Keene’s Stock Gratitude Creates $19,000 Windfall
The account recounts Samuel Ward receiving a $19,000 check from James R. Keene. Ward had aided Keene during a 1877 market panic, staying by his side in Long Branch and handling business matters. Keene secretly ordered brokers to buy and later sell stock, leaving Ward the profit as a token of gratitude.
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Astor
Marion Crawford
Crawford
Hiss
Mr. Isames
United States
Sffaia
James R. Keene
Mr. Ward
Long Branch
Ward
New York
Mr. Keene
Sandy Hook
Air Ward
Keene
Mr Ward
Mr Keene
Kipling
I J. Be¢narday
Emperor of France repays debt to New York benefactor
In 1836 Louis Napoleon, then exiled, sought aid from Gen. James Watson Webb at the Astor House banquet. Webb aided him financially and found him work. Thirty years later Napoleon III, now emperor, sent a telegram inviting Webb to breakfast at St Cloud, acknowledging the debt Webb helped Louis Napoleon repay.
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New York
Emperor
France
Mu- Tope
Alexander 3. Webb
College of the City of New York
James Watson Webb
William H. Seward
Ther
Astor House
Gen. Webb
Gen Webb
Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Geners
Empire of Brazil
Lincoln
Europe
Brasilio
Calais
Paris
Webb
St Cloud
Cal —Napoleon
Napoleon III
Flowers on Dickens Grave A daily tribute by readers
The narrator recalls finding Charles Dickens’s grave in Poets’ Corner marked by a simple floor slab. Children placed fragrant flowers on the stone daily, some bearing Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop, as Mr Shaw notes the quiet, ongoing homage reflects enduring literary fame beyond monuments or biographies.
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Charlies Dickens
London
Westminster Abbey
William Shaw
London Illustrated Graphic
Poets’ Corner
Bhaw
Mr. Shaw
Charles Dickens
Anto
Dickens
B J. Edwards
Canada to issue gold coins in five and ten dollar denominations
In a budget speech Finance Minister Pielding hints Canada will mint its own gold coins worth five and ten dollars. Gold would come from the Yukon with a Dawson purchasing agency under consideration. The move signals rising nationalism and a potential small minting profit amid decimal currency use.
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Canada
Pielding
Royal Mint
Yukon
Dawson
Thia
Beherectady Garetta
Dipping Vat Advice For Sheep Farmers
Farmers should provide a dipping tank for sheep to control scab. Dip each sheep for two minutes, repeat after 10 to 14 days, and use warm dry days. Vats vary in size and material. a 10 by 4 feet galvanized vat costs about 12 dollars. Proper setup includes a dry chamber, inclined exit, and a smooth, greased chute to reduce stress on animals.
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Itia
Kentucky
Proper care given swine
Early pig growth relies on steady feeding from birth and a milk or mush base. Wean at three months on shelled corn with occasional skim milk, then pasture with alfalfa or green forage and corn twice daily. For breeders grow to maturity with high protein rations, balancing with tankage or meat meal and milk if available.
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Wheat crop totals show east of Missisippi dominate 1907 yield
The 1907 wheat crop exceeded 624 million bushels overall with over 60 percent grown in 15 eastern states east of the Mississippi. Their combined output reached 282 million bushels. The passage notes this surpasses the largest crop ever grown in the Canadian northwest by more than three times.
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Missie Slopi
Canadian Northwest
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