Nobleman and Robber Baron Frederick Von Gordon Seefeld
Narragansett Pier social circle hosts learn of Frederick Von Gordon Seefeld a wealthy New York baron with a rich police record. He allegedly posed as a silent partner to buy Union Pacific stock for Louise Cammunck but delivered no shares and vanished. He faced multiple charges including grand larceny and duffed hotel thefts across New York Boston Providence and Philadelphia.
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Frederick von Gordon Seefeld
New York
Narragansett Pier
Gordon Seefeld
New York World
Narragansett Prier
Abs. Cammack
Massey Holmen
William Street
Jerome
Learned, Hooley & Smith
Leefield
Boston
William Mathewson
England
Washington County
Fred Mansfield
Crown Hotel
Providence
Mansfield
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Toefield
Tika Kinsky-Palmay
Philadelphia
Goff
Haircutting Price Cuts Return to 25 Cents
Portland barber shops in the united association will drop haircutting from 46 to 25 cents starting today. The cutback, approved at a meeting of the United Association of Employers Proprietors and Journeyman Barbers at the Boss Barbers association request, restores the pre August 26 1907 price schedule after a 10 cent assessment was added.
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Union
Portland
Portland Oregonian
United Association of Employers, Proprietors and Journeyman Barbers
Boss Barbers Association
Swine and the Flower me fantasy fragment
A fragmented readable passage describes a grotesque scene with a wallowing sty and Elsa among swine, followed by a startling contrast to a field of white roses. The text shifts between vivid sensory details and a mysterious voice proclaiming bitterness about lard as a summer breeze cools a Southern scene.
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Elsa
One Sat Still Captain Cook Walking Stick Tale
A short excerpt recounts a Maori boy Taniwha aboard Captain Cook's Endeavor in Mercury Bay 1700. He recalls Kapene Kuku as a powerful goblin leader who steals a calico and a walking stick. Thunder and lightning flare as Maori passengers paddle away and flee, while the thief remains in the hold, later bleeding from a wound.
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Captain Cook
Endeavor
Mercury Bay
New Zealand
Taniwha
Kapene Kuku
The Polite Frenchman and Social Oddities
A collage of satirical observations from early 20th century columns. It attacks the notion of Parisian politeness, contrasts it with rudeness, and includes braided anecdotes from India and Germany, plus quips about weddings, dental mishaps, and social scenes. The piece weaves humor with cultural caricatures and brief dialogues.
Grace Buell Coffin Love to Wed Fifth Time
Grace Buell Coffin Love, a Chicago social figure long tied to multiple marriages, is rumored to wed Frank Nixon Coffin for a fifth time after a history of divorces and reconciliations with Coffin and others. A Masonic memorial project for George Washington is also noted, with fundraising urged. The Genoa Street Railway opens a mile-long tunnel in Italy cutting travel time between Genoa and Rivarolo, built by 900 workers and completed after starting in 1995.
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Chicago
Grace Buell-Coffin- Walker- Coffin- Coffin- Lyman-Coffin-Love
Coffin
Grace Snell
Hugh M. Love
Frank Nixon Coffin
Los Angeles
Angele
Amos J. Snell
Grace
Mra. Coffin
James Co. Walker
Perkins A. Lyman
Tim
Shy
Tmly
Angela Boragine
Wald
Genoa Street Railway Company
Genoa
Rivarolo
Will Honor Washington Temple Erected by Masons in Fredericksburg
A movement to secure funds to build a George Washington temple in Fredericksburg Virginia gains steam as Masons plan a memorial project. Supporters seek donations and coordination with local lodges to honor the first president. The drive aligns with a broader fraternal effort to create a lasting civic landmark.
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George Washington
Fredericksburg
Washington
Albany mayor pleads guilty to land fraud conspiracy
Mayor W. H. Davis of Albany admitted in federal court to conspiracy to defraud the government of land and was fined 500 pounds by Federal Judge Wolverton.
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W. H. Davis
Albany
Government
Wolverton
Agricultural College at Corvallis Offers Wide Range of Courses
Agricultural College at Corvallis Oregon offers collegiate courses in Agriculture including Agronomy Horticulture Animal Husbandry Dairy Husbandry Forestry Domestic Science and Art Civil Electrical Mechanical and Mining Engineering Commerce Pharmacy and elementary courses in Agriculture Forestry Domestic Science and Art Commerce and Mechanic Arts with forge work cabinet making steam fitting plumbing machine work strong faculty modern equipment free tuition opens September 25 illustrated catalogue with full information on application to the Registrar free.
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Works Society
WOMEN
Conances
Samuel T. Blythe
Everybody's Magazine
Bengal
Gangutta
New York Sun
Germany
Berlin
Fritz
Hauptkasenverwaltungsassistent
New York Press
Mr. Wise
David and
Goliath
Philadelphia Press
Harper's Weekly
Grace Love
Mrs. Coffin
Pormer Iush
Masons
George Washington Temple
Fredericksburg, Va
Agricultural College
North Beach
T. J. Potter
Sweet
Pendleton
Oregon
F. J. Quinlan
Ore
Wm. Wcmurray
Byers
Pendleton Roller Mills
East Oregonian
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