New York's Capitol a Busy Mecca for Honeymooners and Lobbyists
Special Correspondence from Albany describes New York's 317,500,000 capitol, a bustling center where newly married couples roam during June and October. Guides earn modest pay plus tips as they escort visitors, while some polite patrons tip heavily or face suspension for overstepping. Visitors infiltrate corridors, courts, and executive chambers as Governor Hill greets rural supporters and a wary public watches the legislature.
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Albany
New York
Capitol
Jaysea
Saratoga Springs
California
Delaware County
Union Depot
Hudson River Valley
Isabella
Senate
Assembly
First American Episcopal Deaconess Created at St George s Church
Special correspondence from New York May 10 reports St George s Episcopal Church in Manhattan, one of the city s oldest and most prestigious congregations, opening its doors to all. On the first Sunday of May Rev M Rainsford ordained Miss Julia Forneret as the first deaconess in America, a Canadian nurse active in universal mission work. The Four line article notes the church s missions, charity and education work, and praises Rev Rainsford and his assistants.
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New York
St. George's Episcopal Church
Stuyvesant Park
St. George's
M. Rainsford
Julia Forneret
America
Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church For Nearly 400 Years. Miss Forneret
St. George’s Church
Miss Forneret
Rh. Rainsford
Lindsay Perker
Henry Wilson
Mr. Eden
Charles Reade
St. George’s
G. Barns
Veteran Fire Chief Denis Swenie Raised To Chicago Top
Denis J. Swenie is named chief of the Chicago fire department by the new mayor. A veteran of the service since age 20, he built the modern department and saved blocks during the 1871 fire. The city totals include 50 men, 85 steam engines, 16 ladders, 6 chemical engines, 200 horses, 10 miles of hose, and about $1,000,000 annual upkeep. Walter Wellman reports.
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I Carcaco
Denis J. Swenie
Chicago
Stigg
Niagara
Red Jacket
Municipal
Swenie
Michigan
Market
London
Liverpool
Paris
Walter Wellman
Health is Wealth Quotation Passage
A compact Emerson quotation on health as wealth frames sickness as draining but health itself overflows to aid others, noting health’s ability to meet its own ends and spill over into neighboring needs. It emphasizes prudent care of resources and the moral reach of well being.
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Emerson
Russian Lady Students in Paris Revelations of Smoke and School
Paris correspondent of the London Truth describes Russian female students in Paris as quiet, well dressed, and heavy smokers living in a loft dormitory above a cart maker’s shop. He notes their difficult paths from Moscow via Varna to Paris and hints at family workers and guardians, with little sign of active conspiracies beyond general sympathy for political reform.
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Paria
Moscow
Varna
England
Paris
London
Truth
Smuggling Tauchnitz Books and Savage Athletic Contests
The piece notes Tauchnitz editions circulate broadly except in England and its colonies, with a traveler smuggling example and a London Bridge incident where a customs officer confiscates read parts. It also criticizes la savatte as barbaric, citing Maurice Bernhardt in a harsh New York Times critique of brutal boxing with belt violations.
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Baron
England
Custom House
Antwerp
London Bridge
Cornhill Magazine
Maurice Bernhardt
Paris
Mr. Bernhardt
Ja Savatte
Alfred Trumbull
New York Times
Gambling for Food on the Harlem River Barge
A New York Letter describes a barge restaurant moored at the Harlem river where patrons pay five cents to toss a ring and claim a dish marked with a steel pin. Dishes range from pork and beans to chicken and woodcock, with elaborate items amid cheaper fare amid the moving culinary venue.
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Harlem
New York
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Warren St
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Rely
FAM
ERIN
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Ely Bros
Gragcists
Oswego
Care Padenz Hotel
Maintreet
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Carl Pudenz
Agerts
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G.&nw
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Kling
P. O
Dee Kline
Arch St. Injadelphia Pa
Wente
Alr
I Menthol Cat
Houpes
Thomas
West Chester
Prasphrania Aprioaltoral Works
York
Armon Oe Pargohar
Standard Engines & Saw Mills
Els Ee Rand
Dinstraved
Peter Greenland
Water Street
Ite
High Street
Hazel and
Laurel
Greswluitd
F. O. Pierce & Co’s
F. O Pierce & Co
F. O. Pierce & Co
W. H. Pickett &Co
Warren, Pa
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Bro
L. G. Noyes
Savings Bank
Warren, PR
Boston Shoe Store
Reynolds & Holdy’s
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
Pate
H.W. Johns Manufacturing Co
IW. Johny
Maiden Lane
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