Ancient Guaymas Exposition Feels Like Future Trade Hub
Our Own Correspondent tours Guaymas Sonora describing its harbor on the Gulf of California, adobe townscape, three social classes, peonage, and resistance to progress. He notes the A T & S F line, potential mine wealth, and a dream-tinged aside on fortune discovery.
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Sonora
Mexico
Gulf of California
Pajoras
San Vicente
Pitayas
Cochori
Frisco
Hermosilla
Guaymas
National Line praised for comfort and prepay bargains
Our New York Letter highlights the National Steamship Line's superior steerage, favorable fares, and stewardesses. It lauds the line for liberality and steady support of friends, while noting public scrutiny of James Gordon Bennett and the Herald. It urges reader support for Arctic relief efforts amid harsh polar conditions.
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New York
National Steamship Line
Atlantic
Indian Oceans
Mercantile Marine
National Line
Herald
James Gordon Bennet
Jeannette
Judge Daly
The
Geographical Society
Franklin
Yaktutsh
Siberia
St. Louis
Local Letter from Kansas Talks Railroads Taxes and Sheep
An Ephor Union letter from Wilton Valley in GreenWood County Kansas reports cold winter conditions and dry weather but notes strong livestock, abundant feed, and corn at 80 cents a bushel. It highlights proposals to build rail lines, rising taxes, a $2000 exemption, untaxed dogs, a whisky exodus, and a dramatic sheep increase from under a thousand to over fifty thousand in four years.
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Fs. P
Wilton Valley
Greenwood County
Kansas
Ephor Union
R. B
Image of the Heavens: Clouds as a Moving Picture
The narrator admires the universe noting soft clouds form a grand moving picture. He describes their harmonious tints and shades as if painted by a divine hand drawing back curtains at night to enchant the soul with beauty.
TALK OVER WHAT YOU READ
A writer urges teachers and youths to explain in simple terms the chief points of books read. Teaching by summarizing strengthens memory and fosters clear, connected speech. Encouragement at home and school helps children sketch lectures and build intellectual taste.
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Christian Union
New England
Words of Wisdom Proverbial Reflections
A collection of aphorisms on prudence friendship merit and virtue. Notes warn against correction of mistakes by the wrongdoer and against flattery while praising charity promptness and reciprocal generosity. The tone invokes thoughtful maxims about life and conduct.
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Mr. Borror
Guymas
Pacific
Santa Fe
Direct
New Mexico
Public Square
Plaza
Chicago
Our
Symme’s Hole
Rapix
Colorado
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