Fragmented musings from a 19th century Kansas paper
A garbled column of satirical notes and random observations from Wakeeney Kansas. It glosses on taxes, Japan, mosquitoes, Andrew Carnegie, presidents, South America, a Detroit rescue, brides named Ann, and oddities about judges, golf, airships, and a New York cafe. The piece also references a Montreal paper fined for insults to lawmakers and odd medical curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
New York
Massachusetts
Eminent Lawyers Wall Street Fees and Famous Cases
A long survey outlines fees earned by top lawyers across American history. It highlights Rufus Choate, William Cromwell, Guthrie, and Parsons with multimillion dollar sums tied to Panama Canal, Plant will contest, sugar trust, and income tax cases. The piece contrasts old and modern standards, notes contingent fees, and praises Johnson and Lauterbach for client-focused service.
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Lincoln
Illinois
Omaha
Abe
New York
Cooper Institute
Springfield
Seward
White House
William Nelson Cromwell
Wall Street
Acnote
Panama Canal
Cromwell
Edward Lauterbach
East River Bridge Company
Philadelphia & Reading Hailroad Company
Union
Brooklyn Elevated
Samuel Untermyer
Root
Untermyer
Genus
George William Curtis
John E. Parsons
Tegal
Parsons
Sugar Trust
Trust
Joseph H. Choate
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Choate
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Choate
Cheate
Guthrie
William M. Evarts
Fitz John Porter
Gen
di Cesnola
Tilden
Commodore Vanderbilt
David Stewart
Collis P. Huntington
Ceate Choate
East
McKinley
Supreme Court of the United States
Johnson
Northern Securities Litigation
Involv
Evarts
Guthre
After the Quarrel Bride Refuses to Cry for Best Man
A domestic quarrel unfolds as a bride refuses to cry for the groom’s best man, insisting she already has the man she loves. The exchange turns into a pointed exchange about affection and loyalty, reflecting a tumultuous but comical wedding moment.
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Deer
Widow Fights To Exhume For A Photo At Woodlawn
A New York widow seeks to exhumed her late husband Henry Brown a 2 train dispatcher who died December 6 of rheumatic gout and was buried at Woodlawn cemetery. After about 20 days the Bronx health department approved the unusual request to sit the body up for a photograph.
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Mr. Plant
New Haven
Conn
Leventrist
Supreme Court
New York
Connecticut
Plant
Guthrie
Woodlawn Cemetery
Henry Brown
One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Street
Bronx Health Department
Henry
Health Department
Pantry Cleaned A Way Some People Move
A doctor recalls that in his marriage and after, families using Postum appeared healthier and more discriminating than coffee drinkers. He notes they substituted Postum for coffee and tea, with coffee and tea eventually discarded. The account hints at lifestyle effects observed over years.
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Postum
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Kansas
HS. Givler
Pub
Wakeeney
Harth
Vancouver
Cnset
Andrew Carnegie
South America
Muskegon
Detroit
Ann
Philadelphia Bulletin
Ohio
St. Louis
Bes
Evans
Montreal
York
Newport
Rufus Choate
Aaron Burr
Daniel Webster
Boston
Dartmouth College
Henry Clay
Girmi
Decker, Howell & Co
Tie
Central
North America
Panama
Panama Canal Company
United Gates
William D. Guthrie
Margaret J. Platt
Henry Bradley Platt
United States Supreme Court
United States
Rumsell
Alger
War Department
Wiliam
Apperr
Ing
Upton Pacific
Lauterbach
Amory
James Russell Lowell
Mr. Lowell
Lowell
Mr. Evarts
Natnes
Exch
Munge Park
Berliner Tageblatt
Thomas A. Edison
Bame
Pop
Dr. Wallace
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hubby
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