Sorrow of the Yellow River and China's Floodplain Peril
The article surveys the great flood in northeastern and southeastern China, detailing the Yellow River and Yangtze as major courses carving a vast fertile flood plain. It notes 7,000 square miles inundated, 20,000,000 people affected, and calls for engineering or afforestation to curb future calamities. It traces historical floods, governance, and international opinions on river control and relief efforts.
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China
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Baton Rouge
Thibet
Cambodia
Cochin China
Yellow Sea
Gulf of Pechele
Yan
Lesendeath and Son
Genghis Khan
Kern
Kublai
Peking
James II. Wilson
Irench
Henan
Shantung
Chihili
Nganhui
American Union
Leopold Morse a Self Made Boston Citizen profile
Leopold Morse a Bavarian born self made man who rose from errand boy to Boston businessman and congressman representing Massachusetts third district. He built a clothing business with his brother, sent a brother to Harvard, led the Suffolk club, and became a prominent Boston figure on Commonwealth Avenue.
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Ton
Leopold M Morse
Leopold Morse
Tucky
Leopold
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Washington
Massachusetts
Wachenheim
Bavaria
Sandwich
N. H
New Bedford
Morse
Harvard
Suffolk Club
Washington Society Women and Public Knowledge Discussed
A Washington society theme notes that prominent women must keep up with current public affairs and White House happenings. The piece cites the social expectation of wide knowledge in politics and language, including French proficiency, as essential to avoid social embarrassment. It also mentions a scientific claim that 125,000,000 silver molecules span an inch in a film measurement.
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Washington
White House
Trank G. Carpenter
New York World
Tierr Wieper
Albany-born Daniel Manning rising from route boy to editor
Daniel Manning born August 16 1851 in Albany New York rose from a route boy at the Atlas and Argus to a composing apprentice and journalist under editor William Cassidy. He gained early fame for strength courage and contests with Albany firemen and local roughs.
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Daniel Manning
Albany
N.Y
Trish
the Treasury
Oblee
Tie
Albany Atlas
Atlas and Argus
The
Argus
William Cassidy
Manning
Ex Secretary Manning’s career and later life in brief
The article chronicles Daniel Manning a NY journalist turned politician. From a young reporter for The Argus he rose to associate editor and key party organizer. It notes his role in Cleveland’s 1884 nomination, his tenure as secretary of the treasury, health declines, and later move to banking and travel. It also references Civil War reminiscences and other readers’ notes.
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Daniel Manning
Manning
Cassidy
The
Argus
Assembly Chamber
New York
Calvin Comstock
Idy
Miuming
IM Sidy
Mr. C
Mer
Mary Little
Press
Herl
Cley
Wiliam Frayer
Albany
Thuriow Weed
Samuel J. Tilden
Cleveland
the Treasury
Western National of
Europe
Marriage to a Scholar Turns Sour in Comic Verse
A humorous verse sketches a wife who prefers a famed scholar to a generic husband yet ends with her pairing him for money. The poem contrasts a scientist’s eccentric tastes with a materialist husband who parades dangerous pets and oddities, including alligators and snakes in their home, while selling possessions to feed them.
Well Qualified Plumber Engaged For Winter
A plumber applicant is asked about prior work and answers he spent the summer billing an iceman. The foreman responds that this suffices and the applicant is considered engaged for the winter.
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York Sun
A Rock and a Drink in a Boston News Note
A Boston Letter recalls a hospitable farmhouse encounter near Boston where an old woman offered a guest “a drink and no rock” and provided water while inviting a long stay. The humorous exchange highlights frugal hospitality and the simple charm of rural Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Boston Letter
Romans and Latin Lessons From A Child
A BostonTranscript quip notes how a boy named Stern Romans Young Tommy jokes that Romans were strict with children to explain Latin grammar. A visitor at a large northern city church describes a aging, conservative congregation seen as a Church of Retire Christians.
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Tommy
Boston ‘Transcript
Western Nebraska Schoolhouse Incident Report Shows Family Fallout
A man recounts a chaotic scene near a Nebraska school where a teacher is found reading, a student is battered, and plans arise to replace the teacher. The father vows to discipline his son, while locals debate enforcing consequences and finding a new educator. The tale blends rural talk and a troubling account of violence and authority.
Inexpensive Love and No Use in It Columns
A Washington Critic gag portrays a K street clerk flaunting fourteen post offices to woo a woman. A New York Ledger quip recalls a quarrelsome parishioner and an old clergyman urging patience, noting the neighbor will still be around.
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Pheodore
K Street
Postoffice Department
Wshington
New York Ledger
Ragged Clothes Spur Odd Offer In Local Scene
A peculiar dialogue unfolds as a traveler comments on ragged attire and a resident replies with a practical sewing suggestion. The exchange hints at social friction and street interactions in a dated, humorous tone.
Water power used across five manufacturing branches
Five branches of manufacturing collectively use 5 percent of water power. Flouring and grist mills take 3.4 percent, sawmills 23.7 percent, cotton mills 12.7 percent, and woolen mills 64 percent. Iron industries use very little water power.
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Boston Budger
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PEKIN
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P. Hounds
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Sentinel
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Jewett
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Garfield
Republian
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Northwestern Type Founc Sociation
Chicago Employing Printers’ Association
Jenny
Philadelphia News
Tion, Daniel Manning
Atlas
Mrs. Manning
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Potomac
Ie Tenge
Detroit Free Press
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Pane
New York Evening World
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Ala
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Minerva
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Shark
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Stern
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Nebraska
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Chicago Tribune
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G Slothing CO
Park Place
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Nyou
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Varner
Derson
Dakota
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Joor
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Ferry
Atlantic
Pacific
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Dakota Bell
Addres
Higulow & Sheldon
Temple Court
Minneapolis
Alvnn
Wil Price
Uae
Cincinnati
Sanden Electric Co
LaSaliest
Warner Bros
Bues
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