Fires Reform Poor Districts Spark Civic Debate
The piece argues that major fires spurred urban rebuilding in Chicago and condemns New York tenements as disease-ridden and poorly regulated. It critiques Trinity Church ownership ties, calls for cleaner housing, and contrasts humane treatment of animals with neglect of humans. It also notes a government seed distribution critique and a push for a cable to Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Zonmites
New York
Aden
Trinity Church Corporation
Christendom
Trinity
Prominent Names and Oddities Highlight Diverse Anecdotes
A roundup of brief notices from distant places includes Magdalena Pisciotta’s 111th birthday in Santa Teresa Galluri and multiple biographical snippets. It mentions marriages, such as Gustave Flash’s Sweden connection and a Chisupewa girl at Carlisle Indian School, plus anecdotes on John Hopkins’ bequest, Oxford links, Zenite czar promises, and a Middletown man who lost a leg but used a cork prosthetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Teresa
George E. Ellis
Dedham
Mass
George Washington
General Gates
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland
Czar
Russia
Europe
St. Petersburg
The Fashion Plate and a Chicago Contempt Case
The column notes fall ostrich tips and the season’s favored toque with velvet or felt crowns and marrow braiding trims. It also reports Mr W B Burnett sentenced to 60 days for contempt in Chicago. he must hand over papers or risk life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virot
Paira
New York Post
Eoldom
Chieimmati
W. B. Burnett
Burnett
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Vol
John Lee
Wadsworth, Nevada
H. Leter
Bon Ton
Gent's
Commercial Row
Nevada
Reno
P. Russak
Gent’s Furnishing Coods
Beolinghlouse
Main Street
Wadsworth, Neyv
Carriles
State Lodging House
Wadsworth
Carl Wallstar
Sterling Morton
United States
Morton
Congress
Agricultural Bureau
Hawaiian Islands
South Pacific
Rodney Wallace
Fitchburg
Rindge
N. H
Martin Gillen
Middletown
N. Y
Fashion Plate
William Donaldson
Troprietor
STAGE
Stillwater, Churchill Co
E.c.sessions
John Sunderland
Virginia St
Reno, New
Feed & Sale
Crosby & Poole
Ma. Street
New
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