Wall Street Drama of Brownley and Conant in Sugar Panic
Beulah Sands seeks help from Brownley as he uses her money and Randolph & Randolph backing to win big in Sugar stock. Barry Conant, head broker for Damemeyer and Standard Oil, leads a brutal sell off. Brownley battles the floor, then blows the last bid and causes a sharp fall. He finally sacrifices 150,000 shares to limit losses and confronts the systemic gamblers behind the crash. He resolves to learn humility and warn Jim Randolph of the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Brownley
Wall Street
Jim Randolph
Randolph & Randolph
Brownley
Randolph
Beulah Sands
Virginia
Reinhart
Miss Sands
Jim
Arthur Perkins
Barry Conant
Bob
Perkins
Harriers
Flowers
Lord
Damemeyer
Standard Oil
Exchange
Richelieu
Sugar
Stock Exchange
Delmonico’s
Judge Sands
State should provide reformatories for wayward children
A community plea for state funding of reformatory institutions for youths with criminal tendencies. The piece recounts a scene at the South Carolina state penitentiary and argues reformatories reduce crime, noting states like Georgia and North Carolina succeed. It laments South Carolina lacking such a facility and criticizes lawmakers who blocked a $10,000 appropriation in the latest session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
North Carolina
Alabama
Tennessee
South Carolina
State Penitentiary
Senate
House
Calhoun
Capitol
Washington
State House
Columbia
Lexington
Nelils Rh
Censen, Jr
Beaufort Gazette
Poor Writing Reflections on Legible Penmanship
A London Globe view notes that modern boys write poorly while clerks recall sharper handwriting of youth. It laments unreadable script as a moral offense and urges valued writing that all can read, blaming undervaluation and sloppy education for widespread illegibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Globe
Searchlights for night warfare rise in US Army trials
Leavenworth correspondent predicts night battles aided by searchlights. US Army tests at Fort Leavenworth show lights guiding artillery and signaling up to five miles, with possible 25 mile recognition, promising night operations for brigades and engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Fort Riley
Leavenworth, Kan
New York Herald
United States Army
Engineers
Fort Leavenworth
Battalion of Engineers
Kan
Lottery grafts tied to Honduras scheme claim millions
Federal officers in Mobile indict twenty four in a broad conspiracy alleging profits of six million dollars yearly from a Honduras lottery. Prominent figures Alfred Hennen Morris and Dave Hennen Morris of New York and New Orleans and Albert Baldwin Sr. and Frank T. Howard of New Orleans are named as top owners and beneficiaries. The dispatch traces a nationwide organization, social fallout in New Orleans, and ties to the old Louisiana Lottery, with details on key players and the era's gambling networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
New Orleans
Alfred Hennen Morris
Dave Hennen Morris
New York
Albert Baldwin, Sr
Frank T. Howard
Morrises
Howards
So A. Morris
Delaware
Alfred Hennen
Louisiana
Charles T. Howard
Morris
Baldwin
Louisiana Lottery Company
Howard
Jockey Club
Metarle
Biloxi
John A. Morris
Chapman Hyams
Hyams & Moore
Hyams and Baldwin
United States Trust Company and Savings Bank
New Orleans National Bank
E. J. Demarest
Honduras National Lottery Company
Gen. Cabell
Pierre G. T. Beauregard
W. P. Johnstone
Cincinnati
Amundsen's Northwest Passage Prep Revealed
Captain Roald Amundsen describes the Gjoa sloop built in Norway in 1872 and refitted for Arctic travel with a petroleum engine and reinforced hull. He recounts provisions, clothing, tents designed with Dr Frederick Cook, and the surprising five year supply capacity and equipment on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roald Amundsen
Harper's
Northwest Passage
North Magnetic Pole
Gjoa
Norway
Hardanger
Arctic
Tromso
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Gjea
Herschelsland
San Francisco
The Line Fence
A lawyer Hackett buys disputed land and proposes a settlement by moving fence lines to satisfy both sides. The neighbor initially resists, but Hackett offers to concede more than the claimed encroachments to avoid further conflict. The neighbor declines the land and insists on principle, ending the dispute.
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Honduras
Johnson Grass
Bureau of Plant Industry
William J. Spillman
Washington Dispatch
J. B. Gray
Columbus
Texas
J. 8
Cates
J. J. Harrison
J. W. Storey
Ennis
Peas
Department of Agriculture
Autolycus
Agricultural Department
New World
Humahuaca
Ames
Hackett
Squire
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