Labor in China Shows Low Wages and Strong Guilds
Canton, 1889 report by Frank G. Carpenter details extreme low pay across trades from coolies at 3.5 dollars a month to skilled work at 18 cents a day. Describes beehive streets, chair transport, women boat rowers, and pervasive labor unions regulating hours and wages. Notes strong guilds in Shanghai and Canton supervise rates, apprenticeships, and credit.
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Canton
China
America
Kansas
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New York City
Washington
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Empire
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Hong Kong
Foo Chow
Owever
Shanghai
Parbner
Barbers
Bankers Guild
Pany
Seymour
Minneapolis
Dr. Magowan
Frrank G
Carpenter
War in Hayts reports bombardment of Gonaives and St Marc
Advices from the steamer William Coulman report bombardment by Lezitime followers near Gonaives and St Marc. Dessalines fired on two forts and a shot struck a house near the German consulate. Forts commanded by an able artillerist. Grand Saline burned after a night fire. General Isemean received warmly in Gonaives. A Legitime vessel briefly approached, mistaken for a warship. Belize district commander died of heart disease.
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Gonaives
St. Marc
Lezitime
New Yor
William Coulman
Coulman
Vera Cruz
Dessalines
Cat
St. Mare
Grand Saline
Jean Isemean
Cape Haytian
General Isemean
General Legitine
Legitime
Port Au Prince
Alout
Belize District
Among Montana Mines Massive Fire Halts Works
Helena report says lower works at Anaconda burned forcing closure by Marcus Daly. About 1800 workers lose jobs as 50 percent of machinery damaged and losses exceed 1 million dollars with no insurance. Fire deemed incendiary. fire broke in ore house center. Upper St Lawrence plant continues at 1800 tons daily.
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St. Paul
Minn
Helena
Mont
Pioneer Press
Anaconda
Marcus Daly
Chambers Syndicate
St. Lawrence
Count Frangoletti and the Pro Damma Zat Monk
Fragmentary note hints at Count Frangoletti with a pro Damma zat monk figure. Wording suggests lively but unclear historic context and a roaming attendant near a veiled event. Further details unreadable in current OCR segment.
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Count Frangoletti
Manners and wedding etiquette for ladies and escorts
A guide on theater decorum and social usage covering courtship, church weddings, notices for tipping at hotels, introductions, and attending events. Includes reader questions on marriage, guest seating, chaperones, gifting, and proper behavior at balls, theatres, and dinners with emphasis on propriety and restraint.
Sloop Frolic Braces for Marblehead Run In Northeaster
The sloop Frolic sails from Boston to Marblehead amid fog and a northeast wind. After clearing Deer Island and Bar Reef, the crew battles green swells and heavy gusts, passing Nahant cliffs and Tom Moore’s Reef toward Marblehead Lighthouse. They anchor near the Eastern Yacht Club as a storm rages with rain and rough seas.
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Boston
Marbishead
Marcel
Benton
Brown
Marblehead
Apple Island
Bickrley Gus
Deer Island
Point Shirley
Nahant
Fog Rock
Ram Island
Swampscott
Roaring Bull
Marblehead Neck
Tom Moore’s Reef
Moll Pitcher
Eastern Yacht Club
Fires Reported in Multiple Cities and Dated Losses
Record of fires across Summit North Dakota New York and other locations detailing losses from $5 000 to $195 000. Notable blazes include Bekham Kuenzel woollen mill New ee O Cincinnati King block Denver Marion and Portland rolling mills. One house in New York burned with valued paintings gutted.
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Summit
N.d
Bekham & Kuenzel
Newee. O
Denver
Col
H. Rikhoff & Co
Cincinnati
Cely Brothers
Greenville
D. C
Bay View
Budoche
N. B
E.J. Lablanc
Stewart, Ester & Co
Marion
Ind
McCarty Packing and Provision Company
East St. Louis
Garrison
Commodore Garrson
New York City
Commodore
Gamere
Newnan
Attin
Portland
Harris & Co
Aisconda Smelting Company
Helena
Mont
Quotations of Staple Goods Across Markets
Commercial matters report quiet cotton trading in New York Chicago and St Louis with mixed decline and firm ranges. Flour and grain prices show firm to dull movements. wheat firmer with No 2 red at around 92 to 94 cents, corn steady to lower, oats steady, and rye dull. Provisions weaker, pork around 12.50 to 12.75, lard down, beef steady, and miscellaneous commodities including tobacco starch and hides listed with varied quotes. Receipts and shipments detailed, weekly totals noted with compare to prior year.
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New Yor
Uplands
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Rio
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New York Roller
Ohio
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St Louis
III
Besse
White
Bush
Butter and dairy markets ease in Boston report
Boston markets show butter steady to firm with light supply and rising dairy grade prices. Cheese and eggs trend mixed with firmer creamery and New York items. vegetables and fruits remain abundant though grapes scarce. general meat and flour markets show quiet, steady movement with price adjustments.
Arrivals of Livestock at Brighton and Watertown Week Ended March 15 1839
Weekly livestock totals show Western cattle 1080 Eastern cattle 99 Ne ern cattle 205 total 2874. Western sheep and lambs 16200 Northern sheep and lambs 705 Eastern sheep and lambs total 16965 swine 17159. Horses 509. Beef cattle prices per hundred pounds dressed weight ranged 4.09 to 6.50. Prices of Western cattle by quality listed. hides, skins and tallow prices included for Brighton district.
