The Capital Cities Bond Swindle and Harwood
Ernest Harwood, a mild yet worldly schemer, gets drawn into a Capital Cities railroad fraud led by Isaac Creamer. Harwood investigates after a chance meeting with Graham, meets a mysterious woman in a Chicago office, and tables a plan to uncover the conspiracy while navigating deception, private tips, and a dangerous game of finance.
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Ernest Harwood
Capital Cities Railroad
Isaac Creamer
Capital Cities
Creamer
Harwood drawn into Capital Cities plot revelation
Harwood accepts an immediate clerical posting from Graham while the scheme unravels. Miss Lawrence reveals $100,000 in loose bonds from the Capital Cities railroad, claiming they are worthless but still a lure. Harwood suspects betrayal as a rescue plan unfolds with a threatened theft exposed.
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Lingard & Co
Capital Cities
Harwood
Lingard & Co.'s
Miss Lawrence
Hilda Lawrence
Graham
H . Telopone
Stanston
Joe
Pons
Respect Your Body As Servant To Mind And Soul
A concise essay argues to value the body as a vital tool for all worthy deeds. It stresses healthful living to keep the body a faithful servant of mind and soul and warns against overvaluing the flesh while affirming the body’s necessity for every meaningful enterprise.
Pella Drain Tile and Brick Company Incorporation
Notice of incorporation for Pella Drain Tile and Brick Company Iowa. Capital stock twenty thousand dollars. Five directors including W Rietveld Herman Rietveld and L P Grundman. Meetings yearly in January with one vote per share. Business to start January 1 1907.
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Pella Drain Tile and Brick Company
Pella
Iowa
W. Rietveld
Herman Rietveld
L. P. Grundman
Jessie Grundman
O. L. Rietveld
Jessie Grund
All Around the Clock Noted Mountain Stay Remarks
Grandpa says his stay in the mountains last summer did him no good. His room was off the piazza, and people made love under his window until all hours. But couldn't he sleep after the lovers went to bed. No, as soon as the lovers went to bed the children got up.
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Mountains
Piazza
Harper's Weekly
Every Man Has His Price Says Lobbyist Quote
A Philadelphia Press quotation contrasts a plain citizen and a lobbyist noting that most men have a price, but the truly valuable person is beyond purchase. The exchange underscores themes of integrity and influence in public life.
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Plain Citizen
Philadelphia Press
Guess Again Pleasant Surprise in Cleveland Plain Derler
Dialogue snippet presents Miss Sharply and Mr. Boresome in a playful exchange. The line hints at an intended city departure and closes with a courteous good night, reflecting a light, humorous tone from Cleveland Plain Derler.
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Miss Sharply
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