A Maker Of Industrial Parables From The West
George Wilder Cartwright, a former day laborer turned successful businessman, preaches a creed of shared interests for workers and employers. Known as the senator, he lectures Philadelphia's Chamber of Commerce on aligning producers, suppliers, and consumers. His parables include saving to succeed and linking wage growth to skill.
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West
Boss
George Wilder Cartwright
California
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Optimist jokes and sharp quotes emerge in a garbled column
A collage of quotes from various papers mocks optimism and class expectations. Real Optimist Found A Kansas editor calls an optimist a bartender union member still paying dues while a Des Moines Register voice cites future hardship for aristocracy. A London voice predicts working classes must work, and a passenger on a 5:15 train dismisses sympathy for a man who beats his wife.
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Kansas
Bartenders’ Union
Des Moines Register
The
American Legion Weekly
Long-Suffering Professor Questions Plumber In House Turmoil
Reassured, the professor descended to the vellar and questioned a grimy tradesman about pipes. The man claimed one year in the trade. A fountain spray from the chandelier and a burning bathroom tap followed as a comical mix up in a drawing room scene.
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Argonaut
Order of Hearing on Petition for Administratrix
The State of Nebraska Cheyenne County in the County Court assigns June 20 1921 at 10 AM for the hearing on Julia Edner s petition to grant Alfred Edner administration of the estate of Nels Edner deceased. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the prayer should not be granted. Notice to interested parties via The Telegraph for three consecutive weeks prior to hearing.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne
Nels Edner
Julia Edner
Alfred Edner
Telegraph
Advertisement for Bids for Bridge Contract
Sealed bids are invited to furnish all materials labor and skill for the construction and completion of a 24 foot span steel and concrete twelve inch J beam bridge with twenty foot roadway reinforced concrete floor reinforced concrete abutments with eight foot reinforced concrete wings and approximately 300 cubic yards dry excavation for said bridge.
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Cheyenne County
Public Works Bid Notice for Cheyenne County Bridge 1917
Legal advertisements call for erecting a bridge and related works on section nine between sections 16 and 6 in Cheyenne County Nebraska. Plans by State Engineer George E Johnson 1917 on file county clerk. Bids with 50 dollar cash deposit due by June 10 at 10 AM. county board may reject any bid.
Bridge Construction Bid Notice in Cheyenne County Nebraska
All material labor and skill for a 16 foot span steel and concrete bridge with 8 inch I beam and 20 foot abutments plus 200 cubic yards dry excavation on section line 17 14 49 Cheyenne County Nebraska. Plans by George H. Johnson State Engineer. Bids must include 250 cash or certified check and be filed by 10 AM on the dth day of June 1921 at the county office. By order of the County Board F N Slawson County Clerk.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
George E. Johnson
Coutts Board of Commissioners
EF. N. Slawson
George H. Johnson
County Board of Commissioners
F.N. Slawson
Kraska
George FE. Johnson
FN. Slawson
George /. Johnson
Bridge Construction Bid Notice in Cheyenne County
A bid call near Section 20 in Cheyenne County Nebraska seeks construction of a bridge door and abutments according to 1917 standard plans by George F E Johnson State Engineer. Bids totaling 250 dollars must be filed with the County Clerk by 10 AM June 4, 1921.
Advertisement for Bridge Bids in Cheyenne County Nebraska
Advertisement for bids for a 20 foot steel and concrete nine inch T beam bridge with 250 cubic yards dry excavation in Sections 5 and 6, Township 14, Range 49. Bridge to be built under Standard George Johnson State Engineer plans. Bids with cash A M 4th day of June 1921.
Cheyenne County Bridge Plan Details Spanning 20 Feet
A description outlines a bridge project in Cheyenne County Nebraska. It specifies a twenty foot span steel and concrete nine inch I beam structure with reinforced concrete wings measuring twenty feet by eight feet. The proposal mentions about 250 cubic yards for Sections 19 and 20 in Township 15 Range 9.
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Gordon Selfridge
Puneh
London
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hest Town
Earth
Sidney Lumber CO
M. E. Pettibone
Tosh Block
F. N. Slawson
M. L. Easterday
Corsetier
West Sixth St
Sidney
Nebr
EE. B. Young
Prop
Burlington
Zike
Veternarias
Hornaday Cafe
Herbert & Hiett Insurance
Gapen Bldg
Kratz Abstract Company
Stunht-Nink Bldg
PIONE
General Insurance
the Western Land Company
H. O. Situnk
Pres
Essig Block
Sidney, Nebr
the Jones Furniture and Under
Taking Co
Ted W. Strain
Yeager Mortuary
Denver, Colo
Deering Fr
International Harvester
Harvester Company
ASD
Sidney Transformen Implement House
E. L. Uptegrove
Union Pacific Hotel
Colorado
D. R. Jones, Sidney, Nebr
D. R. Jones Land Company
Cheyenne Wells, Colo
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