Mystery Patsey A Foundling Identified as John Doe No. 80
The twenty third annual report of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children notes one unidentified child in Little Folks records. Found at Elizabeth and Canal streets at 9 30 p m on July 28 1897 the boy aged six years gave only the name Patsey before no claimant appeared and he was committed to Gerry Society care where he remains in an institution.
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Wie
Patsey
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
John Doe
Elizabeth and
Canal Streets
Pateey
Gerry Society
New York News
Teddie Tuckers Terrapins Trail Tuscany Train
A tongue twister narrative follows Teddie Tucker and his two terrapins during a trek through Tuscany. Their journey by train ends with a wild sequence of mishaps, entangling terrapins with Ted die s clothing before a тракт through to a tavern in twilight.
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Teddie
Tub
Toulon
Tiber
Tuscany
Sarah Fenton Hoyt
Tuckers
Teddie Tucker
Tommy Tinker
Thomas Tinker
Thomas
Terrafirina
Why Is the World So Very Queer A Poem
The fragment presents Wilfrid Wilson Gibson’s verse from Sketch asking why the world behaves oddly. It reflects a childlike perspective on stars sun and fairies, and limits of adult perception. The speaker questions play, bedtime, and imagination, ending with the refrain why the world seems so queer.
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Nursy
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Longest Fence In The World Near Mexican Border
The Erie Cattle company completed a seven mile barbed wire fence along the Mexican border. It separates the two republics of North America for its entire length and aims to keep cattle from crossing into Mexican cow puncher territory. The project cost much but is expected to save cattle enough in a year to cover expenses. The fence uses mesquite and cottonwood poles and runs as straight as crow flies.
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Erie Cattle Company
North America
The Difference Between a Biped and a Quadruped
A pupil writes that a biped has two legs and a quadruped has four. Thus the difference is two legs. Christian Work notes this humorous miscalculation.
Mothers Congress to Convene in Washington May
The national Mothers Congress will hold its second convention in Washington during the first week of May. Attendees will include notable men and women. sessions span six days with speakers such as Dr. Stanley Hall Professor Charles Thurber Dr. Minot Savage Mrs. Mary E. Mumford Miss Harriet Neil Booker T. Washington Dr. Martin Barr and Ralph Waldo Time. Cardinal Gibbons sends sympathy to New Orleans women forming a good government league.
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National Congress of Mothers
Washington
Seasions
Stanley Hall
Charles Thurber
Minot J. Savage
Mary E. Mumford
Harriet Neil
Booker T. Washington
Martin Barr
Ralph Waldo Time
Market Prices and Commodities Report From March 4 1808
General local market column lists corrected first hand round lot prices for staple goods. Quotes cover provisions, bread stuffs, coffee and tea, sugar, molasses, tobacco, produce, seed potatoes, grain and feed, eggs and butter, hides and wool, tinware, and hardware with figures for various grades and pack sizes.
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William John
the Mothers’ Congress
Tufford Knott
Chicago Tribune
Martha Partington
New York
Court of Special Sessions
van Wyck
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Cardinal Gibbons
New Orleans
Attelot
Louisiana
St. Emma
Peerless
Arkansas
Texas
Ldd&elic Iron and Hardware
Jason
Lion Sound
Kelly
Houston
East West Texas Railway
Houston & Shreveport
R. R
Shreveport
Kansas City
Galveston
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Memphis
St. Louis
San Antonio
Rockport
Corus Christi
E. N. Mills
Main
Wm. Donerty
Pass
Apt. Houston
O'Farrell, Fowler & O’farrell
N.Y. Ave
Washington, C
Allon
U.S
OFC
Sera
Autifitova
Descrip Jena
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