Undertaker Views on Profit and Charity in Chicago
An interview with a Chicago undertaker surveys the calling from a business angle. He notes modest profits, heavy losses from serving the poor, and extensive charity work to maintain patronage. The piece covers training, health, schedules, and evolving funeral customs including honorary pallbearers and later services.
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Chicago News
Streud
Chicago
Rochester
la Salle Avenue
Sydney Smith
Micredero
Cits
General Anson Stater
Cyrus H. McCormick
Mr. Kellogg
Cowboys Ride Narrow Bridge At Medora In Wild West Stunt
A Medora train stop draws a dozen cowboys showing off daring horsemanship on Little Missouri River bridge. Two riders sprint the narrow two foot plank on the railroad bridge’s center, one reaches the far side safely while the other falls and recovers, both horses managing to avoid serious injury. The stunt ends with cheers and awe from spectators aboard and onlookers alike.
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Medora
Little Missouri
St. Paul
Johnson perished after long villainy ends in death
Boston era report notes Joseph Haines Johnson of Lyme who became a wealthy Cincinnati merchant. A midnight discovery revealed a dead, disfigured man with knife and pistols, wig and false whiskers. Police found a four story storehouse filled with stolen goods and concealed passages, exposing a network of crime.
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Boston
Joseph Haines Johnson
Lyme
Keene
Cincinnati
Fastern Democrat
Leviera
Uo Dguieste
Hidden hoards reveal dead man’s year old crimes
The control and chimney stacks were converted into channels for moving goods unseen. Stolen items from four years earlier and items likely taken shortly before his death were found. Thus perished Joseph Haines Johnson. His death occurred around September 1838. The man who first discovered him was engaged to one of his daughters.
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Joseph Haines Johnson
Wild Boar Fight in Oktibbeha County Deer Drive
Three hunters in Oktibbeha County Mississippi pursue a monarch boar after a dog is wounded. The boar charges, the dogs attack, Calvin dives in to help, and after a fierce brawl the party cripples the boar’s tusks and releases him, keeping the dogs safe and alive.
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Oktibbeha County
Mississippi
Trimeane Swamp
Stackville
Calvin
Strange Wagers on London Bridge and Fleet Street
A London club tale recalls bets on selling 10 guineas at a penny each on London Bridge, where only two coins sold. A barrister’s hoax involved a necromancer in Fleet Street, claiming a Book of Balderdash would prove a lion’s tail wagging. The crowd blocked traffic for over an hour. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for curing dyspepsia and headaches.
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London
London Bridge
Bank of England
Fleet Street
Jammot
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Undertakers
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Ylondon News
Nelson Greenlund
Wes
of Exchange Hotel
Boyington
Nelson Greenland
Warren, Penn’a
GEO. P.orr & CO
Warren, Pa
Warren County
GEO. P. Orb & CO
Warren
Beecher & Copeland
Suspension Bridge
Warren, Penn.a
Walter A. Wood
W. Anson Wood
Clagg
Oliver
Gowrie
Remington
Pittsburg
Buckeye
Jackson Farm
Paris
NEW Hartford
Smit
Mi & Son
Button
Golden Horse Shoe
Nathonal Bank
J. Bayer
4. B. McKain & Son
Limburget
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