Prophecies on rail from Acre to Damascus and other odds
Current News and Comment surveys varied topics from rail links London to India in eight days, a Knights of Labor succession, a rash of witty misuses of words, a vinegar well tale, and social notes on unemployment, football injuries, tunnels under seas, and a Massachusetts milk bill case.
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Acre
Damascus
London
India
Strait of Northumberland
Dominion of Canada
Piines Paward
Bern
England
France
Straits of Dover
Channel
Great Billip
Ireland
New York
Wanted Bird Cages and Odd London Lanes Tale
A fragmentary amused slice shows a young East Coast woman staying at the Grand Pacific Chicago with a cultured daughter who demands fancy items. Conversation notes include references to bird cages in windows and a string of streets and lanes such as Dry Lane and Foul Lane. The tale hints at local reform interests as Chester town council awakens to such oddities.
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Grand Pac Fis
Chicago
Grand Pacific
Sam Parker
Bath
Colevester
Danghill
Dak
Longacre
Lecaster Fields
Mtrani
Councl
Reminders of Dickens Names in Colchester Streets
The Colchester corporation replaces ancient street names deemed unrefined with more modern terms. It cites changes from "snake tang" to "routine rows" and "Catsiaid rows" to "Albans read" while some names like "Pigs' row" remain unchanged in Hatton's View of London.
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Hughsh
Corporation of
Colchester
Alban
Gillows Lane
Pigs
Hatton
Lon
A Chinese Wedding Reception at New York Opera House
A lavish wedding reception in New York's Lexington Avenue Opera House honors Ghuong Was Boy and his bride, recently married in China. The gala features fireworks, a Chinese orchestra, and ornate fashion, with guests in traditional silk attire and jeweled adornments.
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New York Opera House
Lexington
New York
Ghuong
Tas
Chinasse
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By Alex
V. Powderly
Knights of Labor
J R. Sovereign
Iowa
Arkansas
Missouri
Vernon County
San Francisco
Grazip
Hawaii
Iglon Journal Sty
Urey
Ilas
Lalo
Philadelphia
Centennial Board of Finance
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Congress
Kentucky
James Tissell Lowell
Weetninster Abbey
United States
Thomas B. Bayard
Lowell
Great Britain
James Russel Lowell
Mt. James
Bug
Supreme Court of Magsachusetts
W. E. Dennis
Jeweler
Hamelton, Iowa
Ady & Haldeman’s
Yu. M. Stanton
BRL
J. G. Durham
St. Humeston, Icena
Dickens
Jupiter
Boston
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