Richest Postman Held On To His 1200 Job
In New York, Henry a Bronx letter carrier with a $1200 salary built a $300000 fortune via real estate and stock tips from route residents. He bought Bronx lots, built apartment houses and mortgages, but lost it all in recent Wall Street speculation.
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Wall Street
New York
Seventy-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Third Avenue
Henry
Martin L. Keury
Uncle Sam
Bathgate Avenue
Bronx
Martin L. Henry, Jr
Mr. Henry
Famous Buck Wounded in Pennsylvania Mountains
Newport resident W. H. Kepner wounded the famed deer known as Old Barney a fifteen spike buck seen yearly in the Seven Mountains of Mifflin county. Hunters for years sought the animal but had not succeeded until Kepner's shot though the buck survived the encounter.
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Newport
Barney
Seven Mountains
Mifflin County
W. H. Kepner
Kepper
Caste Influences Mop Market Seen in Orient Visit
Charles Dupuy, an American patent mop advocate, reports caste norms in India affect mop use. Sweepers on floors favor a three cornered mop while wall dusters avoid it, prompting Dupuy to market differently styled mops to each group.
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Seattle
Wash
India
Charles Dupuy
Orient
Africa
Protests Over Nordic Envoy Delay at Halifax
Count Bernstorff will protest to the American state department about delays and methods used during examinations when the Frederik VIII touched at Halifax. British authorities refused to telegraph the protest and censored a written note mailed to Pr Ritter for presentation to the state department.
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Christiania
Mar
Count Bbernstorff
State Department
Frederik VIII
Halifax
Pr. Ritter
Indiana Sends Four Infantry Regiments to Fort Harrison
Adjutant General R. Smith announced from Washington that four infantry regiments from nearby states now on the Mexican border will be sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison in the coming weeks to be mustered out of federal service.
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Indianapolis
Warry
R. Smith
Indiana National Guard
Washington
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Spain to float 200 million dollar loan at six percent
Madrid March 13. Government decree announces a new Spanish loan of 200 million dollars. The issue will bear 6 percent interest and be redeemable in fifty years. Subscriptions open March 31.
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Madrid
Bride of a Month Shot by Husband in Minneapolis
Margaret Bowen aged twenty six, newly married, was shot dead by her husband Joseph Bowen. He escaped a posse of police and citizens.
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Minneapolis
Mar
Margaret Bowen
Joseph Bowen
Chicago Market Reports Hogs Cattle Grain Prices
Live stock prices and receipts from Chicago and East Buffalo. Hogs receipts 54 000 with light to heavy packers quoted 14.55 to 14.85 and 12.25 to 13.75 for good to fancy pigs. Cattle receipts 13 000 with steers 11.00 to 11.75 and cows 8.35 to 8.90 and prime dealers 12.75 to 13.25. Cash grain shows corn No 3 white 1.08 to 1.10, oats No 3 white 0.59 to 0.60. East Buffalo quotes cattle 50 cars up 25c, hogs 40 cars steady, top lambs 15.00 to 15.25.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Governor Edge asks Goethals to join new state highway panel
Governor Edge asked General George W Goethals former Panama Canal Zone governor to serve as consulting engineer for the new state highway commission.
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Goethals
Trenton
N. J
Edge
George W. Gopethals
Panama Canal Zone
S Rate Highway Commission
Johnson Quits as Governor
Sacramento reports Governor Hiram W. Johnson resigns from the California governorship effective March 14, shortly after being elected United States senator.
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Johnson
Sacramento
Cal
Hiram W. Johnson
United States
Cy Dawkins Finishes the Other Malf Before Bed
By Ellis M. Clarke the piece notes Cy Dawkins is half asleep when he rises and completes the other half of a malf before sleeping. The narrator remarks cheap as dirt about the situation and comments on clerks and firm bills in a lightly humorous tone.
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Cy Dawkins
A Folk Play Piece: Woman Rider Saves Yankee King
A fanciful stage excerpt describes a female rider in a Kosnovia setting who warns of assassins and defends the Yankee King. The scene mirrors Paul Revere’s ride with romance and danger. The production stars Warren Kerrigan and plays at Fairfield Theater on Wednesday March 14 with vaudeville.
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Longfellow
Paul Revere
Kosnovia
Paul
Warren Kerrigan
Fairfield Theater
Graystark
Kenmores
Furnished Front Rooms For Rent on East Burlington Street
For rent furnished heated front rooms on 206 East Burlington Street with private entrances. First and second floor options offered by Miss David. Contact details appear in the listing.
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David
East Burlington Street
Classified Ads and Notice Excerpt From Fairfield Journal
Various classified items list sales offers for household goods farms and hens. Notices include a foreclosure execution describing Lots 9 and 10 in Block 18 Henn Williams addition Fairfield with sale at public auction April 7 1917 to satisfy debt and costs.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
First National Bank of
Fairfield
G. S. Grnstead
Eri. N. Grinstead
Mary B. Gilly
Henn Williams & Company
Land Co Preserves Parcel Yet to be Used
Land Company 272 Skidmore Building Marinette Wisconsin holds parcel details pending future use as recorded in the local property ledger. The notice references the address and the building association but lacks additional actionable dates or owner information.
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Wisconsin Farm Lands Landology
Landology
Skidmore
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Buck
Bernstorff
Wilson
Cash Grain
Ellis M. Clarke
Paul Revere’s
Gairfield Theater
Lillian Gish
Diane OF the Follies
Mack Sennett Production
the Kenmores
Mazie
Cedar Oil
Campbell
H. P. McLaughlin Co
People’s Column
A. J. Brier
Fairfield Golf Club
Journal
West
Monroe Street
L. E. Worth
Fairfield Glove and Mitten Co
Washington Street
C. Carlson
Vocalion
H. P. M. Laughlin Co
Loren White
A. J. Smith
North B Street
Rhode Island
South Second Steel
James Bailey
Sheriff's Sale
TED Israel
I. T. Wisecarver
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