Lessons On Success From A Philadelphia Dealer’s Address
A Wrightsville agricultural implements dealer, A. B. Farquhar, cites early business ambition and study of financiers in New York. He recalls Astor, Stewart, Vanderbilt, Bennett, and others, sharing advice on hard work, frugality, health, character, and lifelong learning as pillars of success and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Farquhar
Wrightsville
National Manufacturers’ Association
New York
W. B. Astor
A. T. Stewart
Commodore Vanderbilt
James Gordon Bennett
The
Herald
Thad
John J. Cisco
Pasecault
Board of
Brokers
Stevens
Bank of Commerce
Gev
Coe
American Exchange Bank
Mr. Astor
Stewart
Graat
Mr. Stevens
Bennett
Astor House
Reliance Chosen Defender for America's Cup
After a race among Reliance Constitution and Columbia the Reliance proved superior and was selected by the New York Yacht Club challenge committee as America's Cup defender. Subscription urged for journal and county news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Constitution
Columbia
Tgam
Challenge Committee
New York Yacht Club
Sermon on Summer and Gods Creation in Halcyon Days
A devotional reflection asserts summer is God made and man’s study moves outdoors as a portable workshop. The author contrasts scholarly webs with faith, extols nature as a library and God’s immanence, and envisions a future where all days are summer in God’s presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Heaven
Maxims from Rothschild Will Guide Ambitious Seekers
A 19th century set of twelve maxims from Mayer A. Rothschild's will resurfaces in Europe. They urge thorough project scrutiny, prompt decisive action, perseverance, sacred honor, truth in business, prompt debt payment, prudent sacrifice of money, cautious view of luck, profitable use of time, humility, and relentless zeal to avoid discouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayer Anselem Rothschild
Europe
First German Chimneysweeps Congress Supposed in Berlin
A message notes the first congress of German chimneysweeps to be held in Berlin in autumn. The writer calls it promising progress and jokes about American congresses of other trades, arguing the nation should show modern advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
America
Germany
So Simple Is the Earth and Heart by Stopford A. Brooks
A short reflective poem contrasts nature’s simple renewal with human longing for love and trust. It muses on ten thousand years of change yet enduring beauty, ending with a note on fresh hope and joy sparked by a momentary dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
St. Frances de Sales
Samuel
T. T. Carter
Phillips Brooks
H. W. Longfellow
Coleridge
E. B. Pusey
Henry van Dyke
Lily
Agito
Annettie Schuyler Harrison
Stopford A. Brooks
Canned peaches market active says Meechan
Thomas J Meechan, a known canned goods dealer, notes brisk demand for last year’s peaches as crop facts spread. Trade seeks supply from other regions, notably California, with canners paying 1 50 to 1 75 a box. Tomatoes remain firm with broad demand outside the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Meechan
California
South
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Swinney & Company
J. H. Nichols
West Denton Storie
Hat and Cafe Department
Canton
Clothing Department
Shoe Department
Caroline
F.C
Malamaroo Corset Co
Sele Makers
Smith & Walls Law Building
Armour’s Animal Fertilizers
Armour & Co
Armour's Farm and Garden
Ne Firest
C. F. Smith
Denton
J. Calvin Smith
Greensboro
John T. Stevenson
Ridgely
Armour Fertilizer Works
Chicago
Ill
Baltimore
James LT. Coophre
Undertaker
T. H. Evans &Company, Fruit and Produce Commission Menchanrs
Light Street
Maryland
Nuttie Hardware Co
NEW BOv/NES
Main and
Fourth Sts
W. R. Wright
Arbuckle’s
Winfield R. Wright
Journal
Library OF Field and Wood
Wm. Henry Bancroft
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