Modern Shylocks and the Brooklyn Money-Lenders
A Brooklyn Eagle exposé on salary shavers and professional money-lenders in New York and Brooklyn. It profiles a Mr Smith who charges 200 to 300 percent and folds charges into “expenses” rather than interest. The piece contrasts pawnbrokers and lender tactics, cites a New York firm charging 30 per cent monthly, and warns of ruin for borrowers relying on credit from these extortionate sources.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn
New York
City Hall
Smith
Shakespeare
Shylock
Mr. Smith
School For Scandal
Court Street
Dame Justice
Nime
United States
SUFFALO SLAUGHTER A Sober Bild of Buffalo Bones
A reader laments the near extinction of wild buffaloes in Dakota and across the prairies. He recalls how plentiful bison were fifteen years ago and notes the scale of slaughter, citing bone piles thirty feet high and three hundred feet long at railroad stations, with millions destroyed for fertilizer.
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Col
Mississippi River
Denver
Minnewauton
Northern Pacific
Dakota
Jamestown
Buffalo Robes Replace Buffalo Hides In Market
A Chicago journalist notes a shift from buffalo robes to young cattle hides due to buffalo depletion. Kip skins and deacons from calves six weeks to a year old are being tanned for robes and clothing, with a market developing under a beef industry buyer. The change could benefit meatpackers by monetizing cattle byproducts and creating a new supply channel.
Business is Business in Washington Critic
A humorous tale centers on a renowned local lawyer famed for both his love of a sew and legal prowess. At law school a professor pins him with a tough exam question asking if the answer is for business or fun. The student replies calmly that since it is a business matter he cannot answer without a retainer, declaring that business is business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arm chair yields hidden pocket book with eight thousand
A Lowell Massachusetts resident sold household goods at auction near Townsend. A neighbor bought an old arm chair in which the seller had hidden a pocket book containing about eight thousand dollars in cash and notes. The seller recovered the pocket book from the chair after the sale.
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Lowell (Mass
Townsend
A Reversion of Titles in a Wilmington Telegram
A Wilmington man with official duties sends many telegrams and signs them with his title Superintendent. When he sent a telegram to his wife away from home she replied with a playful afterthought adding Assistant Superintendent to her name.
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Wilmington
N. C
A House Owner Who Wasn’t Happy
Kalamazoo Gazette recounts Colonel Frank B Stockbridge building an elegant residence that cost more than expected. On completion a friend asked if the work was done and the Colonel quipped that only one thing remained a front door parrot to greet him with a funny misquote.
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Kalamazoo
Frank B. Stockbridge
Valentines From A Brooklyn Toy Factory Tale
A Brooklyn Magazine piece tours a valentine factory, detailing paper cutting, embossing, printing, etching, and finishing on six floors. It notes mostly female labor, many zinc plates, multiple impressions per design, and high end valentine lines with hand painting and poetry.
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Brooklyn Magazine
Valentine
Hood's Sarsaparilla Aids Rheumatism Treatment
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a proven remedy for rheumatism, claiming it corrects bodily acidity and purifies the blood. It features testimonials from W. F. Woop of Bloomington and another user, noting prior suffering and complete relief after using the product. It lists price details and manufacturer C. I. Hood & Co.
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Hood
W. F. Woop
Bloomington, Til
A. Hood
C. I. Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
A Queer Device on the Coast
A seafaring tale describes the automatic fog bell at Race Point Cape Cod. A clockwork bell rang when fog began, triggered by a rain-soaked sponge on a lever projecting from a house. When the sponge dried out the mechanism ceased, and the bell stopped.
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Race Point
Cape Cod
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Tsi
Chicago Journal
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SheMeld Independent
London
Prince of Wales
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Yard
Afliatus
Lotto
San Francisco
Reno
Neste of Bricke
Brooklyna
Elastica
Rosensen & Sons
Lawrence
B. W. Woodward
Eldridge
Lawrence, Kansas
Jacob
Massachusetts Street
Mass. St
Blair
Omaha Medical
Iroom MS
Rind Bae
18Th Street
Capitol Ave
Ha Medical & Surgical Institute
13Th St
Omaha
Neb
England
Dundee Goods
Damson
Cross & Blackwell’s Goods
Chow Chow
Fry’s
Caracas
Epp
Whitcomb
Argonaut
8. S
Parle ovenLee
Mae
Eameer
Nancy J. Shonavansky
Ashe Grove, Tippecanoe Co
Ind
Swift
Drawera
Atlanta
Ieee Cure
Wierreles
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