Moving full grown trees to Carnegie Fifth Avenue park
The article describes Andrew Carnegie preparing a Fifth Avenue park by transplanting mature trees from Westchester and Connecticut. It details a careful, root‑preserving method using a tracking system, hooks, and a saddle to lift trees without damaging roots or twigs, ensuring the trees thrive in their new urban setting.
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Andrew Carnegie
Europe
Fifth Avenue
Ninetieth
Ninety-first
Westchester County
Connecticut
Mr. Carnegie
Fifth Avenue Park
How a Trust Leader Works in Modern Business
A discussion on trust leadership shows the head directs high level strategy rather than daily chores. The president initiates papers and relies on subordinates who exercise judgment, yet each must be responsible for outcomes. The system rewards decisive action in turmoil and noninterference in smooth conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Leslie
A Beresford Story in Parliament Boots Stolen in Sleep
A historic tale recalls Lord Charles Beresford noticing a goutstricken county member napping behind the reporters bench. The member kept his boots under the bench and slept through divisions until Beresford hid one boot, forcing the sleeper to walk out in the lobby with a single boot amid laughter.
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Beresford
Lord Charles Beresford
Vanishing London and the New Inn Site Purchase
The London Builder reports the sale of New Inn Wych Street for 175000 pounds to the London County Council for Strand north improvements. It notes the inn is the sole surviving law seminary of the Middle Temple, post Somerset’s destruction of Strand Inn, with origins traced to Our Lady's Inn by a Virgin Mary sign.
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London
New Inn
Wych Street
London County Council
Strand
Strand Inn
Somerset
Middle Temple Society
Our Lady’s Inn
Metal masked veteran aids surgeon in noble cause
A German surgeon employs an old war veteran who lost limbs and part of his face in 1870. The man wears a concealed metallic mask that preserves a hint of humanity and retains his sight. Three new British battleships are planned for this year at a total cost of 6,250,600 dollars each.
Monkey Practical Joker Eases Family’s Room to Ruin in Baltimore
A Baltimore owner laments $26.20 in damaged chinaware and bric-a-brac after his ring-tail monkey, kept tethered for a Sunday absence, creates a scene of chaos. The animal chewed its tether, climbed a heap of belongings, and finished with salt and flour and water. Now chained and for sale, the clever prankster is no longer welcome.
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Baltimore
Simian
Sim
Weeping Heroines and Midcentury Tears in Fiction
Freeman's Journal compares Charlotte M. Yonge to Susan Warner as it recalls Amy in The Heir of Redclyffe and Ellen Montgomery in The Wide Wide World. It cites a seaside reviewer tallying 3869 tears across Amy's three volumes and estimates ninety-five quarts, noting Ellen Montgomery's greater emotional force.
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Charlotte M. Yonge
Redclyffe
United Kingdom
Amy
Susan Warner
Ellen Montgomery
Freeman’s Journal
Roosevelt Dinner Guest and Booker T. Washington Work
A portrait of Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee work as a practical solution to the race problem in the South. Washington’s leadership, Harvard honor, and influence are highlighted, with Roosevelt’s national reach noted as tribute to genius regardless of race. Also mentions a London swindle case and insurance line.
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Booker T Washington
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
South
Tuskegee Institute
Washington
Europe
McKinley
Atlanta
Georgia
Harvard University
Roosevelt
Booker Washington
Philadelphia Times
Dress in the Senate and its changing attire
The New York Press laments how the United States Senate evolved from clean shaven, frocked men in formal dress to a postbell lum regiment in sack suits or cutaways, contrasting old timers like Morgan and Teller with modern fashionable politicos and signaling a loss of dignity and public importance.
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Senate
United States Senate
Most Wonderful Cure By White Wine of Tar Syrup
Patient Joserh E. Moeruin of Doland, South Dakota reports complete recovery from a severe cough after using Dr C D Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup. He was given up by doctors, took one and a half bottles, and is now cured. Sold by McLean Bros in Coldwater Michigan.
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C. D. Warner
Coldwater
Mich
Joserh E. Moeruin
Doland
South Dakota
McLean Bros
The West Point of Mexico establishes Chapultepec Military School
National Geographic Magazine notes that General Diaz prioritizes educated officers and built Chapultepec as a premier military school in Mexico. Foreign observers regard its comprehensive curriculum and strict discipline as exemplary, placing it among the world's top military institutes.
