Chinese Farmer Lee Ying Hing Tills First Mongolian Cabages Near New York
An Eastern Brooklyns suburb reports Lee Ying Hing a Chinese farmer leases a one acre plot at East Broadway and New York Avenue to plant a Chinese cabbage crop called cabiti. He and three cousins cultivate, irrigate, and harvest, selling heads to Chinese grocers via Flatbush avenue and Brooklyn Bridge, earning about 24 cents per head and 10 cents per pound as they expand with weed and stock challenges.
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Fistbush
Metropolia
Celestina
Gordon
New York Avenue
East Broadway
Brook
Lyn
Chinatman
Leo Ying Ling
Lee Ying Hing
Long Island
China
California
Lee Ying Wing
Niko
Fiatbush Avenue
Cara
Brooklyn Bridge
Moxtatreet
Chinatown
Lee Yin Ning Ina
Zoek
New York Sn
Fragmented era column with notes on life and crime
A collection of scattered items discusses themes from prudence and character to a famed lock picker Sidney Brooks arrested in Pittsburg and his career in burglar-proof gear. Also includes social observations on dress, plants, and Indian women industries with various anecdotes and modern curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Brooks
Pittsburg
Charion Hood
Baltimore and Ohio
Hood
Broocks
United States
Irwin, Poon
Sharpsburg
Etna
Broocka
Sun- Picson
Irwin Lock Firm
New Orleans ‘Times-Democrat
World News Snippets and Global Trends
A collage of brief items notes more women than men in England, Paris and Chicago expo acreage, pronunciation bees rising in popularity, Italian army desertions, pay arrears and food issues, Austrian Galicia literacy, Mississippi voter law tests, Italian funding in New York, and rare figures on maritally matched immigrants, with supply issues in gutta percha for electrical work and rising prices.
Remarkable stee l car survives crashes long road life
The first steel postal car has logged over 270000 miles on the Monon Route, weathered five crashes, and cost only 42 dollars in repairs. Parla reports 167000 population growth in five years, with Marseilles second at 31000. France, minus cities, would show a population decline since 1886. An Indian medicine man killed after the death of a patient, while medical practice among Indians shows drawbacks. Commercial travelers exceed 250000, distributing goods and contributing huge sums to rail and hotel economies. Officials discuss Mount Blanc observatory funding, road improvements, and lodgings’ profits for workers, urging broader urban renewal.
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Detroit Free Press
Parla
Marseilles
Boston Transcript
France
Washington
Present Hours Live Not In Vain, Urges Immediate Action
A Boston Transcript note by Mary Weatherbee urges valuing the present hour. It warns against dwelling on missed chances and stresses using time wisely to fulfill duties and seek the greater good. It frames the present as universal opportunity and a source of virtue for all who act now.
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Ienat
Mme. Somebody
St. Louis Republic
Berlin
Alia
Sho
Mary Weatherbee
Boston Transcript
Alaska
Yukon
Arctic Ocean
Esquimaux
Ola Oman
Arctie
San Francisco
My Uncle George and the Opera Night Caper
A young man recounts his romance with Miss Clorinda Swan in New York. He takes her to the Martha opera with bare finances, ends up riding in the rain, dining on meals he cannot pay for, and clashes with a stern restaurant clerk. A mistaken arrest, a night in jail, and a mysterious note from Clorinda’s father conclude with a warning about pretending love.
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George
New York
Clorinda Swan
Clorinda
Academy of Muale
Carrige
Academy
Martha
Madame Parepa-Rosa
Clore Inda
Mearest
Aaid
Miss Swan
Ime
True Friendship Kept By Respect And Affection
True friendship rests on respect and affection rooted in character not wealth or beauty. A lasting friendship is earned by effort and mutual regard, while surface traits attract only fleeting ties.
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Mfe
Hymn Confusion Halts Sunday Service at School
A Sunday school scene reveals a tense moment as a teacher questions a young lady about a dull hymn. The pupil, eager to end the service, requests closure while the superintendent is absent, and the teacher steadies nerves by addressing the class with a hymn selected from a numbered list.
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Iurpor
An Unexpected Surprise at the Meyer Family
Fragmentary dialogue suggests a surprising marriage involving Mise Meyer and a Count. The garbled text hints at gossip about Baker Meyer’s failure and a daughter’s marriage for love, with unclear speakers and muddled attributions.
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Baker Meyer
Che
Hig
Heling
Mise Meyer
Filegendo
Fashion Notes on Gloves and Millinery Trends
The piece surveys evening wear details with plunging un-dyed gloves and pale suedes, plus a host of trimmed hats and collars. It also covers the scarlet, pink, and green shades in headwear and accessories, alongside a long anatomy of shrimp canning in New Orleans and Gulf fishing detail.
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New York World
Sho Willing to Follow Orders in River Incident
Partial dialogue shows a man named Sho coerced into driving a vehicle into a river, with another speaker identified as Yankea Binda. The fragment suggests a coercive or threatening exchange leading to an attempted fatal act.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE BREAKFAST DISH AND TOMATOES
A collection of old household recipes describes a breakfast dish of tomatoes with butter ham pepper parsley or sago and eggs added off the heat. It also covers ham with tomatoes in a shallow fry and an apple meringue dessert with lemon rind and a meringue topping. Additional notes offer baked haddock with parsley sauce and general kitchen hints plus an anecdote about Yukon Eskimo liquor tales.
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Chicago
Juliet Carson
New York Tribune
Scientific Bits From Various Fields Mix Of Inventions And Observations
A rapid survey covers mining land use for railways measurements of land needs for a mile of permanent way, chemistry notes on phosphorus production, novel fishing with electric lights off San Diego, and discussions of gemstones as consecrated precious stones. It also reports on ice exports from Boston, irrigation plans in Egypt, Russian interest in quicksands, and a parasite study against Hessian flies with a promising result in Illinois.
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Frederick Tudor
Boston
England
San Diego
Cal
Upper
Egypt
Philae
Africa
American Philosophical Society
BR. Mondo Balche
Mr. Balche
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Ira Social Ifona
Benats
Garth
Loenste
Alerg Igme Athar
Lwa Ghani
Kera
Himnons
Houdoir
New York Recorder
Mamie Wilek
Wilck
Iva
New York Commercial Advertiser
Gants
Thovretta
Ho Ftoman Cbhovietto
Paris
Galicia
Mississippi
Ation of the
Ieen
Thie Counly
Forfa
M. Bischoffsheimn
Prince Roland Bonaparte
Alphoneau Rothschild
M. Eiffel
Jansson
Mount Blanc
Switzerland
Ilo
Syracuse
N. Y
New York Observer
Jearn
London
Glasgow
Mack Lodging
Thias
Leavis
New York Weekly
Detroit
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Io Trade
Roston
Wousehold
Wheeling
W. Va
Forbes
Ilinois State University
Europe
Kuraya
Rivasia
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