The Coal Kings
A profile of American coal magnates Eckley B. Coxe Jay Gould Henry Frick Gen Sam Thomas Col William L Scott and the Browns detailing vast holdings in mines railroads and coal yards Their wealth ranges from millions to tens of millions with influence over wages and shipments as they dominate the coal industry and related transportation networks.
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Sc Tocracy
Eckley B. Coxe
Long Lee
Pennsylvania
Coxe
Hollings
Jay Gould
Great Drifton
Little Wizard
Wall Street
Areant
Mr. Gould
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Missouri,Itsas and Texas
Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Raiload Company
Rich Hill Coal Company of
Missouri
Consolidated Coal Company of Tinois
Delaware and Lackawanna Railway Company
Union Pacific Coal Company
Missouri Pacific
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Indian Territory
Bates County
Rich Hill
Rich Hill Coal Company
Jay Gud
Great Rocky Mountain
J. Gould
Uien Pacific Railroad Company
Utah
Gould
Ceatello
Green River
Trois
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Alaska
Mexico
Henry Clay Frick
Pittsburg
Pennsylvannia
Connellsville
Mr. Frick
Hocking Valley
State of
Ohio
Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company
Sam” Thomas
Sam
Gen
Columbus
William L. Scott
Erie
New York
Long Branch
Philadelphia
Col
Scott
Scott Haven
Baltimore and Ohio
Col. Scott
Senator Gorman
Win. H. Brown & Co
Ohio River
Brown
William H
Sam’ Brown
Louisville
Cincinnati
Memphis
Baton Rogue
St. Louis
New Orleans
Puzzled Irishman as Art Model in San Francisco School
A dilapidated Irishman wanders into a San Francisco art class asking for money to eat. The instructor offers to pay four bits to sit for the students as a model, and the beggar agrees, pondering how to remove the paint later after the session ends.
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San Francisco
Harper's Magazine
I Believe I Have a Bite The Freckled Girl And The Sailor
A lively shipboard scene unfolds as a freckled auburn girl and a young man with watch chains admit their love between calls of securing a bite from the sea. She reels in a small sea robin while the couple cheerfully prepares for more luck at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus
N. Y. Sun
Queen visits home farm Herds of Devons Herefords noted at Flemish Farm
The Queen toured the Windsor area inspecting Devon and Hereford cattle at Flemish Farm, with Shaw Farm housing Shorthorns and Jesseys. The item links royal wealth to real estate in New York and mentions other unrelated curiosities.
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Windsor
Great Park
Shaw
England
New York City
Ice Cave Visit Near Decorah Iowa Delights Explorers
A party from Decorah Iowa toured a famed ice cave near the town half a mile away on the Iowa river bluff. They found a fissure entrance and a 400 foot rocky ascent. Inside they encountered a strong cold air current and walls coated with ice as far as 200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa
Winneshiek House
Iowa River
Chicago Herald
Fuller's Earth and Its Cloth Dyeing Role
Fuller's earth is a kaolinite rich clay valued for absorbing oil in cloth processing. It dries in sun or fire, then is wetted to form powder, washed to separate coarse and fine grades, used historically before soap reduced its value.
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England
Summer in the Distance at Pike's Peak
A correspondent recalls climbing Pike's Peak in July and an official melting snow for water. From a telescope, he describes Colorado Springs twenty miles away and a silent world of ice where life fades and only the observer remains.
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Pike’s Peak
Signal Service
Colorado Springs
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Relief From Fatigue Ills
In this testimonial from George F. Jackson of Roxbury Station Conn a reader describes weakness loss of appetite back pains and sleeplessness from heat and illness. He credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with restoring energy appetite and comfort in a short time.
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Hood
Grorce F. Jackson
Roxbury Station
Conn
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Coal Kings
Eg. B. Coxe
Henry C. Flick, “Sam ” Thomas, W. J. Scott and
Cantain Browne
B. F. Johnson & Co
Main St
Richmond
Eiffel Tower
Mine
Dejerine Klumpke
Paris Facult of Medicine
Rose
Ikrner
Paul Bourget
Mr. Menhac
Tae
Sagolio
Sapolio
Enoch Morgan
Nsw
Fuller’s Earth
C. L
Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Es.co
Jacobs
North St. Paul Street
Rochester
N.Y
St. Jacobs
Chas. Ganther
E.H Mark
Pub
Cof* Volksblatt
Stockton
Cal
Julius Gedtke
Peerless
Bobsy Deceerim
Eur
Erste
Bowok
Cireeiars
Tee Broeaut’'s College
Difselo S
LOW Price Railroad Lands
Pacific
Chas
B. Lamborn
Chichester
Red Cross
Chichester Chemical Co
Medicm
Iolletan. Pa
B. M. Woolley
D. Fice
Gig Whitehall
Trans Chemical Co
Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson Arms
Ealer
Swmith & Wesson
This & merinaGeld
Maes
Dutcher
St. Albans
H.ingraham
Amsterdam
D. Rk. Dyche &Co
Chicago
Til
Druggsta
A.W. Gray
Middletown Springs
Palliser
America
Palliser & Co
Times
James
Achitect CO
Andewater St
New Ford
Lobb
Fall
Con
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St Phila., PA
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