Carnegie Supports Poorhouse Classmate With Pension
Andrew Carnegie learned that his Dunfermline schoolmate David Brand, living in a London poorhouse, had fallen on hard times. Carnegie arranged a cottage, 16 shillings a week pension, railway fare home, and clothing, sending Brand back to Culross to start a modest life.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
David Brand
London
Dunfermline
Scotland
Brand
Carnegie
America
Laddie
Edinburgh
Little Shaver
Mr. Carnegie
Culross
Unique dress of reformer shows Australia coat on gown
Mrs. Harrison Lee of Melbourne wears a satin gown decorated with the Australian coat of arms, ostrich and kangaroo, and a blue sash bearing Advance Australia. She travels in the United States promoting world reforms and women’s enfranchisement, speaking before reform groups.
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New York
Harrison Lee
Melbourne
Australia
Landmark LaBahia Mission in Goliad Texas
San Antonio reports LaBahia mission at Goliad is a well preserved relic from early Texas days built in 1720. It served as a patriot stronghold and witnessed the Fannin massacre after the Alamo fall. Now used for church purposes, preservation hopes rise with the Goliad Daughters of the Republic taking over care led by Misa Myra Lott and Kate Davis.
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San Antonio
Tex
Republic of Texas
LaBahia Mission
Goliad
Alamo
de Zavala
Daughters of the Republic
LaBahia
LaBabia
Misa Myra Lott
Kate Davis
Putnam Passes Dues With No Experience Required
The note hints at recruitment claims praising easy money and guaranteed success with Putnam dues, alongside warnings about hype. It mentions Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, Castoria, and the Pure Food and Drugs Act, signaling a period advertisement and public health notices.
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Iare
Putnam
Sucecsa
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Poorhouse
Reformer
Mission Landmark
Texas
Arfield Tea Company
Selma Gustafson
Delhi
Ont
Colorado Midland Railroad
Infante
Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener Abbhorn
Toby
Planta
Germany
Dodds
Carters Jittle
Tutes
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
John W. Morrig
U. 8. Pension Bureau
Jd. Mulhall
W. N. Uy Kenean City
Jaques Trfg. Co
Chicago
Winchester
Gulf Coast
Panhandle
Echarigent
Falfurrias Immigration Company
Kansas City
Hi. P. Wright Investment Company
Delaware Gt
NAVY
United States
Navy Recruiting Station
Post Office
Defiance
Defiance Starch Company
Omaha, Neb
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