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Noted Philanthropies and Obituaries Across Britain
Obituaries include Mr Hugh Cooke, charity official, dying at Ramsgate in his 70s.London and Manchester notes on hospitals, lunatic asylum reforms, and a bird hospital in Chicago. Crimes include Edward Lindo’s theft and Crossley’s fraud sentence. Charity events and bazaar openings span Lincolnshire, York, Edinburgh, and Bristol with multiple nobles and organizations involved.
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Hugh Cooke
Ramsgate
Chicago
United States
Edward Lindo
Kate Ivory
London Hospital
Duke of Cambridge
York
National Society For the Prevention of
Grocers’ Company
London Orphan Asylum
F. P. Alliston
Royal Hospital For Incurables
James Crichton Brown
William Wetmore Story
Peabody
Royal Exchange
Vallombrosa
Bristol
Jenner
Burntwood
Lichfield
Julian Goldsmid
West St. Pancras
Karl Compton
Ragged School Union
A. Jeaffreson
Twenty Minutes’ Work Society
St. Barnabas
Harman-street
Kingsland Road
Senora Cousino
Hetty Green
Burdett-Coutts
Mme. de Barrios
Marquise de Roda
Mary Garrett
Baltimore
Mme. Woleska
T. A. Williams
Rostock
Rome
Guildhall
Arthur Henry Crossley
C.O.S
St. Mary’s Hospital
Manchester
Lane
Guy’s Hospital
Queen’s Hall
Langhamplace
Farningham
Swanley
Earl Compton
Fraser
Messrs
London
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Edward Trimmer
Royal College of Surgeons
Great Britain
A. Clark
Lady Cholmeley
Lincolnshire
National Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Grimsby
Duchess of Newcastle
Duke of Newcastle
Earl
Empire Palace Theatre
Edinburgh
Lord Kilmorey
Col. FitzGeorge
Marjoribanks
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Yarrow
Broadstairs
Queen Victoria Street
H.C
Hugh Fraser
Tokyo
Japan
Sisters of the Order of the Holy Child Jesus
Villa Crawford
Sant Agnello di Sorrento
Henry 5
King and Co
Pall-mall