Old Wagonbox and the Oriole Mine Poker Scandal
In Aspen, Old Wagonbox earns his nickname for a month of wagonbox life and a feared poker nerve. Short-Line and a stranger plot a trap using the Oriole vein as a lure. Wagonbox loses big in Red Light, learns the fault doomed the vein, and his lover fatefully leaves him after the hunt reveals the Onole mine’s fortune. He marries the next month, discovering a $1,000 piano with a card blaming the Oriole fault.
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Cripple Creek
Wagonbox
Aspen
Pikes Peak
Boreas
Roaring Terk
Clamant
Jim
Kansas
Lyon
Jim Wet
Ben’ Lewis
Cromit
Ike
Old Wagonbox
Henrietta Tunnel
Thut Short-Line
Hawkins Short- Line
Tof College
Qld
Pais
Matt Kelly
Shorty
Tyant
Park Regent
Oriole
Prospector
Short-Line
San Juan Country
Onole
Jows
San Juan
Glenwood
All Is Vanity from Prole Poem Fragment
A fragment suggesting modern excess and contrasts, noting horseless carriage wireless loveless marriage alongside a paradoxical birdless hat, reflecting social change and superficial trends. The line evokes satire on progress and personal emptiness with concise, era-tinged imagery.
Harriman the Man of Mystery in Street of Discontent
An extended profile tracing Edward H Harriman from his entry to Wall Street in the 1870s to his rise as a national financial force. The piece notes his secrecy, clash with Morgan and Fish, control over Union Pacific, and reputation as a patient, calculating player who "Harrimanize" boardrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sphinx
Harriman
Man of
Mystery
Erle Morass
MIT
Morgan
Edward H Harriman
Tiners Central Board of Directors
Union Pacific Railroad
Wall Street
Vanderbilt
Standard Oil
Edward H. Harriman
H. Harriman
United States
New York
B B. Odell
Republican
California
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Union Pacific and Allied Railroads
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Edward Henry Harriman
New York Stock Exchange
Gould
Fisk
Kimber
Exchange
Oliver Harriman Brancs
Stock Exchange
The
Chicago
Boston
Jay Cooke & Co
Jay Govid
Northwestern
Jersey Central
Grant & Ward
Aumet
Mr. Harman
Sam
Frank
Union Pacific
Stuyvesant Fish
Mr Fish
Thomas F Ryan
Hyde
Equitable Life
Nemden
Ryan
Ryant
Albany
Harimanize
Obituary Note From Harvard Lampoon Fragment
The fragment describes an obituary notice from Harvard Lampoon with a humorous dialogue about a waiter at MT to Union and a teacup request. The text hints at weakening tea as a metaphor within the humorous exchange.
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Harvard Lampoon
Union
Walter
Hurry Up Funerals in New York and Washington
An undertaker reports shockingly fast funeral requests including a family rushing to Europe after burial and a wife seeking immediate burial to conceal marital troubles. Another case involved an invalid elderly aunt pressed for same-day services, with the firm resisting without a pressing reason.
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New York
Washington
Gail
Europe
Johnson
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Jim Sauwers
Horn
Secretary of Agriculture
Bacom
Bernard Ostmann
Stans
Tere
Ant
P. T. Moran
ST NW
J. L. Sherwood
Sands
Rigga Market
Ale
Aamat
Corby
T. T. Keane Co., Inc
U. 5
N. Auth Provision Co
F. W. Kahlert
BSR
Neea
Jos. Phillips
Davis & Bro
Mth
W Sts
Tel
Palmer
Wisconsin Ave
Philip Young
Stand 47
Rugss Market
Marcey
Tom Cannon
Center Market
Aneeeeeea
Frank E. Althmus
Columbia Market
Mth Steel North
Fourteenth
Wsts
Northwest
Belmont Dairy Farm
Belmont Dairy
Telephone
Columbia Helgits
Geo. C. Altemus
St. Tel. N
ST. NW
Sion CO
C. G. G. Cornwell & Son
Pennsylvania Ave
Gorby
A. Loffler Sausage and Provision Co
Abbe
Dae
George C. Alteman
14Th St
18Th St
Frank E. E. Altemus
Victoria
Market
Cor
W. Tel
North 2005
Suppliers of
Washington Trade
Agri- Cultural Department
Geo. J. Mueller
U. & Government
Ae Washington Dairy Co
204Th St
Wallis
12Th St
John H. Rupert
Riggs Market
Western
W. R. Brown
Pa. Ave
Telephone West
J. C. Ergood CO
Goode
Jas. D. Donnelly
St Tel
Main
Uth
W Sts. Nw
Tel. N
HE. L. Baker
U. S
WN. Auth. Pres of
Provision Co
Johnson Hotel
Washington Dairy CO
Sani
G. G. Cornwell & Son
Nauth Provision CO
A &B Tea Co
Great Atlantic & Pacific
Smithfield Homes
Engle Bros. CO
Ingleside Dairy Co., Inc
Tel North
Washington Heights
B. Guaranty No
Frank E Altemus
14Th St. Ant ‘Ith and
Wata
Pomaiete
WM. B. Altemus
Met Park Road
MacWilliams & Berger
Ingleside Dairy Co
Grocer
S. W. Henry
Paave
West
Palmer’s
Harrell’s Market
C. Engel’s Sons
Ninth St
Wing
WEPA
Naewepap
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