Charles Childs Pioneer Publisher and Philanthropist
Charles Childs rose from a small store room publisher to head of Childs and Peterson. He bought the Public Ledger in 1864 and built a renowned Philadelphia news and publishing career. A benefactor to Fairmount Park Zoological Garden the Pennsylvania Museum and the School of Industrial Arts he funded a Woodland Cemetery burial lot for Typographical Society members and hosted annual newsboy and bootblack banquets.
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Notable memorial builder and diarist linked to Poe and Grant
The passages recount Tré Childs as a generous patron who placed memorials in Westminster Abbey and other historic sites, earned praise for hosting distinguished guests at his Bryn Mawr home "Wootton," and published recollections of General Grant. It notes his death in Philadelphia on February 3, 1894 and mentions his valued manuscript collection and industry driven success. The rest lists local social updates and community notices surrounding Maple Grove residents and visitors.
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