Trade dollar coinage proves popular in China
About thirty six million dollars in trade coins were minted with nearly twenty six million exported to China. The tokens contain more silver than a legal dollar yet hold no local tender value and have become widely used there. A Pennsylvania woman recently married for a calico dress prompts commentary on marriage markets and thrift. A new state penitentiary for Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, will feature a heavy wall, central octagonal block, 350 cells, and enforced solitary confinement. Theft cases, coin misuse, and coal mine resumption news also appear alongside a Cape May fire that destroyed several hotels and cottages.
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China
United States
Tur New State
Middle Pennsylvania
Huntingdon
Michael Cassidy
Board of Inspectors
Cape May
N. J
Ocean House
Congress Hall
A Trip Along the Lehigh and Easton Visit
The article tours Lafayette College in Easton Pa noting its stone buildings and Pardee Hall funded by a generous donor. It describes the campus chapel filled with students including a Japanese student, and observes the town split by the Lehigh River with Easton and South Easton. It comments on German and English use, predicts language shift, and visits Phillipsburg across the Delaware River praising its frame houses and cautioning about fire risk.
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Tafayette College
Presbyterian Church
Ttia
Purdee Hall
Pardee
Bouthier
Japan
Dis Aeyen Er
Gling Easton
Easton
South Easton
Lehigh
Delaware River
Phillipsburg
N. J
Hotel District Fire Burns 33 Acres in City
A large fire in Columbia House and Atlan area destroyed many bath houses and several sa loans, scorching about 33 acres but sparing the business district. The hotel district suffered the main damage with the big hotel saved just before the author arrived. Estimated loss is about half a million dollars with sufficient insurance to cover it.
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Columbia House
Atlanhats Elevel
Ksaiekk Bockex
Night Sky Showcaps: Planets and Stars Appear Across Sky
The article notes Jupiter shines in the south early night while Saturn rises in the east after dark and Venus appears as the morning star before sunrise. Mars dims toward the sun. Capella, Vega, and the Pleiades rise later with Castor and Pollux in the northeast and Orion in the east as Sirius rises near ten. Jupiter near conjunction with the Moon features in November’s sky.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Castor
Anid Pollux
Orion
Great Bear
Sirius
Elstion
Mursary
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New York
Washington, D.C
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Gills City Gallery of Photography
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