Telegrap hs in China and railway plans amid unrest
The piece surveys telegraph and railway development in China as of 1899, noting 3000 miles of telegraph, 350 miles of rail with 3000 miles projected, and a web linking provincial capitals to Peking. It describes foreign concessions for lines from Hongkong to Hankow, Canton to Hankow, and extensions toward Tientsin and Peking, with Belgian, American, German and British involvement, and discusses the potential impact of antiforeign riots on these projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Tientsin
Pe-chi-li
Shanhai-kwan
Paoting
Chili
Pek
Tiankow
Whch
Chicago
Shanghai
Hankow
Hongkong
Canton
Manchuria
Shangtung
Kiaochau
West River
Burma
India
Asiatic
Russia
British India
Europe
Siberia
Persia
Turkey
England
British India and
Burman
Competitive examination for West Point cadet appointments announced
Massachusetts state officials announce a July 19 exam at Boston for two at large candidates and two alternates for West Point. Recruitment will be overseen by Bates, Dar ling, Shippen, with Mead as medical examiner. Qualifying standards include age limits, height and weight scales, marital status, and proficiency in reading writing arithmetic geography and US history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Hill
State Board of Education
Massachusetts
West Point Military Academy
State House
Boston
Civil Service Commission
Hoar and Lodge
William C. Bates
Fall River
Chas. K. Darling
U.S
District of Massachusetts
Rush R. Shippen
Brockton
Julian A. Mead
State Board of Health
Watertown Arsenal
United States
West Point
Minister Recalls Cure With Electric Bitters Aid
Hartwell Georgia minister J T W Vernon says a long leg sore healed after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Amica Salve. He claims the remedy purifies blood and cures eruptions boils eczema tetter and salt rheum with guaranteed satisfaction or refund. Local distributors Burdett Barnard Lucia Shattuck Friend Johnson Son and others offer the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. W. Vernon
Hartwell
Burdett & Barnard
E. B. Lucia
Hudson
C. T. Shattuck
Northboro
Jnc. C
Concord notes and summer happenings in Hanover and surroundings
Local items report Miss Alice Blaisdell vacationing in Hanover and the Bowker family at their Barre farm. George Fiske and Frank Simonds take summer trips, while N H Lee becomes power station manager on July 23. Fireworks wow crowds, bicycle ads urge readers, and church, gun club, and travel notices fill the page. A window display with crutches and ball-game notices prompts reflection on outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Blaisdell
Hanover
W. H. Bowker
Barre
George Fiske
Elm St
Europe
Frank Simonds
Squam Lake
N. H
Lee
Mill Dam
Calvin Keyser
Congregational Church
Goshen
John H. Whitney
Nova Scotia
A. B. McLeod
Richardson
Chas. Billups
John W. Colby
M. Daltino
Geo
P. Davis
M. Doyle
R. W. Flagg
Peter Heron
Willie King
Thos. Lee
Frank Miller
H. L. Norris
F. R. Roberson
E. F. Robinson
Chas. Shattuck
Chas. Shattuck, ©. H. Spring (2), Thomas L. Smith, GC. L. Sponholtz
Jesse L. Warner
Sarah E. Bent
Julia F. Byrnes
A. Christiansen
G. A. Descault
E. J. Glasgow
A. J. Heywood
Reta Hoyt
Etta Jenison
M. J. Manning
G. Moore
Janie McDonnell
Jennie Phair
J. L. Pine
Rebecca Tripp
Lily Towne
Emma White
Expensive Fun Turns Dangerous in Concord Prank
Early morning mischief by five youths in Concord involved placing a dynamite cracker in an old iron post before a fruit store. The blast shattered the post, blew glass into the fruit displays, and damaged nearby windows including a bake shop and Hatch's store, with shards flying across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Hatch
Suggestion to use power house alarm times
A reader proposes the power house ring alarms at seven in the morning noon and nine at night to replace the town clock and church bell until the clock is rebuilt. The note asks the lighting board for opinion on adding a three daily whistle schedule.