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Brighton
Watertown
Venus
Divorced by Death Ends Sorrowful Holyoke Life
George W. McKeown, a Holyoke resident for nearly 24 years, shot himself dead at 6 after a troubled life marked by cruelty to family and prior violence. A letter from McKeown described despair and forgiveness for his wife and daughter, with notes of past hospital and jail interventions and an upcoming divorce hearing.
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Holyear
George W. McKeown
Campbell
Onera
McKeown
Holyoke
Goodby
Grurrge W. McKeewn
Palmer Wire Works
Palmer
Not Taking Any Chances From Puck
A fragmentary dialogue in which a man asks Miss Sweetly to wear a disguise for his wife’s arrival, joking about disguises and office typewriters, ending with a remark about a souvenir feather and a hot reception on a train.
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Harper’s Bazar
Water, Too, We Trust in The International Match
In the Twelfth Day’s play of the Twenty-Sixth Game, English champion Smith faced Barker with Smith seeking a draw to limit defeat while Barker pursued a cautious waiting game. Attendance was light and atmosphere reflected Smith’s precarious position as the game neared a standard finish from the Second Double Corner.
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Smiith
Smith
Barker
New England Chess and Checker Rooms Catalog of Works for Sale
Boston editor advertises chess and draughts books and supplies at 767 Washington Street from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. communications to Edwin A. Durgin, list of titles with prices, including Schaefer Kelley's Paisley, Barker Reed titles, Gould's Books, Strickland, Frazer Ayrshire Lassie, and various supplements and diagrams with their costs.
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Boston
Edwin A. Durgin
Mass
New England
Washington Street
Schaefer & Kelley
Sweet
Barker
Martins
Barer
McCulloch
Gould
Anderson
Yates
James Wyllie
Strickland
Laird and Lady
American Checker Review
Robertson
White to play and win in chess puzzle collection
Black to move and win and draw summaries, with multiple position numbers and moves listed. Featured players include John T. Hennigan of Groton Massachusetts and Robert McCulloch of Glasgow, with notes on games between Laird and Ferrie.
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John T. Hennigan
Groton
Mass
King
Robert McCulloch
Glasgow
Scotland
Black
Ballot Determines Opening in Next Two Games
In the evening the ballot set 11.15 and 23.19 as the opening in the next two games and the 25.22 line of the Old Fourteenth was soon run upon familiar lines. After an hour's play the game stood in the following position.
Sixth move Smith gains edge then holds on at chess game
Smith varied his play with a 17.18 sequence and at the eighteenth move adopted a 26.22 line. When the position arrived, friends feared a loss, but he knew more about it and pulled safely through.
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Smith
Eihteenth
The Last Day and Busy Chess News Recap
The article notes the final game of a match with attendance on Monday forenoon and a 11.15 22.17 ballot result. It reports the death of John J. Busby known as Bill Busby, beloved by local players, with a full career account to follow. It covers New England rooms tournament developments, coaching chatter, and a New York Checker Club election. It also mentions editors Huntington and McCanzlie in correspondence matches, Pittsburg checker department, and a Pacific coast gold medal tournament with rules and prize details.
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Barker
Smith
John 8. Busby
Bill” Busby
Billy
New England Rooms
Melvin Brown
Brooklyn
Mr. Creveling
New York
Brown
Brown, 5; Creveling, 2; Drawn, 1, Ke, G. Gorton
Michigan
New York Checker Club
M. F. Clauser
K. W. Spiller
Mr. Swain
A. J. de Freest
W. W. Avery
John Johntry
Huntington
Kelly's Island
Sandusky Register
David McCanzlie
Pollockshaws
Scotland
Pollockshaws News
H. F. McAteer
Chronicle-Telegraph
Pittsburg
Penn
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Messrs
Cain
Bowe
Washington
Urf
Marshal Moody Murdered by Indian Territory Desperadoes
Fort Surry Ark March 16 Information reached here last night of the murder of Deputy United States Marshal W A Moody while attempting to arrest two men in Indian Territory. The killers are Bonner and Hill Mooney was the sixteenth deputy killed in the Territory in the past year. His career included the capture of Towery who killed Deputy Marshal alton a year ago.
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Fort Surry
Ark
United States
Marshall W. A. Moody
Indian Territory
Bonner
Hill
Mooney
Towery
Alton
California Legislature Adjourns After Two Prize Fights
Sacramento March 18 The Legislature adjourned sine die at 2 20 am to signalize closing two prize fights. Senators Goucher and Jones backed the pasilists. Billy Mahon vs Jack Sullivan for coast middleweight title ended in a draw after 63 rounds. Joe McAuliffe refereed. Charles Turner defeated Lilly Hall after forty rounds.
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Cal
Goucher
Jones
Billy Mahon
Jack Sullivan
Joe McAuliffe
Peter Jackson
Charles Turner
Lilly Hall
Turner
Winter's Tale and Other Piano Pieces from Oliver Ditson
Oliver Ditson & Co. release new piano selections with expressive entre actes and popular Schottisches. Titles include Winter's Tale entre acte Perdita Dream After the Ball and Sultana Waltzes with varied prices. catalogue highlights French and sacred songs, violin studies, and banjo arrangements. Several pieces feature strong character portraits and accessible difficulty for players.
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Oliver Ditson & Co
Edward Jones
Perdita
Harry L. Harris
N. Gates
Schottische
T. A. Rollinson
F. D. Bates
Massenet
Spain
C. Fiorini
White, Smith & Co
Charles D. Blake
G. A. White
Madeline
Marguerite
H. Lichner
C. Wild
Walt
Fiorillo
David
White,Baith & Co
Alice D. Evans
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