Andrew Carnegie Rise From Cellar to Steel King
The tale traces Andrew Carnegie from a ten year old immigrant in New York to a Pittsburgh telegraph operator and factory helper, then to a railroad dispatcher, secretary to Thomas Scott, and division superintendent. It chronicles his shift to steel, founding and uniting mills into Carnegie Steel, and his later status as multimillionaire philanthropist with grand gifts and a Scots castle.
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Andrew Carnegie
Dumferline
America
New York
Pittsburgh
Little Chronicle
Phat
Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thomas A. Seatt
Edgar Thompson
Pennsylvania
Carnegie
Ener
Carnegie Steel Company
United States Steel Company
Scotland
Not After the House Irate Parent Tells Soft Jeigh to Cease Visits
A quirky exchange shows a father ordering visits stopped at the house. The daughter protests, saying the visitor is after her, not the house, and refers to him as a “wifter” in a witty twist of words.
Water Loving Cat Surprises Camden Family
A Camden Pennsylvania cat on Friends Avenue defies feline water aversion. It leaps to the kitchen sink, batters the running water, and frolics in any open tub or container. The owners note the kitten fell into a tub as a youngster and grew fond of the wet amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends Avenue
Cooper Street
Camden
Yukon
Alaska
North Carolina
Civilization
John Sidney Webb
Century
Becaus Ie
Laxakola CO
Tsa
Nassau Street
Brave Little Jap Hero At Pearl of Gates in Pe King Tale
A St Louis-Grobe Democrat report recounts a Japanese corporal’s bravery during an assault on Pe King. He volunteered for a dynamite breach despite heavy danger, lit a fuse, faced enemy fire, and helped blow open a gateway before being killed when the gate exploded.
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Chita
Thomas P. Millard
Peking
Amore
Louis Grobe
The Governor as a Hod Carrier Irony in Progress
Booker T. Washington, then Tuskegee Institute head, walks a Southern street and learns a former lieutenant governor now works as a hod carrier. The tale hinges on the irony of a once high official labeled by his past title while toiling on a two story building.
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Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute For the Education of Colored Youth
Teavernor
Forward Movement Drives New Social Settlement Plan in Chicago
Edward Julian reports on the Forward Movement in Chicago’s North Nineteenth Ward, led by Dr. George W. Gray. Aiming to balance life for homeless and poor children, the project plans a settlement with schooling baths and industrial rooms, a 300 acre summer park on Lake Michigan, and a nonsectarian chapel. The effort seeks $10,000 in small souvenirs and a $75,000 building complex to house clubs, classes, and residential space for 5,000 to 10,000 weekly visitors.
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Chicago
George W. Gray
Rig Alley
Saugatuck
Mich
Gray
Seett
West Side
South Sanga- Inon Street
Ile
West van Buren Street
Daughters of the Revolution
Dr. Gray
Sav Ings Bank
Rewulia
Clul
Miss Dix
Edward Julian
Halibut and monstrous devilfish stories in national notices
The clippings report Pacific Coast halibut shipments reaching two to four carloads weekly via Seattle, pricing two cents a pound below Atlantic stock. A Tampico devilfish, two tons and 15 by 17 feet, was hauled ashore by ropes and horses. Miscellaneous quips and anecdotes close with a tale of Queen Margaret of Italy sending a photo and a ten-franc piece after being stopped for bicycle park trespass.
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Pacific Coast
Seattle
Sun
Tampico
Mexico
Italy
Monza
Margaret
le Man
Humbert
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Herolam
Lake Michigan
Bern
Armour
Actisement
Dixon
Chicago Evening News
Chicazo Post
U.S
C. A. Snow & CO
U.S Patent Office
Washington, D
Mothore
Wikatf
Mak
Ee Ee Elizabethe
Mother Elizabeth's Food & Co
Hye
Natura
May
Bicot Pe
Morristown
N.Y
Marne
Ee Munn & Co
F St
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