Free Loan Association Aids New York Poor Without Interest
The Hebrew Gemilath Chassodim Association on Grand Street operates as a democratic benevolence lending money without interest to help East Side families start small businesses, pursue studies, or avert poverty. Since 1892 it has loaned over $1,000,000 to more than 50,000 people with losses under one half of one percent, funded by members and benefactors including Jacob Schiff.
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New York Times
New York
Gemllath Chassodim Association
Lath Chassadom Association
A. Schapiro
M. Goldberg
Philip Samilson
S. Epstein
Schapiro
Tttle
Dr. Zinsler
Jacob H. Schiff
Mr. Schiff
Association
Aes Association
Schiff Ass . Zinsler
Schiff
Pega
Gemilath Chassodim Association
Leonard Lewisohn
See &Ries
Blex
Namtes
Grand Street
Fort
Samuel Wilner
Edward Phillips
Stout
Sys
Everyday Happenings in Life Ice Wagon Riddles
Detroit Free Press presents a playful column of math brainteasers. An ice wagon serves fifty five customers with ten pounds of ice per family rather than fifteen. Other puzzles involve a lawn mower wake up call a messenger’s speed and a milkman’s stock leading to curious arithmetic conclusions.
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Detroit Free Press
Fat Feel of a Waiter in New York Court Tale
A former waiter testified in Judge Oli Stead's special sessions court about his early New York work at a restaurant on Thirty first Street and Broadway earning a small salary yet $75 weekly with daily tips of $7 to $10. He later opened billiard rooms after a self made business move, and disclosed two prior Jefferson City Missouri prison terms for grand larceny committed in St Louis. He described his role in un warranted practices at the Gravesend and Morris Park race tracks.
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New York
Oli Stead
Special Sessions
Thirtyfirst Street
Broadway
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Gravesend
Morris Park
Solomon the King Surrenders to Death in Final Court
An aged Solomon summons his court to witness a last decree. He seeks his closest companion, not kin or counselors, and death enters as the final guest, ending the reign with a quiet, fateful surrender. The tale, attributed to W. H. Woods.
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Death
Solomon
W. H. Woods
the Independent
Methods of the Fakirs One of the Craft Tells of the Ways of Galling the Public
A first person narrative from a veteran fakir recounts his start in itinerant deception. He details how he learned grafts like jammed crowds, slum work, and the trick of selling cheap remedies, then moved through cities from Chicago to New York, noting police bribes and the lure of new gimmicks while reflecting on propriety and self‑control.
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the Independent
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
San Francisco
Independent
Sonny
Indiana
Ohio
Wall Street
Jim
Takire
Cleveland
United States
Electric Treatment for Eye Inflammation Gains Notice
The article praises electricity as a sedative and therapeutic aid for eye inflammation including iritis and cornetitis. It notes the method uses a Faraday device, with patient-controlled current, allowing home use and minimal discomfort. It highlights improvements in inflammatory eye diseases and the practicality for regular physicians to adopt without new equipment.
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Scientific American
von Reuss
Mendelssohn
Sicians
Michael Faraday
Vou Heen
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Mr. Wise
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Harlem
Nassau and
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Guardian of the Beat
Prince of Fellows
Reform
Pittsburg
Dyce
Battelin
Indianapolis
Paris
Foulards
Ixteen
Voile
E. Z. Wun
France
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