Delinquent gambler offers vast cash to old friend
In a smoky back room Joe Healey shows a large roll of cash from recent "killings" and presses his old associate to invest. The narrator refuses, wary of betraying trust and the risk of future accounting, while Healey defends his looting as a public service and insists on using the money to back his friend's luck.
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Healey
Jor
Joe
National Industrial Bank
National Industrial
Lewis
Tom Langdon
Sam Wilersly
Tom
Sam
Mowbray
Langdon
Melville
Blacklock
Reminiscence and a Morning Gamble on Wall Street
A narrator recalls youth near Jerome Park stables and a dawn exchange day. He recalls a five hundred dollar gift to a beggar family and the emotional struggle of stock trading after a chaotic market. The scene blends memory, charity, and the tense effort to cover debts as Textile Common and Cont stock movements unfold.
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Jerome Park
Joe
Stock Exchange
Textile
Langdon
Wall Street
Gall
Leutenants
Tragedy Strikes Prinzessin Victoria Luise Off Port Royal
The Prinzessin Victoria Luise ran ashore on a coral ledge near Port Royal Jamaica after Captain Bruinswig misread the coast. He then killed himself in his cabin as passengers survived the wreck, ending a planned upgrade to command the Bluecher.
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Plumb Point
Port Royal
Jamaica
Bruinswig
New York
Victoria
Prinzessin
Westndian
Wingston Harbor
Rooks Les
Port
Hamburg
Textile stock surge spurs tense London ties and claims
The narrator details a volatile day on the stock market as Textiles shares rally amid bear attacks and official denials. He reflects on risk, family pressures, Anita, and a complex web of buy, sell, and option positions while pacing a fragile path to respectability.
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Langdon
London
Landon
Textile Trust
Fnance and Industry
Dumont
Stock Exchange
Bob Corey
Healey
Anita
Corps of Rocketers
Wall Street
Exchange
England
Not His Property Sandwich
An urchin lurked near a New York theater, eyeing a large sandwich. He methodically picked at pickle and meat, then replaced the top, insisting it was not his to eat fully. The actor questioned the kid, who shrugged with the retort that the sandwich was not his.
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H Harper’s Weekly
Tower East Side
New York
Tommy
Filipino Clerk Sent Warning Note to Debtor
A Chicago businessman who brought a Filipino youth from the Philippines hired him as a clerk. The youth drafted a letter demanding immediate settlement of an old debt, stating that failure to pay would lead to measures causing "the utmost astonishment."
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Harper’s Weekly
Chicago
Philippines
Edison Says He Found the Metal for New Battery
Thomas A. Edison outlines a cobalt-based storage battery destined to revolutionize urban transit. He explains plans for a factory to produce thousands of cells daily, aiming to replace horses and deliver safer, quieter electric vehicles for city streets.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N. J
Edison
Mr. Tedison
Mr. Edison
Edison Workseat Orange
Picayune loving cup awarded to Charles Janvier for 1905 service
Hon Charles Janvier received the Progressive union’s Picayune loving cup for 1905 in a ceremony at Brooke's Winter Garden. Rev Dr Everly Warner lauded the banking leader’s city service during the yellow fever campaign of 1905 and cited past cup recipients tied to education and health efforts.
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Picayune
Warner
Howard
Gamblie
Leans
Tsidore Newmath
Raanual
Sophie 13. Wright
A. W. Delcaldes
the Senses Hospital
Janvier
Progressive Union
Picayune Loving Cup
Brain Food as Advised by Mark Twain Exchange
In a quip to a young author, Twain cites Agassiz recommending fish for brain power but cautions about exact amounts. He suggests that a “couple of whales” would suit the author’s present needs, noting not the largest but midling sized specimens.
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Mark Twain
Agassiz
Illinois broomcorn industry drives massive annual yield
Central Illinois districts like Coles, Douglas and Edgar harvest broomcorn valued at millions. Illinois remains the national supplier of fine brooms, with Oklahoma and Kansas supplying cheaper grades. exports mainly to U S factories with Paris Edgar county leading production.
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Centralllinois
United States
Central Wlinois
Cole
Douglas
Kkdgar
Moultrie
Illinois
Kansas
John Cofern
Tennessee
Douglas County
Miso
Oklahoma
Knox County
Indiana
Paris
Edgar County
Evansville
Ind
Amsterdam
N. Y
Lincoln
Neb
Jackson
Mich
Penitentiaries
Europe
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Shanghai
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Idison
New Orleans
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