggles, a frugal upbringing, early clerk days in Jersey City, key mentor ties with Stuyvesant Fish, battles with J P Morgan, and his push in reorganizing major life and railroad interests including Illinois Central and Mutual Life. Harriman is portrayed as direct, calculating, and relentless in pursuit of wealth and influence.
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Edward Henry
Eighth and
Erie Streets
Jersey City
Mr. Harriman
St. John’s ‘Culpit
West Hoboken
Henry
Wall Street
Stuyvesant Fish
Harriman
Fish
Lando
Brooklyn
J. Pierpont Morgan
Erie Railroad
Morgan
Herriman
Illinois Central
Standard Oil
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Equitable Life
Hyde
Mutual Life
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable
Ryan
Edward Henry Harriman
Portrait of Edward Harriman A Wall Street Titan
A lengthy portrait recalls E H Harriman as a self made railroad financier with a keen sense for risk and profit. It notes his marriage to Mary Averell of Rochester and ties to the Averell fortune, his charity including a Boys Club valued at 250000 dollars, and a 30000 acre estate. The piece quotes Harriman about preferring territory development over further railroad expansion. It mentions his family ties and a St George rectory purchase in Hempstead with his brother.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
E. H. Harriman
Boys’ Club
Arden
Harriman
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. George
Hempstead
Attempt on Life of Russell Sage in New York Office
A 19th century plot ended in tragedy when Henry L. Norcross tried to kill financier Russell Sage in his No. 1 Broadway office on December 4, 1891. A bomb exploded, killing Norcross and a clerk, seriously injuring Sage and others, and destroying the suite. Norcross, a Pearl Street note broker, devised the plan to extort Sage by threat. Sage waited after receiving a note from Norcross posing as M D Wilson before meeting him.
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Philadelphia
Henry L. Norcross
Russell Sage
New York
Norcross
Mr. Sage
Benjamin ¥. Norton
Age
Frank Robertson
William R. Laidlaw
Perons
Pearl Street
Boston
Tis a merry old world and a dreary old world
A fragmentary verse passage contrasts a merry hopeful world with a dreary weary one. It moves from bright moonlit scenes and faith in the future to calls of time’s oncoming end and life’s hardships as the poem shifts through hopes, loves, and the toll of growing old.
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Earth
Sarah Palmer Byrnes
Boston
Oil and Gas for Mexico and the Diaz Era
Gradual Mexican modernization expands energy supply as Diaz era grants concessions to build gas plants nationwide. Plans include a gulf coast oil line to Mexico City and distribution to Tacuba Tacubap etc while city climate shifts from wood to gas. In urban health note, motor-dust linked sore throats rise among schoolchildren.
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Repubic
At His Service and Knew Women Parody Bits
A collage of humorous newspaper clippings contrasts a burglar posing as a servant with jokes about church seating and bonnet absence. Other items spoof social quirks and a risqué Detroit Free Press quip about Ethel and Jack.
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Ethel
Jack
Detroit Free Press
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