Notable New York Lawyers Fees in Historic Cases
A survey of famed American lawyers discusses large fees and notable cases. It cites Guthrie on the Plant fortune contest, Cromwell in the Panama deal, Choate as ambassador and high earnings, Johnson in major trusts, and Root and Untermyer in corporate law, contrasting old modest fees with modern sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Plant
New Haven
Conn
Leventritl
Supreme Court
New York
Connecticut
Plant
Guthrie
New Yorker
United States Supreme Court
Janceha
George William Curtis
John J. Parsons
Bis
Parsons
Sugar Trust
Trust
Joseph HH
Choate
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Choate
Cromwell
William M. Evarts
Colinsel
Fitz John Porter
Gen. DI Cesnala
Commodore Vanderbilt Millions
David Stewart
Cultis P. Huntington
England
McKinley
John G.johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
Johnson
Northern Securities
Inynly
Area
Decker, Howell & Co
Uneto
Central
South America
Panama
New
Panama Casal Company
Lardly
United States
Edward Lauterbach
East River Bridge Company
Philadelphia & Reading Trailroad
Union
Brooklyn
Samuel Untermyer
Root
Mr. Untermyer
Myr. Evarts
Othey
Marriage talk and fashion notes from old column
A playful interview mockingly addresses a rumored marriage to Blobb the billionaire while the actress denies divorce or bigamy. The piece shifts to a fashion tip praising laundered fabrics and the value of good starch, urging Defiance Starch for sterner, neater results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blobb
Bure
Unappreciated Prowesa Letter Home Sparks Father’s Rebuke
A college athlete writes to his father predicting a hammer throw distinction. The father, irked by the tone, replies he cares not for such antics in print and warns that any window damage will be his son’s responsibility to cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
Turkish Tobacco Seed Export Ban Firmly Enforced
The Turkish government enforces a total prohibition on exporting Turkish tobacco seed. This strict policy aims to control cultivation and supply within national borders, affecting farmers, exporters, and related industries relying on seed access.
Widow Exhumes Husband for Photo at Woodlawn Cemetery
A New York widow had her late husband exhumed 20 days after burial at Woodlawn Cemetery to obtain better photographs. Henry Brown, a train dispatcher on the One Hundred Twenty Ninth Street elevated line, died December 6 of rheumatic gout and was buried. The Bronx health department granted permission after her petition, and a photographer and undertaker photographed the three weeks dead man, both profile and full face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn Cemetery
New York
Henry Grown
Bronx Health Department
Henry
Health Department
Mra. Brown
Woodlawn
Brown
Defianes Starch Promises Better Laundry Results
A home laundry note advocates Defianes Starch for superior stiffness with less paste. It claims the starch strengthens fabrics so it can be used more thinly, avoiding hidden wear and preserving appearance.
A Palmetto journalist calls gullible gum slot
A Chesterfield Advertiser item describes a chewing gum slot machine at the Bea board Air Line depot in Cheraw that is out of gum or missing a crank, with a two cent deposit on a Saturday night yielding no gum and urging removal or repair to avoid becoming a public imposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaboard Air Line
Cheraw
Chesterfield Advertiser
Band Plays Dixie Incident Reported in Baker City
A Baker City anecdote recalls Judge Sam White and Tom Taggart throwing a five dollar hat through a skylight after the band began playing Dixie. The remark ends with a quotation on sincerity from Archbishop Tilloy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Sam White
Baker City
Tom Taggart
Oregon Democracy
Pendleton
Oregonian
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York
Newport
God
Alnoy
Rufus Gate
Mi Burr
Daniel Webster
Boston
Dartmouth College
Henry Clay
Lincoln
Ilinois
Iowa
Omaha
Abe
Newark
Cooper Institute
Springield
Ward
White House
William Nelson Gromell
Wall Street
Samong
Panama Canal
William Nelson Cromwell
William D. Guthrie
Mre
Maygarst J. Plant
Hradley Plant
Russall A. Alger
War Department
William Street
Ing
Union Pacific
Lauterbach
Pat Cance
Justice
Mr. Johnson
Tie
James Russell Lowell
Lowell
Mr. Evarts
Ane
Conservativa
Mungo Park
Berliner Tagéblatt
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Menlo Park
N. J
GOFAL
Chicago Directory
Great Central Market
Tvo
United Gas & Electric CO
Albany
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Chicago
Trowbridge & Hiver CO
First National Bank
Chichoo
Telephone
Ailiy
Jandale Free
Wexae Barre Lund
Dearbor
Obleago
Lina
Ench Town
Jere
Retalis
Nonocorteys J
Zeegler & CO
Como
Oulgago
Eatn Og
Gunther
State Street
North Florida
North Finside
Wals
Cornwall
Carh
Colonial Trust & Savings Bank
Corbet Adama and
Latodle
M. Bell & GO
Kasal
Bisbee
Utah
Nevada
Ustodar
Nd Curly
el Paso Electric Company
Stone & Webster
Ill
Hyde Perk
E.C.R.R
Try Vs. Telephone
Hyde Park
Wabarat
Boxtern Golorado
O Gould
Dearchard Street
Chiczgo
Lis
Coyne Bros
Waler St
West
Urgeéteanedts
I AM
Bellagg Newsurpem CO
W. Adame
Scrappeigh
John
Johni
Alinals
Michizean
Joseph C. Ficklin & CO
Randolph Street
Realstate Genemi
America
Hubby
Tilloyson
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