Thomas F Ryan Quits Wall Street After Five-Year Effort
Thomas Fortune Ryan has largely freed himself from daily Wall Street duties. He rarely works beyond two hours a day, no longer engages in stock speculation, and has reduced directorships to eight mainly in banks and trusts. His retirement signals he likely will not bid for the Metropolitan Street Railway auction June 1.
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York
Thomas Fortune
Ryan
Wall Street
Morton Trust Company
Fifth Avenue
Stock Exchange
The
Exchange
E. H. Harriman
American Tobacco Company
Continental Rubber Company of America
Allan
Bethlehem Steel Company
Clendenning
John
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Wife Sells Her Jewels to Aid Morse’s Appeal
Charles W. Morse’s wife sacrifices jewels and furnishings to fund his legal fight to avoid prison for fraud tied to the National Bank of North America. Morse claims persecution by secret service agents and blames President Roosevelt for his prosecution, alleging six months of federal scrutiny led by United States District Attorney Stimson.
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Charles W. Morse
New York
National Bank of North America
Morse
Secret Service
United States District
Stim. Littleton
Littleton
United States
Flynn
Roosevelt
Stimson
Monster Suspension Bridge to Join Four Giants Over East River
NYC plans a new $21 million suspension bridge across the Hudson to connect New York and New Jersey. When finished in about ten years it will be the largest and most costly suspension span, surpassing the Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges. The project aims to handle 600,000 passengers daily plus 20,000 vehicles, quadrupling current capacity.
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East River
New York
New Jersey
Manhattan Bridge
News Queensborough
Blackwell's Island
Manhattan
Morgan Patents Washington Relic A Deed From 1376 Emerges
Morgan acquired a Washington linked deed dating to 1376 found in Durham. The relic was part of a land sale record bearing the Washington arms seal. The document surfaced after Greenwell’s antiquities purchase and is tied to witnesses Um frevilles Conyers and Surtees.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Greenwell
Washington
New York
William D. Wessington
Durham
George Washington
Umfrevilles
Conyers and
Surtees
Wessington
Canon Greenwell
Mr. Morgan
Mahogany Trees Grow in Litiz Yard
In Litiz Pennsylvania Mrs Mary Huebner reports two mahogany trees in her back yard rivaling maples in size. Planted sixty years ago as shoots from a tree previously planted by the late Mathias Tschudy, they survive while others from Litiz Springs grounds failed to endure the climate.
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Pennsylvania
Mary Huebner
Litiz
Mathias Tschudy
Litiz Springs
Philadelphia
Rural Concert Line from Theocritus Behind the Cave
A verse line evokes a rustic concert with flute and harp performances. The scene centers on a rugged oak and a pipe playing Pan in a mythical pastoral setting.
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Muses
Daphnis
Theocritus
Dust in Dusty Trades Linked to Consumption Mortality
Government bulletin analyzes forty two occupations exposed to metallic mineral vegetable fiber and animal dust. It reports consumption deaths rate 14.8 percent overall for males 15 plus and far higher in dusty trades, led by grinders. Hoffman advocates ventilation and dust removal to cut deaths to 1.5 per 1000, saving lives and boosting industrial efficiency.
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Washington
Frederick L. Hoffman
Bureau of Labor
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Rhode Island
Hoffman
Moonshining On Increase Reported In Several States
Internal Revenue officials say temperance gains have boosted illicit whisky distillation. Southern states Alabama Georgia North Carolina show rising violations as legitimate distilleries relocate to Florida and border states to evade prohibition, increasing lawless activity by mountain factions.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
South
Internal Revenue
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Ozone A Good Germicide
New York reports Dr. A H Doty health officer at Quarantine demonstrates ozone as a powerful germicide and disinfectant after two months of lab work. He notes potential for shipboard use and domestic disinfection though practical manufacture cost remains to be solved.
