Newsboy at ten to rich man in New York firm tale
The rise of Harry Stevenson from a Cincinnati newsboy at ten to a New York corporate director is told as a clear open road of American opportunity. He earned corners by age fifteen, ran ten stands by seventeen, then shifted to real estate before entering a path toward higher knowledge guides and a business career.
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Rockefeller
Carnegie
Harry Stevenson
Ohio
Fifth and
Sycamore Streets
Cincinnati
Newsie
Douglaston
L. I
Harry
Fifth
Syracuse
Dr. Eliot
Harvard
Stevenson
R. D. Stanley
Harry, Stevenson
Forged to Buy Bible Now Reads It in Jail
Harry Steinholt twenty six year old member of the Washington States National Guard forged a check in Sacoma Washington to purchase a Bible a rosary and small change. He entered a curio shop and made the payment with the forged instrument leading to his imprisonment.
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Harry. Steinholt
Washington
States National Guard
Sacoma
Wash
Told to Kill Pet Chicken Girl Takes Poison Dose
Edna Fanshel of Flint Michigan drank poison after her mother said the injured pet chicken must be killed. The girl grabbed a bottle of poison but her sister knocked it away before she ingested much. Physicians said she would recover.
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Edna Fanshel
Flint
Mich
Stevenson and the rise of a roofing empire
Charles Somerville sketches how Harry Stevenson built wealth from a $10,000 bank balance, created the American Circulators corporation to sell month-old magazines, then moved into real estate and roofing. A Cleveland firm led by Morris H. Elvidge made him president of a subsidiary, and by 1922 he owned a controlling stake for $75,000.
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Stevenson
The
American Circulators’ Corporation
Cleveland
Morris H. Elvidge
Elvidge
Newsie
Harry Stevenson
Charles
Somerville
New York: World
Doris Fitt Elected To Mississippi Post
A fragment indicates Doris Fitt has been elected to a Mississippi post, though full details are unreadable in the OCR.
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Doris
Aig
Ezra Leads Return and Prayer for Help
Lesson centers on Ezra as priest and scribe guiding the return to Jerusalem. It covers his leadership, the king’s decree granting powers, the company of about 6 000 people, Ezra’s prayer and fasting, and the four month perilous journey protected by God.
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Ezra
Zerubbabel
Daniel
Israel
Artaxerxes
Jerusalem
Wood
Taylor urges farmer initiative in marketing and co operation
Dr. B C Taylor head of the new bureau of agricultural economics tells New England extension workers in Amherst that farmers should adjust production to market conditions, use data from public agencies, and rely on cooperative marketing without monopoly aims. He cites hog and wheat market examples and outlines an education drive to improve grain grading and testing practices for fair prices.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
New England
Amherst
Mass
Taylor
Department of Agriculture
Orma Mn
Austin
Tex
New York City
New York
Overrating Ourselves Leads to Underrating Others Abroad
A Washington note argues that the degree to which we overrate ourselves mirrors our tendency to underrate others, noting injustices at home that are unlikely to be corrected abroad. Allistor.
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Washington
Allistor
Injuries Prompt Discussion On Passing By in Faith Policy
A fragmented note cites Franklin on Christianity and policy urging restraint after injuries. The message frames passivity as a moral guideline and reflects a belief that faith calls one to avoid harming others.
Chard Highlighted as Beneficial to Poultry Diet
The bulletin from the New York State College of Agriculture claims chard is a good plant for poultry. It describes chard as a beet with leafy greens and a smaller root, suitable for feeding poultry as greens.
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Bulletin of the New York State College
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