Abréviations utilisées
Date 10 juillet 1884
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal The Daily Telegraph
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
The committee who managed the entertainment given on 20th May in Union Hall, Portland (St. John) for the benefit of Joseph COOK, who lost his sight by burning in Messrs. Abrams & Kerr foundry report the financial result thereof. Mr. Cook and family will go to Halifax in August to learn a trade at the Institution for the Blind. The amount raised will not support himself, wife and two children. (see original)