Sully rises to fame in bull market for cotton
The article profiles D J Sully as a sudden international figure in cotton trading, claiming he has likely earned around 600000 in six weeks while leading a bull campaign. It notes his New York entry, Providence roots, and parallel shifts by Theodore Price, with strong emphasis on market demand and spinners worldwide.
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Diel J. Suily
Theodore Price
Liverpool
Havre
Bremen
America
D. J. Suily
Sally
Sully
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Providence
R. I
Theodore H. Price
Price
Price, McCormick & Co
Gateaa
South
Dixieland
Ranger
Landauer
Range
Labouisse
Hen setting antics and civic satire in a dated column
A humorous regional column lampoons setting hens, medical ailments, and political antics. It riffs on education pay, Hetty Green’s views on women, Utah anti-treating law, and a Yale campus kiss episode in a sprawling, satirical roundup.
Plunkitt Declares He Never Learned Hearts
The Seventeenth district senator of New York Tammany Hall George W Plunkitt recounts an incident with colleagues Grady and Martin at Hotel Ten Eyck. A would be teacher offered a hearts lesson on a train but Plunkitt says he did not learn the game and expects further attempts to fail.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Iowa
America
Samuel Eels
Ma’ams
George W. Plunkitt
Seventeenth District
New York
Grady
Plunkitt
Senator Martin
Senator Grady
Tribune
Napoleon’s watch now kept by Chicago bartender Peter Berg
A watch once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte is in the possession of Peter Berg a Chicago bartender The timepiece was presented to Bergs grandfather by a French general who served with Napoleon.
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Napoleon
Peter Berg
Chicago
Bere
Peculiarity of the Lapps News Note
The article states Lapps have the shortest heads of any nation, not excepting Eskimos, as a curious comparison in a brief feature.
Maine Man With 165 Dollar Thirst Defies Laws
A Maine resident left with 165 dollars and a craving for liquor. The tale notes repeated attempts by drink seekers to access bars despite security, arguing that money and thirst render prohibition ineffective, and hints at political pushback despite overdue rewards.
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Maine
Ad visor on saving and choosing wisely in youth
A reflective note urges preserving resources and prudent choices from youth. It contrasts frugal habits with later regret, using the metaphor of a lobster to symbolize stiffness and inability to adapt with age. The tone echoes cautionary aphorism in a personal advice style.
Burdick Case Hears No Light From Mrs Burdick
Mrs. Alice Hull Burdick refused to name potential killers during the coroner inquiry into Edwin L Burdick's death in Buffalo. The cross examination revealed a $50,000 bond once held to secure $25,000 for her support and other insinuations, but she denied any improper conduct with Pennell and offered few new details.
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Pennell
Alice Hull Burdick
Edwin L. Burdick
Buffalo
The Beating of the Heart
A 70 year old has circulated about 675 920 tons of blood through the heart. The body’s blood passes through the heart in roughly thirty two beats. The heart averages seventy beats per minute producing 36 792 000 beats per year. By eighty, the heart may total about 3 000 000 000 beats. Lying down reduces heart rate by ten strokes per minute compared to upright.
Brief Will Leaves Everything to Wife With Children’s Remainder
Judge Leslie W. Russell of Jersey City recently died and reportedly left a concise will stating I give everything I have to my wife with reversion to our children. The document omits lengthy conditions and contingencies, reflecting a belief brevity aids clarity in estate disposition.
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Leslie W. Russell
Jersey City
Absurd Spoonerisms Highlighted in M A P Column
The verse lists Rev William Archibald Spooner's comical transpositions such as Grasspillars and catterhoppers, shoving leopard for loving shepherd, dark glassly, return to Oxford by the town drain, and I stopped to boil my icicle turning oil my bicycle. The item notes playful mishearings in a humor column.
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William Archibald Spooner
Oxford
The Shirt That Froze
A young girl misinterprets her father’s stiff white shirt as frozen. She asks her mother in alarm, further illustrating a child’s literal view of grown up clothes and the humor in everyday household scenes.
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Papa
Nations unite to chart seas around northern coasts
Great Britain Germany Holland Denmark Norway Sweden and Russia form a commission to sound and chart the seas along their coasts. The joint effort aims to improve navigation safety and maritime knowledge in northern waters.
