Emperor of China Teaches Taotai English Lesson
The North China article recounts an audience where Viceroy Liu of Napaking boasted of foreign knowledge. The Chinese emperor tested him with phrases like How do you do and Are you well. The Taotai faltered, kowtowed, and was scolded for borrowing a reputation. He was ordered to keep an English book nearby for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifea
Liu
Hag
Raotai
England
Tadai
Manche
Taotai
Scare the Song Birds for the Sparrows in the Park
A Chicago Tribune summary quotes an old South Park policeman lamenting the decline of songbirds in city parks. He blames increasing bicycle crowds for disturbing roosts and nests, noting thrushes, catbirds, robins, and warblers have vanished while sparrows persist in few nests.
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Old
Rivalry of Two Towns and Bridge Impasse Featured
A long dispute between Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin dominates a Senate debate. The St Louis river arm remains unbridged keeping Duluth distinct and Superior a rival. steel from Pennsylvania lies for the bridge, but opposition in Wisconsin delays legislation and the project.
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Duluth
Minn
Superior
Wis
Lake Superior
Senate
Washington Post
St. Louis
Northwest
Congress
Pennslvania Steel
Quay
Vilas
Superiorites
Classified Rates For Daily and Weekly Editions
The notice lists ad rates for daily and weekly editions including one inch and various time spans from one year to three months. WERREKLY and LOCAL rates vary with durations and word counts. Special rates apply to local advertising contracts and yearly contracts not carried to expiration are billed at monthly rates.
Windstorm Insurance Ad Promises Kinney & Kinney Coverage
Notice urges Columbus residents to consider Kinney and Kinney tornado and windstorm policies, claiming protection against a severe storm. The ad notes the cost is a trifle and emphasizes practical coverage for recent windy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinney & Kinney
Wit
To Cure Sick Headache With Carter Cascara Pills
Advertisement claims Tike Carter's Cascara Pills cure headaches with a refund offer from Dunnington, a local druggist. It urges buyers to resist inferior store products and rely on the advertised remedy for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tike Carter
Dunnington
Star advertises fixed prices and guaranteed quality work
The Star promotes fixed pricing for all services with an assurance of top quality materials and workmanship. It promises satisfaction and invites all work inquiries, underscoring reliable service and value.
Newspaper subscription offer from Columbus Morning Star
Kinney and Turner promote a combined subscription deal with Twice-a-Week Courier Journal and their weekly, priced at 1.2h dollars. Renewal or new subscribers paying in advance receive the papers, with free samples on request, via Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana.
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Imade
Speen
Courier Journal
ouher-Journal
Great Southern Exposition routes draw national interest
In Sashville Tenn a large interest surrounds the great southern exposition with extensive train connections to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Detroit Toledo Sandusky Chicago Benton Harbor and others via the Bia Foun route. Full information available on request from J ASNEWTON.
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Sashville Tenn
Man Istatro
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
Loledo
Sandusky
Chicago Benton Harbor
Louisville
Railway schedule fragment shows mixed lines and stations
A partial timetable lists routes between Cincinnati and Columbus with multiple stops including Greensburg Ewington Hartsville and Hope. It notes daily service with some Sunday exceptions and lists agent J Santry in Columbus Indiana.
Hotels in China Offer Prestige Rooms and Pungent Tea Halls
The piece surveys Chinese hotels rated by grand sounding names such as The Fortunate Star and The Happiness. It describes cramped rooms, smoky corridors, and opium pipe smoke. Tea saloons employ singers and elocutionists while cakes and fresh tea are served. it also notes dog and cat meat stews as expensive local fare.
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Lippincotd
Canton
China
Yeast From Cromwell Era Preserved by Maine Woman
Mrs Barbara Curran of East Orrington Maine preserves a five quart brown earthen vessel of yeast and a stone crovals brought from Ireland in 1646. The yeast passed through generations from Cromwell's time to present, carried to America by Curran's ancestors, with a storied voyage on a sailing packet and bribe with potatoes.
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Ireland
Barbara Curran
East
Orrington
New York Sun
America
Boston
Loston
Medford
India Shawls and imitations in France and India
The piece discusses very good imitations of Tibet and cashmere shawls made in France and India. Experts say genuine shawls have a finer weave and subtler colors, with borders and centers woven separately and assembled. It notes differences in weave quality and drying styles that reveal counterfeit shawls.
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Weare
France
Havooere
Sree
Tibet
Jenny Lind Sade Public Appearance and Race for Charity
A fragment recounts the Swedish Nightingale Jenny Lind giving her last public concert on July 24 1883 at the Spa Malvern in aid of the Railway Servants Benevolent Fund. Mrs Raymond Maude notes country folk travelled for the modest 8 penny admission and a nurse recalls a cotage visitor seeking the famed singer.
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Jenny Lind
Spa Slalvern Till
England
Raymond Maude
Yadies Home Journal
Railway Servants’ Benevolent Fund
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Prole
Emperor of
New York Herald
Sranvors Proce Ca
Corner Journal
Courier-Journal
WeekklySran
Columbus Morning Spar
Ind
Kinney & Tuner
Corambus
Handle and ‘Tool Company
J. Asnewton
Gong West
Ain
Ly. Cinti Ar
Greensburg
GH. & G. Dune
Ewington
Durney’s
Hartsville Crossing
Hope
Miller's
Lambert
Columbus Ly
Santry
Ag’t
India
Marely
Pasteur
Act
Nienaber
Central—169
Anteed
Anderson
Ton and
Franklin
Harrison
Fiegenbaum
SAIL
Attorney-At-Law
Crump’s
Rogers & Bro
Seth Thomas
Funkhouser
6Th and
Washington Street
Men & Womn
BomMania Agency
Sycamore St
Colombus
Ron
Fifth and
Jackson Streets
W. W. Lambert
Irwin’s Bank
A. T. Moris
Cinainnsti
Roland M.D
Oficee
Griffith Block
Fifth St
Western Union Telegraph Office
Citizens
Eighth and
Chestnut Streets
Drake
Aemmenet
Fourth Street
Baptist ‘ Hurch Bulletin
Alaerdin
Messinger
Veeder Cyclometers
Morgan & Wright Tires
Devane Wassals
Reeves Seward
Silverman
Silverman’s
Silvermans
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