Globetrotter's Quest Ends in Humble Claim to Glory
A poem chronicles a lone traveler wandering deserts seas and cities from Libery to Seattle to Vancouver in search of glory. He visits Empory Toronto Kansas Sweden Oklahoma Alaska and Nebraska and finally returns home with a simple boast I have one claim to glory I have never found the pole.
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Eden
Kansas
Sweden
Story
Empory
Toronto
Seattle
Vancouver
O‘a.annah
Montana
Boomer
Oklahoma City
Alaska
Bryan
Nebraska
Personal factor in U S markets highlighted by Forbes
Bert C Forbes argues in Van Norden Magazine that sentiment drives U S investments more than in other nations. He contrasts American markets with the London and continental systems where governance is scientific and financiers do not manipulate values for personal gain.
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United States
Bert C. Forbes
van Norden
Principal Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Great Britain
France
Germany
Europe
New York
Stock Exchange
History repeats itself in self interest over polar claims
The article argues that claims to major discoveries are often doubted through history. It notes Columbus and Hudson as disputed figures and cites Italian, Phoenician, and ancient travelers whose achievements faced skepticism. It reflects on Mandeville, Marco Polo, Smith, and explorers like Cook, who faced similar doubt yet persisted with support from their crews.
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North Pole
New World
Hudson River
Henrich Hudson
Africa
British Isles
Sicily Islands
Herodotus
Mandeville
Marco Polo
John Smith
Powhattan
Pocahontas
Peru
Mexico
Cook
Monotony a Shriveler in Daily Life and Work
Orison Swett Marden argues that constant mental effort without variety dulls the brain and drains energy. Change and fresh viewpoints prevent rutting, keeping both mind and body operable and productive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orison Swett Marden
Success Magazine
Ambition and rest in the making of great achievers
The essay argues that excessive work dulls ability and stresses the need for rest and recreation. It cautions that the strongest performers are not always the perpetual workers who never stop, but those who balance effort with needed respite and leisure.
Symmes Hole and the power of the press agent
The piece recalls John Cleves Symmes and his hollow earth theory, noting his Army service and stubborn belief despite failed expeditions. It then attacks publicity and press agents shaping public opinion, links to land lotteries in the Dakotas, railroads bonding land in Oregon and Idaho, and ends with a cynical jab about Portland and a quip about suckers.
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John Cleves Symmes
Sussex County
N. J
Niagara
Newport
Symmes
Siberia
Congress
Arctic
Annawan
John Cleve Symmes
Antarctic
Shackelton
Peary
Cook
Ptolemy
Herodotus
Idaho
Oregon
California
Will Street
Mining Suit Doyle Burns Settled Out of Court
The 1 million dollar Doyle Burns mining case, long in court, is settled by stipulation with both sides paying their own costs. The dispute centers on the Portland mine at Cripple Creek and Doyle's claim for share of proceeds after sale to a stock company.
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Blo Mining
Bluffa
Denver
Doyle- Burns
Doyle
Burns
Portland
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Laws
Get Thee Behind The Latest Get Thee Behind
Fashioned as scattered quips and jokes this OCR fragment lists money and work opinions, tariff views by congressmen, and a Morgan Bible purchase. It includes humorous line about love, Eve’s height, and a dig at Adam, with a satirical newspaper tone.
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Eugene Weekly Guard
Charles H. Fisher
Eugene
Creswell
J. L. Clark
Coburg
George A. Drury
Traveler
George Matthews Adams
Rochester Post
Symmes Hole
Symmes’ Hole
Public Service Corporation
Standard Oil Company
Airship Company
Automobile Company
Beef Trust
Times
Dakotas
South Dakota
North Dakota
Pierre
Chicago & Northwestern
le Beau
Minneapolis & St
Northwest
Missouri River
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock
States
By Elbert Kode
J. Pierpont Morgan
Eve
Adam
School
East 9Th St
Main
Weal Isayers
Eta Southern Oregon Commission CO
W. H. McCorquodale
Front Sr
PortLane
Pieres
Munkey Gay
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Hiuflato
Maurer-Coppernail Jewelry Co., Inc
Whilamette Street
Eugepe, Ore
Garrett & Mitchell
Tolman Studio
Willamette Street
S. D
Hall's Grocery
East Ninth Street
Gi. T. Lacke
Myr
Hugene Electric Co
O. Thomas Electric
Eugene, OF
IS. G. Beardsley,m
Willamette
Jesse G. Wells
Wm. G. Martin
All the Arts
Office Warren Building
Wilc Ore
Olle Alreet
Creascent
Sixth
Willamette Sts
Shinn the Sign Painter
West Eighth Street
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I’rop
Fish
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Prop
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Ose
Willanwtn
Luly Munkers
Womer
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