Out of Work and the Parson's Help in Hard Times
John Yates, a factory worker with a growing family, loses weeks of wages as banks and firms falter. A kind rector helps him assess spending, pay off debts, and save with the Post Office Savings Bank. After a year he improves, then a collapse at Combs and Plank throws him back out of work, yet the rector urges faith and perseverance. John ultimately lands a foreman post at Albion Works, saving for his son and stabilizing his family.
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John Yates
Jobin Yates
Sohn Yates
Coombs & Plank
Jane
John
Savings Bank
Building Society
Join
Tol
Mohn
Lear
Belgravia
Greenwich
Richmond
Brighton
Assan
Tie
Pye
Postoffice Savings Bank
Messie
Combs
Besse
Yates
Bank
Hissi
Albion Works
Long Branch History and Growth Through the Years
The piece details Long Branch origin from a brook named Land’s End, early settlement by Parker Slocum Wardell Hewlett from Rhode Island, and land growth. It notes land values, the Liberty Pole name from the War of 1812, coast area known as the Shore, development milestones from 1863 onward, and Blythe Beach’s transformation into a park with broad roads and cottage lots, now hosting about four thousand five hundred residents and facilities for twenty thousand visitors.
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Long Branch
Shrewsbury
Land’s End
Parker
Slocum
Wardclt
Hewlett
Rhode Island
Ttnow
Samuel Laird
Buglington
Ocveau
Blythe Beach
West End
Romantic Resuit of a State at a Social Party
An Ohio paper details a social party incident where a beautiful, wealthy young woman demanded the expulsion of a stranger she believed ogled her. He denied staring, claiming he admired a chain around her neck that concealed his sister's photograph. The chain’s hidden spring revealed the photo, causing a public mix up and a shift toward romance.
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Ohio
Business Partition: A vs B Present Worth Split
In a ten year venture A invested 10000 and B 15000. They drew 13000 and 16000 respectively, leaving total business value 35000 after debts. A's share equals two-fifths of 64000 less drawings totaling 13000, giving 12600. B's share equals three-fifths of 64000 minus 16000, giving 22400.
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Tal
A Mixed Partition in New York Tenement Block
In the Fourth Ward of New York a single block holds 69 old buildings sheltering 418 families with diverse nationalities. The same owners control over 3,000 people across several tenements. Rooms are filthy and dark, poorly ventilated, and rents are extortionate, causing widespread misery in body and mind.
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New York
Descriptions of a Chinese city seen by a visitor
A correspondent recalls winding gates and bridges in a dense Chinese city where narrow streets confound compass directions. He notes bustling lower shops, gilded temple interiors, diverse crafts, and joss temples with varied colors. Christian missions and native clergy are present, with 150 native communicants.
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Old City
Bishop Williams
American Episcopal Mission
Robert Nelson
Virginia
Women in Paris Fight Relentless in Revolt
Dramatic Paris clashes tell of exhausted students offered bread and wine refused. An officer taunts the women as shots ring out and a nursewide chorus of defiance erupts. A Pole commander pleads to die in uniform while Commune officers face execution and a woman vows revenge through the next generation.
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Paris
Versailles
Issy
Neuilly
Leutenant
Potokewski
Iis
Melin
Paris Commune Arson Arrest Ends in Firing Squad
A Paris Rue Roquette arson arrest ends with the condemned woman shot after being led to execution. Her young daughter, clinging to her mother, is killed when shot as she flees. A separate account notes soldiers also executed two National Guards for drunkenness after Chateau de la Muette seizure.
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Rue Roquette
Paris
Chateau de la Muette
Dombrowski
Bennington Ladies Refuse Bread Toasters from Gypsy Ploy
In Bennington Vermont the ladies report gypsy girls selling bread toasters by posing as neighbors and claiming a second party will pay later. The ruse travels the street as women recount the tale and refuse to buy.
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Bennington Vt
French physician studies smoking effects on boys
A French physician examined thirty-eight boys aged nine to fifteen who smoke. Twenty-seven showed nicotine poisoning symptoms including circulatory and digestive disorders, dull intellect, strong drink cravings, and various mucous membrane changes.
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Sauxz
Sturgeon in Harness Two Easton Gentlemen Harness Fish
Two Easton men Samuel Phillipps and Col. J R Sitgreaves for years tested sturgeon towing on the Delaware and Lehigh canals. They devised a system with rubber bands and brass rings to harness the fish to a boat, using poles and goads to steer and control speed. A fish culturist helped by adding swan floats to disguise the pulls, creating the illusion the boat is drawn by swans.
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Easton
Samuel Phillipps
J. R. Sitgreaves
Delaware
Bristol
Duy
Lehigh Canal
Lehigh Dam
Philippi
Slack
Egypt
Nile
Col. Sitgreaves
Neptune
Sammy Phillippi
A Wonderful Clock by Williston resident Munson
An eight-year labor of love by 62 year old Williston resident BR D Munson yields a remarkable eight day clock. The device shows seconds minutes hours and calendar details with a temperature gauge and a voiceable cylinder musical attachment plays tunes hourly and daily.
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BR. D. Munson
Williston, VI
Columbia
U. S
Munson
Doctor and maid scare after midnight syringe incident
A St. Johnsbury doctor and his wife find the servant girl asleep inside after returning home. The doctor uses a cold water syringe to threaten the maid, then leans in to hush her as police are not alerted. The loud scream echoes as the man is admitted later.
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St. Johnsbury
Yang
Jury Convicted Impostor Claim In London Trial
In the London Tishborne case the jury privately said the plaintiff was an impostor and ready to verdict without defense witnesses, but the judge refused consent and the trial continued. A new wedding card style features pure white with a wide gilt edge.
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London
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Greece
Tudul
Hell
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Omar
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Israel
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