Hearing on tree cutting for electric road on Bedford Street
A hearing will be held Thursday evening in the lower town hall to decide cutting the oak opposite the cemetery on Bedford Street the brush and shrubbery in the hollow and two trees opposite W T Farrars. The tree warden Samuel Hoar will preside to ensure four feet clearance from posts and trees for the electric road. If trees stay the road must run through the street center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Town Hall
Bedford St
W. T. Farrar
Serious Hand Injury From Dynamite Blast
Daniel T. Cook of N. A. Davis reports a severe accident on the Fourth. A match touched a dynamite cracker in his hand, tearing the center of his hand. Doctors avoided sewing it up due to possible cracker fragments. He was sent to the hospital where the wound is considered very serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel T. Cook
N. A. Davis
John Parmenter
Orange
Sullivan
von Humboldt
A. S.A
Miner Second in Lake Walden Mile Run
Concord man C E Miner finished second in the mile at Lake Walden Fourth, earning a mantel clock. The winner ran 4.43. Miner 4.47 about 25 yards back. Walter Hubbard and Joslin also competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Miner
Lake Walden
Miner
Walter Hubbard
Joslin
A Summer Feast in The Boston Journal
The Boston Journal previews a summer lineup headlined by Seumas McManus with Sunday installments from the Irish writer. It features illustrated pieces on New England summer resorts, highlighting people in the summer colonies such as Dublin New Hampshire Manchester Beverly Newport Hingham Nahant Mount Desert Boxford Gloucester. The journal will continue its half tone illustrations throughout the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal
Seumas McManus
New England
Dublin
N. H
Manchester
Beverly
Newport
Hingham
Nahant
Mount Desert
Boxford
Gloucester
Maynard Club Disbands and Local News Highlights
The Maynard baseball club has disbanded. Miss Louisa Lemieux visits town. Consul-general Goodenow, uncle of Dr. Daniel Goodenow, stationed at Shanghai. Rails misrouted near Sudbury crossing, not for street railways. Various social visits and local incidents splice the week in Concord and Marlboro area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Lemieux
Goodenow
Shanghai
Daniel Goodenow
Sudbury St
Robert Powell
Alexander Vietch
Cleveland
Houp la” Cyele Club
Marlboro
Penobscot
Assabet Council
R. A
Musketaquid
Concord
Concord Junction
Chas. A. Welchlodge
A. M
Thomas C. Denniston
Prohibit Sale of Giant Fire Crackers Says Union
The Springfield Union condemns giant fire crackers as too dangerous for young people. It calls for a ban on their sale and warns that accidents on July Fourth largely come from unexpected blasts, dangerous as dynamite in potential damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Union
America
A Poor Millionaire Lately Starved in London
Early use of Dr. King's New Life Pills would have saved him. They strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, promote assimilation, improve appetite. Price 25¢. Money back if not satisfied. Sold by Burdett e& Barnard and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dr. King
Burdette& Barnard
E. B. Lucia
Hudson
C. T. Shattuck
Northboro
Jno
Friend
Concord
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
Perfumed Beds Trend Spreads Fun Scented Spread
A new fad in novelty beds uses a cotton pad infused with fragrance placed beneath the lower sheet. This prepares the bed to appear stuffed with roses or violets, offering a lighthearted decorative effect.
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Telegraphs
South Framingham
Bo& A
Express
The
Hartford Courant
Kansas City
Bryan
Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Templeton Recorder
Buffalo
Providence Journal
Congress
Pekin
Conger
Celestial Empire
Legislative
Wu Ting Fang
Cleveland Baking Powder CO
New York
Concord Gun Club
Fair Haven Road
Charles E. Wilson
Sudbury
Mass
Maynard Baseball Club
Wm. Howard
Clinton
Edward Cross
Thomas Wright
Littleton
Summer Hill
Wm. H. Gutteridge
Albany
Lake George
Riverside Hall
Music Hall
Albert Batley
Ile
West Acton
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