Visit to Penitentiary Under Governor McCowen Highlights
A reporter toured the Penitentiary with Governor McCowen, noting brightened cells, new iron gates and enhanced ventilation. The article praises cleanliness, improved heating and sanitation, and orderly routines, while detailing diet scales, work details, and the governor’s disciplined yet courteous leadership. It records 27 prisoners, with daily schedules and the governor’s Irish birth and 1878 appointment.
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McCowen
Quidi Vidi Lake
Esquimaux
Canppateyis
Government House
New Use for Kerosene in Washing
A published method proposes adding a small amount of mineral oil to boiling water and soap to wash clothes in about half an hour. The process claims to render bleaching powders unnecessary, works for linen cotton or wool, and reduces labor from two women two days to one woman eight or nine hours.
Strange Adventure of a Somnambulist
At about nine o clock on Sunday evening a young woman in a long cloak wandered sleepwalking through St George's Road and Westminster Bridge Road. She was aroused by the crowd, cried out when realizing her predicament, and was escorted home by a police officer to West Street St George's Road.
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Westminister Bridge
St. George's Road
Southwark
Bethlehem Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
West Street
St George's Road
Glasgow
Mrs. Winston’s Soormine Syrup for teething relief
An old advertisement promises instant relief for sick children with cutting teeth and crying. It claims to cure dysentery and diarrhoea, regulate the stomach, soften gums, reduce inflammation, and energize the system. The syrup is said to be pleasant tasting and widely sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents.
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WinsLow
United States
Prica
Desperate Convict Escape Attempt at Agra Central Gaol
Convicts at Agra Central Gaol wrench iron gratings and doors in a bold escape bid. A hand to hand fight ensues with stones and bricks. Police fire shots to quell, three prisoners die from wounds, other inmates and guards injured. European gaoler praised for conduct.
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Agra Central
Daspits
Times of India
Foreigners in Paris Census Shows 180932 Residents
The French census taken last May records Paris housing 180932 foreigners about one tenth of the population. Males and females are nearly equal at 90895 and 90153, with Belgians, Germans, Swiss and Italians forming the largest groups. About 700 men and 800 women have undetermined nationality.
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France
Paris
Leopard
Belgium
Germany
William
Great Britain
Bishop rails at politicians and gambling in Manchester sermon
The Bishop of Manchester preached at the Manchester Cathedral urging truth over popular opinion. He condemned fashionable gambling and the desire for excitement as deadly to industry and health, and warned against vivisection as unlawful and pagan.
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Mainchester
Manchester
Moorhouse
Manchester Guuadral
Personal Crisis Reports Across European Armies
Dr Longuet reports on proportional personal crisis incidents in European armies. Austria leads with 131 per 190 000 over the last year, followed by Germany 67, Italy 49, France 47. Belgian 24, English 23, Russian 20, Spanish id. Non commissioned officers die more often. men with prison terms fare differently. many letters to the U S dead letter office total 28 642 in cash and 1 471 371 in cheques and notes.
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Longuet
Europa
U. S
Hcott
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Little Bay Mines
Jewel
J. W. Pitts
T. J. Daley & Co
Water Street
Us Alls
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Evening Telegram
Governor McCowen
Anther
Ireland
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