Record prices for stock seats and oddities in 1900s news
The article notes a New York seat sold for 40500 setting a high stock exchange record, with others including a 40000 purchase by Albert I. Hilias and a 4500 Baltimore seat. It covers curiosities from a hotel potato ink stand to rapid telegraphy by Polak and Virag, silk embossing methods, and church organ mysteries. It also mentions Bavaria's long lightning conductor, Paris exposition views, and reading habits of a publishing-house partner’s grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
New York
8. C. Goffee
Albert I. Hilias
Third Venue Railroad
Baltimore Stock Exchange
Frank B. Cahn
Memories of Clay and the old line Whig in a clerk's tales
A veteran department clerk in Washington recalls Henry Clay with affection and wit. Anecdotes cover Clay's tariff eloquence, protective taxes, and dramatic moments in Congress including a flying horseshoe near Senator Poindexter. The piece also mingles broader reminiscences of presidents from Lincoln to Garfield through the clerk's coin and bunion anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Clay
Uncle Sam
Kentuckian
Webster
Calhoun
Senate
Capitol
Poindexter
Louisville
New York
Clay
Henry Clary
Kentucky Statesman
Fng
Baltimore
Keow
Lincoln
Christian Commission
Army
Stanton
War Department
Johnson
Grant
Gen. Beale
Hayes
Corfield
Congress
Corté
Gsavel
Gen
Garfield
Aleqve
Arthur
Alwaaye
Trey
Help for the Poor and the Chicago Charities Bureau
A Chicago piece explains the Bureau of Associated Charities organizing city relief to curb begging and coordinate aid. It describes gardens, garment work rooms, interest-free loans, and training programs, with efforts by the People’s Friendly Club and multiple charities across crowded districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bureau of Associated Charities
People’s Friendly Club
Children’s Home and Aid Society
Sweet Charity
Battle of
Chicago Relief and Aid Society
Cental Avenue
Chicago Avenue
West Gide
Relief and Aid Society
Salvation Army
Children's Aid Society
United Hebrew Charities
Bureau Bas
America
Visitation and Aid Society
Itaman Catholic
Twelfth
Astriat
Ferony
Jutlan
PITH AND POINT Jokes and witticisms from multiple papers
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes from Chicago Daily News Atchison Globe Indianapolis News Philadelphia Record Cassell's Philadelphia Press Ohio State Journal. Bits include self made men, marriage as satire, stuttering cure, readers stopping papers, and credit anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daily News
Mman
Atchison Globe
Indianapolis News
Philadelphian
Philadelphias
Stutterton
Strongmind
Cassell
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Press
Tjester
Margin
Jimson
Jester
Ohio State Journal
Madam negotiates police station tour in vengeful mood
A Washington Star tale portrays a visiting woman touring a city police station in a calm morning, asking blunt questions about cell conditions, prisoner feeding, and punishments. She hints at arresting her drunken husband but balks at formal action, leaving amused by the staff’s politeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Americas First Bees and Introduced Species
The article notes that early America had no hive bees before European settlement. It mentions European brown bees, then the introduction of Cyprians and Carniolans, and discusses other stingless Central and South American bees proposed for U.S. farming. It concludes that climate would hinder their success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Carniolans
Central
United States
Indianapolis
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Bollineauourant v. EB. Britton
Boltineau
Messrs
Polak
Virag
Lyons
France
Bethlehem Church
Sheboy
Bavaria
Zugspitze
German Empire
Hollenthal
Tie Paria Exposition
Wrolley
St. Louis
Kentucky States
Mwun
Mr. Clay
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