Charities of Boston Women and Immigrant Helpers
A survey of Boston charitable institutions notes the House of the Good Samaritan, Channing Home, Scots Charitable Society, and Evangelical Lutheran works. It recounts founding efforts, key patrons, facilities, and ongoing care for the sick, aged, orphans, and the poor, including medical services, housing, and education provided by Catholic, Protestant, and German groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean Street
Chambers
Anne S. Mobbins
Th. ©. Shattuck
Boston
Lire
Georges GC
Shattuck
FE. E. Oliver
Buck- Mineter
Air
George ¥. Slitomin
Mise Rovbing
Cick
James Jackson
Massachusetts Hospital
Almehouse
House of the Samaritan
Cnde
House of the Good Samaritan
James Foster
Siveness
Lonses
Mouns Cemetery
Springfield Street
United States
Bosvun
Beng Cary
Wickurst
Peter A. Brooks
Saran W. Lincoln
James Longley
LD. H. Coolidge
Addis
Channing Street
Harriet Ryan
Albee
Bett
Dr. Channing
Federal and Crum- Ming Streets
Franklin Street
Bede
Usec
Bela
Brook Farm
G. B. Burkhardt
Wartburg Institution For Orphans
New York
West Roxbury
Martin Luther Orphan Home
Burkhardt
Gethsemane
Ev. Hermann Fink
Zions Church
India
Bombay
Indore
Oxford
England
St. Clement's
Philadelphia
Church of the Advent
Pinckney Street
Bowdoin Street
Stamford Street
Our Church
Sisterhood of
St. Margaret
Washington and
Knutland Streets
Memphis
Fast Grinstead
J. Mason Neale
All Night in a Vault with Six Corpses a Queer Tale
The Toledo Blade recounts an odd tale of a widow hiring a sexton to guard a vault holding five dead bodies and a sixth corpse. He and a hired man occupy the vault overnight, believing danger would come from outside, only to face eerie noises before a chipmunk scurries from a corner and the ordeal ends with their release in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Blade
Radbone
Mr. R
Sexton
Mr. Ri
Major Keene on Custer and the Fort Abercrombie Scandal
In a Chicago interview Major Reno defends General Custer, declines comment on Custer affairs, and discusses a Fort Abercrombie scandal that led to a two year suspension. He cites presidential intervention, notes his return to duty May 1, and admits a sexual incident with another officer’s wife, blaming frontier society for different reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene
Custer
Fort Abercrombie
Chicago
Reno
Fort Bearencenvie
Hayes
General Shields Mexican War Hero and Rescue Tale
A detailed portrait lauds General James Shields of the Mexican War era. It recounts his bold rescue of an English family in Mexico City, his earlier frontier and political career, and his enduring military reputation. The narrative blends praise with anecdotes of Shields guiding a daring assault to save the captives and earn Scott’s favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shields
Cerro Gordo
Chapultepec
Winchester
Scott
McClellan
War Department
Stonewall Jackson
Ireland
Illinois
Supreme Court
General Land Office
Abraham Linco
Polk
Oregon Territory
National Senate
Minnesota
United States
Lincoln
Lander
Massachusetts
Senate
Shields
Hartford
Providence
Sumner
Mexico
Widoly
Noreya
Ler
Santa Anna
Tor
Herois
England
Flirkg
Whitman Seen Near Hunter Hanging in Camden
Report from Camden New Jersey notes Walt Whitman in the house of Hunter's counsel Mr Scavell on the day of Hunter's execution. Whitman, aged and recently recovering from paralysis, engages in clear discourse and resembles Longfellow in appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Whitman
Hunter
Camden, N. J
Lengfellow
Scavell
Whitman
A Pioneer Romance Endures Across Time in California
A San Francisco Chronicle feature traces a decades long tale begun in Racine Wisconsin and carried through California. A man named Dr Sefferd deserts his family for gold rush California, elopes with a Digger wife, and later reunites with his wife and children in Sonoma County. The narrative links a Racine past with a Butte County mining camp and ends in shared family reunion, portraying fate shaping lives across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
California
Sonoma County
Racine
Wisconsin
Kearny Street
Market
Dr. Sefferd
Littl
Treadman
Dor
Doe
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Dog
Setford
Deadman's
Sosrangely
Charley Sefferd
Hus Far
Persutipa
Eccentric Utica man Hayes Hinman dies at 66
Hayes Hinman of near Utica New York dies aged 66 after fifty years of silence kept since a vow at age sixteen. He never spoke after vowing not to and spoke only rarely, once due to an injury and another when a snake startled a sleeping child. A diary records his eccentricities and he leaves 24000 dollars to a nephew with a warning to keep silent. He remained a neighborhood favorite despite his quiet habit and left a large diary of fifty years of silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes Hinman
Utica
N. Y
Lee
Minman
Lomson Wort
London
Tor Ures
Backing horse incident on Merkel street with three women
A horse attached to a sleigh on Merkel street yesterday backed as the driver, one of three young women, tugged the reins in a momentary abstraction. A passerby advised letting the horse have head, the reins were dropped and the horse stood still. The article adds a quip about why women pull on reins when a horse backs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Merkel Street
Tula
Battle Creek Hound Chases Train Eight Miles
Mr J A Ford of Battle Creek Michigan owned a heavy built wostiiff hound that rode to Cererco eight miles away. On return he boarded a train. He missed the dog at departure. The hound leaped onto the rear platform as the train moved and kept pace for about half an hour. It ran eighteen miles per hour and nearly kept up until the end. The dog arrived with sore feet from splinters and ties, a few minutes after the cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Ford
Battle Creek
