The Snub That He Took From a Clerk Without Getting Ruffied
A Rockefeller anecdote shows how John D. Rockefeller quietly confronted a nervous employee who mocked a lifting machine, later meeting the clerk in a pivotal scene with Rockefeller introduced by Mr Flagler. The tale emphasizes Rockefeller’s calm, strategic influence in business matter handling.
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John J. Rockefeller
New York Press
John
Flagler
Agler
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
How to Remember Memory Methods for Songs and Poetry
Advice on memorizing songs and poems using a simple rule. Read to grasp sentiment, imagine a scene, fix the idea in mind, then recall the rest. Then hum the tune repeatedly to lock in the air, noting first lessons from errors to avoid repeating them. References to The Last Rose of Summer and commentaries by Elizabeth Cady Stanton appear.
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New York Ledger
Mit
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Wellington boot system and Monte Carlo ruin talk
A narrator records Mr Spectator’s Monte Carlo observations on gambling. He recounts Backum’s Wellington boot system and its collapse, explains administration aid to busted players, and notes myths of suicides debunked by French papers. Also includes anecdotes about Uncle Dick Oglesby and other vignettes.
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Backum
Wellington
Mr. Spectator
Spectator
Monte Carlo
Aix-les-Bains
Lausanne
Trouville
Paris
Brazil
Louis
London
Nice
England
Monty
Backam
Temple of Mammon
London Telegraph
Illinois
Oglesby
Uncle Dick
New York
Ilinois
Marm
Richard J. Oglesby
Raikes
Montrond
Louis Philippe
Montrand
Talleyrand
San Francisco
The Barber's Little Joke
A barber in a chair exchanges a quip about attire and belonging tied to a colored post, revealing social humor of the era. The brief dialogue underscores class and identity through a witty exchange in a parlor setting.
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Relone
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N. K. Fairbank Company
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D. Lawler
INO
O. Walrath
V.pres
I. J
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Gratiam
Ass‘t Cash
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Tfitcell
John D. Lawler
Jos Lawler
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Champeny
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Earth
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Hill
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India
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Society For
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Thomas Laugher
Holborn
Christchurch
Oxford
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Neele, Fordyce & Co
Laugher
Queen Anne
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Tommy
Woman's Bible
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United States
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