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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
2
The article proclaims E. H. Harriman as the first to control a truly transcontinental system and credits his work for national advancement. It highlights his leadership in reorganizing the Union Pacific and elevating him as a leading financier in the country.
Born February 25, 1848 to a country clergyman family, Harriman faced poverty and limited schooling. He rose from errand boy to Wall Street clerk, bought a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, became Illinois Central vice president, reorganized Union Pacific, and at sixty controlled an ocean to ocean railroad system.
E H Harriman emerges as the dominant force in building an ocean to ocean railroad empire. He gains virtual control of the Gould system via an $8 million loan and a shared Pittsburgh terminal, expanding to 50,000 miles of line with $1.545 billion in capitalization. He vows not to seek money but to improve the country as he reshapes Union Pacific, Erie, and related lines.
The narrative details Edward H. Harriman’s early life poverty and schooling, his Wall Street ascent buying a seat at 22, and his study of Gould Vanderbilt and others. It covers his 1887 move to vice president of Illinois Central, the Kansas Pacific deal, and his 1898 Union Pacific reorganization turning a wreck into a vast railroad network with extensive capital investments and fleet expansions.
The article lauds Harriman for expanding rail capacity and safety across the South Pacific coast, noting liberal spending on station buildings sidings and crossings. It lists high salaries for Kruttschnitt Stubbs Harriman and other executives and quotes the New York World praising his drive for results.
A Kansas farmer with twenty five years of wheat on one quarter section learns from the Department of Agriculture that crop diversification restores soil. The plan maps fields to alfalfa corn and peas with livestock targets, yielding far higher profits. An Ohio farmer with eighty mortgaged acres follows a soil based plan, earning $2000 first year and potentially $5000 annually.
A collage of witticisms on money, love, fame, and virtue. Humorous quips challenge wealth hysteria, religious doubt, and domestic bliss while noting human foibles and social pretensions.
A collection of historical recipe instructions covering Cornmeal Muffins with cornmeal salt sugar baking powder milk and egg, Cocoanut Macaroons with sugar syrup coconut and egg whites, Candied Sweet Potato Balls with butter maple syrup and boiling, and Floating Island a milk custard with meringue islands and vanilla almond flavor.
The New York Herald extols Wedgwood wall decor for drawing rooms noting a pale Wedgwood blue background with darker medallions in white. It suggests matching carpet and using the Wedgwood design at the center to emphasize the decor with blue or soft green accents.
A New Haven Register note argues for using newspaper initials or magazine letters transferred with carbon paper to create uniform marking on sheets. It suggests indelible ink, embroidery, and engraved headings as modern options for consistent, cost efficient labeling.
Instructions advise applying turpentine to soiled coat collars and letting it dry, repeating to loosen dirt, then scraping and sponging with turpentine. Rewash with turpentine or alcohol or chloroform, wiping dry. Alcohol or chloroform yield a quicker drying, smoother surface.
Black dresses are cleaned by brushing to remove dust then washing with warm water and ammonia, scrubbing with fabric, rinsing with cold water, and air drying in shade. An indigo bath can darken the solution for stain removal, and stubborn mud stains may vanish when rubbed with raw potato.
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