Glimpse at Orient Exposes Mongolian Laundry Life in Coshocton
The Age reports two Chinese laundry workers on Fifth Street Quong Sing and Tom Gee, employed by Columbus store owner Lee Johnson. It describes their age, arrival years in the U S and habits, their modest living quarters, meals of pork and rice, and their assimilation into American life while maintaining some East Asian customs. Johnson is praised as a capable, prosperous businessman with good handwriting.
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Fifth Street
Far East
Quong Sing
Tom Gee
Lee Johnson
Columbus
Johnnson
Cosbocton
Tue Age
Sanrancisco
Pittsburg
San Francisco
New York
Saofranisco
Electric Line Work Draws Local Labor To Ohio Project
Local workmen join the Cincinnati to Cleveland electric line project. Five teams and ten men departed Wednesday for Canal Dover, with sixteen teams and several men slated to follow next week.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Canal Dover
Important Timber Tests and Insect Fight on Train
Privations are being made by the forestry bureau for costly tests on timber strength and durability across the country. Reports indicate hemlock, once despised, can substitute for redwood or cedar in floors joists and siding. In St Joseph a motorman, Robinette, was fatally wounded in a fight aboard a Chicago Great Western train. conductor Potter is sought.
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Bureau of Forestry
Hugwa
Chicago Tribune
Misia
Philippines
St. Joseph
J. H. Robinette
St. Joseph Electric
The Humor of a Busy Life in Mrs Staunton Anecdotes
A collection of humorous anecdotes attributed to the late Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The notes recount incidents from schooldays and youth, revealing her contrasts of vanity and wit. Stories include playful quips about eyebrows and a boarding school misadventure with ironing undergarments.
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Suivskbeth Cady Staunton
Elizbeth Cady Staunton
Henry Bayard
Delaware
Trey
Barnum’s
New Russian Sect Prompts Government Action in Zarizyn
A new sect called the Enochites arises in Zarizyn prompting Russian authorities to deploy forty traveling priests to curb its spread among peasants. The followers claim the end of the world is near, cite modern technologies as omens, and identify Elijah as Father John of Kronstadt.
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Zarizyn
St. Petersburg
New York Times
Elijah
Father John
Kronstadt
Enoch
Enechites
Goverment
Zanzinu
Predicted Decline of Coal Use at Soo Canal Opening
Clerene asserts the Soo Canal power era will replace coal in Canada and Michigan within a decade. He projects water power supplying steel plants, flour mills, shipyards, and nationwide markets, claiming coal use will vanish in the Hamilton to Quebec corridor and across Michigan.
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Clerene
Soo Canal
Oneni
Ytoibe Banquer Piven
Canada
Hamilton
Quebec
Michigan
Soo
Clergue
Relics of the Mesozoic Unearthed Near Sutton Nebraska
Specimens from the Mesozoic era, including numerous cretaceous oysters, were found at 450 feet depth near Sutton Nebraska. They are boxed and sent to the State Museum at Faucoun. A Nebraska University party will depart for further exploration of the site.
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Sutton
Neb
Sys
Omaha
New York Times
State Museum
Faucoin
University of Nebraska
Veuue
Thewe Ande Cad ‘Gubedt
Vote totals show Laylin ahead in Ohio race by 91178
Official returns indicate Laylin leading with a plurality of 91,178 in Ohio for secretary of state the Republican total 430059 Democratic 343481 minor-party votes may push overall to about 800000. Guessing contests ruled legal by Ohio courts with gambling statutes not applying.
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Laylin
Columbus
Navy
Layim
Prohibition
Socialist
Socialist-Labor Parties
Cincinnati
Samuel Stevens
Ohio
de Plaid
Bayer
Rich Man Smith Provides Wood Fuel Amid Coal Strike in Greenwich
William J. Smith, a wealthy Greenwich resident, buys hundreds of acres to create work and supply fuel for poor families during the coal strike. About a hundred men accepted employment to fell trees and deliver wood nearby, with Smith ensuring a free wood supply for those in need. Also notes pancake flour ad and Kemp's Balsam remedy for grippe.
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William J. Smith
Greenwich
Conn
Coa
New York
Ae Milen
Seismic Disturbances Across Global Volcanic Activity
An editorial notes forty five distinct earthquakes in San Cristobal Mexico up to Oct 25 and widespread volcanic events worldwide. It cites Panama Transcaucasia Alaska Philippines Colombia Kaluaes Lawall Tiluary Coperras Rammbrilee Guafiie Stromboli Vesuvius Ishind Coan and central America shocks showing intense activity. The piece links these events to a larger seismic disturbance puzzling scientists.
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New York World
San Cristobal
Mexico
San Juan
Lelee
Soufriere
Transcaucasia
Alaska
Philippines
Colombia
Kalaues
Lawall
Mount Copperas
Rammbrilee
Gua Fiie
Stromboli
Mediterranean
Vesuvius
Deere
Central America
Coan
Amd
New York Democrats to appear before canvassing boards
Aird S. Coler thanks Tamany Hall leaders for the governor race effort and endorses their role. The Democratic state executive committee says upstate irregularities were found and will have party representatives before canvassing boards Tuesday to ensure an honest count, citing wins for John Duneen as attorney general and John Clintom Gray for the Court of Appeals.
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New York
Aird S. Coler
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Bsb
Bird
Colter
Democratic State Executive Committee
Upstate
Democratic Party
John Duneen
John Clintom Gray
Court of Ages
Nippur Explorations and Other 1900s Items
Professor Hilprecht reports on the Corded tablets and fortifications uncovered at Nippur during the Babylonian expeditions from 1800 BC. The finds include inscriptions from cuneiform, Sumerian and Semitic sources dating back 3,000 years. Also notes Secretary Wilson and Mitchell in a miners convention prep. a Jacksonville man found with a stone tied to his foot. embezzlement in Breslau. and Wall Street election bets paid in New York.
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Biacoverica
Babylonia
Hilprecht
Lprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wiiprecht
Nippur
New York Times
Temple of
Baal
Parrhian
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Preeht
Abraham
Christ II
Nipper
Wilson
Mitchell
Willesburre
Ed Wilson
United Mine Workers
Mitchel O
Wilbon
New Orleans
Motehell
Arriration Commission
Scranton
Chicago
Nev
Harry Frank
Jacksonville
Lake Michigan
Frank
New York
Wall Street
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