Open Handed Charity by J W Gossard Founder of Thursday Relief Plan
Chicago corset maker J W Gossard runs a New York charity plan giving Thursday aid to the poor without collateral. He funds meals and small loans with promissory notes, saying a kind word and a hand up can restore hope. He notes many beneficiaries are honest but lacking opportunity, and he treats debt as a bridge to work and dignity.
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New York City
J. W. Gossard
Chicago
Gossard
New York
Ife
New York Herald
West Brightdoth Street
the Battery
Pinny
Q Myn
Claas
Battery
Grant Park
Lake Trent
Brand
Hint
Battery Park
The
Bowery
Ménthe
Therm
Jett
Tie
Ting
Minen
Maesel
Clothes Hanging Contest at Bass Point Outfits Amusing Outing
About 400 spectators watched a Massachusetts Ice Dealers association event at Bass Point Nahant where Miss Hazel Nutting of Boston beat Mrs Louies Hawtard of Watertown by ten seconds in a kimono hangout. The prize line featured garments from drop stitch stockings to knit sweaters. A separate ice cutting contest saw Embrah A Curtis of Imulea Plain win with a ten pound one and a quarter ounce block.
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Massachusetts Ice Dealers’ Association
Bass Point
Nahant
Hazel Nutting
Boston
Kimova
Miss Nutting
Louies Hawtard
Watertown
Mass
Ines
Mrs. Howard
Emirah A. Curtis
Inmulea Plain
Locking shoes spark craze among college men
Rah-Rah Shoes introduce winter oxford with three nickel plated padlocks across the instep. Each pair includes a key, creating a locked shoe trend. The shoe man predicts high demand once college boys discover the novelty and lock them in for walking.
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Tan College Oxford
Wireless typewriting demo by Knudson in London
Danish engineer Hans Knudson demonstrated wireless telex typewriting in London at the Hotel Cecil. Messages typed in one room appeared immediately on a nearby receiving machine. He predicts a similar nano type composing system could operate wirelessly, enabling news from a central office and even telegraphing sketches and photographs.
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Knudson
Hans Knudson
Loffdon
Hotel
Cecil
Koudson
Buffalo Herd to Canada Park Near Rattle River
During September 250 buffaloes from the Pablo herd, recently bought by the Canadian government, will be moved from Montana to a new buffalo park on Rattle River, about a thousand miles north west of Winnipeg. Michael Pablo is rounding up the herd in Montana for transport.
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Canada
Pablo
Montana
Buffalo Park
Rattle River
Winnipeg
Michael Pablo
Bamboo Ex Demonstrates Bamboo Growth Potential in US
The Department of Agriculture shows that Chinese and Japanese bamboo can be profitably grown in the United States and will test drought resistant forms from India in forthcoming trials.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
India
Forest fires ravage nations and reshape forest policy
Historic report notes Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin losses reach into millions and prompt reforms. It recalls Miramichi 1828 and Peshtigo 1873 fires, details Hinckley 1894 devastation and highlights fatal costs to timber, wages, roads, and public works.
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United States
Forest Service
Monexotn
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lake States
Rocky Mountain
New England
Canada
United States Forest Service
Washington
Nany
Miratmich
Newcastle
Miramichi River
New Brunswick
Othety
Kewcastle
Chatham
Douglastown
Miramichi
Hinckley
Minn
Ier
Lont
Filackley
Tuberculosis Congress to View U.S. Death Toll Exhibit
The International Tuberculosis Congress to meet in Washington will use a National Museum device that lights a signal for every U S death from consumption based on Census Bureau data. New York State and other exhibitors highlight slum reform and milk safety as protections against TB.
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United States
International Tuberculosis Congress
Washington
Census Bureau
National Museum Building
Internaional Corigreas
Cuba
Germany
Sweden
New York
Congress
Charity Organization Society
Lawrence Velller
New World
Nathan Straus
Mias J. Rt
Horn of
Worldwide aid for sailors conference to be held in New York
Representatives from twelve nations head to New York for a conference called by the American Seamen's Friend society on October 4. Delegates will discuss the treatment of sailors ashore, crimping, boardinghouse tactics, and efforts to connect with sailors through forty five stations worldwide.
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New York
New York City
American Seamen's Friend Society
America
Great Britain
E. W. Matthews
British and Foreign Sailors’ Society of London
Mediterranean
T. J. Irving
Naples
Wollesen
Society
Copenhagen
Germany
Holland
Sweden
American Seamen'a Friend Society
Montreal
Buenos Aires
New Orleans
Gloucester
Seattle
Norfolk
Galyeaton
Newport News
Pensacola
Boston
Charleston
Wilmington
Portland
Ore
Seaboard
Buttoned Up in the Back Waist Style Recalled
A Baltimore American quote recalls a device for buttoning waists in the back, designed to end haste and awkwardness in dress. The poem comments on labor saved and the modern fashion aid as a novel solution, noting its sepia tone and period charm.
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Pan
Walsta
Tia
Josh Wink
Baltimore American
Leap Year Lady Inspires Professors Romance
A man of letters and a young leap year woman plot to unite a lonely professor and his admirer Miss Merriman. The professor confesses roses and love, and the couple embrace in a moonlit garden as Bobbie watches. The tale unfolds with hints of deception and lasting affection.
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Bobbie
Elise
Solumely
Profonnor
Bobbin
Misa Merriman
Profesor
Mike
Barden
Miss Merriman
Bobble
Robble
Abe
Robbie
Bobtie
Merri Nan
Miss Merrman
Weill
Mias Merriman
Indy
Demander
Rogen
Profexaor
Merriman
Rona
Calendar Reform Through Clever Deception
A narrative recalls Decai and Blamarck claiming exam success and clever tricks to fool others about astronomy. Lond Chesterfield’s cramming and feigned expertise sparked a calendar reform, as the public believed the scientist’s jargon though understanding was absent. The ruse compelled people to accept new timekeeping ideas.
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Blamarck
Lond Chesterfield
Spain’s Queen Victoria Leaves King Alfonso in Crises
Dispatches recount Victoria English wife of King Alfonso returning to her mother in England. The couple clashed over court etiquette as Alfonso axes old pomp with a planned reform of the royal household. The article also notes a Lords reform push led by Lord Rosebery proposing elected commoners to join the upper chamber for the duration of parliament.
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York
Medridy
Spain
Alfonso
Victoria
Isle of Wight
England
Borin
Alfonzo
Mouse of Lords
House of Lords
Lord Rosebery
Fragmentary Pharmacy Notice on Sale and Rest Aids
A damaged OCR item notes a sale at Piarre's Modern Pharmacy and mentions feet and ankle issues. The text is garbled but indicates a medical or footwear related sale or rest aid. No clear names, dates, or amounts are readable.
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Alvin
Eale
Piarre
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