29 Nov 1891
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 29, 1891
Page
1
A tall handsome stranger in a Berlin third class carriage pays a penny for hyacinths with a mark piece. He advises the flower-seller to seek aid from railway authorities or the Crown Prince. The crowd learns the Crown Prince was in the same compartment, lifting her hopes. soon her husband is back to work.
A reflection on time and action from the New York Ledger urges against seeking leisure to do good. It argues that habitual busyness enables meaningful acts, while idle life dulls capability. The piece contrasts productive effort with leisure and advocates usefulness through proper daily employments. It follows with a Russia distress note. The St. Petersburg Standard correspondent cites 32,000,000 destitute peasants needing vast food, and anecdotes of aristocratic self denial and philanthropy.
A China paper lauds Corean wonders while praising women in modern roles. It highlights charitable giving, women entering arts and business, and poultry success stories backed by Sheridan's Condition Powders boosting egg yields, urging mothers to empower daughters.
An adventuress, said to be wanted by Chicago police, vanished with diamonds worth 30000 dollars, aided by a pelican pet and a light gold chain. She had crossed the Atlantic repeatedly since landing in New York last year, and a Chicago house had advanced 10000 dollars on the stones. Police seek the woman and her pelican as the mystery unfolds.
Berlin correspondent reports a Bengal tiger escaped from a Dusseldorf menagerie. Police and firemen hunted it by torchlight. The creature visited a gardener’s yard, killed a dog and devoured a pig before dying after multiple shots, injuring a policeman.
The report cites 33 290 Massachusetts prisoners last year with 13 667 as recommitments excluding the state farm. Reoffenders repeatedly seek reentry to enjoy so called luxuries at reformatories, with 168 people returning over 50 times and 397 over 30 times. An old gardener at Boston Harbor’s House of Industry claims to know when he is well off.
Eight year old Henry Palmer of Ryarsh near Maidstone was buried alive when sand fell in a large hole. Several children attempted rescue as more earth slid in, burying Palmer up to the neck. He was recovered half an hour later with signs of a terrible struggle for life.
A vintage remedy advertisement promises immediate relief for distressed infants with teething pain and crying. It touts Winston's Soorative Syrup as curing dysentery diarrhea wind colic and inflammation while toning the system and is billed as the prescription of an elderly nurse and physician. It notes the product is pleasant tasting and sold by druggists nationwide for 23 cents.
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