Picturesque Life of John W Gates Retires From Wall Street
Henry Barret Chamberlin writes of John W Gates born near Chicago in 1855 who built a barbed wire empire and steel trusts, reached Wall Street prominence, and then quit amid rumors of losses. The piece savors his daring, risks, and public image as the quintessential American speculator and entrepreneur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates
Wall Street
House of Twelve Partners
French Lick
Greater
New York
John W. Gates
Chicago
Turner’s Junction
John Warne Gates
Turner’s
Isaac L. Ellwood
San Antonio
Texas
Lone Star
Panhandle
Ellwood
Glidden
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Illwood
Bing
Winois
Tto
Missouri
J. W. Gates & Co
Souther Wire Company
Tse
Edenhorna
Hraddock
Rankin
England
Isse
J. Pierpont. Morgan
Carnegie
Consolidated Stow
Wire Company
Yssss
YhuSte
Ilings
Steel Trust
Morgan
Louiiiyle and
Nashville Railroad
Edwin Lefevre
Captains of Industry
America
United States
Louisville & Nashville
Charles
Charles Tyson Yerkes
Yerkes
Stock Exchange
Addicks
Mr. Gates
Henry Barrett Chamberlin
Chicago Record-Herald
Monument Unveiling Honors Ensign Worth Bagley in Raleigh
In Raleigh a grand pageant led by the Marine Band of Washington unveiled a monument in Capitol Park honoring Ensign Worth Bagley. Bagley, a North Carolina native, died aboard the torpedo boat Winslow at Cardenas and was the first American officer killed in the Spanish American War. Governors and state officials attended, with speeches by Rev. Wate rhas and Richmond Pearson Heelerer.
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Raleigh
N. C
Marine Band of
Washington
Ensign Worth Bagley
Capitol Park
Insign Bagley
North Carolina
Winslow
Cardenas
Spain
Toner
Glenn
Brother
Basisa Boeteyr
Severadb
Bite
Lie
Dobar Os
Pearson Heleor
Amusements: The District Leader Melodrama Review
The piece reviews a district stage show titled The District Leader mixing melodrama comedy and comic opera with vivacious show girls. It notes Joseph Howard as author of successful pieces The Vampire The Land of Nod The Time Place and The Girl and Isle of Bong Bong. The review lauds the varied entertainments and overall happy effect.
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Maine
Nua
York
Joseph Is. Howard
Vmpire
Land of Nod
New Pastor Heard in Freeport Pulpit Strength of Prayer
A new Freeport pastor with a strong personality inspires the city’s religious life by preaching that God power comes through earnest prayer. The sermon argues belief, specific requests, and willful faith as keys to prayer, citing Jesus, biblical examples, and modern missionaries to urge Christians to seek God’s power through persistent, precise supplication.
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Jesus Christ
Palestine
God
Christ
Jesus
Mou
Bartimus
David
South Africa
Moses
Funeral of Senator Hughes in Dixon Attended by Thousands
The funeral for Senator Charles H. Hughes in Dixon drew about 6,000 attendees. Interment was at Sugar Grove cemetery. Notables included Merce Busse, Postmaster Campbell, Congressman Lowden, and former U.S. District Attorney C. B. Morrison. A special committee of 25 state senators, led by C. P. Gardner, Harry G. Hall, John Broderick, and A. J. Anderson, attended along with many lawmakers. Reverend T. F. Dornblazer delivered the sermon as Dixon Masons oversaw cemetery rites. John C. McKenzie spoke briefly at the grave. he and Hughes had been Springfield roommates.
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Chicago
A. J. Anderson
Rockford
Lower House
United States
A. J. Hopas
T. F. Dornblazer
Masonic Order
Masonic Lodge of
Dixon
John C. McKenzie
Elizabeth
McKenzie
Hughes
Springfield
A Veritable Horse Show Arrives May 25
John Robinson presents a grand array of equine wonders including Arabians, racing thoroughbreds, English jumping horses, Norman and Percheron draft stock, and ponies from Shetland to Welsh. The show promises the finest collection in the circus world and sails into the city on May 25.
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John Robinson
Desert
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Real Estate Transfers In Santiago Addition
Frank W. Siecke transfers Lot 6 Block 8 to Mrs Louisa Froning for 400 dollars and Lot 9 Block 2 to Weltha M Kinne for 300 dollars. K Mayer sells Lot 7 Block 6 in Mayer and Seeley’s addition to Harry C Boeke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Siecke
Louisa Froning
Santiago
Weltha M. Kinne
K. Mayer
Harry C. Boeke
Mayer and Seeley
Dickinson & Company Open New Chicago Branch Office
The Board of Trade unit announces John Dickinson & Company have opened a branch in the Rice building rooms 204 and 205. They will post quotations on New York stocks and the Chicago grain market. O. J. Bittel, present in the city, will serve as manager.
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Board of Trade
John Dickinson & Company
Chicago
New York
O. J. Bittel
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Quick Relief in Freeport Ad
In Freeport an advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as rapid aid for backache and kidney distress. Mrs. E J Moroney of 195 Spring Street testifies the remedy eased years of pain, fatigue, and poor energy after using it from Humert's drug store. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan and take no other.
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Freeport
Dean
E. J. Moroney
Spring Street
Doun
Hmmert
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Daughter of Hawthorne Founds Free Homes in New York
The daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, born Lenox May 20, 1851, married George Parsons Lathrop in 1871 and coauthored stories. In recent years she left literary life to aid the poor, especially cancer patients, funding St. Rose's Free Home for Cancer and similar houses in NYC with help from benefactors.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lenox
Mass
George Parsons Lathrop
New York
St. Rose's Free Home For
Notable events from 1506 to 1902 in brief records
A compact chronology lists deaths births and pivotal events: Christopher Columbus Died 1506, Avein victory over Spaniards 1781, David Dudley Field born 1806, John Stuart Mill born, May 9 1873 death, 1834 Eranee vows retention of Algiers, 1859 Montebello defeat, 1861 North Carolina secedes, 1868 Grant Culfax GOP convention, 1879 St Patrick’s Cathedral NYC dedicated, 1880 Henry Foote dies, 1895 Marti killed, 1902 Estrada Palma inaugurates Cuba’s first president.
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Christopher Columbats
Avein
David Dudley Field
John Stuart Mill
Eranee
Algiers
Montebello
North Carolina
Chicero
Grant
St. Patrick’s
New York City
Henry Stuart Foote
Jefferson Davis
Jose Marti
Tomas Estrada Palma
Republic of Cuba
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Wizard OF Finance
Miles
H.M. Markley
Ondresbyterian
Auguers
Power of Prayer
John Knox
Scotland
Livingstone
Africa
Tlaminion College
Chapman
Hamilton College
Hamilton
Senator Hughes
Winhows
Angela
Druggiate
Bradfield Regulator
Tlauta
NCO
Chizai
The
Journal
Buster Brown
Freeport Railway, Light & Power CO
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