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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
8
A dated ethnographic piece explains Chinese etiquette and customs for Western readers. It covers greetings, family matters, house entry, writing direction, dress, footwear, medicine, and village names, highlighting perceived differences and cautions about interacting with Chinese people and their society.
In Philadelphia the sparrows near the Twenty first district police station avoided the metal swan fountain after it was painted bright red. The birds held a noisy council and fled, later cautiously returning to sample the water as the red swan offered no threat to their rights.
Southern Pacific notices report continued settlement in the Southern Pacific region after Britain annexation. The Pacific Islands company, a London proprietor, has received a lease on two hundred thousand acres in the Solomon Islands, implying a fee-simple grant and signaling growing Australian commercial interest. The company’s Sydney office suggests shipping will gain from the developing trade.
Clement Scott describes Canton as a barred gated city where half the population lives on boats. Narrow streets, crowded alleys, and swinging signboards create a maddening scene. Foreigners are kept outside the walls and nightly curfews seal off the native city.
The article surveys past mega waves from England to Lisbon and Japan, argues the Gulf of Mexico storm ranks among history’s worst, and links it to enduring myths like Atlantis. It notes tidal and seismic forces, warns future catastrophes may surpass memory, and recalls Galveston’s fate as monumental.
A historical explainer surveys how tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic near the Windward Islands, noting warm months August to October, equatorial doldrums, and Coriolis deflection. It describes how heat from rainfall drives intensification, typical track patterns, and the deadly impact of high tides, with Galveston cited as a cautionary case. The piece shifts to a separate tema on Americans valuing speed, citing trains, ships, and the Deutschland record and Franklin’s adage that time is money.
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