Pha hero of Wall Street Louis V Bell a big earner
People of the Day highlight Louis V Bell a Wall Street broker who netted about 500000 in a single Manhattan Elevated railroad deal. The text notes his cautious rise, 15 years on the Street, and his shift from bear to bull to time a large profit.
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Pha
Wall’ Street
Louis V. Bell
Mr. Bell
New York
the Stock Exchange
Col
Wall Street
Bei
Nelson Dingley Jr Life and Tariff Work in Washington
Nelson Dingley Jr of Lewiston Maine dominates political attention in Washington as he works on a new tariff bill for the next Congress and contemplates a cabinet post. A quiet, diligent figure he is noted as a top tariff expert who helped craft the McKinley bill. He is a newspaper man and half owner of the Lewiston Journal and serves as president of the Congressional Temperance union.
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Washington
Nelson Dingley, Jr
Maine
Squirrel Island
Boothbay Harbor
Mr. Dingley
United States
Lewiston Journal
New England
Congressional Temperance Union
Newport Girl Likely Daughters of the Revolution Member
Miss Mary Ann Lea of Newport Kentucky is highlighted as a strong potential member of the Daughters of the Revolution due to lineage tracing back to George Washington. The article notes her beauty, social prominence, musical talent, and expected inheritance of a large fortune, portraying her as a leading Newport figure.
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Mary Ann Lea
Newport
Daughters of the Revolution
George Washington
Luce
The
Daughters
Miss Lee
South African Chivalry at West End Wedding
An amusing exchange recorded at a west end church wedding shows a parson asking who gives this woman away and a voice from the back of the congregation declining. The African Review notes the exchange reflects generosity without intending a broader remark on South African morality.
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West End
Notable Global Facts From Various Realms
A compiled list notes varied trivia: theaters in London employ over 12,000. Gibraltar’s rock stands at 1,487 English feet. many families live on under $500 yearly. Boston houses about 88,294 British Americans, and Mount Marcy tops New York at 6,408 feet. The Duke of Wellington is credited with a morning turn saying. Working days differ by nation. Africa’s natives ate watermelons by 9500 B C. A butterfly in India shows wing color asymmetry. mushroom farming thrives in France. It takes two men a full day to fell a mahogany tree. Austrian prince funerals feature a lamed horse. Africa’s ivory trade slaughters 50,000 to 60,000 elephants yearly. John Scott, Earl of Eldon (1751–1888), was dubbed the stormy petrel for quick London journeys during cabinet concerns.
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London
Rock of Gibraltar
China
Japan
Boston
Mount Marcy
New York
Duke of Wellington
Africa
India
Hawaii
Islands
France
Austria
Insect Flight andFungi Art to British Museum
A backward-flight ant species is noted alongside a donation of Edwin Wheeler Bristol drawings to the British Museum. Additional items cover elephants protected in Africa, Indiana’s tall soldiers, the Atlas moth of Brazil, Spain’s metal exports in 1895, opium cultivation in Persia, banana spirits, Greenwich park observations, opium poppy cultivation, Abnaki liquor from fir tops, the Welcome Stranger gold nugget weighing 184 pounds, hops curing bacon, and the rising cost of operating Atlantic liners.
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Sandwich
Edwin Wheeler
Bristol
British Museum
Indiana
Brazil
Spain
Persia
Greenwich Park
Observatory
New England
Ballarat
The Sporting World On Whist Signals And Ancient Boxing
A survey of Richard A Proctor and Longmans Magazine ideas on whist signaling contrasts true strategy with signaling. It recalls brutal ancient boxing with costas and amphotides, describing blunt weapons and primitive headgear for protection.
Hobart to Retire From the Turf
Walter Hobart the San Francisco millionaire plans to retire from racing and focus on carriage horses. He will retain fillies for breeding while selling several racers. trainer H Hunn takes a long lease on the best horses, actions said to honor his young wife.
