Heart Error Made Big Banker the Failure of Jay Cooke
The tale recounts an error by a bank cashier and its links to Jay Cooke & Company’s collapse. It describes how John Thompson, Henry Fahnestock, and George F. Baker navigated a high stake exchange purchase, the ensuing panic, and Baker’s rise to influence at the First National Bank. The piece ends noting Baker as a leading financier and millionaire.
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Jay Cooke & Co
George F. Baker
E Ing
America
Charles In
United
Bank
New York City
United States
John Thompson
Game
Thompson
John Sherman
Treasury
Fort Aan
Treasury Department
National
London
Henry Fairthe
New York
Sterling
Wall Street
Jay
Jim
Fahnestock
Cocke & Company
Mr. Fahnestock
Baker
Jay Coke & Company
Iam
Mr. Thompson
First National
Felnestock
Bridgeman
First National Bank
E. J. Edwards
General Assembly
Norwich
George P. McLean
Connecticut
Trip Henry Clay Farewell Tour in New Orleans Visit
The piece recounts Henry Clay's farewell tour after losing the 1844 presidential race. In New Orleans he meets Charles M. Conrad, Judge Poindexter, and a marriage party, with Clay diplomatically smoothing old feuds. The anecdote ends with Clay deciding to return home to Kentucky, ending his public career tour.
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Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams
William Henry Hunt
Navy
Garfield
Clay
James K. Polk
Judge Hunt
Kentucky
New Orleans
Charles M. Conrad
Fillmore
Mr. Conrad
Gen
Zachary Taylor
Polk
Whit House
Conrad
Mr. Clay
Senate
Judge Poindexter
Mississippi
Conrad Plantation
Harry
Yankee Gold Funded Parliamentary Seat in Britain
A 19th century tale claims Henry Sanford used $50,000 deposited in a London bank to finance a Northern candidate’s campaign for Parliament. The donor, unnamed, arranged the funds so it could not be traced. The candidate won, and Sanford’s role and as a Northern ally remain cited as historical controversy.
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Charles Manns
Eng
Confeder
Vener W. Seward
Johnson
Mat
England
John Bright
Sodten
Goldwin Smith
Freemont
Oxford
Mies
Spat Iworth
Adams
Hoaward
Henry S. Sanford
Sanford
Florida
St. John's River
Belgium
Italy
Garibaldi
Stanford
London
So-and-So
Union
Great Britain
Ford
House of Commons
E J. Edwards
Mr. Lane
A Cautious Husband Bat Question Anticipated
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mrs Henpeck-John asks for her honest view of a new bat. Mr Henpeck responds that she is bigger and stronger, avoiding a direct compliment and keeping the banter light.
Keep Baby's Skin Clear and The Lord of Hosts
A description of infant skin care urges regular use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment to prevent eruptions from becoming chronic. It cites Potter Drug & Chem. Corp for a free Cuticura Book. Also features anecdotes about Lord Thurlow, a matron’s interview, and remarks from Gov. George P. McLean on political campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Proprietors
Boston
Ohio woman quits coffee after Postum cure tale
An Ohio woman recounts years of heart trouble and nervous prostration from coffee. She quits coffee with Postum, notes rapid health improvement, steadier nerves, pain relief, and renewed energy for daily tasks. Read The Road to Wellville in There’s Reason packages.
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Ohio
Qnally
Antil
Wellville
Fragmented Vintage Ad Snippets and Quotations
A collage of irregular ad copy and quotations including pleas for luxuries, moral rights beyond bare needs, price references, a thought reader joke, telepathy study remark, Emerson quote, pain relief claims, and landlord tenant phrases. The mix shows diverse, unrelated fragments without a clear single event or narrative.
No Space Goss to Waste. Dewitt fashion quip
A witty item from the Smart Set notes a fashion quip about Mrs Jewitt wearing a dress described as a standing room woty. The brief remark plays on current style chatter and social niceties.
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Dewitt
Jewitt
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N. ¥ Press
Yankee Gold
H. 5. Sanford
Lord Thurlow
Ormond Street
Violet
Rea
Ctea
The
Cleveland Leader
Corey Amon
Spohn Med
Goshen
Ind
Senator Sorghum
Lfe
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dodds
Aeufferer
DYOLA
Ned Tei Direccions
Fom Bey Welling
Salt Lake
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo, N.Y
Sloan
Daxies H. Diem
Mann's
RFD
Mitros Werte
Mors Ave
Birmingham
Ala
AUL
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
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