Town and Theater Notes and Hot Topic Snippets
A rambling column notes diverse items from Indiana cat prices to reform efforts in Chicago. It cites Massachusetts debate on medical-attendant choice and remarks on Uncle Tom’s Cabin in German. The piece links theater, politics, and cultural quips with playful digs at exile, Buddhism, and ancient Nile-era pessimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phocles
Aeschylus
Hindoo
Guatama Buddha
Nile
B. C
Diphtheria Treatment Cuts New York Mortality
New York hospitals report diphtheria mortality figures for the first nine months show a drop toward half with the new anti toxin treatment. The table compares cases and deaths across five years and notes the remedy entered general use last November, though still experimental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Moves To End Sweat Shops And Child Labor
A New York legislative committee reports the evils of sweat shops and tenement work are severe. It urges banning child labor under eighteen unless education laws and health certificates are met, and making tenement factory use a misdemeanor after notice. The panel admits difficulty in shaping cigar factory reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Health
Immigrant Arrivals Rise Sharply Amid Labor Demand
Immigration to the United States rose in the last six months with December estimates at 15,000, up 53 percent from 74,888 arrivals the prior year, though still below 1893 figures. For the calendar year 1895 about 230,800 newcomers came, surpassing 1894’s 167,663. Dr. Senner predicts fiscal year arrivals could reach 300,000 if labor demand continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senner
Land of the Big Red Apples prospect offered to homeseekers
An advertisement extols a Kansas City to Gulf of Mexico air line with 870 miles in operation south of Kansas City. It highlights fertile lands, abundant timber, water, and game, coal and zinc districts, and a favorable climate in Arkansas. Emigrants from Illinois Iowa and Nebraska are already moving in. Low farm land prices are cited as a near-term opportunity with expected price gains. For railroad and emigrant outfit details contact James Donohue in Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Gulf of Mexico
Seccion
Arkansas
Zune
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Oe M.kak
Trust Building
7Th and
Wyandotte Streets
James Donohue
Gen'l. F. & P. Agt
Drag on the Market and Notes on Walter Baker Company
A street hawker in New York touts cheap canaries as a market drag due to overimport, while Walter Baker & Co. of Dorchester, Mass. boasts a century of prosperity and purity in cocoa products with medals from European and American exhibitions. Also covered are Oklahoma and Indian Territory progress, a new post office at Salzer Seed Co. in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and a remark on matchmaking for young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canaries
Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
Europe
America
Walter Baker & Company
Oklahoma
East
United States
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Salzer Seed Co
Salzer
Fireproof Deposit Case offers storage for valuables
JC Barret advertises a World Mfg line selling a fireproof deposit case for deeds mortgages policies and valuables with earnings claims and a lighter workload. He cites profits from early weeks and months and promotes a National Dish Washer line as a second product while noting audience skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty
Jones
Columb
Ister
JC Barret
Dropsy Cure Ad Promises Rapid Relief From Green & Sons
Drs. H. H. Green & Sons of Atlanta advertise as the greatest dropsy specialists in the world claiming to cure more patients than the army of physicians. They offer a purely vegetable preparation said to remove all dropsical symptoms rapidly with ten days of treatment mailed to every sufferer. See advertisement in other column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Green & Sons
Atlanta
Russia’s Banking System and Paper Money History
The Washington Letter surveys Russian finances, noting the Imperial Bank’s gold and silver reserves and the shift from copper to paper currency. It traces 19th century reforms, the 1866 first popular bank in Kostroma, and public mistrust among emancipated peasants before banking institutions expanded in thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Bank
Dr. Strausberg
Moscow Commerce and Loan Bank
Russia
Kastroma
M. Zouguinian
Vassilichisoff
Russian banking and monetary reform in the 19th century
The article reviews Russian finance under imperial policy, noting Lamanski’s critique of forced currency and calls for abolishing paper money as a financial reserve. It surveys the Imperial Bank, state banks, and multiple joint stock and commercial banks, with high loan rates and discussions of reform parallels to Italy and Germany. The piece argues for popular banks to aid skilled workers and limit capital concentration. It cites the American Bankers' Magazine on bank systems and the potential social benefits of reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Eugene Lamanski
Russia
M. de Witte
Imperial Bank
M. Pleske
Journal
de St
Venice
Genoa
National Treasury
Treasury
Washington
New York
Boston
Imperial Bank of Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Kharkov
Kiev
Riga
Volga-Kama
Warsaw
Odessa
United States
American Bankers’ Magazine
Germany
Europe
Salzer seeds promise earliest vegetables from Wisconsin grower
An advertisement touts Salzer's Wisconsin grown seeds as the earliest to ripen with 20 days lead over rivals. It promotes Early Bird Radish ready in 16 days, sample package with 10c postage, and a 5c catalogue plus oats offer, inviting readers to request by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
Wisconsin
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
W.n
Bob Ingersoll
All the Same Thing. Palma Emblem in Victory and Weddings
A brief exchange notes that ancient palma symbols of capture and victory persist in modern times. The dialogue compares the ancient meaning to their frequent use at weddings, suggesting a shared symbolism across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palma
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Townsend Messenger
Stout & Watt
Montana
Indiana
Chicago
Anson
Spain
Cuba
Massachusetts
The
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Washigton
Ussia
Mperial Bank of
Nicholas
Imperial State Bank OF Russia
Ry Hood
Fiood
Lee
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
SEFP
BR. W. Laughlin
Ada
Euccesa
Buckbee
Toscar
California
Burlington
Omaha
Lincoln
San Francisco
Los Angeles
J. Pranets
SHE Aermotor CO
Rockwell and
Pillmore Streets
Ma Jres Waugh
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