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West Point
Mexico
Diaz
Military School
Chapultepec
National Geographic Magazine
Treatment of Cuts Clean and Quick
The guide advises cleaning small cuts with warm water, stopping bleeding by pressure, hot water, ice, or dry whiting to clot the blood. Once clean, edge the wound and apply narrow adhesive plaster strips across the cut at intervals rather than one large piece.
Peanut nicknames across regions and cultures
The article lists regional names for the peanut including goober in Tennessee and Georgia, ground pea in Alabama and the western gulf states, pindar in the southeast and West Indies, and jurnut earth mut or manils nut in parts of England.
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Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Gulf States
United States
West Indies
England
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Endorsement
J H Weber of Cascade Iowa notes repeated sales from those who used the remedy and urges trying the tablets for dullness after meals bad taste biliousness loss of appetite or constipation. I H Myers, Druggist, sells them.
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Chamberlain
J. H. Weber
Cascade
Iowa
I. H. Myers
Santa Fe excursion rates to Grand Canyon and cities in Arizona
Lamar Colorado July 16 1901 all year tourist rates to Grand Canyon of Arizona Phoenix and Prescott Arizona Dates of sale daily year round Limits going tourist within 60 days return within nine months Stop overs allowed within the tourist and final limits Rates to Grand Canyon 58 40 to Phoenix or Prescott 63 40 All year tourist rate to Hot Springs New Mexico 14 70 round trip Final limit 90 days Side trips from La Junta Pueblo 2 60 Colorado Springs 4 35 Denver 7 25 Good on going or return trip with 40 day limit and stop over north of including Pueblo Inquiry G J Garvin Agent Also Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment cures piles price 50 cents bottles 75 cents Myres For Safe Cheap Three room dwelling house and lot terms C B Thoman
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Lamar
Colo
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Phoenix
Prescott
Grad Canyon of Arizona
Hot Springs
N. Mex
la Junta
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
Tabler
Myres
Las Animas
Pueblo Colorado Springs
California Express
Chicago
G. J.garvin
Hensley Suit Summons Filed in Prowers County Court
A Colorado summons issued in Prowers County names Amma C. Hensley as plaintiff. The action details a court proceeding under state jurisdiction and requires response by the defendant within the designated period. The document indicates formal court process initiation.
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State OF Colorado
Prowers Court
Amma C. Hensley
State of
Colorado
J.B. Hensley
Prowers County
Lamar
KE. Billingsle
Th Seal County
Prescription Payment in San Francisco Sets Record
A $112,600 transfer in coin and stock on August 30, 1901, paid by San Francisco business men for a Brights Disease and Diabetes treatment once incurable. Trials began November 15, 1900, with over three dozen cases, eighty seven percent success, thirteen percent failures. Investigating committee reports and clinical results will be mailed free on application to Joan Juuron Company, 420 Montgomery St, San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Bright
Joan J. Fuuron Company
Montgomery St
Cal
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M McMillin
Hugh Eoves
Carlton
A. Merrill
Register
United States Land Office
Otice
Joseph Mardy
L. Ll. Froman
H. O. Hainline
J B. Kellam
George F. Pearl
Lamar, Tavora
W. A. Merri U. Register
Col
James D. Martin
E. B. Leatherman
George W. Leasure
W. P. James
L. A. Cook
W. A. Mereily
Caxton Building
Boyd
SAE Weexey
Inter Ocean
West
Mail
Roxie Egam
A.T
S. F
Cano
Pjemer Republican
Denver Republican
North Vide
Henry Bon Durant
R. R
Great Plains
Fewkes
Sant
J. 3. Hasty, M
Goodale Block
Gamar
Granby Hillyer
Lamar, Cotorapo
Goodale Building
J. K. Doughty
Bent Bik
East Main St
John
Horn
W. A. Merrill
Lamar, Cotorano
Office In Land Office
S. Wilson
Irwin
J.H. Hardy
Osteopath
N. E. Corner Union Hotel
A. T. Still School
Kirkville, Mo
D. W. Robinson Auctioneer
JCO
Opera House
Conwell
East Main Street
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