Duchess of Sutherland Turns Trentham Hall Into Cripples Guild
The Duchess of Sutherland leads a social effort turning Trentham Hall into a factory for disabled workers from Hanley and beyond. Cripples Guild offers skilled crafts from enamelling to bookbinding, with profits funding training and charity. The Duke gifts Trentham estates rent free, expanding workshops to house thousands of workers and provide meals, recreation, and education.
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Peppa
Disrael
Lothair
Brentham
Enish Place
Trentham
Trentham Hall
Duchess of Sutherland
Countess of Warwick
Margaret MacMillan
England
Staffordshire
Worcestershire
Sutherlands
Hanley
Providence Works
Wilson Street
Pottern’ Guild of Handicrafts
Duchess of Sutherland’s Cripples' Guild, Limited
Duke of Sutherland
Barry
Munl
New York ‘Tribune
Fire Visit Spurs Society Report's Late Night Scoop
The society correspondent covers a city blaze at Mr and Mrs Clank on Thirteenth Street. Neighbors, many just back from church, attend by carriage or on foot as alarms ring around 9 30. Firemen rescue, chief sports a brass spike helmet while onlookers admire the dramatic glow and heroic effort.
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Society News
Seera
Nebraska
Kan
The Trouble With Carr
A fragment from Youth's Companion quotes Ars. Page praising Carr's looks but noting he lacks brilliance in conversation. Carr reportedly cannot discuss topics unless he knows something about them, eliciting humorous critique from Mr. P 70.
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Ars
Page
Carr
Lawson
The Philosophy of Tipping in Harpers Weekly
AHarper s Weekly essay argues tipping is a necessary and incurable evil, offering a witty Waltonian defense. It imagines Walter workers salaried with no extras and questions whether tips motivate better service or simply exploit patrons while risking poorer workers in cheaper eateries. It weighs wage incentives and social standing influencing tip culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Walter
Norman Origins and Teutonic Heritage Discussed
In the New York American article fragments, the term Norman traces to Northmen, linking Normans with Saxons and other northern peoples. It notes Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Dutch and Germans share Teutonic roots. The piece also mentions Cuba merging State Telegraph Offices with the Postal Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandinavia
Norway
New York
Cuba
Postal Department
Prohibition Bill and Global Proposals Highlight 19th Century News
A scattered summary of global measures and events includes South Carolina and Irish politics, a 1854 postal change hint, a Simplified Spoiling Board recommendation, Georgia College forgeries, a London prohibition conference, a $5 million loan to Count and Countess Laszlo Szechens, a mass rally in New York against race track gambling, Living Music in Chicago by Theodore Thomas, Garfield urging swamp land reclamation, Vine Pineing in New York selected by the War Department, and a soap and water museum cleansing suggestion in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Ychisn
Jeans
D. Tlox
College of Heraldry of Georgia
Dudapest
New York
Laszlo Szechens
Vine Pining
N. Y
Joseph Davesn
France
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G.H. Wagner
Inoseos Hastings
N.Y
Worthington Farms Dairy
Joseph Dog
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y
Irvington, N.Y
Gazette
F. H. Morrell
Prop
Main St
Irvington, N. Y
M. J. Tynan
Sweet Orr
Upper Main Street
Irvington, N
H. H. Cannon
The
Standard Medical Society
Baltimore, Md
Chas. A. Adams
Westchester County Street
Greenburgh
Tarrytown, N. Y
Robert Dashwood
Eaton-tullut’s
Eaton's
Price
F. H. Morrelis
Main Street
Irvington
Society
Chas. F. Dorsey
WSY
London
New York Telephone Company
Way & Central
Avea
Tarrytown
Tarrstown
J. R. Scales
Victor Headquarters
Sion
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