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New York
A. H. Doty
Doty
Staten Island
Dr. Doty
Girl Is Best Cotton Picker In Oklahoma
Miss Margar et Montgomery of five miles south of Stillwater Oklahoma is celebrated as the top cotton picker in the state for the season. She cut 700 pounds in a single day during peak picking. A 23 year old farmer’s daughter born in Chautauqua County Kansas she moved to Oklahoma with her parents early on. Known for musical talent horsemanship and marksmanship she also won first prize at the last county fair.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Margaret Montgomery
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Miss Montgomery
R. L. Montgomery
Chautauqua County
Kansas
Stilkwater
Bell Toll From Unseen Hands In Georgetown Death
In Georgetown Delaware the Methodist Episcopal church bell tolled at the death of Phillip Hastings a long time church member and major contributor to a bell project. The sound was heard townwide though the church doors were locked and no one was present. Hastings helped fund part of the bell and was a strong supporter of the effort.
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Georgetown
Del
Methodist Presbyterian Church
Phillip Hastings
Hastings
Rabbit evades hounds by slipping into mansion drain
A rabbit pursued by hounds ran into a drain pipe leading to Alexander A. Fraser's Oakdale mansion on Long Island. With the Frasers away, the rabbit roams the house, hopping on the piano keys in the parlor while hunters fear entry and possible damage claims. Herbert Feldmier and a pack of hounds chased the rabbit through Oakdale woods. The rabbit escaped into the pipe mouth about 150 feet from the house. In another item, Rameses II the toad frog, over a thousand years old, died at the Bronx Zoo reptile house likely from old age.
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Oakdale
L. I
Alexander A. Fraser
Fraser
Frasers
Long Island
Herbert Feldmier
Oak
Dale Woods
New York
Rameses SI
Bronx Zoo
Rameses II
Fall Resets Shoulder At Bethlehem Mill
Harry J. Fritch, working near machinery at his father’s grist mill in Bethlehem, Pa, dislocated his left shoulder but after slipping and falling the joint sprang back into place. He endured great pain and sought a surgeon’s aid.
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Bethlehem
Harry J. Fritch
GAVE UP PRIZE APPLES IN A WASHINGTON OFFICE
In Washington editor Samuel G Blythe and fellow Robert H Davis shared six prize apples on Blythe’s window sill. Davis ate two and pocketed a third then asked for the remaining three. Blythe sent the three apples to the messenger, a gesture of chivalry for months of planning. The apples were grown by Blythe on his northern state farm.
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Samuel G. Blythe
Gridiron Club
Robert H. Davis
Washington
Davis
Blythe
Antonio Pagliacci and the General in the City Court
In a police court a swarthy organ grinder named Antonio Pagliacci faces a $10 fine for street performance. He recalls a tale of Abbonato and a generous general, the medal of Il gran general, a memory that moves the empty-sleeved officer to remit the costs. The judge orders the music to continue under General Grant’s implied protection.
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Donizettis
Donizett
Fin Milano
General
Belisari
Bellisari
Appomatto
Donelson
Shiloh
Appomattox
Richmond
Sylvania Avenue
Riley
von Highton
Gen. Grant
Making Shoes in Four Minutes and the Factory Process
The Chicago News explains how modern shoe making uses machinery to produce a pair of boots in four minutes with labor costs about 35 cents. It notes the division of labor among many workers, each performing repetitive tasks and machines precisely placing buttons, enabling factories to output up to 10,000 pairs daily.
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Chicago News
Good roads drive public demand for federal help and planning
Public opinion endorses faster road construction and federal aid. Some favor direct highway building as post roads, others want local governments to share costs while receiving maintenance. A national body of road-building engineers could advise communities and coordinate long-range plans.
When Chicago Got a Going in 1833
In 1833 Chicago saw land on La Salle street fetch 3000 dollars, up from 80 the previous year. Taxes rose to nearly 400 in 1832, prompting jubilation. By 1834 settlers arrived at about 100 people every two weeks, lifting the population toward 4000. Before 1837 Chicago obtained a city charter and began a pace the world would know.
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Italy
Napoli
Kings and Queens
New York
Verdi
Big Fine House
Star Spangle Banner
Belisario
Trovatore
Chicago
la Salle Street
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Monster Suspension Bridge
Morgan
Paris
Vladimir
Russia
Catherine
St. Petersburg
Delaware
Rabbit’s
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Tonio
J. B. Lippincott Co
Antonio Pagliacci
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