Shanghai to Hong Kong voyage on the Ava yields record cargo
The Ava of Messageries Maritimes steamed 819 miles in 63 hours from Shanghai to Hong Kong. Its ten thousand bales of raw silk, valued around five million dollars, formed a historic cargo for the ship renowned for speed and weight. The article notes piracy risks along the Chinese coast and describes Hong Kong life, sampans, and foreign commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Thurber
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Ava
Messageries Maritimes
China
Yangtze
Tea carriers move heavy loads by river routes
The passage describes tea being carried by more than two coolies using two poles, with larger pieces loaded on a cage and transported long distances to rivers. From the rivers tea is put on boats and floated to seaports, sometimes over hundreds of miles.
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R. E. Mart
OLD Colony
Main St
Greeley
Colorado
Boughton
China
Hong Kong
America
Millionairess remarried San Mateo magnate after divorce
Alonzo Hayward and Charity Hathaway Hayward were remarried last Sunday at the old San Mateo home after a divorce of under a year. Hayward, born in New York, built a vast San Francisco business empire and owned a nearly thousand acre San Mateo ranch valued at five to ten million. An offer of one million in gold reportedly came for the estate. The couple’s earlier romance began amid health troubles and a restless marriage, with Hayward consulting a clairvoyant in Oakland for guidance and a voyage to China and Japan.
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Alonzo Hayward
San Mateo
Wisconsin
Mr Hayward
San Francisco
New York
Charity Hathaway
Ile
San Jose
New England
Hayward
China
Japan
Language and law not war in Hayes Tilden crisis
The piece warns against violence in the Hayes vs Tilden dispute, arguing mobs would harm the country, not resolve the election. It cautions voters to choose moderation and law, noting the risk of vigilante action and civil strife across the nation.
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Mr. Hayes
Mr. Tilden
Hayes
Chicago Tribune
Wheeler
Tilden
Hendricks
Sach
Cameron and
Robinson
United States
Secotchman
Cameron
McArthur
The Tribune Extras Catalog of Scientific Sheets and Pamphlets
The notice lists available sheet and pamphlet extras from The Tribune, New York, with numbers 9 15 21 23 26 27 30 32 33 34 35 36 detailing topics in astronomy biology evolution chemistry and more. Prices range from 2 to 25 cents. orders are by mail with payment on receipt.
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Norr
Richard A. Proctor
Pais
Anderson School
Penikese Island
Bayard Taylor Brown-Sequard
Proctor
Cog
Biela
American Science Association
Philological
Hartford
Tyndall
Huxley
McKesb
Price
Archbishop Manning
Lord Acton
J. W. Dawson
McGill College
Montreal
Howard Crosby
Chas. W. Shields
Princeton
John Tyndall
Manchester
National Academy of Sciences
Philadelhia
Kings of Business
James Arton
P. Langley
Venus
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Detroit
American Philological Society
Newport
American Society of Civil Engineers
Pittsburgh
LeConte
Dawson
Pira
Newton
Marsh
Forse
Central Park
Hall
Philadelphia
Wm. M. Bogarte
Storris
D. D
Charles Francis Adame
Henry Ward Beecher
William Cullen Bryant
Bayard Taylor
John G. Whittier
O. W. Holmes
Tus Tuuwene
Bayreuth
Richard Wagner
Messrs Bayard Taylor
J. R. G. Hassard
William
GO. Wyckoff
Clarence Cook
Rebecca Harding Davis
Prof
America
Buffalo
Nashville
Baltimore
New York
Cooperative savings for families in Dakota and coal prices
Three or four families can pool to buy half a ton of coal for $3, while small shops charge eleven cents a bucket making a tun cost around $10 and still poor quality. Mutton costs seven to nine cents per pound, but retail butcher prices run eighteen to twenty cents. A simple cooperative grouping avoids expensive formalities and can provide bread for a fortnights’ needs. Graphite, Dakota notes seven eighths of a white map to an acre.
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Sanborn
Weld County
Wil
L. Childs
Justice OF the Peace
the Bakery
Greeley Weld Co
Zs Leavy
Grant and
Sherman Sts
Ea Ver Machinery Depot
GEO. W. Tiffts & Sons
Selden
Blake
Roebling
Carr
B. C. Adams
Lawrence
Denver, Col
Colorano
Fort Couns
Larimer County
Stat
B. A. Haynes
Albert EB. Gipson
Eber T. Dunning
Vick Apaigatty Covar
Hona- Kona
Eliza Ebelin
Gibson Station
Z. T
Denison
Texas
T.G. Small
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Washington
Sigen House
George
Darling
Lida
Lam
San Francisco Chronicle
Malcolm Stroan Tonsoceny
J. M. Armstrong
Hong-Kong
France
Spain
Russia
Germany
India
Macao
Straits
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Cicero
Plato
Virgil
Shakspear
Milton
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Brutus
Swing
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Dakota
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