The Hibernians Rise From Irish Catholic Roots
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is a paternal Catholic Irish fraternal society. It traces origins to English penal times, defends religious liberty, and condemns the Mollies. In the U S it emphasizes friendship unity and Christian charity with dues and sickness benefits, and plans life insurance for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Hibernians
England
Green
Order of
Hibernians
Giens
Pennsylvania
Ordr
Messares
Brotherhood
Vig
Schuykill
Carbon
Columbia
Northumberland
John Chinaman
United States
Union
Cost of Living for Carpenters in 19th Century Times
An exposé on how carpenters face rising living costs, lower real wages, and erratic workweeks. It examines income of about $500-600 yearly, rising expenses since 1860, and debates eight vs ten hour days, with tradesmen proposing taxes, apprenticeships, and longer idle periods to spread work. It notes need for better clothing and reading materials as essentials amid uncertain labor prospects.
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Sparta
Macedonia
Athens
Rome
United States
Iagt
Thia City
Lesa
New England
Asa
Man
The Church and Theatre Debate at Unity Church
Rev Minot J Savage voices theatre reform while defending vs. church errors. He notes theatre’s long history in Boston, cites actors and managers, and argues reform must start with the church’s own debts and missteps. He urges audiences to patronize quality drama and avoid condemning performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Unity
Minot J. Savage
Cincinnati
Lowell
Boston
End of Peace chronicles a famed English burglar
The life of Charles Peace, a renowned English cracksman and occasional murderer, is recounted from his birth in Sheffield to his execution in Leeds. The piece details his signature burglaries, disguise talents, and the 1876 Bannercross murder that sealed his fate, including his long cat and mouse with police and the shifting identities that masked his crimes.
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Charles Peace
Leeds
England
Arthur Dyson
Bannercross
Sheffield
Claude Duval
Dick Turpin
Manchester
Whalley Range
Hubron
Habron
Home Office
Peace
Johson
Portsmouth
Melton Mowbray
York House
Blackheath
Greenwich
London
Brotherhood Relief Figures for Sickness and Burial Benefits
The order reports sick burial benefits totaling 156,666 dollars and property valued at 25,076 with 38,100 in treasuries across divisions. The New Orleans Picayune notes 1008 dollars distributed to yellow fever sufferers and a relief committee aiding sixty ill members, eleven dying, with succor reaching 160 distress cases. Members are pledged as a non secret society group among adopted citizens.
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Louisiana
New Orleans Picayune
No More Need of Reform If Society Cleanses Itself
Laughter and applause mark a speech urging personal uplift over broad reform. The speaker argues that institutions ride waves of human life and rise with society, calling for life and moral enthusiasm as the core work. Only when society reflects public intelligence will religion, theatre, and society no longer require reform.
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Boston Theatre
New York
Boston
State Street
Federal Street
Rosaland’s Madrigal From Lodge 1560 Erotic Poem
A fragment from Thomas Lodge 1560 presents a bawdy courtship in verse. The speaker laments a lover’s interruptions and threats of punishment while conjuring intimate imagery and playful sexual contest. The piece reflects Renaissance erotic lyric style and ends with the author’s signature.
Jubilee Indulgence Edict From Pope Leo XIII
The document presents a translation of Pope Leo XIII's letters promulgating a general jubilee indulgence. It details the conditions for plenary indulgence for the faithful visiting Rome basilicas from Lent to Pentecost, fasting, confessing, receiving the Eucharist, almsgiving, and other penances. It notes allowances for clergy, prisoners, travelers, and those unable to complete works, and authorizes confessor discretion and absolution rules within church law. It ends with publication instructions and signatures from Cardinal Nina.
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Leo XIII
Jesus Christ
Father of Mercy
Leo
Leo the Great
Peter and
Paul
Marsh
St. John Lateran
Prince of the Apostles
St. Mary the Greater
Holy See
Rome
Ita Viel
Ierter
Goa
Apostolic See
Pontiff
Apostolic Bee
Benedict
St. Peter's
Cardinal Nina
Beet Sugar Industry Subsidy Urged Before Delaware Legislature
Ernest Th. Gennert of the Maine Beet-sugar Company argues for state aid to introduce beet sugar factories. He cites European gains from intensive farming, notes U.S. reliance on acreage, and says subsidies should be a fixed sum rather than per pound. He compares costs, employment, and soil benefits, and cites Quebec and Maine precedents.
