Travelers' Guide Rock Island and Peoria Railway Depot Notice
General agent M A Patterson oversees travel details at Rock Island and Peoria Depot on Twentieth Street. Departure shows five minutes earlier than time listed, with agent Gott assisting. More specifics unavailable due to damaged text.
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Rock Island & Peoria Railway
Airenue
Twentieth Street
M A. Patterson
General Ger
Moine Avenue
Roceisland & OR Railway
Saeste
Recessc
RL P
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Frank H Plummer
Igens i
Denver
Ted & Omabs
Sp Ft. Worth
Denver &K.C
Mincespolls
A & Minneapolis
Amis
Lincoln Pa
Iene
Lincoln
Omaha
St Paul i
Fravertee
Ias City
Stroe
Rock Island
Brooklyn
Aba
Jeago
Davenport l
Tel
Davenport
Rock Island & Northwestern Railway
Pamenger
Rock Itland & Peoria
L. F. Berry
G P. A
Lows
1St Second Avenue
Geo. W. Wood
Missionaries in China Use Cricket to Save Pang Soe Mission
Two English Stee le brothers once cricket stars in England moved to Hankow China to serve as missionaries. When a mob of 500 fighters approached Pang Soe, they calmly staged a game with local boys, using the sport as a persuasive shield and moral talisman to deter the attackers and protect the mission.
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China
John R. Rathom
Chicago Times- Herald
Yang-tse
Hankow
Hongkong
Steele Twins
Australia
Pang Soe
Adam
Steeles
Mission School
Mitch
England
Steele Brothers
Canton
Professor Bashford Dean to study Japanese fisheries in Asia
Professor Bashford Dean of Columbia Universitys zoology department leaves New York with his wife to spend a year in Asia, mainly Japan. He will be hosted by the Imperial University at Tokyo and the Japanese fisheries commission while he studies local fish development near Misaki. He will also inspect Japan’s oyster industry for the United States Commission of Fisheries to assess potential Pacific coast introductions.
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Columbia College
Orient
Bashford
Columbia University
New York
Asia
Japan
Imperial University
Tokyo
Japanese Commission of Fisheries
Misaki
Zoological Station
Dean
United States Commission of Fisheries
Pacific
North America
Indians Tender 100 Warriors for China Service
A. M. Baldwin of El Reno Oklahoma sent to Governor Barnes a company of 100 Indians and cowboys for government service if more troops are needed in China. Captain B. V. Benson of Ardmore Chickasaw Nation offered 78 men, many Indians, to the Interior Secretary for potential China war.
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China
A. M. Baldwin
el Reno
O. T
Barnes
Wichita
Kan
Chicago Record
B. V. Benson
Ardmore
Secretary of the Interior
The West Outpost Laments Silent Child Hunger
Dramatic lament of famine and displacement in the western outpost. A poem voices sorrow for starving children and mothers in a barren land, condemning neglect while urging aid. Strong imagery includes bone strewn sands, gaunt hands, and a call for mercy amid drought and famine.
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India
Our Merchant Marine Might Exceed 437 946 Tons in 1900
Washington reports that fiscal year 1900 shows total U S shipping documented tonnage at about 417 034 gross tons with Hawaii and Porto Rico adds and a steel vessel share at 56 percent The year could surpass 437 846 gross tons documented in 1874 and total U S fleet additions may be the largest since 1856 The report notes 381 863 gross tons built in the United States with notable lake trade steamers and the Pacific California steamship leading seaboard growth
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Bureau of Navigation
Washington
Honolulu
United States
Great Lakes
James J. Hill
Seaboard
California
San Francisco
Hawaii
Atlantic
Maracaibo
San Juan
Ponce
Porto Rico
Edward Sewall
Kaiulani
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Mississippi
Ohio
Western
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Slinton
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Chicago
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Rockford
Janesville
Madison
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Om Sia
Sioux City
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Dison
Cedar Rapids
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Madseford
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Tri City
Tri-Cities
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T W. Wood
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Chas
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Seventeenth St. Rook Island, Ill
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Hull & Co
Mitchell @ Lynde Building
Moline Works
Telephone
Moline, Ill
Germany
Hoffmann
S.A. Mager Mfg. Co
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Second Ave
Twenty-third St
Academy OF the Visitation
Sisters of the Air
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van Sages
E. F. Strochie
Central News Stand
Third Avenues
M. Sosna
Seventh Ave
Nineteenth St
Lewis
24Th St
8Rd Ave
Rock Island, Il
Thomas van Tuyl
Mississippi Bicycles
West Seventeenth Street
Globe
L. A. Book Concern
Thirty-eighth Street
Seventh Avenue
West Virginia
Cash Grocery
George Bick
Sigachate Street
Brock Island
Second Avenue
Rock Island, Dl
Second Street
Boggess
St. Ambrose College
Davenport, Lows
Areeai
Davenport, Ia
Bridge Avenue
Avenport
Nelson's
Magill
Veo
Eighteenth Street
Rock
Etwoop
Lucian Philbrook
Ipirate Brudlo
D. D. Doran
Crown & Bridge Work
East Third Street
Fifth Ave
Hoppe
Tallor
Twee Heth St
Fourth Ave
Rock Island Savings Bank
Jaci
J. M. Buford
John Crubsugh
Vice Press
P. Greenawait
John Volk
Mitchell
Batora
Gus Englin
Joan M. Paridon
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Paridon Paridon & Son
Keon End Huret
Tom A. Marshall Telephone Co
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