Law and Poverty Struggle Endures as Woman Fights for Children
Mrs MacCarton, a Newark mother of four, pleads for aid from church and charity while describing years of poverty, work, and repeated arrests for begging. The court fines her ten cents weekly for two years as she battles unemployment, desertion, and the risk of losing her children to an orphanage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Brole
Newark
Mts Grewae
MieCatar
Astaurant
Mormirs
Turheys
Heton
William MarChrton
Durington
Episcopal Church
Osborne
McDougal
Associated Bureau of Charities
Mebwongall
McDusall
Atlantis City
McDougall
Mr McDougall
Atlantic City
Tenume
Tam
Pryie
Osberne
Bos
Willie
Clersymin
Ochete
Wille
Howse
Edwich
Cash Bay
Natalie
Muar
Harold
Penny Sit Up and Coffin Bunks on London Embankment
A 1904 Foreign News Bureau report exposes London paupers living on the Embankment and in shelters. It describes coffin bunks, penny sits up rooms, and workhouse dread, detailing Medland Hall and Black Friar Shelter as free meals and beds for the destitute while noting a large American tramp influx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Embankment
River Thames
Medland Tall
Whitechapel
Medland Hall
Black Friar
Foreign News Bureau
Women in New War Over Army Canteen Restoratio
Mrs Kelton and Mrs Sternberg lead an Army and Navy League push to restore the army canteen under preexisting conditions, seeking signatures from notable Americans to present to Congress. Other anti and pro canteen figures include Mrs Alger and Mrs Rixey, with Mrs Lilian leading the anti force as public debate grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy League
Women's Christian Temperance Union of America
John C. Kelton
Kelton
Fenior
Army
Sternberg
Suc
Wean
George M. Sternberg
Congress
Itus
Behave
Mrs. Kelton
John Kelton
Outcast by Court Sentence Yet Brian Face of Proba tion
A Newark case details Mrs MacCarton sentenced to two years probation for depend ent on others misdeeds. A physician testifies to her innocence and dire need, noting her illness and four children. The court orders 10.40 fine paid weekly and three probation rules including county limits and avoidance of evil associates.
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Central News and Press Exchange
WCTU Leaders Defend Canteen Curb Against Soldier Viewpoints
Mrs Stevens, WCTU president, defends temperance stance and restated belief that the military canteen should not return. She argues Congress will not restore it and notes opposition from officers and soldiers’ families who favor prohibition. Key aides Clinton Smith and Margaret Dye Ellis coordinate lobbying efforts in Washington to oppose repeal. The article discusses financial impacts on brewers and the push for post exchanges as a replacement for alcohol service.
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Soldiers’ Home
Russell A. Alger
United States
Alger
Michigan
Congress
Presley Marion Rixey
Rixey
United States Navy
Lilian
Stevene
Women's Christian Camberance Union of America
Stevens Bi
Re Cent
Stevens
Clinton Smith
Washington
Margaret Dye Ellis
Newark
National
Women's Christican Temperance Union
Ihe
W. CT. U. Solidarity
Military Department
Publicity as Key to Great Fairs and Expositions
Merrick argues publicity drives exposition success by showcasing regional resources and exhibits. The press bureau provides truthful articles to newspapers, highlighting national and local gains while drawing public interest and attendance to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L Merrick
Portland
SS Louis
Louis
Middle West
Union
Japan
Empire
Idaho
McKinney
Were Not His False Teeth at Salvation Army Office
A middle aged woman asked Captain Grace for false teeth she had read about in the Tribune saying a man donated his dead wife's teeth to the Salvation Army. Grace gave her the teeth but they did not fit. The caller claimed her husband had stolen her teeth when he left. She said hers were gold filled and not the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew T Qratess
Newark
Iitte
Winnuperberg
Rom
Minneapolia Uripune
Grace
Industrial Department
The
Salvation Army
the Tribune
Records of early Lyceum lecturers reveal small pay
Ex Senator William E Chandler, writing from the South to Dr Roland D Grant, recalls the Panacook Lyceum Concord accounts from 1851 to 1853. He notes modest remuneration for famed English lecturers and lists lecturers from December 1851 to June 185?. The ledger details amounts paid to lecturers and ticket receipts, with names including John F Pease and Fr Brainerd Cogswell.
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William E. Chandler
Roland D. Grant
South
England
Arthur Lo Wills
Concord Monitor
Panacook Lyceum
Concord
John F. Pease
Abraham G. Jones
Fr. Brainerd Cogswell
Jones
Cogswell
Conclurd
Harvard Law Schoo
Pease
Ralph Waldo Emerson
John G Saze
RF Kimberly
J. V. C. Smith
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dr IV Cc Smith
Dex
Milton P Braman Weer
George S Boutwell
Edwin P Whipple
E P
Lesdernter
Nathaniel P Banks
Fen
Thomas F Meagher
John Pierpont
Thomas
Meagher
Theodore Parker
John Saxe Am
Timothy Bigelow
Ralph Waldo Mémerson
Dee
Wundel Phillips
Uo Dee
Higginson
Horace Greeley
Thomas Hill
Horace Greeley A
Dan
Joseph G Hoyt
Josiah Quincy Hi
Josiah Quincy x
Bishop Hopkins
Au Tee
Wendell Phillire
Lee
Lucy Stone
John G
Saxe
Josaph G
Hoyt
Loy
Theodore Parteer
President Hitchcork
al Om
Profelger
Henry Wilton
Henry C Sanborn
Hay Fire Disrupts Coney Island Police Station
A wild eyed man burst into the Coney Island station shouting hay is burning. The sergeant pressed for exacts, the man repeated hay. After moments of tension the caller clarified it was a carload of hay burning nearby, ending the standoff with a dull dawn of understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
Sulphur Remedy Promoted as Stuart's Calcium Wafers
An article extols sulfur from calcium as a potent tonic. Stuart's Calcium Wafers are praised for liver and kidney support, blood purification, and relief from constipation and skin conditions. Testimony from RM Wilkins supports efficacy, while warnings note safety and physician attitudes toward the proprietary product.
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Ois
Iug
Stuart
RM. Wilkins
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Law Grushes
Sosa Stars of Poverty
New Jerse
Pas Mu
Crete
Dhrunes
East
L. S. Osborne
Mrs. Beulah McCarton
Justice A. T. Sweensy
Peoret London
London Police
Joe
Wayfarer
Houses of Parliament
Black Friar's Bridge
Workhouse
Lke
London Bridge
Noor
Dorset Street
Women IN New War
N. League
Smith
Ellis
Mrs. Clinton Smith
Gaffney
Herbert Boggs
Ufe
Emerson
Lyceum
Mr. Chandler
Qreeley
Phillip
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