Heat and Crime Linked in Big Cities’ Summer Life
A discussion of how extreme heat in urban areas worsens crime and disrupts work, with an anecdote of a hot stroke patient treated by ambulance crews. The piece cites New York disturbances since 1836 and describes hospital wards for heat prostration, highlighting the plight of the poor who rely on city dispensaries for aid.
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Hunt
Gluma
New York Co
Scheminy
Mai
Botakarett
Aioss
Indian Territory
Pennsylvania
American Press Association
Coney Island
Mexican War Camp Life and Foraging Desperation Revealed
The account describes Mexican civilian families and soldiers in wartime camps. Women carry food duties and tend to goats and sheep, while hungry men forage for scraps. Children join in scavenging, while trains and transports become improvised homes. Mothers protect sleeping quarters as men guard posts at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilye
Mexico
Arthgr 'S
Brinton
Rogue Elephant Tengues to Break Chains at Bronx Zoo
Big rogue elephant at the Bronx Zoo, known as SpANDA, nears a tractable period. During prior procedures he broke a chain and chipped tusk. keepers used a stretching method to subdue him and renew chains. Despite violent episodes, he shows unusual fondness for children, and keepers plan cautious handling as winter approaches.
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Spanda
Jesus Tlephant
Keapers
Machisin
Joe
Dr. Hornaday
Gunn
Gur
Richards
Irrself
Gunde
Gundy
Tatrman
Hanillia
Gunda
Gums da
Taladre
Walton Williams
The Bell at Lloyds and the Lotine Chamber
The Lloyds bell signals arrival of ships reported lost or overdue, a ritual tied to the Lotine Chamber of Horrors. The post informs that ships posted as lost trigger insurance payments and a ceremonial bell toll, with the vessel’s later arrival prompting a final notice and a public acknowledgment at Lloyds.
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Lloyd's
Jerringtix Bax
Liord
Lotine
Zuyder Yee
Lloyd's Koown
Sey
Seriqua Dire
Chamber of Borrote
Hudlumaen
Klages
Women in History and Opium Habit Reflected in Echoes of Past
A long column notes women’s broad historical presence from Joan of Arc to Victoria and Catherine the Great with playful praise and critique, then shifts to an American Magazine piece titled A Modern Opium Route. It quotes a Chinese den keeper on addiction and quitting, illustrating the grip of opium and the social consequences across races and eras.
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Aignal
Joan of Arc
Charlotte Corday
Rebecca the Jewny
Martha
Hington
Florence Nightingale
Rachel
Potiph
Lot
Caute
Mrs. Caudle
Cleopatra
Aupasia
Alexandria
Athens
Molt Pitcher
Sal Jennines
Meg Merrines
Cathsine
Vittin Theresa
Austria
Elizabeth
Victoria
Britain
Reir
Jessie Brown
Lucknow
Jessie Deans
Midlothian
Ethel Newcome
Joey Fontana
Fiorenca Dombay
Rod
Louleville Courier Journal
Wan
Qhates
Ulleesane
Forgotten birthday letters and shifting dates
A fragment from a New York Post piece recalls a solemn man in tortoise shell glasses and a long lost love who writes a birthday note on a different day each year. A lively exchange with a dear, amassing waistcoat wearer and an Indian dust remark adds quirky dialogue about weather and city life.
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Sitl
Alfred
New York Post
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Lukie
Villa
Viuty
American Préne Association
Big Rogue Elephant
Bane of
Keepers
Lin
Poly Elephant
Thommen
Hy Devant
Goth Gunda
Thuman
Ganda
Lloyds
London
New York
Manhattan
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