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Hobart
Walter Hobart
San Francisco
Bright Phoebus
Forrier
H. H. Hunn
Calling for Score Return Rules in American Golf
Foreign golfers criticize the large share of players who do not hand in scores after rounds. The handicapper is disadvantaged without complete data, and honest players are unfairly treated. The suggestion favors clubs adopting a rule penalizing nonreturn of scores to boost interest and encourage better play.
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America
Philadelphia Ledger
Sporting Notes Sporting notes from late season athletic happenings
Golf links are to be laid out at Rutherford New Jersey Boxers are making College Point New York a favorite resort A Harvard Yale Princeton whist tournament will be held early next year Mysterious Billy Smith of Boston and Paddy Purtell of Kansas City will probably be matched in a few days The financial report of the Princeton Football association for the season shows balance of 14709 72 in favor of the association
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Rutherford
N. J
College Point
N. Y
Billy Smith
Boston
Paddy Purtell
Kansas City
Princeton Football Association
Association
Letter Sealed Message Sparks Coal Demand Plot
The wife of a Germantown merchant secretly plans to ensure her husband orders coal. She mails a note urging him not to open it until work, the letter reveals the coal has been consumed and must be ordered to avoid trouble. The husband follows the instruction, sending for coal as directed.
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Germantown
Philadelphia Record
Healthful womanhood and Dr. Pierce remedies
An exhortation on female health cites the Passover analogy, urging women to maintain health to protect children. It praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery, sharing testimonial from W. R. Malcolm. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, now free in paper, with details for obtaining copies from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association.
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W. R. Malcolm
Knobe , Clay Co
Ark
America
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. C
Fruit Parings Sold For Jams And Dyes On South Water Street
A Chicago Chronicle item notes how waste from fruit parings tea leaves onion peels and banana skins is collected and reused. Apple parings are turned into jams by a steam-cleaned process, used tea leaves recycled, onion peelings sold to dyehouses, and banana skins dried and ground with flour to make a white starch adulterant. Also mentions fresh eggs from the era and a Cheese note. A local Virginian reader praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy bought from Emmert & Burrell dragists.
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South Water Street
Cleveland
Chicago Chronicle
Who's making all that racket out there
A brief exchange from a Detroit Free Press item features a kitchen scene where one character asserts they are singing loudly, and another apologizes, mistaking them for the wife, highlighting domestic humor and characterization.
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Detroit Free Press
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed by Flushing Merchants
Perry and Cameron, prominent Flushing druggists, say Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best cough medicine they have ever sold and always gives satisfaction. Emmert and Burrell, druggists, offer it at 26 and 50 cents per bottle.
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Robert Rawls
Holland
Emmert & Burrell
Perry & Cameron
Flushing
Michigan
Safeguard Debate on Defenses Referenced by Washington Times
The Washington Times quotes a Safeguard exchange about threats by Lord Deadbroke and argues for strengthening coast defenses with a plan to visit America. The dialogue frames national security concerns and implies urgency in bolstering coastal protection.
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Lord Deadbroke
America
Washington Times
Pain Balm Relief for Chest Pain and Tightness
A pain remedy uses Chamberlain's Pain Balm applied to the chest and back to ease chest pain from a cold and possible pneumonia. Sold by Emmert & Burrell, druggists.
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Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Druggiate
Notice for Cherry Camp MWA Meeting at Lodge Room
Members of Cherry camp MWA are urged to attend a meeting at the lodge room Wednesday at 8 o clock sharp by order of the board of managers. Harry Knecht, J. B. Derstine, H. Kerr. Also an advertisement for a personally conducted tour through Mexico by the Chicago and North Western Railway under Mr J J Grafton. Departure from Chicago February 2 1897 for thirty days with palace sleeping cars and extended tickets available.
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Cherry Camp
Board of Managers
Harry Knecht
Derstine
H. Kerrr
Mexico
J. J. Grafton
Chicago
Chicago & North- Western Ry
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