Kennard Seeks Control in New Consolidation Venture
John Kennard and William Harkness clash over who seats the new board in a bold plan to unite major firms. Kennard proposes a seven member slate including himself while Harkness is left off the president’s chair, prompting tense negotiations and a swift agreement on directorate power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Harkness
John Kennard
William Harkness
Kennard
Harkness
Mr. Kennard
Willie Harkness
House of Kennard’s
Latham
Rogers
Spaulding
Benson
Maddox
Lst of Directors
Mr. Harlan
Mr. Trundell
Coyote
Jack
Dave
Trundell
Neil Croyden
Danville Parsons
Harlan
Paris
Austria
Overdank
Vienna
Libenyi
Humbert
Italy
Beng
Naples
Giovanni Passanante
Signor Carroli
William I
Germany
Oscar Bekker
Hodel
Karl Nobbling
Unter den Linden
Napoleon III
Planer
Bellemare
Orsini
Louis Philippe
Fieschi
Alibaud
Henri
Edward Oxford
John Francis
Bean
Alexander II of
Russia
Gatchina Park
Consistency and Control At the Confederated Machine Firms
Mr Parsons debates virtue and consistency as John Kennard reshapes the Confederated Machine Companies. Consolidation cuts costs, raises discipline, and shifts power as Kennard faces a board led by Trundell and a new director Croyden, testing loyalty and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Trundell
Kennard
John Kennard
Confederated Machine Companies
Prospectus
Mason
Wilder
Thespians
Miss Harlan
Pat Mullin
Pupsey
Knox
McMannis
Trundell
Wall Street
Monkeys as Servants Across the World
A survey of simian labor shows monkeys employed as clerks, servants, and cashiers in places from Loango to Siam. Reports describe a chimpanzee cleaning rooms, a ship’s monkey turning the capstan and boiling eggs, and Siamese apes acting as coin discriminating cashiers in stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loango
Britain
London
Yukon
Cape Colony
Siam
Anderson County Prohibition Appeal Urges Calm Civic Action
A central prohibition committee in Anderson County issues a formal address urging voters to oppose the liquor dispensary. The letter critiques revenue, enforcement, and moral impact, citing increased consumption and taxes, and calls for lawful compliance and public duty. It compares Marlboro County enforcement and invites citizens to press for the right solution.
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Anderson
Central Prohibition Committee of
Anderaon
South Carolina
Daily Papers
State Board of Control
Columbia
Commonwealth
Congress
Anderson County
Marlboro
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Georgia
Marlboro County
B. F. Martin
B. F. Crayton
J. Cartledge
W. W. Leathers
J. W. Quattlebaum
G. N. C. Boleman
G. C. Sullivan
W. R. Osborne
J. L. Sherard
August Kohn
State Press Association
White Stone
News and Courier
Spartanburg
Spartenburg
General Assembly
Messrs
Cole L. Blease
B. Fraser
Mutinous Battleship Kniaz Potemkine Named for Brutal Russian Prince
A Savannah Morning News excerpt critiques the battleship Potemkine bearing the name of Prince Gregory Potemkine. It highlights his notorious tyranny, lavish impostor towns he staged for Catherine II, and his manipulation of credit in the Turkish-Russian wars, describing him as coarse and lascivious yet handsome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kniaz Potemkine
Kniaz
Gregory Alexandrovitch
Potemkine
Cathrine II
Cathrine
Czarina
Turkey
Russia
Suvoroff
Bender
Ismail
Savannah Morning News
Kentucky and Goebel era politics flare in 1900 riot era
In January 1900 Frankfort Kentucky swelled with riot threats as Republicans and anti Goebel Democrats clash over the 1899 election. Goebel’s assassination and the ensuing trials of Powers and Youtsey are examined as political theater with federal questions looming over state sovereignty. The piece notes looming dispensation investigations and broader reform battles.
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Frankfort
William 8. Taylor
Youtsey
Powers
Taylor
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Kentucky
Jim Howard
Commonwealth
Texas
Mississippi
Vermont
Massachusetts
W. Godfrey Hunter
W. S. Taylor
Goveror
Howard
Baker
Capitol Grounds
William Goebel
United States
Blyen
Black
Supreme Court
Eleventh
Congress
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Frederick A. Stokes & Co
MR. Parsons
Mrs. Parsons
Croyden
Board of Directors
Syndicate
Hamilton
Hussars
Arthur O'Connor
Servia
Pedro
Brazil
William
Prince of
Prince Potemkine
Court
D. A. Spivey
Arthur Gaston
Niels Christensen, Jr
Frager Lyon
J. J. Hay
Chaiirman
Charleston
Florence
Farnum
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