Dan Fitzhugh aims to corner wheat market in epic battle
In a searing financial saga, Dan Fitzhugh and Hunt plot to corner July wheat as Symington Otis battles to crush them. The trio marshal vast wheat pools and bets, with Europe and America looming, culminating in a blistering three day clash where Fitzhugh turns the tables and Otis falters.
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Fitzhugh
United States
Europe
Liverpool
Hunt
Dan
Marsh
Allport
America
Germany
Chicago
Symington Otis
Sionger
Fionger
Daniel
Hont
Otis
Greece
Paris
Steeca
Big Bear
United States Notes Best Banknotes in the World
The article states that Central and South American countries adopted the American banknote style after earlier failures with Austrian French German and English notes. It attributes Brazil's shift to the United States noting that American bills are practically impossible to counterfeit. It presents the claim as a factual record of fact rather than boast.
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Central
South America
England
France
Brazil
United States
Stingy Diners in Copley Square Restaurant Incident
A man at a restaurant near Copley Square demanded service after a long wait. He snatched at a passing waiter and insulted him, triggering a brief confrontation before departure.
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Copley Square
Boston Post
The Hair That Titian Loved
Description of red hair people noting temperament traits such as impulsiveness honesty and a sunny disposition while acknowledging vanity and eagerness for recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titian
Prehistoric finds in Sardinia spark interest
A collection of brief notes notes several peculiar items from across the world including a discovery of prehistoric remains in Sardinia and social changes such as Oxford granting degrees to women students. Other items mention Yorkshires pudding and women as usurers in London.
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Sardinia
Alexandria
London
Hero Learns Farming From Lost Battalion Hero
Abraham Krotoshinsky, the hero of the Lost Battalion in the Argonne forest, trains in practical and scientific agriculture at a national farm school. He served as a private in Company K Seventh Infantry under Colonel Whittlesey when his battalion was surrounded in the Argonne.
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Abraham Krotoshinsky
Argonne Forest
National Farm School
Abraham
Co. K. Seventh Infantry
Whittlesey
French Countess Visits Friends in This Country
A passenger aboard the French liner La Savoie was Le Compress de Turenne, noted here for a visit to friends in this country.
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la Savoie
le Compress de Turenne
Language change and offensive terms discussed in history
An analysis notes that the word nigger has ancient Latin roots and Chaucer-era usage with two g's, now considered vulgar. It contrasts with the modern term negro as a more scientific reference to the negro race category and highlights evolving contempt and slur associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Woman Credits Pinkham Remedies For Health Recovery
Chicago reader says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash cured displacements and weakness, enabling full housework and healthy children. Letter touts forty years of relief for backache nervousness ulceration weakness and menstrual issues and invites free advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co Lyon Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Kwarcinski
W. Oakdale Ave
Lyuis E. Pinkham
Colored American and Algerian Clash Over Language
The American Legion Weekly recounts a wartime scene where a dusky stevedore in Brest tries to communicate with an Algerian soldier. After failing to bridge the gap, the Georgian uses ivory cubes to test understanding, receiving a blunt verdict that the Algerian is "just a corpse."
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Brest
Georgia
Sam
Pusson
The
American Legion Weekly
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