Simplicity of the Trust in Steel Industry
Working people are urged to study the steel trust formed by Morgan Rockefeller Carnegie and Moore. The piece cites a $1.4 billion capitalization with $700 million in tangible assets and $700 million in what it calls water. It argues profits flow to a few powerful financiers while consumers pay higher prices. It questions why these men wield such power and suggests ongoing efforts by them and calls for further investigation into corporate control.
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Morgan, Carne- Rockefeller
Moore
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Corporations
Morgan
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Fanny
Court Disturbs Business In Trust Case Debate
Editorial notes the Supreme Court’s use of reasonable in antitrust law causes confusion for bankers and business leaders. It argues regulators and markets may evolve beyond the restraint concept and discusses potential outcomes for competition, regulation, and liberty. The piece mentions a marriage license issued to a black man and white woman and compares state laws on mixed marriages.
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Supreme Court
Busias
State of
Washington
Oregon
California
The Average Man's Money and Investments Critique
A New York periodical notes the average man earns under 690 dollars yearly and faces a 560 dollar annual cost for decent living. It critiques investments as mainly public utilities and industrial stocks while urging affordable services and goods and sensible government. The author contrasts travel safety on ships with rising train bandit concerns.
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New York
Wall St
Observations on Champagne and World Exports in Brief
The text mentions Canada exporting and importing totaling 82 million dollars last year. It notes a Bar Harbor visit with detectives present for a baby, and cites 737 797 deaths in Greater New York over 90 years with 66 177 buried in potter's field. It also references fires in Bangor Maine and Johannesburg's growth, plus quotes from Gov. Tom Marshall and a Amherst professor remarking on honey production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bar Harbor
Greater
New York
Potter's Field
oO o _ BANGOR
Not Guilty Lady Dinner Speaker Exchange
A brief humorous exchange featured in the Catholic Standard and Times with Hungry Higgins declaring gratitude for a meal and a bright housekeeper accusing him of being a dinner speaker. The dialogue plays on appetite and social pretense in a light domestic vignette.
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Higgins
Catholic Standard and Times
Turning Night Into Day In A Hoosier Theatre Tale
A farmer visits a small Indiana theatre at opening and asks for a picket. He quips that op'rys start at bedtime, revealing the era's humor about timing. A separate Success Magazine exchange jokes about mistaken identity between a lawyer and his doctor brother.
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Indiana
Two women visit Chicago millinery with unusual orders
Rural origin women enter a Chicago millinery where the elder orders a mourning hat and a daughter requests a hat with red feathers. The scene is tied to sixties era humor and references to sensational figures and absurd exchanges.
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Chicago
Harper’s Weekly
Why Not Smile Awhile Sonnets by Kennett Harris
A reflective poem about the end of a wedding season and a household adjusting to quiet times. The speaker recalls chaos from weddings and sewing in the past, then welcomes rest and a simpler life, while gently noting mixed relief and lingering affection. The piece reads as a lighthearted New York American style verse.
Fragmentary dialogue reveals tentative engagement and power dynamics
A damaged excerpt shows a character proposing marriage contingent on maintaining an attitude. A janitor is discussed as showing authority, with a response indicating prior recognition of control without argument. The text hints at control, consent, and relational expectations in a tense exchange.
Question About Apartments and Generations
A debate quote discusses long lasting apartment houses and the idea of denying homes to families with children. An exchanging pair argues apartments are pleasant while questioning if heirs will find tenants, revealing social tensions. The words reference Washington Star and St Paul Pioneer Press reporting curiosities.
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Washington Star
Clubmen’s evenings spark domestic mixups
A dialogue about husbands attending clubs reveals a mix of social obligations and eccentricities. The head waiter remarks on a gentleman’s celebrity status while a couple notes the mismatch between claimed and observed schedules.
Owen Wister’s Shaving Humour Stirs Laughs in St Louis
The Philadelphia Times notes author Owen Wister, famed wit, had a shaky shave in a St Louis hotel on a Bass trip. The barber joked about prosthetic gains, and Wister quips about noses and quarters while dodging house money bets.
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Owen Wister
Philadelphia Times
St. Louis
Wister
Man Discovers Rubbish-Removal Man Was Paid
Veering wakes before dawn to find yard work done by a stranger he hired. His wife reveals the worker was paid a dollar for his efforts, prompting a surprised reaction about the anonymous assistant.
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Veering
Metropolitan Magazine
Writers and publishers tied to long lives and payments
A snippet discusses writers living long to collect money from magazines and a humorous exchange about a worried spouse in ill health, touching on financial and personal pressures in publishing.
