The Poorest Woman in the World and Hetty Green
A feature portrait of Hetty Green, famed financier and New York society figure, detailing her wealth despite poverty in appearance. The piece traces her rise from a charming belle to a stern, frugal magnate with vast influence and a lonely present, contrasting past glamour with current emtpiness.
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Broadway
Chemical National Bank
Hetty Howland Robinson Green
Wall Streets
New York
Hetty Green
Hoboken
Coney
Hetty Gren
Saratoga Society
Hetty
New England
The Czar’s Nickname The Colonel
The passage notes Nicholas II being nicknamed The Colonel soon after his accession. It explains the epithet came from a perception of kindness and good intentions, yet lacking prestige. It contrasts this with predecessors who wore a general’s uniform.
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Nicholas II
Soveriegn
Alexander III
Czar—M. Witte
Woman Wins Debate Mock Trial In Subway Quip
A Boston journal recounts Hezekiah Butterworth praising women’s wit and recalls a subway quarrel between a married couple overheard in Butterworth’s presence. The wife declares no calamity has befallen a woman she has not endured and the husband retorts she has never been a widow.
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Hezekiah Butterworth
Boston
Scollay Square
Improve Butter Quality and Yield with Cooking Oil Additive
Instructions advise heating deodized cooking oil and adding about one third teacup per gallon of milk before churning to speed butter production. Oil costs roughly 50 cents per gallon. a three gallon churn uses about half a pound of oil, potentially increasing butter yield by a pound to a pound and a half and boosting profit by the butter price minus oil cost.
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Czar
American Nets
Slane Bros
San Antonio
Tex
East
Commerce St
A. Tel-Electric Company
Houston
Texas
Dixie
Traiis
Col
Capitol Ave
J. H. Terrill
Terrill Medical Institute, Inc
Conroy Bldg
Alamo Plaza
John Deere
Moline
McEvoy
J.H. McEvoy & Co
Houston, Texas
Bell
Peden Iron & Steel CO
Dromgoole Bros
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