A Westward Trek to Chicago’s Land Boom Nights
Samson and Abe Lincoln travel from the wilderness to Chicago. They glimpse a booming city with hotels, land sales, and a diamond heir. Lionel Davis exposes horse theft schemes while Harry and Bim face romance, draft calls, and mounting speculation.
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Brimstead
Samson
Abe Lincoln
Sycamore Woods
Davis
Harry
Oider
Stuart
Springfield
Bim
Jack
Jim
City Hotel
Lionel Davis
Prairies
St. Louis
Chicago
Mr. Davis
Pony Express
Panic After the 1887 Bubble Crushes a Small City
Samson and Harry witness the economic collapse as banks suspend payments and New York panics. Land prices plummet, fortunes vanish overnight, and the duo buy two city lots and prairie acreage before bidding farewell to Jack Kelso. Kelso’s cautionary remark hints at inevitable change.
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Tate, Loans and Insurance
South Water Street
Chicago
Kankakee
Lincoln
Harry
Samson
Praire
Hume
John Kelso
la Salle Street
Jack Kelso
Bim
Ryven
Kelso
Httle
New York
Ilinois
Davis
Kelsos
Rapid Transit in 1819 Brooklyn to Flushing Stage Line
An 1819 notice proclaims a stage service between Brooklyn Newtown and Flushing. The driver reports improved team with extra horses, cutting the run to 90 minutes for 12 miles. Fare from Brooklyn to Newtown is 37 1 2 cents and to Flushing 50 cents. seats at Nichol’s, Bedell’s, and Lowry’s.
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Brooklyn
Flushing
New York
Newtown
Laboring Under Difficulties in orchestra humor
A clipped humor item notes a clarinet player hitting sour notes during a performance and jokes about musicians misfiring. A remark about a musician’s wife in tempo and a kiss causing forgetfulness adds to the lighthearted backstage sense of strain.
Gorky Travels to Germany to Publish Manuscripts
Maxim Gorky, once a relief official, has gone to Germany to print manuscripts he says contain a new tuberculosis treatment. He urges moral support for Russian scientists along with publication to aid humanity, warning of Russia's intellectual catastrophe and citing Manukine findings on anemia cancer drunkenness and malnutrition in Petrograd.
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Maxim Gorky
Germany
Gorky
Russia
Manukine
Petrograd
Women Likely To Head Welfare Department In Cabinet
The piece notes strong support in Congress for a national welfare department headed by a woman. Harriet Taylor Upton is highlighted as a leading candidate, with Medill McCormick and Arthur Livermore also backed. The idea stems from a 1920s effort and Harding’s openness to placing welfare activities under a female secretary.
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Congress
National Welfare Department
Harding
Marton
Harriet Taylor Upton
National Republican Executive Committee
Children’s Bureau
Medill McCormick
Mark Hanna
Arthur Livermore
New York
New York State Republican Committee
Lord Seen as Likely Dawes Success at Budget
Washington reports say Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes will retire from the budget directorship on June 30 after a one year term. Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of finance of the War department, is named as Dawes successor in official circles. Lord, born 1859, rose from a newspaper career to U S Army ranks and held key finance posts during and after World War I.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Herbert M. Lord
War Department
National Army
U.S. A
Goethals
Army
Prince Kuhio Ends Long Congress Career Ready for Homes Commission
Congress will miss Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole who after twenty years as Hawaii’s delegate to Congress ends his national service. Born 1872 on Kauai he became a colorful Washington figure and defender of native Hawaiian rights. He will join the Hawaiian Homes Commission to aid rehabilitating the dying Hawaiian race.
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Jonah Kuhio
Cupid
Congress
Washington
Hawaiian Homes Commission
Prince Kuhio
Kapaa
Kauai
David Kahalapouli Pilkol
Kansas
Kamehameha the Great
Elizabeth Kakanui Kaleiwhoi
Kanuwal
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Irving Bacheller
Abe
Michigan
Elin
Col
Zachary Taylor
Florida
Col. Taylor
Hiceardstown
Tab
Lord
Dawes
Finance
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