Ah Chow Mistakenly Rides Electric Car Eight Times
Ah Chow, a Chinese immigrant from Berkeley, boards an electric train instead of the steam line to San Francisco. He completes eight loops between Berkeley and Oakland, paying fares each time until a conductor calls police. A court interpreter explains the confusion and accompanies him to San Francisco for examination.
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Ah Chow
Terkley
Cal
San Francisco
Joop
Berkeley
Oakland
Epitaph on a English Watchmaker in Ledford Devon
In Ledford Devon churchyard a curious inscription honors George Routigh a watchmaker. It lauds integrity prudence generosity and humane conduct as his mainspring regulator and time kept in a life of service until his death in November 1802 with hope of repair and renewal.
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George Routiigh
Ledford
Devon
George Ralhigh
Christ the exile missionary of love
A sermon portraits Jesus leaving his heavenly home to live among humans as an exile On his mission to save the world the cross shadow follows Him from Bethlehem to Calvary The speaker urges empathy with all exiles and ends with a comforting medieval style vision of heaven gates ajar
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Talmage
Tex
Hiasuiwen
Atsant
Uwe
Eecan
Isis
Tugestion
Abraham
Haran
John
Pand
Maxevid
Homey
Thoaime
Aneaxile
Treland
Victor Hig
Kossuth
Hungary
Earth
Heaven
Christ
Aline
Voshti
England
Pourtatboy
Tigre
Napoleon
St. Ielena
Badioa
Piery
Capron
Oma
Ishamis
Noworld
Asia Minor
France
Turkey
Dlussia
Tenia
Onmir O
Ins
Tim
Judas Iscarie
Mim
Geestas
Hasanna
Tolman Trant
Desis Christ
Navarene
Bethlehem
Egypt
Lake
Gal- Hee
Emmaus
Nedran
Temple
Gambetta
Hawthorne
Ellector
Salem
Volor
Robert Hruce
Campbells
Cochrane
Cape Clear
Irish Sea
Atlantic
Goldsmith
Sheridan
O'Connell
Edmund Burke
O'Brien
Patmos
Nota
Yazoo
Savannah
Kennebec
Green Mountains
Prairies
West
Table Lands
God
Diverse 19th century items span pensions to fires and curios
A miscellany notes Becker’s retirement in April with a $2,500 annual pension, a Dutch rug order to Europe, a Worcester carpet firm’s export, a 101-year-old man’s life story, a large Ontonagon river drive, and a Polish portable crematory for military use. It covers a range from fungal drawings to marriage by ox cart and historic city fires with losses and figures.
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Chicago
George J. Becker
Girard College
Philadelphia
Erwin Witterton
Natural History Department
British Museum
Great Britain
Leewwtsrowns
Canada
Thomas W. France
West Chester
Worcester
Amsterdam
Holland
Europe
Kid” McCoy
Pugilist
Young Men's Christian Association
Duchess of
A. Horventox
North Adams
A. d. Houghton
Boston
Blackington Mansion
Marshall N. C
Lafayette Shelton
State Line
Shelton
Mary Halk
Buchanan
Mich
Tridiana
William Henney Green
Princeton Theological Seminary
Australia
New 5
Republic of Franceville
Nam
France
Windlass construction for beef handling and Icelandic reptile invasion
This item describes a simple windlass plan using timber beams rollers pulleys and ropes for efficient butchering and hanging of cattle with a 1000 pound capacity. It also reports German naturalists attempting to introduce Danish Prussian frogs and snakes to Iceland seeking to upset its reptile immunity.
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Iceland
Pisa
Christian
Excellent barn for a general one hundred acre farm
A farmer touts a newly built 32 by 60 foot barn with 16 foot posts and a self supporting octagonal roof. The basement plan is illustrated in Figure 1. A 16 by 25 foot constable area provides sheep space.
Barn Design Praised As Best For General Farming
John Stafford in Farm Field and Fireside extols a two section barn with ground floor showings such as stock pens hog space box stalls and feeding alleys. A 16 by 42 foot Zisa bay and a threshing floor grain bins and carriage space are listed. The hay flows from loft via chutes, presenting an economical and convenient barn plan.
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Zisa Bay
dJohn
Stafford
Fancy Cream Cheeses Made At Home
Instructions from the N Y Tribune describe making fresh cream cheese and a second cheese from milk and cream. The process covers mixing cream with milk and rennet, draining on cloth, pressing in molds, salting, and aging in a cool place for several hours to days. Names include N Y Tribune as the source.
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N. Y
Farmers Advice on Planting and Field Management
Farmers are urged not to plant corn too deep and to favor fruit eating practices. Guidance emphasizes securing seed from northern sources, avoiding overworking young colts, and learning from mistakes to build systematic effort. Time spent ensuring team comfort in the fields is well spent.
New Attendant Service at Chicago North Western Line
The Chicago station of the North Western Line introduces uniformed attendants to assist incoming and outgoing passengers directing to carriages omnibuses and street cars handling hand baggage aiding the infirm and providing free service. The through-car route serves Chicago to St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Ashland Council Bluffs Omaha Sioux City Denver Salt Lake City San Francisco Portland and other western cities.
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Chicago
North- Western
Chicago & North-Western
North-Western
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Ashland
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Sioux City
Denver
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Portland
Northwest
All About Western Farm Lands and Farm Lures
A pasted collection of ad lines and quotes touts Western farm lands and various remedies. It mentions a illustrated monthly Corn Belt by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railway with a 25 cent yearly subscription, plus assorted medical and literary lines and brief maxims from notable authors. The items read like a collage of advertisements and excerpts with no single news event.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy A. RK
Adams St
Chicago
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