On the Trail of Langdon in High Finance
In this continued chapter, the narrator, Blacklock, recalls a tense dinner with the Ellerslys, seeks training to court his beloved Anita, and spirals into Wall Street schemes. Monson the trainer coaches him on "good form" and restraint as Blacklock doubles down on a bull campaign to win wealth and a future with Anita, while suspects and maneuvers around Langdon unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellerslys
Mrs. Ellersly
Anita
Snow
Mr. Blacklock
Miss Ellersly
Monson
Langdon
Wall Street
Mowbray Langdon
Sao Paulo Brazil’s rise as a modern port and rail hub
The account notes Sao Paulo as a leading South American city at 2,500 feet elevation with a vibrant economy including breweries and Canadian financed electric railways. It highlights the Sao Paulo railway linking the city to Santos and transporting most coffee to tidewater, owned by an English company, alongside other foreign investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Santos
Sao Paulo
South America
Canada
Brazil
Tidewater
John Barrett
Women less than cattle in Kaffir culture shock claim
A passage alleges that Kaffirs hold women in lower regard than cattle, forbidding wives from approaching the kraal and mourning cow deaths more deeply than the death of a woman.
Parents Chain Boy to Door Post in Michigan
In Traverse City Michigan two young boys aged eight and six Hugh and Ward Goddard were allegedly tied to a door post with dog chains locked by padlocks by their parents due to supposed bad company. They were fed by their mother and chained to their beds at night as the harsh discipline began to affect them and they expressed regret for their actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City
Mich
Business College
Hugh
Ward
Goddard
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The
Troy Weekly Call
By David Graham ‘Phillips
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Blacklock
England
Caesar
Harold
Caesar—Herne
Windsor Park
Newland
Lowthorpe
Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood
Winfarthing
Bentley
Cowthorpe
Wetherby
Domaray
Devonshire
Brookline Chronicle
Troy City
John Deimling
W.F. Peter
Swmien
Theo. Guennewig
Troy
Illinois
Tacikert
Oain
Theazores
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
werUnion
Givemescall
Shopon Main &T
George
Kinloch 9
Geo. Liebler
South Malo Street
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