Li Hung and China in a Difficult Political Moment
An analysis of Li Hung Chang on his arrival at Beijing and the uncertain future of China. The piece discusses reform, etiquette, and foreign relations, noting British and Japanese attitudes and the potential impact on the Siberian railway concession.
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Hung Chang
Peking
Middle Kingdom
China
Yellow Jacket
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
Siberian
Li Tome Chaue
Ferecen
Levene
Mgr
McKinley
Grizzly favorite: peanuts in Central Park zoo
Amnan watches a bear at the Central Park menagerie eagerly accepting peanuts through the bars. The bear stands angled on its hind feet with one fore paw gripping a stone ledge while the other retrieves nuts, claws spread like fingers as visitors feed them.
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Amnan
Menageria
Central Park
New York Sun
Bear Enjoys Peanuts Behind Bars
A bystander notes a bear managing peanuts with clawed paws between bars. The crowd debates if grizzlies can cultivate peanuts or if baked varieties exist, with one man doubting such crops. The scene mixes curiosity and humor in a prison-like setting.
Haunted Tree Haunting Report From Danville Vicinity
A Tafts party of coon hunters fled after dogs tracked an old tree in Coon Bog Danville Mississippi and a man heard a voice from apparent distress. An aged local recalls a prior haunting near the same tree tied to a murder of Louis Streat and the fugitive Fenderson, released on bail, later vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Avery
Louis Streat
Fenderson
Miscellaneous items from crowded country pages
A collage of odd notes from Daviess and Cage counties and beyond. mentions a woman seeking a potmastership, a Nebraskan prn husker harvesting 75 bushels daily, a warped beard removed from a Forbes house, and a beehive finding. Also reports a whale-like creature found near Anastasia Fla and a heroic 15-year-old Maine light keeper during a deadly storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County
Cage County
Neb
Prn
Forbes
Westphalia
Weethrad
Torn Crown
Oakland
Maine
Wigore
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LI Hung
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COU Bus
Iron Weg. CO
Id Machinists
Baltimore
Misa Clara Evans
James
Anastasia
Fla
St. Augustine
Pinecky Boy
Scribner's
Iyerys
Aba
Ronday
April
White House
Lew
Filgey Strauss Co
THE
Money Columbus Saving Dry Goods
Strauss & CO
Paris
Columbus
Strauss
Pteqet Eve Ze
Hilgers ‘Will
Supggsi
FU Ulrich
Axp
Confectionary
Fgulth
Ena Frankiin
Drake
WRG
BC “Oers
Cenlar
Washington Street
Wwen
Biche
Cen
Rhaga
Menaber
Silverman
W. W. Lambie
Inwiti’s Bank
Emmons
Ruiors Bs
Columbus, Ind
Ct. W. Cooper
Croper Cooper & Cooper
Attorneys-at-law
Mazonic Building
Indiana
JAS . F. Coo Me
Ctate
East Court House
W.t
Roland For
Everte
Onien Ten Graph Ottice
Central
Wil. Andrson
Boc and Shee Maker
Sixth Street
Wash
Ington
Franklin
BELL
JOS. H. Young's
Maple Grove Grocery
Epi
Herman Vonstycke & Co
Crump’s Theater Building
Third Street
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