Wau family escape during Boxer siege in Pekin
Mrs. Wau of Pekin narrates a perilous 1860s escape from Boxers with Deacon Wau and four children. They flee a burning city, climb roofs, hide in a temple and a cemetery, and finally seek safety with Christians before tragedy strikes as their younger daughter dies. The account portrays fear, faith, family sacrifice, and reliance on strangers amid mob violence.
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Wau
First Congregational Church
Pekin
Methodist Episcopal Mission
London
American Board Chapel
Wall
Wen Ping
Paul
Peter
Frozen trout tale spans storage, fire, and thawed rebound
George E. Oster recounts a Wisconsin roadside memory from 1873 of catching speckled trout near Mill Creek, storing one in a cold warehouse until 1384, and a warehouse fire that left the ice filled cellar. After rebuilding, 447 trout surfaced from the thaw, with one eye snacked and a tail damaged. Letters to Stevens Point reporters confirm the tale.
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Junction City
Huttle City
Mill Creek
Wisconsin
Will Creek
Buiter
Sam Carson
Frank Brood
Arthur Sturtevant
Stevens Point
Wis
Eugene Sheppard
Rhinelarder
George E. Oster
Chicago
Inter Ocean
On the Enemy's Fire What to Eat Dialogue
A humorous exchange about cooking amid danger. An officer asks how to prepare a meal while under enemy fire, and the captain, absent minded, contemplates the problem. The fragment hints at wartime dining concerns and morale.
Berlin runs14 schools teaching girls at ages 13 and 14 to cook
Berlin operates a program across 14 schools where girls aged 13 and 14 are taught cooking skills. The initiative highlights age specific education and domestic training within the city.
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Berlin
Dreaming Policeman Foreshadows Phoenixville Safe Job
Special Policeman Harry Hagerty of the Pennsylvania railroad recalls a dream of four burglars drilling a Phoenixville station safe at 1:30 a m. He awoke to a real burglary later that same time and place, with a gang blowing the safe and escaping on a handcar near Frazer. He claims he could identify the burglars if encountered.
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Eces
Harry Hagerty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phoenixville
Hagerty
Frazer
Philadelphia Record
How Wealth is Increased Through Industry and Invention
John D Rockefeller cited a $700000 payout to his company’s workers as an example. Abram Hewitt argued wealth grows the world’s total wealth, not just the individual’s. Edison Bell Westinghouse and others increased global wealth far beyond their own gains, with major ongoing corporate payments and wages.
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John D. Rockefeller
Guy
Abram S. Hewitt
Holland
Philadelphia
Mr. Hewitt
Sir Henry Bessemer
Bessemer
Edison
Westinghouse
Bell
Mr. Coffin
A Critical Time for Labor
A call emphasizes protecting organized labor amid vast industrial consolidation. It warns that efforts to weaken unions or fire workers for union involvement would provoke broad national resistance from the entire American public.
Garfield Headache Powders Offer Quick Relief
Advertisement asserts Garfield Headache Powders cure headaches without harm. Also notes kangaroos jump eleven feet, contrasting deer at nine feet six inches. Ends with a Turkey chess reference claiming even business must pause during Sukre's game.
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Turkey
Sukre
Open letter touts Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound citing improved appetite zero back pain and weight gain after use. The letter claims the medicine has helped over a million women and urges others to try it and write for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhem
F. Mortos
York Street
Cincinnati
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Carter
National City Bank
Lynn
Lupia E. Pinzuas Alecidixe Co
D& S
Baltimore
Atlantic Refining Company
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