Noted Chinese Statesman Chang Yen Hoon Beheaded in China
A renowned diplomat Chang Yen Hoon, who served as China’s minister to the United States from 1886 to 1889, was beheaded by the dowager empress for liberal views. His death occurred last July but was only recently revealed. He was an antiquarian who visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and aided American scholars with Han dynasty artifacts.
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Washington
United States
Chang Yen Hoon
Chang
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
China
Gen Frost Dies at 77 in St. Louis
General D. M. Frost a distinguished St. Louis citizen, 77, died suddenly at home. A New York native and 1844 West Point grad, he fought in the Mexican War and sided with the Confederacy in the Civil War, defending Camp Jackson before surrendering to Union forces in 1861. He later farmed near St. Louis, and one son, R. Graham Frost, previously served in Congress.
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Gen. Frost
D. M. Frost
St. Louis
New York
M. "Frost
West Point
Camp Jackson
General Lyon
Home Guards
Missouri Volunteers
Frost
City
R. Graham Frost
Missouri
Congress
Paris subway plan draws lessons for municipal ownership
A Chicago audience heard Edmund J. James of the University of Chicago explain Paris subway finances and governance. He noted municipal control, state hurdles, and a 35 year lease with city reversion, detailing fares, labor provisions, and the project’s rising cost from 30 million to 46 million dollars with sewer and gauge adjustments.
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Paris
Ohio Street Railway Commission
Visor Edmund J. James
University of Chicago
Europe
James
National Pension Fund
Toe
Citie
Five Drops Rheumatic Cure Trial Offer
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co offers a free trial bottle on two 2-cent stamps with mail prepaid shipments of large 300 dose bottles for one dollar. Brand claims instant relief for rheumatism sciatica neuralgia and many ailments including gout dyspepsia backache asthma hay fever catarrh liver and kidney troubles sleeplessness nervousness headaches and more. Agents wanted.
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Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake Street
Chicago
Women Warriors and varied 19th century notices
A collage of sensational snippets recounts female combat roles in 1850s China, stray health ads, patent remedies, jokes, political satire, and railway booster copy. It mixes references to captains, professors, and a broad set of public notices with auction-like blurbs and travel ads.
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China
Nankin
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Woodworth-Wallace Colleges
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