Famine Report From Shanghai Telegraphs Describe Chinese Provinces Stripped of Food
A Shanghai telegram paints grim famine in northern China, with harvests failing in Kiangsi Shansi Henan and northern Jiangsu. Accounts describe mass starvation, ruin of homes, selling of women and girls, and migrations as farmers lose wealth and energy for winter.
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Shansi
Honan
Nsantung
Ithina
Ofvandher
Langer
The Editor Life: A Luxurious Dream Dismantled
An amused lament on editors craving luxury and ease. The piece contrasts glossy sanctums, plush furnishings, and wealth with the hard realities of editing. It questions whether the editor’s dream is a mere taste, noting labor, brains, and trade scarcity in the trade.
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Hunglover
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Unclaimed Letters in Post Office Report 1878
A list of names including Andrews John Bartlett A Baker Mrs Elizab Bower Harman Crosby J W Chewning James Culvey Moses Freeman Miss Rosa Fremont Miss Wio bbs J H Holden Anna L Hubert Mathias ine Fred LIST LETTERS Remaining Unclaimed in the Post Office Illinois February 4 1878 shows office hours and notices for inquiring letters.
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E Andrews
John Bartlett
Baker
Elizab
Bower
Harman Crosby
J W Chewning
James Culvey
Cramer
Moses Freeman
Dani Ford
Miss Rosa
Fremont
Miss Wiobbs
J H Holden
Anna L Hubert
Mathiasine
Fred
Illinois
Krist
Maggie Lutz
Catharine Lincoln
R Mills
CB Merrill
A ‘Myers
Stevenus ‘Miller
Mias Media Paten
Mra Hester
Hides Wool Coal and Lumber Prices and Goods
Market listing of hides pelts calf skins and wool with prices and assortments. Dry hides green hides and wool lots, lime and tobacco, seeds, and various mill and flour products. Lumber items include joists timber fencing boards shingles and related building materials with unit prices.
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