Wall Street Gambling and Political Echoes Intertwined
A New Ulm Review page from December 4 1907 critiques Wall street speculators driving credit risk and panics. It cites Harriman and Rockefeller in market manipulation, urges taxation or criminalization of margin trading, and links financial speculators to broader commercial instability. The column also notes remarks by Prof. David Starr Jordan on Roosevelt and renomination, mentions Henry Gassiway Davis’s Washington marriage, a London preacher’s critique of Christ in the city, Congress’s opening, Kipling vs Twain Nobel odds, Carrie Nation’s stance on kissing a chewer, and the recall of Viscount Aoki.
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Wall Street
Harriman
Pacific Roads
Rockefeller
Duluth Herald
David Starr Jordan
Theodore Roosevelt
Prof. Jordan
Washington
The Man of the Hour Comes to Turner Theatre
Broadway produced drama tests readers with a fictional “man of the hour” and real life parallels. George Broadhurst defends his play against character rumors while the Turner Theatre books the piece for a Sunday show amid a mixed reception to recent local offerings.
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William A. Brady
Joseph R. Grismer
George Broadhurst
New York City
Broadhurst
Mayor MacClellan
New York
Weaver
Philadelphia
Becker
Milwaukee
Folk
Missouri
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Turner Theatre
Wm. A. Brady
Good Man Ideals and a Wolf Trapped Near Minnesota River
A description of what constitutes a good man by Thomas W. Lawson appears in Everybody's Magazine. George Brust of this city traps a large wolf near the Minnesota river in Home on Friday night.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Everybody’s Magazine
George Brust
Minnesota River
Home
Stop Look Listen Sign Blamed In Fatal Smashup
A court hearing reveals a claim by an elderly driver that a railroad caused a wreck by failing to warn at a crossing. He argues a sign reading Stop Look Listen should have prevented the collision that killed his horse and damaged his wagon, with minor injuries reported to him.
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Darky
Shakespeare and Bacon authorship debate unsettled
A New York Press quote on judging wealth through paying habits contrasts with the Shakespeare Bacon controversy. The letter notes no definitive proof of Bacon or Shakespeare as the plays’ author and highlights the enduring mystery surrounding the historical Shakespeare versus the writer of Lear Hamlet and Macbeth.
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Shakespeare
Bacon
Stratford
Lear
Hamlet
Macbeth
New York American
The Way of New York and Goose Fight Traditions
A survey contrasts New York theater and dining with cited price gouging and bribes, then shifts to Russia where goose pits vanished but geese retain fighting lineage. It notes Arsamas geese with unique bills enabling grips in confrontations, connecting to historic cock fighting culture.
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Russia
Tula
Turner Hall Gymnastics Class Schedule Listings
Turner Hall presents a detailed program of gymnastics classes for boys and girls of various ages. Sessions run on weekdays and weekends with times for boys ages 6 to 11 11 to 14 14 to 17 girls ages 11 to 11 and 11 to 10 Misses class over 15 ladies class Thursday and fencing and Sunday school also offered. HEIRMAN HINTroductor
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New Ulm Review
The
New Ulm Publishing
New Ulm
Clinn
Henry Gassiway Davis
Mr. Davis
Alton J. Parker
London
Christ
East End
Congress
Joseph Gapuon
Kipling
Mark Twain
Carrie Nation
Minneapolis Journal
Dany Patch
Nancy Hanks
Henry Keller
State Senate
Viscount Aoki
Sis
Opera House
Grace Hayward
Man OF the Hour
Tom Lawson
New York Press
Louisville Courier Journal
Olsen's Model Drug Store
O. M. Olsen
New York Herald
New York Times
Capital
New York Telegraph
New York Evening Journal
Savoy Theatre
New York Sun
New York Mail
New York Telegram
New York Globe
New York Tribune
Illinois Theatre Chicago
Chicago
Eckstein’s
Turner Hall
Heirman Hein Tostructor
B. Follmann
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