Captured by West Completely Transformed Hangchow in World Culture
Huangchow's ancient city awakens to Western wealth and fashion as foreign business firms rise on Great Street. Opium bans, new dress, and motor cars replace carriage life, while the emperor’s palace and traditional crafts yield to modern commerce and Western influence.
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American Tobacco
Standard Oil Company
Mazda
Prom Ricksha
Vedi
Canal
Tisagchow
Shanghai
Hangcehow
China
Europe
America
Huangchow
Mark Twain Mistakenly Suspects Portrait Salesman
In a humorous vignette, Mark Twain, distractible and in his own world, greets a visitor as a possible picture canvasser after noting watercolors and engravings. George the butler insists the caller is a gentleman. Livy Twain recalls past kindness from the B family in Europe.
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George
Clemens
Let Him Make the Salad
A Southern Woman’s Magazine piece urges men to craft salads with vigor oil and pepper. It extols adventure and conviviality in cooking and favors robust vegetables and generous dressing.
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Ivan
Ain
Sabids
Anne Rankin
Southern Woman’s Magazine
No Lawyer Needed Old Gentleman Aids Needy Widow
An elderly man earns respect by smoothing a neighbor dispute and using a goodwill act to help Mis' Lurue and her six children. He persuades Joe Gallant to accept ten dollars to repair a fence, then gives a share to Mis' Lurue instead of pursuing legal action. The act reveals the old man’s wisdom and neighborly spirit.
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Joe
Poleon
Joe Gallant
Mao
Wal
Nan’ Wen
Spik
One of the Family Makes a Fictitious Name Card
Mrs West on a street car hides her real identity after an accident witness. Her cook Miranda admits she used a false name Miss Hawkins to avoid court summons. The tale, from Harper’s Magazine, ends with the mistress fearing Miranda’s truth could be found.
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Miranda
Yaas
Mrs. West
War correspondent cites English women making munitions
Frederick Palmer describes at a New York dinner how girls in England work in ammunition factories. He names Lady Mary Hamilton Miss Nancy Cunard and Lady Diana Manners and recounts a tea party remark about following a “cook book” style recipe for high explosive shells using nitroglycerin guncotton trinitrotoluol lyddite and related materials.
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Frederick Palmer
New York
England
Mary Hamilton
Nancy Cunard
Diana Manners
No Sentiment in War Writ by A Cavalier
A terse quotation reveals a blunt speaker declaring little sentiment and asking if his actions will confront Mabel in an upcoming conflict. The line frames a stoic mindset and a challenge to settle matters through deeds rather than words.
Traveling With a Cello in a Reader’s Eye
A Musical Courier quips that traveling with a cello rivals traveling with a baby or donkey unless the instrument folds or can be repurposed as a canoe. A reference likens a cello to a coffin in a tale by Stevens on wrong boxes. Also notes ancient beliefs that marrow in the backbone could become a serpent and Chinese lore about burning the bone to deter snakes.
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Stevenson
Musical Courier
Queer World Echoes Wealth and Happiness Debate
A reflective passage contrasts wealth with happiness, noting crowds agree riches prove hollow yet persist in chasing money. The quip points to a universal tension between material success and personal fulfillment.
A Thing of Surprise
A museum guide and a grammarian dispute the period of an extinct animal. The guide calls it a matter of opinion while the grammarian asserts it belongs to an exclamation point. Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. Know that impossible has no place.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Farm for sale near village ten miles from Cornell
An upland property of about 100 acres nearly level with good all around production and excellent buildings. Includes 10 acres of scrub timber and is % mile from the village, 2 miles to the railroad, 16 miles to Cornell University. Priced at 12400 dollars with a small down payment possible for the right party. James Miller, Rus sell, Union Bldg., Syracuse, N Y. Adv. 46-8t.
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Cornell University
For Sale A Garland base burner
For sale a Garland base burner in good condition. Call and investigate at Wrights Plumbing Shop. 48-1
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Garland
Wright
Blakemores Plan Winter in Florida After Visit in Ohio
Mr and Mrs W D Blakemore left Tuesday for Washington Court House Ohio to visit relatives before heading to St Petersburg Florida to spend the winter there.
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W. D. Blakemore
Washington Court House
Ohio
St. Petersburg
Fla
Conway Couple Visit Bedford on Business Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Miller of Conway were business visitors in Bedford on Tuesday.
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B. F. Miller
Conway
Bedford
Visit by Mr and Mrs Scott Johnson Ends in Clearfield
Mr and Mrs Scott Johnson who stayed several days at their niece Mrs C C Carson's home returned to their home in Clearfield on Tuesday. Tulips hyacinths jonquils narcissus head and at prices so everyone can have early flowers next spring. New ferns and plants in abundance. Come and see what I have. 45-1f. A G Brice.
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Scott Johnson
C. C. Carson
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