Cedar blocks to pave Kansas City streets next year
Kansas City plans a major street paving program using cedar blocks sourced from Menominee Michigan. The article notes diverse topics from publishing and literature to industry, education, coal production, and labor schemes, reflecting broad late 19th century concerns. Nonfiction and opinion items include Smalley and Arbuckle disputes, interstate commerce debates, and health insurance schemes in Sheffield factories.
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Kansas
Crry
Menominee
Mich
Aquarium and Fish Market Company Receives Illinois License
An Illinois license is granted to the Aquarium and Fish Market Company to establish an aquarium modeled after Brighton featuring live shows of ocean river and lake fish in their natural state. The market will store fattened fish and sell them alive similar to methods used in China and Japan. A large passenger locomotive is under construction at the Schenectady Locomotive Works for the Michigan Central railroad. It is a ten wheel engine with three pairs of driving wheels and a four wheel truck. Drivers measure sixty eight inches in diameter. Cylinders are nineteen inches in diameter with twenty four inch stroke. The boiler is fifty eight inches in diameter and includes one hundred forty seven two inch flues.
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Illinois
Brighton
China
Japan
Schenectady
Michigan Central Railroad
Canton Ft
Canton
Shanghai
Undertaker notes on mourning customs after Ward Beecher death
A Louisville undertaker recalls a trend in mourning for each death: rather than crape, wreaths of white flowers are used to honor another soul. He notes Ward Beecher's wish for brightness and cheerfulness and no black streamers at his home.
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Loovisville
Harry
Ward Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Electric Road Test Near Ay Easton Described
A trial of an early electric road ran on a steep grade one mile long near Ay Easton. A fifty horsepower dynamo powered a car carrying eighteen people and using about two thirds of capacity. The test was deemed entirely successful.
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Ay Easton
Ologiro
Hongkong to Canton Journey Through South China
In a January 26 1888 letter from Hong Kong the writer describes the Pearl River estuary and Canton as a crowded, vibrant hub of trade and life. He details Victoria Peak botanical gardens and Happy Valley racecourse, cruises inland by steamer to Canton, and the chaotic boat culture dominated by boatmen and living on water.
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Honoxone
China
Great Britain
Pear River
Canton
Victoria Peak
Tropics
Cuba
Happy Valley
Hongkong
Hudson River
Chu-Klang
Pearl River
Sights and Trade in a Chinese City Under Examination
The narrative describes a crowded Chinese city with brick and stone houses, narrow streets, and bustling trade. A guide named Ah Cum aids visitors, negotiating prices through a distinctive bargaining style. Notable sites include the Temple of the 600 Genii, Taing Chun temple with a marble pagoda, a five storied pagoda on the city wall, and a vast necropolis known as the City of the Dead. The piece details the Examination Hall, stalls for 10,000 students awaiting degrees, and a stark court system where the emperor’s red pencil confirms death sentences, with torture occasional in court.
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Ah Cum
Taing Chun
Examinera
Empire
Board of Examiners
Shanghai
Col Thompson to Publish New Tariff History
Col Richard W Thompson of this state prepares a 600 page history of tariff legislation from 1796 to present. The book in 46 chapters examines protection versus revenue and cites Jefferson through Jackson. Published by R S Peale Co Chicago, rollout mid next month with endorsements from John Sherman and the American Protective Tariff League Indianapolis Journal.
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Col. Thompson
Richard W Thompson
Colonel Thompson
Col Thompson
Jefferson
Jackson
Wells
R. 8. Peale & Co
Chiago
Col Thomps
Cleveland
John Sherman
Ruminows
American Protective Tariff League
Indianapolis Journal
Green's August Flower Promises Relief For Dyspepsia
In Briefy and to the Point the text touts Green's August Flower as a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion caused by greasy and sloppy food, late hours, and bad habits. It claims readers can become healthy and happy, urging readers to ask their druggist for a bottle. The Streator Free Press notes local use and a general call for town business, and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion is advertised as a cure for itching and mange.
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Green
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