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Great Britain
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Burdick Wife Denies Pennell Murder Link
In testimony Mrs Burdick denies Pennell had access to the Ashland home key or any motive from her. She blames Pennell for the estrangement with her husband and admits she telegraphed Pennell to meet her at the train after learning of the death.
Western educators set Rhodes eligibility rules
Representatives from twenty four western universities met at the University of Chicago to decide RhodesScholarship eligibility. Men must be at least twenty four, unmarried, and not below junior standing. Dr George H Parker spoke for the Rhodes fund.
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George H. Parkin
Rhodes Fund
University of Chicago
Oldest Consul in the World Isaac Townsend Smith
Isaac Townsend Smith of New York is identified as the oldest consul in the world and the oldest member of the Union League club since 1844. He served as a presidential elector in 1864 for Abraham Lincoln and has maintained fifty years of official and friendly contact with Siam as financial agent and consul general for the United States.
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Isaac Townsend Smith
New York
Union League Club
Abraham Lincoln
Siam
United States
Characteristic of Chamberlain at Highbury Conservatories
Joseph Chamberlain showed a guest through his conservatories at Highbury a remark about flowers. He replied that he was not particularly fond of them but vowed no one should have better flowers than his once he started growing them.
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Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Highbury
Mr. Chamberlain
Drugged Elephants Marred Durbar Display
George Peel of Cornhill Magazine reports on a durbar in India where elephants impressed with their beauty and orderliness. He then reveals that the elephants were drugged to enhance the display. The account contrasts splendor with manipulation in the royal procession.
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Durbar
George Peel
Cornhill Magazine
London
India
Solomon
Montesquiou Declines Lecturing Tour Offer
Count Robert de Montesquiou refuses a New York theatrical firm s invitation for a lecturing tour across the principal cities.
Kidney Colds and Dean's Kidney Pills Suggested by Sufferers
A Winchester Virginia wood yard owner testifies that kidney pains from flu and colds disappeared after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes backache, abnormal kidney secretions, and weakness, and notes a magical relief and renewed ability to work. A free trial offer is available by mail from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. price 50 cents per box.
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Dean
A. T. Ritenour
Wood Yard
East
Cork Street
Winchester
la Grippe
Franck Baker & Sons
Ritenour
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pin Pool Tales From Denver's Early High Stakes
A Denver memory recounts high stakes pin pool games in Canfield's of the era. Charles Degraftenreid recalls Colonel Bowen winning 500000 in a single afternoon as Steve Dorsey defeated him for the U S Senate. Bowen carried mining stock winnings home, risking securities worth half a million in a half day. The tale is drawn from the New York Evening Telegram account.
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Denver
Charles Degraftenreid
Ouray
Herald Square
Canfield’s
Tom’ Bowen
Tom
Arkansas
Steve’ Dorsey
United States Senate
New York Evening Telegram
Belgium Population Density Compared to Venezuela
A brief note states Belgium has a population density of 593 per square mile, compared to Venezuela at four people per square mile for the same area.
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Belgium
Venezuela
Grocer Cites Stock Tied to Defiance Starch Demand
The note suggests grocers fear stocking Defiance Starch until 12 oz packages sell. claims Defiance is not superior to other cold water starches yet priced the same as 12 oz packs.
Agriculture Department Plans New Building Project
The department of agriculture will construct a new building at a cost of 1.5 million dollars. The project outlines funding and site plan details in the municipal budget.
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Department of Agriculture
McCane's Detective Agency Listing
Houston Texas advertises trained and retrievable detective services offered by McCane's Detective Agency for private investigative work and security needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCane's Detective Agency
Houston
Texas
Cryptic Riddles and a Coin Toe Incident
A reflective note argues respect for others and the difficulty of choosing right over easy. It cites a Philadelphia man whose beauty was harmed by a coin placed on his toe, illustrating an odd injury.
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Philadelphia
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Lochinvar
D.J. Sully
Byron
Hamlet
Cone
Horatio
Minnesota
Hetty Green
Hetty
Mother
Midas
Tuere
Utah
E. L. Burdick
Case
Burdick
Coatsworth
EOTAN
Uae
Coway
Manveactodinggus, Co
San Antonion
TEXA
Tower CO
Boston
Mass
U. 5
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