Mich
Cererco
San Francisco Chronicle
Hhe
van Ness Avenue
Chronicle
Josh Billings A Chat With The Champion Bad Speller
An interview in New York with the eccentric humorist Josh Shaw alias Josh Billings. He discusses his rise from auctioneering in Poughkeepsie to writing and lecturing, the lure of phonetic spelling, and how mis-spelled pieces launched his career. He names Artemus Ward and Nasby among greats, notes humor stems from sorrow, and emphasizes getting material from rural farmers and local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Josh Billings
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Shaw
Billings
Massachusetts
Congress
John Quincey Adams
Quincey
Mr. Adams
Pacific Ocean
Steve
Poughkeepsie
Josh Killings
Shaw
Nerhans
Boston
City of
Lin
Yankee Notions
E New York
Exchange Lis
Ito
Solomon
Central Park
South America
Wall Street
Artemus Ward
Artemus
Poughkevepsie
Jones House
Broadway
Bohemans
Henry Clapp
Artemus George Arnold
Carlton's
Lispenard Street
Pougikeevsie
Henry Clap
Blackwell’s Island
Nasby
Mark ‘Twain
Wue
Catholic Lords List in English Directory
The English Catholic Directory for the new year lists Catholic members of the House of Lords led by the duke of Norfolk whose wife and mother are converts. It notes two marquises and four earls as converts, then twenty barons including the Earl of Granard who sits as Baron Granard of the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Granard
Baron Granard
Unitea Kingaum
Attef ‘Ingalt
Catholic peers and titles in the House of Lords
The passage notes several Irish and English peers with Catholic lineage. Earl of Kenmare and Viscount Gormanston hold no seats in the Lords. Catholic earls of Newburyh and Westmeath, Viscounts Netterville Taaffe and Southwell, and barons Herreis Trimieston Louth and Bellew lack seats. Duke of Norfolk is premier duke. Viscount Gormanston premier viscount. Lord Mowbray and Stourton claims premier English baron. Forty eight Catholic baronets exist. heirs of two Protestant-held earldoms are Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl O* Kenmare
Baron Kenmare
Killarney
Gormanston
Newburyh
Westmeath
Netterville
Taaffe
Southwell
Herreis
Trimieston
Louth
Bellew
House of Lords
Duke of Norfolk
Ireland
Mowbray and Stourton
England
Ohio idea debate on currency and banks in 19th century
An editor discusses the Ohio idea in a Washington Post interview, arguing the government should issue money while banks handle banking. He critiques fiat resumption, warns of economic instability, and defends Congress retaining money power as a public privilege, not a private monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington
Post
Ohio
Democratic Party of
United States
Long John Sherman
Democratic Party
Patent Office
Congress
Supreme Court
End of a Remarkable and Romantic Life in Offenbach
The so called Offenescher lady, a Hungarian by birth, died in Offenbach after a life of mystery and rumor. Abandoned in a forest as a child, she learned German, bore two children, and remained the focus of intense inquiries by scholars in Vienna and Budapest. Despite efforts by judges, officials, and professors, her origin and true name were never uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Offenbach
Frankfort
Ibe Clia
Manmna
Bertha
Weirkirenen
Manma
Temeser
Tewesvar
Friedrich Keck
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
le Ivevar
Herman Weber
Smark
Tut
Counterfeiter Ulrich Linked to Charge of Engraving Plates
Essex County jail Newark N J Charles Ulrich accused of engraving counterfeit plates tied to Henry Cole. Ulrich recounts a dramatic Europa to Crimea to Balaklava tale and wartime injuries. He claims coercion by Colvert and Coles accomplices to print 50 and 200 thousand dollar note shipments to Hamburg Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex County
Newark
N. J
Charles Ulrich
Henry C. Cole
Cole
Ulrich
Prussia
England
New York
Crimea
Boston
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Portsmouth
Hassler Barracks
Plymouth
Balaklava
Covert
Cole’s
Hanburg
Germany
United States
Europe
A Kissing Case In Pittsburg Court
A Pittsburg court hears a case of a man who kissed a young lady believing consent, then stopped causing her to become furious. The piece laments rising kissing incidents and urges legislative action to address the issue.
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Pittsburg
Legisiaures
Patchwork Anecdotes and Skits From a Gone Era
A collage of short, humorous, and sensational clippings from a late 19th or early 20th century page. It includes parlor song lines about a soldier's return, comic schoolroom banter, a Reno churchgoing anecdote, a tall tale about a child and snow, racial caricatures, a polemical piece on propriety in public affection, and a bustling San Francisco newspaper anecdote about a sensationalist reporter.
Also Mentioned on This Page
QUA Charities
Channing Home and House of the Good Samaritan
Scots’ Charitable Society
Lutheran and Others
St. Javarue
Scots’ Charitabe Society
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Scots’ Charitane Society
America
Ilay
Canada
Koswa
John Taylor
Hogg, Brown & Taylor
W. J. McPherson
D. Sinclair
Janes Mogle
Alexander
Mount Burp
Channing
James M. Barnard
Mary Prince Toof
Channing Home
Ryan
Cheverus
Eliza McDonnell
Lateat
Samuel A. Green
Friends of the Home
Theodore Metcalf
Tremont Street
Evangelical Lutheran Association For Works
Maria
Sue Biggs
Sue
General Shields
Montezumas
Spadoows
Sinelids
Drs. Wwissal
Republic
Lowell Times
Charley
S.—Sefferd
Gath
Philadelphia Press
Styre
Mark Swain
Ycu
Burdette
Iowa
Cincinnati
Mike
Cou City
Derrick
Rhine
Netter
Baby Mine
Baby
Tam
Eddie
Nevada
Reno Gazette
Sanders
Pedro
Poker
Martin
Edward
Harvey
Atlanta Constitution
Pike County
Darkey
Yorick
Portland Press
Feller
Wang
John
Femle
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