A Burmese Rail Journey Through Paddy Fields and Birds
A young writer describes a Rangoon to Toungoo train ride in Burma. She details waterlogged fields, bamboo huts, paddy cultivation with transplanted seedlings, and scenes of workers wading through paddies. Birds patrol the edges as pelicans and cranes, and flowers tempt along the route before finishing at the station where Mr. Fletcher awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burmah
Rangoon
Toungoo
Peacock
Mr. Fletcher
We Keep Parks Cough Syrup Promotes Quality Cure
A local seller heralds Parks cough syrup as the best cure for colds with a satisfaction guarantee. The advert invites customers to try the product and promises broad approval from users.
Abbreviated Telegrams and Distant Crises Reported
A long list of brief items from 1890s telegraph style notes. Mentions Standard 611 planning to invade major cities to drive out competitors, jail for Benjamin Sage, George Barnum murder, Chicago Architectural Ironworks fire damage, Aberdeen Palace of Varieties fire panic, missing State Senator Adolph Pluemer, bank failure Whitney & Son, Chicago pure food show, centenarian tooth set, Dr. Sherman death, UK revenue drop, Illinois agriculture board president, missing Birmingham man, embezzlement indictments in New Orleans, Montrose Colorado fire, a tragic wedding death in Cairo, Senator Voorhees ill, Concordia college tainted fish illness, and late October weather outlook for Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard 611
Lee Bistiltas
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Benjamin Sage
Russell Sage
Troy
N. Y
George
Harrison, Mich
Chicago Architectural Ironworks
Oakley Avenue
Palace of Varieties
Aberdeen
Scotland
Adolph Pluemer
Cincinnati
Whitney & Son
Atlantic
Lake Front
Robert Hutchinson
Alliance, C
H. C. Sherman
Washington
Olney
John Sherman
Ohio
United Kingdom
J. Irving Pearce
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Charles Vincent
Birmingham
W P. Nicholls
John B. de Blanc
Bank of Commerce of
New Orleans
G. &. Robbins
New Douglas
Ils
Rhode Island Senate
Rhode Island
Montrose
Colo
Market Reports Show Steady New York Money and Chicago Prices
New York markets open with call money steady at 4 ¾ percent, sterling and government securities firm as bankers’ bills trade around 4.82 to 4.85 for demand. Chicago grains and livestock quotes list opening and closing ranges for futures, plus live stock prices at the Union Stock Yards with hogs, cattle, and lambs detailed by category and receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific U's
Chicago
Union
Texas
Western Rangers
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
Russia
Brockton
Mass
Kuhlmeier & Maurer
Stephenson Street
Row
Freeport
Stephenson St
Schaub & Dickes New Building
Harlow Business College
ADDR
Solease
North Carolina
J. W. Miller
Northwestern
Cairo
Ills
Minne F. Frazer
Alexander
Frazerr
Voorhees
LaPorte
Ind
Mackinaw, Mich
Daniel Voorhees
Bright
Milwaukee
Concordia College
M. I. J. Albrecht
Indiana
Windls
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
New York Financial
Chanao
Board of Trade
Clogai
Hebron
Rankin
Schmidt
Mel
Bellevue Hospital
Scott Medical
Star Clothing
Stephenson Bt
Ill
Scott
McHenry’s Bakery
Court House
Wrisley’s
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