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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
7
The Diary of Leonard Hardman and His Curious Assistant
A drifting life student, Richard Kent, becomes a trusted aide to Leonard Hardman, a self made yet secretive broker who offers $250 monthly pay. For three years Kent enjoys lavish lunches and guidance while Hardman’s business remains hidden in shadowy, profitable ventures. After Hardman’s death Kent inherits $50,000 and discovers a diary revealing the trainer’s fixation on building wealth and his hidden methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Hardman
Mr. Hardman
Leonora Hardman
Richard Kent
Kent
Noted adviser Richard Kent harms Hardman’s judgment
In a letter-like passage Hardman praises Richard Kent as a brilliant yet infallible adviser. He admits Kent’s consistent wrong turning on ordinary problems yet credits him with prompting great results. Hardman declares his own fearlessness and lack of concealment while explaining his legendary mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kent
Hardman
The Burglars' Terror and a Dog Defense
A captured burglar describes fear of small dogs, claiming they outwit alarms and detectives. He says big dogs like Saint Bernards can be bribed with meat, but small terriers pursue intruders relentlessly, forcing a quick exit. The remarks appear in the New York Mail and Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernards
New York Mail and Express
Gun Totin Valet Moves in Houston Society
A historical anecdote recalls Colonel Jack Chinn visiting Texas with his enslaved valet Sam who asked to borrow the ivory handled six shooter. Sam declared his nerve and warned of his return with the gun, and the tale notes the valet’s access to elite Afro-American circles that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Chinn
Texas
Sam
Chinn
States
Houston
Darky
Massa Jack
Society Head
Colonel Chinn
Dallas News
The Valet and the Comte’s Narrow Escape
The Comte de Brienne recalls a violent moment when he corrected a valet who later held a razor to his throat asking whose turn it was. After shaving, they parted on good terms, but the incident strained relations and the comte dismissed the man with 100 souls. He warns young men never to strike at servants as lives lie in their hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comte de Brienne
M. le Comte
Dorothys In England Bed Fund Shows Many Dorothys
The London children's hospital asked every child named Dorothy in England to give a shilling toward a bed named Dorothy. The response funded a dozen beds, indicating thousands of Dorothys in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Dorothy
Children’s Hospital
London
Atchison Globe
Free sermon prompts attention in Philadelphia Press joke
A Philadelphia Press joke recalls Brother Jerkins praising a sermon as free, while a deacon notes the collection passed him asleep, sparking amusement about the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerkins
Deacon
Philadelphia Press
Paris of the Faubourgs by Richard Whiteing
The Century essay contrasts Paris laborers with London workers, praising Paris streets as vibrant public spaces. It notes the faubourgs shape by private and public life, the desire for beauty in lampposts statues and fountains, and how daily surroundings lift the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Faubourgs
Richard Whiteing
London
Champs Elysees
Tulseries
Luxembourg
Place de la Concorde
Pelican Bend Hosts Annual Migrant Gathering Near St Charles
The pelican gathering at Pelican Bend along the Missouri near St Charles occurs semiannually on Sept 4, with birds migrating north in spring and south in autumn. The article describes their pouch, odor, color changes, and uses of skins in garments as they prepare for breeding in the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelican Bend
Missouri River
St. Charles
Missouri
Pelican
Ife
Firmly Rooted: Daughter recalls Memphis ties and a dental tale
A Mississippi-born daughter now in Memphis recounts her father’s misadventure with a tooth extraction. He joked the dentist pulled him from his chair and described roots wrapped around his backbone, prompting family laughter and a confusion over jawbone versus tooth roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Barber’s Confiding Disposition Cited In Witful Exchange
A line depicts Barber as supremely trusting while another quips he even believes his own lies. The exchange highlights his notable candor and self-deception in a playful, confidant tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
No Wild and Woolly West exposes eastern myths
A travel writer rebuts popular myths of a violent cattle country and its desperadoes. He recounts long journeys across the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia and says he has never seen genuine frontier violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Dakotas
Eastern
Middle States
Great Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Clark Street
Chicago
Infant Baptisms In Rasaia In Tiflis Russia
Trumbull White describes a Greek rite baptism in the Church of St. David at Tiflis. A 4 or 5 week old infant is immersed three times in a cold font, with blessings and prayers amid a family scene. The priest tempers the water by adding hot water, the child endures calmly, earning praise from observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rasaia
Trumbull White
Church of St. David
Tiflis
Russia
Chicago
Nassau's Hurricane Tree Dominates Public Square
In Nassau the capital of the Bahamas, a single tree fills the public square with vast shade. Known as the cecilia or silk cotton tree and called the hurricane tree, it withholds wind forces with a buttressed trunk and curved braces. Its age is uncertain, possibly centuries, and a historic Nassau image shows it as large as today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Cecilia
Jew Islands
West Indies
Corwin's Ready Wit in Debate with Governor Brough
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls Tom Corwin's sharp quip against Governor John Brough over a carriage alleged to be from England. Corwin defends that it was a family heirloom unused for seven years, now roosting in his backyard while chickens peck at it, challenging how Brough knows details without visiting his bearpost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Corwin
John Brough
Corwin
England
Mr. Brough
Brough
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Norbert Muller Hopkins
Greene L. EL Wood
Gilbert
Bre Insurance
Congress
Tme
Itf
OF the Faubourgs
the Pelican
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