Illinois Child Cruelty Report Exposes Abuses in Homes
Rock Island Illinois reports reveal severe mistreatment of children in foster care under state charity officials. Rev Virden cites branding stabbing blinding beating and sale of children with cases from Quincy Alton and other towns.
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Lower
Mississippi
Illinois
Charles Iden
State Board of Rities
Ate Conference of Charities
Richard N. McCauley
Linois Soldiers’ Orphans
Alms- Les
Virden
Mr. Virden
Quincy
Ill
Ilinois
Livng
Alton
Fads and Fancies in Autumn Fashion Styles
A summary of fall trends notes simple children's costumes with overdresses rare. It highlights tailored suits replacing summer voile or pongee, new materials like worsteds, panamas, and serges, and updated neckwear with velvet and braid. Hats vary from curved to flat crowns, with Gainsborough and Rembrandt effects, and shirts feature leg-of-mutton sleeves and back yokes.
Great Cancer Surgeon Stricken Refuses Knife
New York October 16 Dr William Z Bull a leading surgeon is stricken with neck cancer He has operated on many patients for the same disease but refuses to let colleagues operate He has made a will and awaits death The article notes his 1893 announcement of a medical discovery
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New York
William Z. Bull
America
Who'll King Manuel Marry A Royal Dilemma
Special Correspondence reports the Spanish king Manuel must marry but faces obstacles. Two princess options emerge Princess Patricia of Connaught and Princess Victoria daughter of the Kaiser. Patricia loves an English nobleman and Edward opposes a English royal match while Victoria appeals but Germans and Portuguese tensions complicate the union. Manuel, eighteen, prefers a Portuguese girl and resists arranged marriage.
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Manuel
Europe
Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Edward
Victoria
Spain
Alphonso
Germany
Inoculation Attempts for Cancer Fail, Doctor Remains Realistic
Dr Bull acknowledges no known cure for cancer and admits the attempted virus inoculation with erysipelas failed. He says he does not wish his agony prolonged by further operations to relieve pain.
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Bull
Train and Track Through Rail Network Notes
An overview notes an ordinary locomotive comprises about 550 pieces. It reports Japan ordering 5 806 tons of steel rails in St Petersburg for the southern Manchurian railway. It cites rail accident statistics and mentions daily through passenger trains from Chicago to cities between Portland Maine and Portland Oregon.
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St. Petersburg
Portland
Graham fruit roll recipe from old newspaper
Recipe instructs making a graham flour fruit roll by mixing one and a half cups graham flour with three cups white flour and sweet milk two cups, adding soda and cream of tartar. Roll into two sheets, layer with raisins and currants, seal, bake one hour at moderate heat.
Negro politician in Topeka faces bigamy case and land sale
Theodore W. Jones, ex Chicago politician, buys property in Topeka's Governor's Square. Neighbors, a detective, and Mrs. Jones No. 1 push for legal action. Jones pleads guilty after a land deal linked to the case. judge delays sentence and he deeds the lots to a neighbor for the purchase price, then receives a $5 fine.
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Chicazo
Topeka
Governor’s Square
Jones
Chicago
South Dakota
Ireland's Fairies and Folkloric Beliefs Through Time
A discussion of Irish superstition describes fairies as half human, half spirit beings with powers over people. A sample practice cited is a mother saying milk spilled on the floor is for the fairies, reflecting ancient propitiation rituals in rural life.
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Ireland
Erin
Folk beliefs on fairies guarding households and water safety
The passage describes fairy lore explaining accidents and child mischief. It notes sayings to protect households such as crying take care of the water, nailing a horseshoe, sewing iron into a garment, and placing a vessel of drinking water to deter fairies from harming inmates.
Mount Etna Inspires Travelers With Its Vast Scenes
Mount Etna has supplied rich material for travel tales as English climbers of a century past described awe at its highest peak. They praised the island’s rivers, climates, and landscapes from frigid to tropical, with Lipari to Stromboli visible in the surrounding sea. They noted towering trees, unfrozen lakes, deep caverns, and snow used by bishops for tithes.
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Mount Eta
Earth
Mount Etna
Lipari
Panari
Alicudi
Stromboli
Volcano
Sicily
Etna
California
Theatrical Names Shake Up Broadway Season
Clara Palmer retires from The Top o' the World to join Marie Cahill. Jacob Adler opens season in God Man and the Devil. John Drew starts Jack Straw in New York and earns strong praise. Anna Held debuts Miss Innocence Abroad by Harry B Smith and Maurice Levi. James K Sullivan tabs for German comedy in Fritzi Scheff's The Prima Donna.
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Clara Palmer
Marie Cahill
John Drew
Jack Straw
New York
Anna Held
Harry B. Smith
Maurice Levi
James K. Sullivan
Fritzi Scheff
Corset Advice for the Well-Rated Wardrobe
Corsets are essential for stout women with limited dress funds. A well made to measure corset with perfect fitting beats a smart visiting frock or expensive hat, offering lasting value.
Meeting Air Furnace Mistaken for Net in Homes
A political gathering claimed to offer a net air furnace effect for homes without such equipment. The report notes the misleading impression created by the demonstration and questions its practicality for residents.
Prayer and Destruction of Jerusalem Detailed by Oriental Expert
Unity editorials recount Selah Merrall's account of the 70 CE siege by Titus, noting 10,060,000 today yearn for rebuilding Jerusalem. He details Romans burning and destroying the city, the Holy of Holies desecration, and the abomination of desolation.
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Turkey
Jerusalem
Selah Merrall
Unity
Merrill
Lowell Institute
Titus
New Crib Attachment Aids Boss of the House
Pittsburg reports a new contrivance for baby care a small crib on a revolving arm attached to the mother's bedstead allows swinging the crib out of the way for sleep and swinging over to the bed for attention. The device is patented by a local inventor.
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Pittsburg
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