Fringe and figures in state notes amid civic funds
Missouri town debates convalescent home funding as Havre council rejects a 20000 offer requiring 1600 for preliminary plans. Chicago Tribune tallies 98070120 spent in 1896 on colleges libraries hospitals and other public interests. Alabama lawmakers propose convict transfers and state labor use. Army officers reshaped pay scales and savings targets funded by debt reductions.
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Af Havre
Nis
Golonele
Our Hebrew Population in the United States
In Baltimore David Sulzberger of Philadelphia spoke on Our Hebrew Population tracing growth from about 800 in 1812 to over 60,000 by 1840 with 19000 in New York 4000 in Philadelphia and 1000 in Baltimore. He estimated the current U S Hebrew population around 600000 with roughly 140000 in New York City.
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Baltimore
David Bulzberger
Philadelphia
Nates
United States
New York
Sulzberger
noJowe
New York City
Centenary of German composer Bohubert celebrated worldwide
Worldwide tribute marks the centennial of Franz Peter Bohubert with commemorations in New York Philadelphia Boston and Chicago honoring the memory of the famed musician. Locally the obsequies contrast with the composer’s solitary death leaving only old clothes valued at 18 dollars, akin to Mozart’s neglected end.
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Germany
Frans Peter Bohubert
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Environment Shapes Criminality Says Expert Authority
An experienced criminologist argues criminals are not born evil but formed by environment. Citing Thomas Byrnes and echoes of Darwin and Galton, the discussion questions heredity as the sole cause of crime and notes shifts in scientific views on inheritance and acquired traits.
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Thomas Byrnes
New York
Elhes
Emerson
Darwin
Weismann
Galton
Every Year We Hear the Call of Bright and Gone
A poem by Albert Pike laments aging and loss through shifting life shores and fading loves. Each stanza marks another year of sorrow, reminding readers that time deepens grief while mortality shadows friendships and memories.
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Thora
County Line Road Outlaws and a Bearded Passenger
On the Michigan boundary, the County Line Road through dense timber once hosted bandits who terrified travelers. Robert Emmet, eighteen, transports produce to city markets, facing danger from a highway gang. A bearded woman in disguise reveals two loaded revolvers in a basket, prompting a tense escape before a safe return home.
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State of
Michigan
Robert Emmet
Robert
Emmet
County Line
Rohart
Detroit
Iree Press
Greece Makes Soap
Greece hosts 37 soap factories mainly at Zante with some year round. Annual common soap output about 6.5 million okes, three quarters consumed locally, rest exported to Larkey Egypt Bulgaria Roumania Austria and the United States. Industry employs 480 workers, wages from three to five drachmas daily, native olive oil used. Greek soaps compete with Smyrna Mytilene Syria and European makers. exports exceed 6 million akes.
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Greece
Zante
Larkey
Egypt
Bulgaria
Roumania
Austria
United States
Smyrox
Mytilene
Syria
London Chamber of Commerce Journal
Venerable Veteniates Named Within Royal Age List
The fragment lists Queen Victoria at seventy seven, noting she is surpassed in age by four others: the Pope, the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, the King of Denmark, and the Grand Duke of Suslemburg.
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Queen Victoria
Pope
Summer gowns and Misses sleeves in May Manton patterns
A long description of late 19th or early 20th century women’s fashion patterns notes sheer gowns suited for summer, with gray faille boleros, ribbon trim, and sequins. Describes sleeve styles, mushroom sleeves, and modified dimen sions. Includes tea gowns, trimmings in turquoise blue silk, chiffon, and velvet, plus materials like moire, brocade, crepon, and soft cashmere.
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May Manton
Hammer
Hota
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