Charity in the Slums Reveals Tender Neighbors’ Care
In the slums, orphans are sheltered by neighboring families who adopt and support them. Mrs. R takes in four children of a destitute family, a watercress seller’s adopted boy Dennis Sullivan, and other families protect vulnerable youngsters. Neighbors pledge clothes, cash, and meals, and women act as informal caregivers replacing doctors, while even imprisoned or penniless locals receive aid from their community.
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Daly News
The Loot Codfish
An eighth avenue grocer famed for large hands helps a fat German customer recall a missing dried cod fish. After much searching, the grocer lifts his hand from the counter and the stolen item is revealed under the hand as the customer cries out in German.
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New York Tribune
Eighth Avenue
French writer cites 193000 doctors in world and asthma woes
A French writer estimates the global doctor count at 193000 and laments that two aggravating affections asthma and catarrh resist even top medical skill.
Humiliating Reflection on Art and Patronage
A visitor in a sculptor studio recalls a haunting figure and asks to carve it in marble. The artist’s sober reply reveals a bleak truth: without wealth to fund art, even the greatest ideas may remain unfinished due to lack of patrons.
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New York News
America
Magazine Wood Cuts Show Return to Common Sense
The piece notes a shift in wood engraving at magazines from experimental puzzles to sensible, serious work. It credits the transcendental craze for revealing what skilled use of wood block and burin can achieve, while praising competent hands in the craft.
Plucky 18-Year-Old Violinist Faces Illness en Route to St Petersburg
An 18 year old Cossack village violin prodigy walked 1500 miles to St Petersburg seeking free conservatory instruction. Exhaustion and overexertion left him dangerously ill with typhoid fever in a hospital. If he recovers, he may prove his talent and courage.
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Chicago Tribune
St. Petersburg
Conservatory
American Pork Excluded by France and Four Eastern Nations
France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Russia ban American pork imports outlining new trade restrictions. Countries cite health and safety concerns as motive for the embargo.
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France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Russia
Barnum on wills and charity to Bridgeport
The interview covers justification for Barnum's will amid contest risk, detailing a $100,000 reserve to fight challengers and calls in doctors to attest sound mind. Barnum denies sectarian gifts, praising the Children's Aid Society and noting vast land gifts and civic benefactions in Bridgeport and Bethel. A friend adds a catalog of generosity, but Barnum interrupts, joking about reading his obituary.
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Bridgeport
New York Sun
Frank Leslie
John Brooks
Bridgeport Hospital
America
Children’s Aid Society
Sam
Mr. Barnum
Mather
Gen. Noble
Washington Park
Grand Army of the Republic
Fire Department of
Potter’s Field
Bethel
Berlin
Bibles and Rum Debate on Mission Aid and Rum Trade
Rev. Mr. Shaw of Madagascar criticizes British policy for sending missionaries while allowing rum imports that ruin natives' morals. He notes ten thousand barrels of rum enter the east coast yearly at low duties and are sold for 12 cents a quart, with villages left in drunken disorder at sundown and even children affected.
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Mr. Shaw
Madagascar
Wintersmith recounts desultory senate siege story at press club
At a Washington Press club gathering Col. Wintersmith of Kentucky recalls a 1876 senate campaign episode. He described a gallery stampede during McCreery speech and a pistol at the ready, prompting Garret Davis and others to urge him to shoot during the duress. The tale allegedly cost Wintersmith a Senate bid as McCreery’s allies opposed him.
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Lanapolis Bentinel
Washington Press Club
Col. Wintersmith
Kentucky
Detfe
Senate
McCreery
Garret Davis
Beck
Coffee in the West Indies and an Immense California Vineyard
The piece covers how Martinique grew and exported coffee, noting planting cycles, processing methods, and a government premium. It also details Gov. Stamford’s Vina vineyard in California, describing 10,000 acres planted with multiple grape varieties, extensive irrigation, and ongoing expansion plans.
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California
San Francisco
Gov. Stamford
Vina
Gerke
Hoe
A Chicago Wife's Warning
A Chicago wife urges her husband to be careful as he heads to a busy business day. He plans to stop near his office, grab a free lunch, and warn that the rush around a nearby café could bring danger.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
A West Indian Pest Chegue Jigger Described
A Cincinnati Enquirer note describes the jigger or chegue as a severe West Indies pest. It burrows under the skin, lays eggs, and forms tumors. if eggs are not removed ulcers and large foot holes may form, with extreme cases including loss of toes or a leg.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
West Indies
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New York
T. Barnum
Bibles and Rum
Guadaloupe
Brazil
Mexico
T, Deere & Company
Moline, Ill
Kas
United
Levy Coley
Comean
Moline, Illinois
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