Wickersham Mercy in Trusts Overshadows Prosecutions
The piece argues attorney general Geo W Wickersham pursues restraint with mercy toward railroads and packers. It notes dismissal of Utah Fuel Co suits over coal lands for 73000 dollars and 800 acres returned to the United States while bondholders are favored and prosecutions softened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Morgan
Geo. W. Wickersham
Wickersham
Portia
Justice Plate
Utah Fuel Co
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
United States
Sleuth
Chicago
Outbursts of Everett True Reflections of a Bachelor
A dated column of satirical maxims on money gender and society. The mock tips touch on marriage wealth appearances and social behavior with brief aphorisms and jabs at manners. It reflects the period’s humor and social norms through short pointed lines.
Harvest of leaping salmon on the lower Columbia
Hugh Allen describes a dawn salmon fishery on the lower Columbia. Launch, horses, and crews haul nets as corks bob and a line of boats circles the catch. The scene shows the danger and labor of early season fishing with thousands of fish sent to cannery and market. The Columbia salmon season joins Puget Sound and Alaska as a banner year, contributing about 20 million dollars to the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Allen
Washington
Ollekins
Lower Columbia
Puget Sound
Alaska
Columbia River
Lower
Columbia
Fragmented late night chatter and editorial snips from New York to Chicago
A garbled, conversational collage features stray quotes and clipped dialogues. It mentions Boston, New York Evening Telegram, Washington, New Jersey, and references to court, marriage, education, and social observation. The text reads as a mosaic of voices rather than a coherent story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Telegram
In Little Old New York by Torman
A vivid tour of Manhattan from Battery Park to the Harlem and Hudson rivers. The writer narrates a See ing New York yacht ride, noting skyscrapers, bridges, and notable sites from Battery Park to Grant's tomb and the Met Life tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Old New York
Torman
New York
Manhattan
Ieland
Battery Place
Singer Tower
Harlem Ship Canal
Cape Desolation
Manhattan Island
Ranodad
Battery Park
Aquarium, & Venerale
Fort Clinton
Rockefeller Medical Lnstitute
Enat
Havemeyer
East
East River
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Blackwell's Island
Boss Tweed
Hetl Gate
Ward's Island
Randall's Island
Harlem River
Hudson
Palisades
Lafayette Boulevard
Riverside Drive
Grant
Charley Schwab
Paterno
Metropolitan Life
Major Byers Intends Whale Fur From Seals
Jim chats with Maj. Tyers aboard a lunch wagon as the major proposes a farfetched plan to graft sealskin onto a whale to produce fur for Paris and London. He envisions using 150 sealskin implants and selective brooding to create whaleskin sacques over a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Maj. Tyers
Majo
James
Maj
Gore
Brightening
Maj. Hyers
Burbank
Bering
Paris
London
Maje
Unclear dialogue on ancestral deaths and illness
Fragmentary dialogue suggests characters Osgar and Adolf discussing whether ancestors died from a fatal illness. Grammatical and garbled lines hint at a motive or mystery but lack coherent plot.
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John Smith
Geo. Wilson
Wilson
Everett True
Man of Deeds
Jones
Amy
America
Boston
New
Wien
Jonee
Healy
Tertius Et Halle
Pavel Ra
Mumphimus Barker
Washington & War
Myron
Newark
Tommy
Stice
Helen Ph
Kins
Juffalo Enquirer
Chicago News
Driggs
Westmare
Kanene
Byers
Chicago Tribune
Osgar
Adolf
Baillargeon
Resedas
Oriental
Oriental Or
Mra Young
Pinaud
Castile
Boxee
White
Victor Machines
Ned Tatkhing Machiars
Sherman
Second Ave
Terteest
Seattle
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