A Change Deal Behind Wall Street Fates in 1807
In 1807 New York financiers old man Druce and General Sneed plot to win control of social favors and stocks. A family rift with Ed Druce’s wife triggers a market panics as their schemes collide with the Sneed clan. Druce escapes to sea while Sneed faces ruin and a final letter hints at more schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
New York
America
Ed Druce
Druce
Elopers
Cruce
Wall Street
Ella
Toose
Old Cruce
Sneed
Game One
Edward
Wallstree
Fifth Avenue
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
John P. Buller
Mre
Palisades
Lake Shore
Newport
Twenty-third Street Wharf
Long Branch
Twentythird Street
Buller
Mr. Druce
Twenty-third Street
John
Trust National Bank
Trust National
New England
Edward Druce
The Precentor and His Whussle Scots Pitch Tale
A Pearson's Weekly anecdote recalls Scottish choirs using pitch pipes and tuning forks to set a starting pitch. A canny Scotsman heckles the director Johnny Smith, insisting he blow his wind instrument again after the pitch proves too high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Johnny Smith
Pearson’s Weekly
What If I Had Gone To The Wars
Mr Herlihy laments his life driving a coal cart in Amerika during wartime. His wife Norah consoles him noting the dangers of war and the possibility of a pension had he enlisted. A quiet, reflective moment ends their conversation in Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerika
Mr. Herlihy
Michael
Mrs. Herlihy
Norah Herlihy
The East India Company Charter History
The first great chartered company began with Elizabeth I in 1600 and a £72,000 capital. Cromwell revoked it in 1654, then Charles II regranted the charter, later merging with the English East India Company in 1708, and lasted until the Indian mutiny when it was ended as an independent entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
East India Company
Elizabeth
Charles II
It Will Be Adjusted Amid Rages and Fortunes
A reflective note suggests thorns exist among raging times and fortune’s shifts. It argues that hardship may conceal a blessing and urges acceptance of outcomes beyond control.
Talmage Tours Bowery Seen Quiet and Reformed
Rev T DeWitt Talmage visiting New Yorks Bowery finds it quiet and orderly, eats a ten cent meal at a mission annex restaurant, speaks with homeless men including a three weeks island inmate and a Bellevue alcoholic, and notes changes driven by church effort and laws.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Washington
Bowery
New York City
Dr. Talmage
Give Salel Mission Annex
Bellevue
Horace
Dr. ‘Talmage
Harvard
Notable Figures Highlight Cultural and Civic Endeavors
A bell purchased for the U S cruiser named after Daniel Manning reflects a family tribute. William S Aldrich records a major Parthenon restoration in Athens. Mme Diaz promotes progressive female welfare with a home for workers daughters and a nursery. Cyrus Cobb of Boston completes a second plaster bust of Phillips Brooks following a critique of his first work.
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William S. Aldrich
American Academy of Arts
Rome
Athens
Mme. Diaz
Magdalen
Cyrus Cobb
Boston
Phillips Brooks
Ammonia Treats Iodine Stains and Orchard Advice
The guidance notes washing iodine stains on white fabric with ammonia water until gone and adding ammonia until the stain disappears. It recommends setting out on medium size orchard trees with ample roots and warns against large tops with few roots. It also advises frequent berry cultivation to improve spring soil, notes light rains help penetration and moisture retention, and claims ammonia spirits remove acid stains and restore color faded by lemon juice fruit juices or hydrochloric acid.
Baptism in St John’s River Ends With Alligator Attack
A baptismal party of negro converts and a minister near Sanford Florida were attacked by two alligators as they gathered in the St John’s River. The beasts dragged the minister and a convert underwater before releasing when gowns tore. Men on the bank fought back with clubs and a fishing party drove off the reptiles. One alligator was wounded.
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St. John’s River
Sanford
Fla
Librarian John Young Aims To Make Library World Leading
John Russell Young, new Librarian of Congress, seeks to elevate the library to the status of the British Museum. He envisions the Washington building becoming a premier repository for books and art, funded by gifts and bequests from private collectors. He plans to designate private collections with distinctive shelf space for future generations to read and study.
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Congressional
John Russell Young
Congress
Congressional Library
British Museum
Washington
Young
National Library
United States
Miss Stager Fights Snakes and Faints at Lake
Miss Stager a schoolteacher from Starke Florida hunted two moccasins and two rattlesnakes after a fishing trip. She killed a moccasin with an oar and another with a wood knot before fainting in the boat. A large rattler clung to her dress and the second struck as she escaped.
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Miss Stager
Starke
Fia
Corning Man Reports Self-Experiment With Electric Chair
Garry L. Taylor and Harry L. Taylor of Corning New York describe self experimentation in the electric chair. The account details initial shock benumbed brain bright lights head felt large high pulse and a sense of vertigo followed by sinking into insensibility and renewed shock as current is turned off.
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Garry L. Taylor
Corning
N. Y
Harry L. Taylor
Duke of Portland’s Witty Handle of Tip Incident
At a Windsor Castle party the duke of Portland, master of the horse, was mistaken for a royal flunkey by a Welsh radical. The man offered a shilling to the supposed servant, which the duke passed on to a waiter with the line that the caller wished the waiter to have the coin. A spectator later revealed the duke’s rank, and the duke recounts the tale with gusto.
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Duke of Portland
Windsor Castle
England
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Warren
Warren, PA
By Robert Barb
Whussle
the East India Company
New Zealand News
Brooklyn
Jamaica Bay
Maurice Butler
William M. Butler
Clinton Avenue
Justice Sters
Flatbush
Edith Hall
Miss Brooklyn
Bergen Beach
Casino
Mies Hall
Miss Hall
Butler
Philadelphia
Costa Rica
San Domingo
Tts
Mintas
Egypt
Nile
Dr. Pierce
Florida
Austria
Kopf & Henry
Grocers
Wier Street
C. Smith & Son
Baker & Bowman Co
Utz & Dunn
Levis & Pifer’s
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
Goker & Son
Golden Horse Shoe
No. 309
Second St
the Mail
Acme
Acme Cycle Co
Elkhart
Ind
Alonzo Miller
Wichita
Miller
Kansas
William McKinley Miller
Allison McKinley Miller
Ida Saxton McKinley Miller
Committee On Federal Relations
Giese
Laren
Gen. Miles
Whitelaw Reid
Timber Land Fund
Wisconsin
Row
Oxford
Prince of Wales
Europe
Sta’ C
Buffalo
WN. Y
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadephia
Baltimore
Pullman
Erie
Williams
Ice
Kane
Williamsport
Renovo
Ridgway
Gunnarene
J. R. Hutchinson
J. R. Wood
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central & Hudson River
R. R. Co
Sun
Daily Sun
South
Bobeon Co
Sccovsecsse Bumbio
Covereee
Trewe Dunkirk
el Ar
Fredonia Lyvj
Jolly Dale
Cassada
Sinclairville
Falconer Junct
Iewsb
W&iten
Etvinccom
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Eccee mC
Apiang Esecerse
Oss
Tofpcdo
Cveeeeens
Grand Valley
Titusville
Loy
City
Pittsburge
Dunkirk
Falconer
D. C. Moon
H. Parry
Exchange St
Gro
H. Daniels
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Pittsburg
PM Way
Sistabiin
Leffard
R. Bexx
JA. FriLows
Mooney
Brisbane
Clinton Streets
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Sheffield Junction
Lamona
Shet
Junction
Jomo Wok
Jerry Orary
Madi
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Raat
Wout
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