Fortune of Russell Sage Widow Sparked Public Interest
The widow of Russell Sage inherits about 75 million dollars and, though in frail health, continues his legacy of wealth through philanthropy. Observers note her careful management mirrors Sage’s prudence in finance and hope care of the fortune remains in capable hands.
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Russell Sage
Gotham
Wall Street
Notable Exchange on Progress and Peril in a World Moving Fast
A modern dialogue contrasts advancing tech with social dangers. Brinkley lauds a smoke free era and wireless telegraphy while Cynicus warns of moneyed foreigners entering to wed heartless heiresses, highlighting anxieties about wealth, marriage, and global mobility.
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Brinkley
Cynicus
Barking to keep courage in bold friends cited
A reflective line notes that small dogs bark loudly to bolster courage and suggests similarly self-assertive friends may use noisy posturing to cope with fear or insecurity. The remark frames public bravado as a common human behavior.
Social Heights Weigh Too Light to Drag Down the Scale
A wry remark notes that a few people far above the average social level are so light in influence that their presence cannot tilt the social scale. The line teases vanity and the limits of status in a concise parlor observation.
Colorado News Briefs From Across The State
Platteville building boom. Ouray settler Charles Wahl dead. Routt county storm damage reported. Colorado Springs forms Young Men's Democratic Club. Guy Buckles to fight Howard Baker in Cripple Creek. Greeley Summer School opens with 1000 teachers. Colorado & Kansas Railroad opens Pueblo to Cripple Creek. Ella New postmaster at Delta, Frank Silonton at Victor. Alfalfa breakfast food planned in Weld county. Montrose Chamber to issue 10000 postal cards. Des Stewart leaves Denver for New York Boston. Free gold found near Golden by G W Parfet. Longmont to send automobile on Sociability run to Chicago. $50000 federal building funds for Grand Junction. Hotchkiss Fair barbecue replaces spring races. Cripple Creek barber union elects T A Arneal president. John Lesser body found in Gill flume. Mrs A D Droll of Greeley burned relighting coal oil. Rev C W Dyer becomes Pueblo First Presbyterian pastor. Salary $3600. Hundreds of Weld entrymen prove up under new three-year law. Boulder dam work suspended this year. Cripple Creek’s C R Mohr shot by Ethel Doyle in Trinidad. Golden ore-dressing plant opens July 1. Fort Collins Agricultural College graduates 48. Perkham merchant pours vinegar to save baby. Knights Templar to hold 1913 triennial conclave in Denver. all hotel space booked. Montrose flood damage around $10000. bridges washed away or near collapse.
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Guy Buckles
Omaha
Howard Baker
Boulder
Cripple Creek
Greeley
Colorado & Kansas, Pueblo
Ella
Delta
Frank Silonton
Victor
Weld
Montrose Chamber of Commerce
Des. C. A. Stewart
Denver
New York
Boston
Golden
G. W. Parfet
Longmont
Chicago
W. L. Carroll
Knights Templar
Montrose County
Clever arithmetic riddle stumps class with rich man puzzle
A schoolteacher notes clever students who read the papers and solve a math puzzle. A father leaves one million dollars to five relatives by fractions 1/5 to the wife 1/6 to the son 1/7 to the daughter 1/8 to the brother and the rest to foreign missions. The class laughs when the youngest boy answers with a lawyer as the recipient.
Too Favorable a Description
An advertisement style passage praises Garfield Tea as a remedy for health, claiming it improves cleanliness and supports well being. It features humorous lines about social views and mentions Red Cross Bag Blue and grocers as distributors. The tone mixes satire with product promotion.
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