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Delaware
Ernest Th. Gennert
Maine Beet-sugar Company
United States
Europe
Maine Duver Sugar Company
Portland
Quebec
Maine
Man appeals for peace in limited divorce suit
In a Brooklyn city court case Anna Maria Smith v John W. Smith, the defendant claims decades of hardship raising a large family since 1852. He details working at KE Garbutt & Co from 1858 to 1876, a collapsed life policy, partial home purchases, and ongoing struggles amid alleged domestic violence. He seeks nothing but peace and submits he has no income beyond selling spices and teas. The wife, mother of twelve, was previously allowed $2 weekly alimony.
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Anna Maria Smith
John W. Smith
Brooklyn
KE. H. Garbutt & Co
Park Place
New York
North America Life Insurance Company
Kosciusko Street
Plaintif
Copsestan
Boston Party Mishap Wows Philadelphia and New York
A Boston party’s misadventure in Philadelphia last week drew broad attention and amusement in both cities. The incident, widely discussed in Philadelphia and New York chatter, highlighted a mishap involving the Boston group and prompted local reactions.
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Cliffords
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Weir Vike
Clifford Family Leaves Boston Tour After Off Color Jokes
An evening performance ends with a Boston Clifford party exiting after repeated off color remarks and audience discomfort. The incident starts with a ticket inquiry about potential coarse jokes and culminates in the heavy audience reaction and the Clifford family walking out.
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Boston
Payter
Caring For The Heathen Satire From A Cincinnati Scribe
A comic, scathing vignette portrays Mrs Bird as perpetually absent, pursued by callers selling goods for various charitable causes. The interview devolves into farce as a pedler mocks her philanthropy while referencing numerous societies and miseries. Mr Bird sustains the prank with a grim domestic note as a babe cries and fits occur. The piece closes with the pedler deciding to propose and the narrator remaining a bachelor.
Carson Clergy Man Meets Smoke Filled Welcome
The Rev. Mr Davis arrives as rector of the Episcopal church in Carson Nevada and hosts a social to introduce himself. Old members find a raucous scene in his study a smoke filled welcome with cigars and a rakish air prompting shocked exits and laughter at the mix up with a look alike relative Sam of the Virginia Chronicle.
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Reno Garette
Davis
Episcopal Church
Carson
Nevada
Cosey
Cichurch
Bret
Mr. Davis
Sam
The
Virginia Chronicle
Albany Romance Sparks Public Interest
An Albany belle’s engagements create a newspaper romance. A clerk in a leading firm, fond of riding horse cars, joins a sleigh party as a driver disguised to ride with his friend. The new conductor stops a runaway horse rescuing a young woman, is wounded, and after recovery the couple’s promising romance ends happily as family approval arrives.
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Cratertown
Albany
Sally
Clawed by His Own Tiger in Rochester Bank Scam
Harry Gilbert operated a fare bank in Rochester New York until hard times ended it. After resuming it he took a partner Patteau and invited sports to join a game. An undavit alleges they conspired to cheat the deponent of 700 dollars by rigging a fare card game and betting to win.
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Harry Gilbert
Rochester
N.Y
Harry
Patteau
Ny ‘Grieg
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the Ancient Order
America
National Directory
Board of Directors
Division
Committee On Sick
New York County
John Hart
Jersey City
N.d
Thomas Kerrigan
New York City
Edward L. Cary
Ufe
We Society
Massachusetts
William H. Cook
John Lolan
M. J. Callaghan
Taunton
Springfield
Milford
Army and Navy
Aften Common
Order of Hibernian
Rewark
Micawber
Bureau of Labor
M. J. Savage
Chace
Kimball
Iwelf
Engrava
Whitefield
Joseph Cook
Talmage
Morgan
Olivia
McCullough
Barrett
Booth
John Stuart Mill
Kent
Robinson
Dliver
John Ward
Dyson
Darbhall
Dysons
Mia. Dyson
Nottingham
Thompson
Susan Grey
Hull
Police
Scotland Yard
St. Paul's Churchyard
United Sates
Cleveland
Marwood
Peage
Rosalind
Madrigal
Cupid
Thomas Lodge
Pope Leo XIII
Ieek
Russia
Mr. Bird
Bird
Woman Suffrage
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Association For Alleviating
Senegambians
Church Aid Society
Ninth Ward
Ss. Reyes Orphan Asylum
Senegambia
Johnny
Mary
Jim
Tommy
Jones
Pedher
Albany Romance
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