Kennard Denies Harlan Syndicate Offer After Factory Tour
At a Nantick Club dinner Joshua Harlan tests a trade combine proposal with John Kennard. Kennard rejects joining, citing loyalty to workers and his village of Hudon laborers, while Harlan hints at future moves and invites further factory tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Harlan
Kennard
Harkness Syndicate
Harknessa & Co
Combine
Harkness
Mr. Harkness
John Kennard
Joshua Harlan
Nantick
Strange voyages of bottles map ocean currents in old times
Accounts tell how bottles cast from ships carried notes across seas to help hydrographers. Some reached Florida from Devonshire, others traveled 21,000 miles to the Hebrides, with many routes detailing tropical passages and long, slow drifts. A 1890 Shetland murder message bottle is recounted, arriving years later near its origin.
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Leslie
Kennard
Tit-Bita
Marine Science
Hydrographic Bureau
Washington
Ita
Midocean
Devonshire
Florida
Newfoundland
Hebrides
Canary Islands
Caribbean Sea
Belize
Mexican Gulf
Shetland
Buckingham
New York
Bermudas
Bremerhaven
Azores
Africa
Atlantic
West Indies
Hayti
Sutherland
Pampered Capitalist Daughter Turns Self-Reliant Grifter
A Chicago financier’s daughter and Vassar graduate, once pampered, stops her allowance and supports herself. She runs a 26 cent shampoo stand, 15 cent manicures, and a boot blacking service with a roommate. She launders and sells handkerchiefs to fund her college life, then rents for a basketball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar
Chicago
Europe
Express
Salvation Army
Philadelphia Frigate Found After Tripoli Harbor Search
Charles Wellington Furlong recounts locating the American frigate Philadelphia off Tripoli's harbor after a century buried under eel grass and sand. He describes underwater work, buoying the site, and later aid from Greek warships Crete and Paralos for further exploration. Secretaries Shaw remarks follow, praising trade expansion and tariff repeal talk. Good breeding is a letter of credit worldwide.
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Charley Wellington Furlong
Tripoli
Barbary
Philadelphia
Crete
Paralos
Harper’s Magazine
the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Florida
Board of Trade
Shaw
Boards of Trade
California
Horse Whisperers in Ireland and Scotland Revealed
A look at renowned Irish horse whisperers such as James Sullivan of Dunhallow and the later O Hara. The article contrasts claimed gentle methods with alleged forceful tricks like ear biting and rocking, noting skill, patience, and overpowering presence as key, while dismissing simple kindness as sole technique.
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Ireland
Scotland
Slater Island
James Sullivan
Dunhallow
Sullivan
O’hara
O'Hara
Samaon
Atlanta Mayor Rejects Anti-Gambling Law In Veto Row
J G Woodward mayor of Atlanta vetoes anti gambling ordinance arguing it targets small bettors while big bucket shops enable fictitious price schemes in futures, rail and commodity markets. He calls for sweeping laws against high finance gambling and cites societal harm and inequities. A separate incident describes a gas leak that blew a chandelier, with a dog alerting a man near a fallen fixture.
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Atlanta
J. G. Woodward
Curious Happenings That Defy Simple Explanation
A Pearson's Weekly feature catalogs mysterious events beliefs and odd coincidences. Tales include a family hearing a death tapping a card game room seeing a pallor after taps and a telegram confirming a grandmother's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s Weekly
England
Swindon
London
Burbank's Latest Feats and Future Plans
San Francisco writer describes Luther Burbank and his potation of pomato from the potato and tomato. The article highlights his 10 000 varieties, including stoneleaf plum and five hundred apples on one tree, plus aims to double grain yields with wheat rye barley oats and corn.
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Thomas Nunat
San Francisco
New York
Burbank
Oyama Comments Hushed Silence and Piety Revealed
A Moscow hospital report cites 150 wounded Japanese, mostly captured at Mukden. An interpreter recounts Field Marshal Oyama’s quiet conduct before and after battles, his use of a suicide by a brave rider, a late reward, a wounded arm at Liao Yang, and his devout Buddhist faith with a home temple in Tokyo.
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Moscow
Mukden
Oyama
Kuroki
The
Shaho
Hiroto
Liao-Yang
Tokio
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Frederick A. Stokes & Co
Culver
Kenward
Barton
Miles
Harlan
Amusemnt
United States
John Kennardson
Mason
Hudson
Haciendita Ranch
Zamora
Michoacan
Padrecito
Melquiades Arevalo
Propero Garcia
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