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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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opay down $8,000on a $28,000 farm,besides having$6,700 in stockand machinery. Charles Rose,a Connecticutnewsboy, about ayear ago put$100—the savingsof six years—intoa lot in the out-skirts of Bridge-port. Increasedbusiness duringthe war hasenabled him topay off the mort-gage, and recentlyhe was offered$20,000 for his lotby the BritishGovernment, be-cause it lies inthe path ofBridgeportsrapidly extendingmunition plants. Jacob Langcloth of New York, who came tothis country only eighteen years ago fromGermany, penniless, was able, upon his death, toprovide generously for his widow and sixty-oneemployes, besides remembering numerous publicinstitutions^and leaving the residuary estate ofmore than $3,000,000 to a home for invalids. Contrast with these examples of frugalityand foresight the case of a gay young man inPlainfield, N. J., who inherited more than$100,000 and wasted the whole amount in riot-ous living in two years. Now he is compelledto support himself and wife upon his weekly
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wage of $12 as a draughtsman. Should he everaccumulate anything, he will doubtless appreci-ate his savings more than he did the inheritance.So much for the real breadwinners. Theyhave no use for the bread line or for bundle day.More honor to them and their thrift.—John A.Sleicher, in Leslies. *Jennie Smith A LETTER from engineer John J. Mont-gomery, of Pittsburgh, tells us that ourrailroad evangelist, Jennie Smith, hasbeen actively working among our men since the first of the year.Mr. Montgomerypays a hightribute to thecharacter of thisworthy woman,saying in part: During thelast week of Feb-ruary and endingMarch 7, JennieSmith has beenholding revivalmeetings at theA m e s M . E .Church at Hazel-wood, where sheaccomplished agreat deal ofgood. AVe railroadmen are alwayshappy to have herwith us and sorryto see her go, forwe realize thesplendid thingsaccomplished l)yher character andher work. The writer hadthe pleasure oftalking with MissJennie recentlyand was glad tolearn of her re-new

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