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Library of Congress1882

Image 2 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), April 15, 1882

TITTC PRESS SATURDAY MORSINU APRIL 15 We lo not read anonymous letter and comman etioti Tbe name and addref of the writ are It all caee indtfpensable not ueoeeearily for ibllcs t Jb but a a guaranty of good faith Ve cannot undertake to return or preferr con UsXPioatln that are not ued Following the Fashion U is a favorite diversion with writers to broadly divide mankind into two classes The classifications made by Lamb Byron Mill and later humorists poets and pedants will be readily Recalled Newspaper leaders may be divided by publishers and journal ists in the same very general way There are those who are too busy and those who are too lazy to unfold a paper Both wish to take in the news of the great outside world at a glancethe one because he thinks he cannot spare the time to turn a page the other because he knows he lacks the energy These make up the larger number of news pa ter readers and to their needs and ca prices the publisher must yield Many jour nals have others will we do now Unlike the old guard the Punas never dies but sometimes surrenders its

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Library of Congress1892

Image 3 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), November 28, 1892

FIRED SANS CEREMONY One of the Peculiar Phases of Jour nalistic Life No Claw of Worker Treated with as Lit tie Regard as Washington Corre spondents The Tyranny of Managing Editors Special Washington Letterl Margherita Arlina Hamm in a recent article printed in the Journalist com mented very truthfully upon the treat ment which newspaper workers usual ly receive from the managing editors of great daily papers Among other things she said that the average newspaper re porter and society writer as well as the editorial writer were regarded by the managing editor and the business de partment of the paper as the farmer re gards his horses and cattle As long as they are fast upon the track and able to win money for their owners or as long as they are good hardworking plodders along the field they receive compensation sufficient to keep their souls and bodies together and to dress themselves sufficiently well to appear to advantage in the company in which they must necessarily go according to the assignments given them by the managing editor But when they cease to be ol nrstciass value weir salaries are reduced or else they are immediately discharged without having

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Library of Congress1893

Image 3 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), January 2, 1893

WORTH OF YET TO BE SOLD We shall continue the sale until the Goods areall closed out Among the rare bargains that we have left in Mens goods are the following 1 lot of Mens French Calf Con gress narrow widths niedi uni toe stylish price 300 regular price7 1 lot French Calf Button the very finest regular price 7 will be sold at 300 1 lot gentlemens Dress Con gress French Calf mostly new and fresh lr 450 worth 7 1 large lot o Mens medium weight Confess and Balmoral cap toe all ew not before in the sale wi be now put in and sold a 500 cannot be bought elsewhere for less than 700 Tine goods MUSI BE SOLD and now is our opportunity Hundreds olood bargains that we have not entioned COME AND S FOR YOURSELVES Wyer to 5 Co 539 COMSS STREET decl9 _eodtf MARK JWN SALE OF HUH GOODS We have st ld from our stock a great variety retty and desirable goods for pres and put them on our 510 andts Counters They are wothree times as much but we want td them before Christ BIfo reasonabffer will be refused for Holiday 0

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Library of Congress1893

Image 3 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), June 15, 1893

WOE AND WIT r _ Gath Tells ai a Chicago Banquet lor journalists Some Kemlnioenoe of Newspaper Work fa War DayPublisher Scott and Kohlsuat a ComradesSomething About French Papers COPTBIGHT 1893 After the worlds fair had been well under way I was invited to a dinner at the Union club in North Chicago by Moses P Handy to meet some persons of the foreign press and in the art de partment and as we mingled together from halfpast seven oclock until one in the morning and I may not have leisure soon for another such bout I will narrate the appearance and ad ventures ofsomeof these persons We had of foreign journalists Mr Villiers Mr Senior and My Millet Mr Millet is also an artist who resides about equally in England and the United States He is the author of an adven turous trip down the Danube river in to the Turkish regions Then we had Mr Atwood the chief architect of the worlds fair and the only author of the magnificent Art building which is the admiration of all beholders and turns out to be equally happjy in its in ternal arrangements Mr Atwood is a finelooking man rather

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Library of Congress1894

Image 3 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), November 15, 1894

H1SGEIXAHBVBO Cut It Out Cut out this advertisement and send it to the makers of with your address and 14c in stamps and by return mail you will receive their beautiful Columbus SouvenirSpoon Address THE J B WILLIAMS CO Glastonbury Ct PREMIUM DEPARTMENT We warrant these spoons made of the best German silver extra plated with pure silver oxidized handles gold lined bowls Am greatly pleased with Souvenir Spoons and con sider them little gems They are almost identical in every respect with some we bought at the Worlds Fair for which we paid 2 apiece We use nothing but Ivorine and cor r WW II MARRY ME JACK And buy the rihg at McKinneys A thousand Solid Gold Rings Diamonds Opals Pearls Turquoise Moon Stones Emeralds aud Garnets in any kind of a setting Engagement and Wedding Rings a specialty Largest stock Low est prices in the city KENNEY THE JEWELER 459 Congress St Monument Sq novldtf PALMER ANDERSON GO 29 Exchange Street AGrEKTTS OF CONTINENTAL Insurance Co OF THE CITY OF NEW YOKE Incoporated in 1852 Commenced business in 1853 F C MOORE President Secretary EDWARD LANNING Capital Paid Up in Cash 100000000 STATEMENT OF ASSETS JAN 11894

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Library of Congress1900

Image 6 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), March 7, 1900

1 i a HHELDOYS EXPERIMENT tk Wan k Will Man a laper a II Tha Ha Ckarlaa M Sheldon who will adit the lapaka Ually Car Hal for a weak trgtnlng March lg la perhaps tsdsy tli bast alssrtlard man ta lbs United Mates preachr or laywao It Is said that Mr Sheldon la peculiarly a Terre to notoriety and that all the greatness whch baa Kiss to bins through bis books hit newspaper schemes and bla renaoos baa bena forelbly thrust upon him bona months ago ha rreelied tfce following telegram from a syndicate w rltsr la New Yolk oltyi I am coming oat to Topeka to slay a week coming fully prepared to treat of your methods of work oburob and yoor bocks This artlols will be syndicated sod published la nearly all tha news papers of ths country lhs minister wired back promptly Ycu area not come 1 will not see you I will not talk to you I bare some rights wbloh even yon are bound to re speot Bat In spite of this shrinking modesty the He Charles hi SneUlon has tobLcd up with grant regularity for assert years past literally pursnsd nud dragged to

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Library of Congress1901

Image 2 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), May 10, 1901

AWFUL TUMBLE Trcmcndons Fatt in Stocks Thursday One of Severest Short Collapses Known Corner in Northern Pacific Canse of the Trouhie Ruinous Terms Forced on Shorts Situation Expected to Improve in the Morning New York May tBitter stress devel oped in Wail street by the second hour of trading on the stock exchange today The violence of the commotion had spent much of its force at least for the time being when the chairmans gavel fell announcing the close of the days proceedings The casualities were many but no actual fatalities of importance were recorded during the day During the height of the panic there were rumors of many insolvencies but no confirma tions could be had Those to whom the rumors pointed professed themselves ready to meet all obligations In more than one instance the answer tas to go upon the stoak exchange and placs loans to a large amount as indicating the abundance of resoures at hand But not withstanding these and similiar devices for keeping up credit and contldence the fact was too obvious that credits and borrowing power were shrinking at a prodigious rate But the indications at the close of the day were strong that

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