Weathered apples and a playful word maze in print
A quirky collage notes apples roasted on trees in hot weather and a pun filled volley about a fly swatter and flea. It shifts to sports quips praising the Nine of Least Resistance and Hedges Browns, with jabs at Phillies and Red Howe. It ends by noting Capt. Isaac B. Emerson’s marriage and a bottle slogan about repeating the dose.
Horace Chapin Henry Builder of Seattle Fortunes
Horace Chapin Henry born 1844 in Bennington Vermont rose from poverty to finance major Seattle buildings including the White and Henry blocks. He helped build the Northern Pacific extension, led the Rainier club, and chaired the King County Ant Tuberculosis league. He enjoys golf and distinctive side whiskers.
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Horace Chapin Henry
Bennington
Vermont
Seattle
Henry
Rainier Club
King County Ant Tuberculosis League
Jade
Expert Advice from a Prison Monkey on Hog Theft
A prison tale shows a monkey prompting two cellmates to discuss crime. One studies market margins while the other, a mathematician, finally suggests earning 34 dollars a night by stealing hogs in Iowa, as depicted in Success Magazine.
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Iowa
Success Magazine
Witness on Stand Refuses to Answer Becomes Juror
The Chicago Journal reports a witness repeatedly answered I dont know during testimony. The judge then ordered the sheriff to place him on a jury, turning a reluctant witness into a juror.
Impetuous People and Black Eyes Quip in New York Mail
A brief quotation from the New York Mail notes a saying about impetuous people having black eyes, while those without them may well receive them. It frames a light aphorism on temper and consequence.
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New York Mail
Marriage plan shocks brother in Houston Press note
The Houston Press quotes a terse exchange about a plan to marry the sister and a brother’s sharp reply. The page also clips a playful snippet involving an employment agency visit and a light jab about needing a new masseur and car remarks.
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Johnny
Houston Press
Life sentence proverb and ancient king cited
A newspaper quote contrasts penalties for crime with a line about life hard labor. It notes King Osymandyas of the twelfth dynasty as a Carnegie of his era who founded Memphis’s first library.
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Houston Post
Osymandyas
Egypt
Memphis
NIX ON TABLE EDGE and Cheeky Quotes From The Era
A fragmentary page notes Sue and Marybelle discussing long earrings and gum on jaws. It mentions Ad Woilgast as the cheese champion and cites a claim about faster muscle development from watching movements during exercise. A billiard parlor anecdote recalls a black eye from criticizing play at the bleachers.
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Sue
Marybelle
Washington Herald
The Yankee Twist
A brief comic exchange from the Philadelphia Times contrasts English manners with Yankee bluntness in a witty caption. The dialogue shows a Briton’s pride and a Yankee’s practical reply, reflecting transatlantic humor of the era.
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Philadelphia Times
Toledo Blade weighs steak exchange dialogue
A brief dialogue from the Toledo Blade features a marketer and a butcher discussing trimming steak. The butcher asserts he weighed the steak first, countering the idea of waste.
Lectures and anecdotes in early humor pieces
A compilation of brief quips and dialogue from period newspapers. Topics range from a planned lecture on central China to a missing pitcher named Johnnie and a joke about poultry and publishing.
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Johnnie
Jimmie
Success Magazine
Clever saying on brain disease from Cleveland paper
A man remarks on a youth named Sophteigh with assumed brain trouble. Doctors say a cure is easy to obtain for the disease but impossible to locate the brain. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes the exchange on the car with solicitous inquiry and ironic humor.
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Sophteigh
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Tender Reason and a London Letter Scene
The excerpt notes a friend’s farewell and a cousin Babs who asks to be written to from every part. The dialogue references stamp collecting and a humorous remark about a large dog described as a lap dog.
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Jones
Babs
Tom
London
Diet Advice Gone Wrong At Doctor’s Door
Dr Harold tells of a young physician graduate and a fat patient who followed a strict diet of dry toast and plain beef. After a month she could barely enter the doorway. The doctor, aghast, asks if she ate what he prescribed and learns she only had her ordinary meals, religiously.
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Harold
New Jersey Board of Health
Argonaut
Blithers Angered by Son’s College Exam Failure
A dialogue excerpt shows Blithers exploding at news his son flunked college. S Jr. consoles him, recalling his own experience with tough exam questions from Harper’s Weekly.
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Ginger
Blithers, S Jr
Harper's Weekly
Reading Romeo Sparks Quick Confession
A quarrelsome pair in a light moment prompts a clash of literary familiarity. He admits reading Romeo and Juliet, after a harried evening of discussing authors he knows little about, in a playful exchange reported by the Elphia Times.
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Elphia Times
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Kennett Harris
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Walker
Walter
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Frank Spahin
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Browns
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Phillies
Germany
Red Howe
Rhine
Laac B. Emerson
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Beattie
Nix
Ad Woilgast
China
Davis
Smith
Chicago News
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Worcia
Willow
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