Missionary report on Chou Han's fall and Chinese government action
A dispatch from Hankow notes Chou Han, leader of a Huritn band, has fallen after publishing firms were shut and anti foreign literature dried up. It highlights converts in Hankow, clan backlash in Changsha, and praise for central government for halting the movement.
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Chou Han
Huritn
Changsha
Humma
Enie
Hank Ow
Saat de Grifith John
John
Hankow
Hunan
Chow Han
Haakow
Tobs
Chanosta
Jesus
Apostle Paul
Paul
China
Peking
Dr. John
The Golden City Johannesburg Described By The Times
A London Times letter extols Johannesburg in the Transvaal as The Golden City. It notes a population near 40 000, modern streets and shops, broad avenues, a tram network, and mining towns along a 20 mile east west corridor. The city boasts consistent electricity water service and rapid residential expansion, all built on a gold reef with 50 companies employing thousands of workers.
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London Times
Transvaal
Golden City
Mapa of Africa
Johannesburg
Ite
Harnessing Niagara Power by Cataract Construction Company
The Niagara river’s vast flow is targeted by the Cataract Construction Company to harness about 100000 horsepower via a 7000 foot tunnel and deep shafts. The plan taps calm water above the falls to power mills and stations with brick-lined tunnels and steel pipes.
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Niagara
Great American Lakes
Cataract Construction Company
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Lake Evie
Ontario
Goat Island
Niagara Village
Niagara River
Wis
New York
New England
Lowell
Lawrence
Merrimack River
Holyoke
Connecticut
Cohoes
Mawhawk
Violence in East Africa as Wahehe attack German station
Reports from East Africa and Zanzibar recount the Wahehe tribe's assault on the German Mpwapwa station on the road to Usugara. Officials say Arabs and Germans were killed, Arabs looted cloth and goods, and multiple stations faced further raids.
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Zanzipar
von Zelwiski
MpwapwWa
Usugara
Indiana
Heparin
Surapeet
Pakis
Zanzibar
Mpwapwa
Mommhander
Wahepa
Large sewer cave-in buries 14 workers in Steenwanger
A sewer collapse in the Steenwanger quarter traps 14 workmen. Rescue efforts uncover air pockets from fallen planks. twelve are rescued alive while two men outside the shelter perish. Eleven new cholera cases and one death are reported locally.
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Hamaura
Steenwanger
Esterday
Pure Complexion Standards Across Peoples
A discussion of beauty ideals across countries noting a pure complexion as key. It claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery guarantees clear skin and a spotless countenance, offering money back if claims fail. The ad asserts blood purity, liver action, and digestion as prerequisites for beauty.
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Pierce
China Tea Quality and Shifting Global Tea Trade
The passage notes first quality China tea is fine but scarce and expensive for the general public. Most China tea is poor, with little soluble content, prompting demand for Indian and Ceylon teas as China’s quality deteriorated. Best crops go to Russia. others become affordable only in limited seasons.
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China
Russia
Ceylon
Advice to Mothers and Prominent Patent Remedies
An advertisement fragment touts Winston’s Sponging Syrup for teething pain and dysentery in children, claiming immediate relief and multiple benefits. It also mentions a Swiss doctor’s simple earache remedy involving yawning sessions and notes the syrup is sold by druggists worldwide at a penny price.
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Winston
Minard's Liniment Cures Various Ailments Mentioned
Fragmentary OCR notes list Minard's Liniment curing colds diphtheria and a string of unrelated items. It mentions an ostrich traveling at 2b miles per hour to escape an enemy and references historic figures and inventions in a scattered way.
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Water Street
Driver’s Y
Sowring Brothers
Brinsmead
Schwart Pianos
Colby Ant Eureka
Paris
Sire-Wil
Bess
Singer Man'Ty Co
MF. Smyth
St. John
Goffin
Sage Seuss Atalogue
Price: List
Gear & Co
Africa
East Africa
Hamburg
The
Beauty
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Minard
Cuxton
Rodger Bacon
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