Wall Street Brokerage Tricks and Profits Explained
A detailed look at how stock brokers operate on the New York Stock Exchange. Brokers lend money to customers, use margins, and execute purchases while balancing day sales. Large houses trade tens of thousands of shares daily, earning big commissions and requiring substantial capital and client networks.
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Walk Street
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Lackawanna
Exchange
Oper- Biot
W. . Cor
Chicago Tribune
Ontario
Sassi
Merle
Speculators in Matrimony Fates Circulate Rich Wife Plots
In Chicago a tale unfolds of men who seek wealthy wives through loans, and a gambler named Larry funds hopeful matches for 100 percent interest. A Philadelphia youth, aided by gifts and status, marries into money while lenders demand repayment and security in love letters. The scheme stretches from Colorado mining stakes to Fifth Avenue society as tales surface of social climbing via marriage.
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Larry
Fifth Avenue
Imother
Philadelphia
Jarry
Colorado
Ionics
Gir
Chicago
Remarkable Civil War wound and mother’s care tale
A 1865 Iowa Vols private Johnson survived a crippling minie ball wound at Big Black River. After capture, his mother crossed lines to nurse him. he lived sixteen years in pain with frail health. Congress granted him a captaincy before retirement. Also notes on Hudson River asylum patient and assorted local notices.
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Johnson
Iowa Volunteers
Big Black River
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Sherman
St Louis
Congress
Washington
School and Church Commentary on Education and Religion
A compilation from multiple sources notes Rev. William Dean’s obituary and his fifty years of service to Chinese communities, argues for practical trades in schooling over abstract language, cites global Muslim population distributions, praises Texas public education, highlights Bowdoin Alumni Memorial Day ideas with figures like Longfellow and Hawthorne, and presents J B Wasson’s advocacy of industrial education as crime prevention with prison data. The tone remains a period voice on education, religion, and social order.
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William Dean
Bangkok
Siam
Southern Trade Gazette
Europe
Asiatic
Turkey
Persia
Arabia
Central Asia
Hindostan
Asia
Africa
Chicago Tribune
Union
Texas
United States
State University
N. F
Bowdoin Orient
Bowdoin
Longfellow
Hawthorne
Jacob Abbott
Farmington
William Pitt Fessenden
Franklin Pierce
Portland
J. B. Wasson
Pennsylvania
Pungent Paragraphs prompt reader tastes in satire
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various newspapers lampoons writers, performers, and public figures. It notes a Georgia man’s fortune ending in marriage after ninety five years single. A blacksmith’s actions outperform words while a literary jab at genius recurs. A Welsh heir and a tale of goats in Mexico surface amid witty misfires and social satire.
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Papa
Philadelphia
Seine Twen
Trever
Boston Globe
Swift
Brown
Fogo
Loston Transcript
Prine of Wales
Albert Edwpard
Mexico
Republic
Texas
Galveston
Texas News
Tam
Twoman
London Stock Brokers Register Reward Upped For Unregistered
Under Queen Anne and George II laws London stock brokers must register at Guildhall and pass character checks. The Board of Aldermen publishes the registered list and offers a reward of 3250 for information on any unregistered brokers. The published list shows 2102 brokers with an error at Philadelphia 233.
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George II
London
Guildhall
Board of Aldermen
Elphia
Seven Per Cent Loans Offered by Kansas L T Co
The Kansas Loan and Trust Co offers owners of improved farms in Shawnee Jefferson Osage Douglas Wyandotte Davis Dickinson and Ottawa counties 7 percent loans with clear titles and reasonable amounts. Funds available unlimited and no long delays. Apply through a local agent.
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Kansas Loan and Trust Co
Shawnee
Jefferson
Osage
Douglas
Woodsaunsee
Davis, Dickinson
Ottawa
Tocal
Excellent Barbers at Eldridge Hour Shop
Tom Johnson and J J Reylingberg run a popular Eldridge Hour barbershop featuring skilled barbers and first-class assistants. The advertisement promises fine work and customer satisfaction.
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Tom Johnson
J. J. Reylingberg
Eldridge
Winter Ascent of Mount Washington A Moonlit Descent
The narrator recounts a perilous December ascent of Mount Washington, overcoming six to twelve foot drifts and a hostile clouded summit. Moonlit views, frost statues, and a raging afternoon storm yield a dramatic, chilling panorama before a cautious, fox-step descent to base.
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Chrismac
Mount Washington
Signal Service
President's Range
Ime
Sup Bose
Fairy Land
Alzo
Soly
Leuit
Origin of the Amulet Popular in New York Ladies
A Persian origin tale for a perfumed odiferous amulet sold in New York bazaars captivates New York ladies. A Turk trader recounts legends of Genghis Khan capturing the Shah’s harem in Teheran and using amulets to link Odalisques, with later inscriptions of Khben’s signature and kismet. The charm supposedly passed as heirloom for protection before being manufactured and sold.
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Persia
New York
Orient
Genghis Khan
Teheran
Khben
Fi sincere hiccough tale in New York elevated train
A fat man aboard an New York elevated train suffers a loud hiccough. A small benevolent man secretly plans to cure it by striking the victim’s shoulders, causing a scramble and chase through the car. The hiccough ends as the philanthropist flees, and the crowd resumes watching.
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New York
Spain
York
WN. V._ ‘Times
Cormorants Train for Fishing Work on Chinese Riverside
A detailed account explains how trained cormorants fish for fishermen, from training methods in Che-Kiang to feeding, tethering, and signaling routines. It covers chick development, maturation, and the birds’ limited service life, noting prices and trainer practices.
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Maurice Jametel
Popular Science Monthly
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