Wealth and Power Entangle a City Boss and Courtship
In a manners-filled city cliff house, financier Charles Wainwright and his wards Dallas and Perry plot influence, romance, and political moves. Gibbs, a rising broker, faces Dallas amid rumors of an engagement and competing suitors Alwyn Bennett and Judge Newman weave into the social web as city politics and a streetcar deal threaten to shake their lives.
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Charles Wainwright
Wainwright
Newport Casino
Lenox Cottage
Dallas
Perry
Thompson
Gibbs
Dick Tllorrigan
Shepherd
Crook
Horrigan
Phelan
The
Eighth
Phelan Toor
Tve
Police
Judge Newman
Gibbs, Norton & Co
Queen Anne House
Newman
Mr. Gibbs
Charlies
Dalles
Retary
Renson
Miss Wainwright
Perrs
Wall Street
Alwyn Bennett
Bennett
Bin
Tibet
Alwyn
Census Humor Shows Puzzling Occupation Labels
Officials note enumerators sometimes misclassify jobs with terms like O. T. and N. G. due to literal descriptions. Examples include a drunken worker labeled not gainful, crooks and gamblers marked N. G., and a tramp recorded as loafer not gainful. The piece cites humorous cases from Iowa, New York, Alabama and New England reflected in the Minneapolis Journal.
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Census Bureau
Washington
Iowa
N. G
New York
Alabama
New England
Minneapolis Journal
Woman Fearful Of Cows In Pasture Encounter
A frightened woman, wary of cows, balks at crossing a pasture. Her husband calms her as a placid cow rises on hind legs, and she cries out fearing an attack, while the animal begins to spring toward them.
Blind Justice Dialogue Clip Sparks Witty Exchange
A short, humorous exchange imagines why Justice is depicted with a bandage over the eyes. The dialogue plays on a child’s question and a father’s pun about a blind woman and lawyers.
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Little Willie
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