Multi Million Railroads and the Quest for Control
In 1893 a railroad crash exposed reckless competition and bankruptcies. Financiers Morgan Hill Harriman Schiff built a continental system by selling bonds not stock, securing control while bondholders remained creditors. The piece praises financial genius and questions the government’s missed chance to curb monopoly and duplicate property value.
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Roada
Universal Railroad
Uncle Sam
Prussia
Digmen
Lakes Gulf
Morgan
Hill
Harriman
Schiff
United States
Trust Your Intuitions Sayings on Intuition and Action
A short essay extols trusting intuition over second thoughts in perilous or difficult moments. It cites anecdotes from a prodigal son to Sir Walter Raleigh and asserts genius often comes in a flash of insight rather than conscious reasoning. The piece urges decisive action despite doubts and fears.
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Walter Raleigh
Home Furniture CO
Seattle
Ind
Mayor’s Milk Punch Gaffe Sparks Smiles in Borough Tale
A famed teetotal mayor at a neighboring borough’s celebration briefly tasted milk punch. He paused, declared it a “cow,” and set down with a rueful remark. The anecdote, cited by the London Times, highlights his strict temperance stance.
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London Times
Old Boston pleasures and 1863 fare enlivens New York nostalgia
A feature recalling mid nineteenth century dining in New York and Boston. It notes cheap meals at 1863 prices, touts 4 Chatham Street eateries and the Putnam House on Fourth Avenue, and describes lodgings and exhaustive menus at Kerrs lodging house with modest prices and rising interest in thrift.
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Seattle
New York Sun
Miss Grey
Thomas Clarke
Nccessor
Benjamin & Fuller
Chatham St
Leggett
Brother Leggett
Putnam
Can Santa Claus Be A Grafter
Albany dispatch reports state lawmakers receiving elaborate gift boxes prior to the new session. Assemblyman Spinks and many colleagues from 51 state senators to 149 assemblymen received items including perfume, manicure sets, stationery, pens, and desk tools, prompting speculation about graft concerns.
Set-back card game explains lose oriented Pedro variant
The article describes a reverse scoring card game called set-back. Partners A and C bid to lose points while B and D aim to avoid points, with the goal of reaching a hole score of 25. It notes trump choice and point transfer rules, then shifts to a note on California coal output rising sharply year over year.
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Pedro
Teddy in the last rear row and imperialist jabs
A reflective verse notes Teddys faded prominence, mocking his imperialist views and tales. The piece contrasts his reduced stature with a satirical take on his public persona as he fades from attention. It mentions a Birmingham city bonus for safe tram workers and rapid dispatch ideas like falcons and three wheeled mail cars.
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Teddy
Observations on Justice and Graft Across Public Affairs
A collection of brief satirical notes on public money and governance. Topics include New York City paying high rates to public servants, railroad profits dropping versus prior years, Cuba’s political unrest, unpublished Whittier poems, a proposed draft linked to Tammany Hall, San Francisco utility mergers, a Cleveland hotel trunk mishap, a judge's take on a phrase, and a prediction by Prof Wilcox on US birthrates.
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DEVIL
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James L. Cowles
Postal Progress League
Aldrich Cannon Congress
Old Boston
OrPositTe
Bart
Mave Lawrence &. Red
Olfe
Teloast
Turkey
Port Roves
Rome
York
Folrk
Mtea
Port Rhouse
Oyatore
Patton
Selma
Santa Claus
Albany
N. Y
Assemblyman
Spinks
Ringtum County
Dinkrumberg
Expressman
Assembly
State Capitol
Morocco
Ac Aeronetinns
California
Stardust
Afric
Nanny Shores
Outlook
Birmingham
Eng
Standard Oil Company
Oif
Argentina
Robin
Merchants’ A. B. C
Seattle Star
Beattie Star
A. B.C
Seattle, Washington
Eureka Glove and Suspender Co
Beck
Aed Ecamiee
ANDO
Flrst Avenue
Cedar St
Haight Barber Supply House
G. W. Haight
First Avenue Sration
Wash
America
the Men’s Shoe Store
First Ave
Colman Black
Pantorium Dye Works
Denny Way
Westlake
Jacob Kaufmann CO
First Ave. South
King St
Sunny Brook
Bond
Bohemian Liquor House
Yesler Wav
Waak-Baker Piano CO
Praver
Reed and
Testes
Hepeirieg
Karpinski & Wuelberke
Gossee
Madison Bidg
Taira A Av
Madison St
New York City
Tammany
Paul Morton
Cuba
Whittier
Annex
Tammany Hall
Public Utilities
San Francisco
Delaware
Cleveland
Laura Rechi
Washington, D. C
Vnlv
Yvu Oo
Wilcox
Cornell University
France
Howard
Nebraska University
Igata
Vata
Wesler
Ein Mi Mit En Ttt
W. L. Douglas Shoes
Cky Everett
Telegraph
Beattie
Everett
Colman Dock
Ses
Second Ave
A. Pinney
Washington
Piret Ave
Maker’s
T.e.page
Mgr
Buffalo Woolen Mills
Beotch
Malin
Westlake Ave. Cor
Chase
Lumber Exchange
U. S
Pine St
Westerman & Sherman
Puget Sound
Sanitary Market
Eversole Optical CO
BEYER
Nellie Kloss
14Th Ave
Capitol Hill
Cedar
Vienna
Room
Madison
Cor
Third Ave
A. B. C. Coupon
A. B. C. Adv
Rier
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