Railroad magnates who began as laborers and section hands
A feature profile traces how leaders of major lines rose from the shop floor to top posts. It notes James J. Hill and others, from telegraph operators, clerks, coal weighers, and section hands, who built and ran vast systems by learning the business from the ground up.
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United States
James J. Hill
Hill
Great Lakes
Great Northern
Great Northern Securities Company
Saumuel McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
McCrea
Rodman
A. J
New York Central
Shreveport
Bill Newman
William H. Newman
Eben Briggs Thomas
Thomas
Lehigh Valley
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
William H. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis
Croesus
Albert J. Earling
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
J. W. Hanrahar
Uarriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Mouisville & Nashville
Illinois Central
Lucius Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
The
Maine Central
Darius Miller
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
W. C. Brown
George B. Harris
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Wits & Paymaster
Edward H. Harriman
Eloping Girl Leaves A Large Sum And Gossip
A clipped reminiscence column notes provincial anecdotes about actors and playwrights, including Sir Squire Bancroft and H. J. Byron. It mirrors witty exchanges on fleas in a house and a child repeating a naughty phrase after soap punishment.
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Judy
Squire
Lady Bancroft
H. J. ‘Byron
Byron
Love and danger in a pawnbroker’s house tale
Inventor Frank Braund and Ruth Mabbe form a cautious bond while he works on a device that could change mankind. Ruth schemes to learn the secret for her uncle Ishmael Isaacs, but when exposed she confesses love. Isaacs is thwarted as Frank rescues Ruth from a deadly press and they unite.
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Frank Braund
Ishmael Isaacs
Frank
Isaacs
Mabbe
Ruth
Mr. Isaacs
Ruth Mabbe
Miss Mabbe
Villian
Celier
Erank
Isaac
Social Secretary Miss Bleck to wed naval officer
Miss Alice H. Bleck, widow of Tafta, social secretary, will marry Richard Wainwright son of Admiral Wainwright of the Navy.
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Alice H. Bleck
Blech
Tafta
Secon
Richard Wainwright
Jmiral Wainwright
Navy
The Gown the Thing Miss Footlight Announces New Play
Miss Footlight unveils a four act society drama for the season featuring five new gowns. Miss Soubrette asks for details as the gowns promise stylish spectacle.
Cornmeal Abroad Gains in Europe and Belgium Use
Commercial Tribune notes Europe shows strong appetite for cornmeal with imports rising from 25 million to nearly 300 million bushels annually, about an eighth of U S maize. Belgium uses more per capita than the U S in its bread product, following scientific tests that supported cornmeal use nationwide.
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Commercial Tribune
Europe
America
Belgium
United States
Method in His Madness Comedy Bit Travels To Ampsville
A short dialogue frame features two travelers: one mocks Ampsville as the unhealthiest city, the other reveals he just graduated in medicine and plans to move there. The exchange wires a humorous contrast between perception and motive.
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Ampsville
America
Industrial school population and British context noted
The fragment notes 12 620 bo in the industrial schools and comments on Old Britain at present. The text is incomplete but indicates a historical count and a cultural remark about Britain.
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Old Britain
Unpoetic Monster Dialogue on Azure Ocean Tints
A fragmentary exchange notes the sun’s azure tones meeting the ocean. The speaker mentions a dye linked to cheap bathing diseases, contrasting beauty with a cautionary health remark.
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Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Mary
Floretta Whaley
Miss Whaley
Jere K. Cook
New Jersey
Cook
California
Helen Keller
Miss. Keller
Ernest Herbert
Wr.hearst
Great Britain
Mr. Braund
DucHess
Manche
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