Quick Quips and Quirks From a Queer Page
A miscellany of wry remarks and snippets from Europe and America. Jokes on flattery ambitions dog bites and Panama canal timing. notes on Galesburg teeth Paris fashions and a 100 year old Cincinnati resident. References to Turkey health claims and Carnegie gifts mix with social satire and travel jokes.
New York employer faces court over child labor abuse
The case accuses a New York employer of using underage workers for 68 hours in a five day week, paying only eight dollars, docking ten cents for talking and two cents for five minutes late. The report questions the persistence of such practices in the city.
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New York
New Religious Propaganda Attracts Followers In New York
A Sunday morning crowd gathers at 226 West Fifty eighth Street near Broadway to hear Abbas Effendi, the Master at Akka, and to witness his acts of charity. The Babist movement, tracing to Ali Mohammed in 1844, is portrayed as uniting believers of all races under both cross and crescent. The article recounts Abbas Effendi’s humane gestures toward the poor, his imprisonment, and the Bahai/Babist origins and aims, including a push toward a universal language and global unity.
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Nts
Broadway
West Fitty Eighth Street
Genealogical Hall
America
New York
Acre
Beirut
Abbas Effendi
Mohammed
Myron H. Phelps
Akka
Palestine
Mediterranean
Syria
Persia
Jesus of Nazareth
Christ
Baharam
Ali Mohammed
Mirza Riza
Shiraz
Bushire
Persian Gulf
Kerbela
Haji Seyyid Kazim
Resht
Sheykh Ahmad
Ahsa
Sheykhis
Kazim
Ali
Hybra
Mecca
Miss Brittingham
Phelps
Hoar
Edward Granville Brown
Cambridge University
England
Bronze Button Elevates Veteran Valor and Army Life
A long reminiscence recalls the bronze button worn by Civil War veterans as a emblem of service. It links to bonds with comrades and stories of men who trained, marched, and fought, with anecdotes of drill masters and enlistment in early campaigns.
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Caby
Nursing Heroine Mrs Worrall Led Army Nurses
Mrs. Jane M. Worrall, flat president of the Massachusetts association, served among army nurses during the Civil War. Residing in Virginia and Boston, she faced capture, escape, and deployment to several hospitals. She trained under Miss Dix, led twenty five beds, and endured personal hardship while caring for patients, later earning the rank of major.
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Margaret Hamilton
Massachusetts State Association
Rochester
N. Y
Charity
Emmitsburg
Albany
Hamilton
Jane M. Worrall
Massachues Tree Association
Rall
Virginia
Worrall
Bost
Attrall
Virgina
Boston
2D Volunteer
Worall
Sant Gen
Walker
Suntheon
Small
Catt
West Noll Pital
Baltimore
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SWEET
Kingdon'Gould
Chadwick
Frans Joseph of
Austria
John Barrett
Panama
Galesburg
Panama Canal
Tow Lawson
George Meredith
Ohio
Ian Painter
Edmund Russell
Europe
Henry
Andrew Carnegie
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Exercias
London Lancet
Trahl
New York Times
Abbaseffend
Eton
Frilla
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Chaangs Cleo Hospital
Corp
Aleep
Rent
Grant
B. Buckner