Passage Aboard 88B Coptic to Honolulu Through Chinatown Tales
A sailor's diary from a Pacific crossing aboard the steamer 88B Coptic recounts life aboard with a missionary bound for Manila and two lonely passengers. Kim Chin hosts in San Francisco as a G A R parade clears, and Mrs San Gam Wah travels with wealth and suite to Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Honolulu
Davy Jonee
Locker Fame
Ever & Waeehtub
Pacific
Honolua
Kim Chin
Washington Street
Manila
Aboard a Steamship in Tropic Seas A Portrait
The writer notes Chinese passengers including Little Ah Hoong and Ah Hoong’s mother as the ship sails south of the tropic of Cancer. He describes the deck scene, language, and plans for a year in China, while recounting the narrator’s attention to sunlight, weather, and the antics of a passenger named Dick Wood as he complains about food and the cabin life. The piece blends travel observation with casual social detail and a plug for Scott’s Emulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ah Hoong
Little Ah Hoong
Ban Cam Wah
Ban Ran
China
Seheel
United States
Jeu Ow
Floral locomotive greets anti pass congressman at opening of congress
In Washington on November 18 a gifted floral locomotive greeted Robert Baker of Brooklyn who refused a congressional pass. The sculpture measured five feet three inches long and featured blue yellow and white immortelles with a fern base. Donors included prominent figures from Chicago Boston Rhode Island and New York among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Robert Baker
Brooklyn
Baker
United States
K. O. Brown
Louis F. Post
Chicago
William Lioyd Garrison
Boston
L. , F. Garvin
Rhode Island
J Ramuel Seabury
Willian F. Hi
August Lewis
New York
Rogers
Buffalo
Daniel Kiefer
Cinol
P. Hill
St. Louis
Anda’. C. Ia
Fear and courage in childhood instruction and omelet guidance
The excerpt contrasts teaching courage over fear in children with a moral note on truthfulness and disobedience. It discusses how fear leads to lying and halts growth, then shifts to practical omelet making tips, offering recipes and cooking advice.
Debutante Follows Cousin's Social Exit Advice
A debutante heeds her cousin's advice to keep society light and avoid serious talk. She exits the corner at a dance, learning that people turn away quicker when they feel she does not care whether they speak to her.
Graft Inquiry Committee Forms From Local Civic Bodies
A civic and charitable societies committee in New York forms to curb graft in charity work. Members circulate a letter directing inquiries to the committee office and promise investigations into solicitor reliability and the charities they represent. The group provides investigational blanks for subscribers to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charities
Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Assortation
Manufacturers Association and
Charity Organisation Society
New York
Dainty Haslerp Slippers Adorn Elegant Wardrobe
A wardrobe feature highlights four delicate footwear sets. No 1 shows a white silk stocking with diamond hand embroidery paired with a four strapped gray suede sandal. No 2 offers a white stocking with rose medallion and heavy embroidery matched to a gray suede slipper. No 3 presents a black silk stocking with open embroidery and a patent leather box toe shoe. No 4 displays a black tapestry effect accent with hand embroidered swallows and a black Russian feather shoe.
Mutual Life Plans New Building Block at Yesterway First
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York will erect a new business block adjoining its main building at the northwest corner of Yesterway and First Avenue. The addition will extend Th by L feet and cost upward of seven hundred thousand dollars, designed to match the existing architecture. A young man is wanted to learn newspaper business at 1300 Seventh Avenue. Dr Holcomb resumes dental Qo to Spinnings for bicycle repairs at Canele Cone ult Florence Marvin prophiet oan 1209 let.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Yesterway and
First Avenue
1300
Seventh Avenue
Florence Marvin
Prophietoan
Debutante Advised to Share Cheer at Socials
A worried debutante frets over being ignored while friends flock to her cousin. The counsels suggest not waiting for smiles, engaging others, and making them feel welcome. The message urges cheerful conversation and active sociability at balls.
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Dick Wood
Hyying
Chine
Ewapaper Enterprise Anso
Sooma
Soula
St. Lows
Kort
Queng de Loung
Ted
Hinese
Comb
Ento
Winchman
Universal Food Chopper
Freec A
Bissel
Grand Rapid Bissel Carpette
Spelger & Hurlbut Second and Union
Combine
Queen City Laundry Cut Rate
First Ave
Bell St
Down Town
Third Ave
Pike St
Scott
Scott & Downe
Pearl Street
Heaven
Tom
Les
G. L. Holmes Furniture Co
Beyond Ave
LaDies of
SeAttle
Mas. M. D. Pease
Second Avenue
Holcomb
Brunner & Co
PIKE #T
Pike Street
John i
Ind
Dabney & Woodhouse
John
Allis
Sherman, Clay & Co
Second Ave
Frisch
U.S
U. S
U. S. Navy
W, Stokes Kirk
Snst
Svewe
Cuffs
Second
Third Avenue
Main Street
Eversole
Queen Anne Flour
Hammond Milling CO
Scarne
Harvard Dental
James At
Reouined
Ohio
E.R Butterworth & Sons
Leo
Penmans
Tammar
Beattie
Bonney-Watson CO
Otreet Beattie
Albert Hansen Rich
Occidental Av
Srete Opal Rin Moe
Smplianten
Dr. Gunn
Second and Pike
Masonic Temple Building
Bret Ficlaal
Eastern College of Painless Second and Pike
McLaren & Thomson, Cor
2D & Pike
Beattle
C. Floyd &Co
Collins Block
Brown Dental Company
Union
MacDougall & Southwick’s
Ol’ Mp
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