Krupps as Royal Patrons of Labor Unity and Charity
Alfred Krupp founders and his son are hailed for humane gestures toward workers at the Es ten steel works. A statue of the founder and a donation of $100,000 fund worker cottages and care for the infirm and widows, fostering a rare moment of labor capital harmony praised by Youth’s Companion.
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Alfred Krupp
Krupp
Esten
Germany
Europe
Alfred Jupp
Essep
Steel Works Company
Krupps
Birds on the Defensive and Uncle John Berry Tale
Birds on the Defensive describes raptores adapting to open places with self-preserving postures and camouflage while noting differences between wild and captive birds and their behavior around humans. Uncle John Berry acts as an unofficial judge in a neighboring dispute, mediating by binding agreement and a humorous, decisive settlement.
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Cornhill
Achill Island
John Berry
Abram Green
Benjamin Brown
Brown
Green
John
Blondin Narrow Escape Shows Bunco Dangers
A Chicago performance scene recounts Blondin the rope walker facing a fatal plan by a free helper. The would be killer joked of a mid rope fall, Blondin steadies balance, grips the man, reaches the end, then shows force by boxing the intruder unconscious. Also notes a clever serving idea for butter balls in ice and a joke about marital status.
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Blondin
Chicago
Alout
Seson
Banana Peel Duel On Broadway Caper Unfolds
A New York Sun report describes a comic clash on lower Broadway when a red faced banana fiend pelts a strolling minister with peels. The clergyman, after being slicked with Peel, retaliates with a punch, winning cautious crowd support before slipping away with raised tempers in check.
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Broadway
New York Sun
Park Place
City Hall Park
Newman Confounds Controversy With Violin Skill
A Protestant controversialist named Tribulation Cumming invites Cardinal Newman to a public dispute in Birmingham. Newman declines the clash, noting limited ability in controversy, and offers to settle the matter with a violin contest instead. In a related dinner remark, a noble lord asks about Italy, and Newman quips China.
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Cumming
Birmingham
Cardinal Newman
Italy
Newman
China
A Strange World In France And Here On Hens And Chic
A compact reflection on cultural double standards comparing French praise as chic to English jibes labeling an unattractive woman an old hen. The quip notes divergent social norms about female desirability.
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France
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Mother
Ben
Mrs. Gossip
Bashelor
Mr. Black
W. WN. McKeshen
Fremont
Ind
Standard Patent Medicines
Fred A Walter
Philip Michael
Oliver
E. C. Shupp’s
E. C. Shupp
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