Minuteman Who Never Loses Time
A compact profile of a rapid worker who began earning fifty cents and rose to a fortune over fifty million. He left school before sixteen and credits quick progress with his battles won. Known as a stern business figure, he is described as a socially charming companion and a passionate town booster.
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Rogers
He. H., Jr
New England
Fairhaven
Ypchioo
Pennsylvania
He & Pgefiners
New York
4 & Go
Elexier
England
Scotland
Great Britain
America
Glasgow
Dalrymple
Rogers and the Standard Oil Empire A Portrait Dramatized
A narrative profile of H I Rogers head of the National Transit Co the Royal Standard Oil pipeline empire with 20000 miles of pipe 20 refineries abroad and 50000 employees. It contrasts his rise from Fairhaven Mass to wealth describing his philosophy and philanthropy including the Millicent library donation and town improvements. It also discusses Glasgow style municipal ownership of transit and Chicago Mayor Dunne support with Dalrymple testimony linking public ownership to civic progress.
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Kingdom of
H. I Rogers
Standard Oil
Senrth
King's Throne Room
New York
Rogers
Wall Street
Mark Twain
Kanawha
Twain
Ellis
Charlie
Fairhaven
Millicent
Milticfint
City Waterworks
Mass
Strugzion
Spenis
New Ut
Roney
Asens
Rogers _Ggammar
Miles
York
Dalrymple
Chicago
Scotchman
Dunne
Glasgow
Great Britain
Scotland
Edward I. Dunne
James Dalrymple
America
Philadelphia
Ita
Maydér
Hed-Bee
aIa
Nest
Clarence S. Darrow
Altgel
Darrow
Will
Denver plans grand arches to make city the world’s brightest
Denver eyes a city of lights plan inspired by Chicago Buffalo and St Louis expositions. Thirty three steel arches to span Sixteenth street will bear 220 incandescent bulbs and suspend trolley wires, removing poles for a continuous glow. The lighting aims to attract tourists and elevate the city’s nightscape into a theaterlike display.
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Denver
Chicago
Buffalo
St. Louis
Fair Grounds
Sixteenth Street
The Piercing of the Simplon in Century June
Deshler Welch discusses in The Century that the piercing of the Simplon will mark the end of a romantic, historic route and close Europe’s grand drama of travel. He recalls the ascent past fortresses, abysses, and the Great St Bernard, praising the journey’s charm and the hospice hospitality along the way.
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Deshler Welch
Humn
Europe
Brieg
Gond
Iselle
Rhone
Sio
Sierié
Loueche Au Martigny
St Bernard
Simplon
Portrait of a merciless ally and social charm in Fairhaven
The article profiles Mr. Rogers, a stern business leader with a contrasting social kindness. It describes his punctuality, blunt sayings, and intense drive to control, while detailing his social warmth, routines, and sensitivity. He guards routines, weathering strain at work, and visits his mother's grave weekly in Fairhaven.
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New York
Fairhaven
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Burton
Wik Hiamson
Burton Waa
Nile
Ald Scalate
Trinity, Metiwaiy Church
Riad
Yeats
Solomon
Mir
Artrérion
Ee ‘Won
Pias
Mig Dalrymple
Oefe
John, Young
Cpt
Tutto
Dunne Himsef Lvelongs
Bing
J. A. Edgerton
Henry H. Rogers
SS Pre
Clarence
S. Darrow
Edward F. Dunne
City OF Lights
Tal
Far East
Nagle
Big Mich
Jerkiyll
Mr. Lyre
Commission of Fairbaveon
Apie
Hinself
Strapi
Lawson
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