Monte Carlo of the East and the Canton to Macao voyage
A Jacksonville traveler sails down the Canton river to Macao, notes on junks, piracy, and the port’s fame as the Monte Carlo of the East. The piece details the gambling tables, fantan play, croupier methods, and the stoic Chinese dealer, with observer impressions of players and superstition alike.
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Monte Carlo
Canton
Hong Kong
Macao
Worth
Pira
China
Staré
Jess
Wein
Vanderbilt
Young Bicycle Rider Claims World’s Youngest Cyclist Title
Boston area report highlights four year old Thomas John Shepherd of Roslindale as the world’s youngest bicycle rider. He weighs 89 pounds on a 90 pound bike, stands 8 feet 4 inches tall, and has ridden up to 25 miles at eight to nine miles per hour. His father, a keen cyclist, recalls teaching him on a three wheel velocipede before switching to a safety bike. Thomas has a Roslindale Bicycle Club sweater and a medal declaring him the youngest known rider in America.
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Boston
Thomas John Shepherd
Roslindale
Thomas
Roslindale Bicycle Club
America
Suitor’s marriage plea meets blunt fashion critique
A man pleads on bended knee for marriage, but the woman rejects him sharply noting she cannot accept a suitor whose pantaloons bag at the knee. The Detroit Free Press reports a humorous social exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Detroit Free Press
Deming Praises Boys Brigade In Brooklyn Church
The Rev R M Deming of the New York Baptist Missionary Society spoke at Strong Place Baptist Brooklyn on The Boys Brigade. He founded the movement which began in the west and grew across the United States, with over 8500 boys enrolled in New York and Brooklyn. The aim is to build Christian character, not promote a picnic or belligerence.
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R. M. Deming
New York Baptist Missionary Society
Strong Place Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Deming
United States
New York
Enthorpe Performer Hackney Stallion At Indian Neck Farm
Enthorpe Performer, a 15 1/2 hand hackney stallion, is praised as one of America’s finest in the American Hackney studbook No. 118. Owned by Frederick G. Bourne, he is valued at $25,000 and admired for action, hind movement, and carriage suitability. The piece also notes Orloff Ad, a Russian high school saddle stallion, and discusses ventilation tips for cattle buildings from Rural New Yorker.
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Indian Neck Stud
Oakdale
L. L
Frederick G. Bourne
Singer Machine Company
Bourne
Alexander Mair
Bourne Stables
Mair
Enthorpe
America
Indian Neck Farm
Matchless
Londesboro
Peg
Indian Neck
Orloff
Orloffs
New Yorker
ANN & CO
Broadway
New York
Munn & CO. Ubliagers
Roadway
New York City
Century Farm Butter by Steam Powered Creamery
A Rural New Yorker correspondent profiles a family dairy operating for 100 years. They churn with a barrel system, use a steam engine and cream separator, and milk about 60 cows. The butter sells at top prices, aided by strict cleanliness, the separator’s efficiency, and an exclusive fixed-price dealer arrangement. In 1898 they report $3,556 in real estate gains and over $100 per cow, with sales averaging 88 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Gates
Dairy and Creamery Warnings From Health Board
The Massachusetts board of health traces two typhoid outbreaks to infected milk and exposes dairymen for careless practices. Mrs M W Straight of Hudson Ohio operates six cheese factories using about 38 tons of milk daily. Governor Knute Nelson of Minnesota urges dairy schools and better feed management amid low agricultural prices.
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Massachusetts Board of Health
M. W. Straight
Hudson, O
B. Beech
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Hull
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zoological Gardens
Johore
Malay Peninsula
Himalayas
Lion House
London Graphic
Hackney
Orlof
Eamery
the Herald Rocker
The
Phoenix
Who
Herald
Rocker
Hope ST
Bristol
R.I
Congress
Chas. E. Hires Co
Philada
Pictore
Ivers & Pond
Tremont Si
Boston, Mass
Scientific American “Agency For
Chase
Sanborn’s
Chase & Sawhorn
Mass
Wuak
Waldron & Brownell
Bradford Atreets
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