A Glance at India and British Rule
A summary of British governance in India, detailing the governor general’s power and council, the structure of colonial administration, and the economic and social dynamics. The piece notes mass British presence, limited native self rule, strict revenue collection, and a commerce pattern that exports raw materials while importing British manufactured goods.
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Great Britain
India
South America
Denver
Boston
Duluth
New Orleans
United States
Madras
Bombay
Calcutta
Tis
Cuba
Australia
Canada
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ferryboat confrontation in New York racism tale
On the Jersey City ferry the Chinamen occupy the ladies' cabin. A verbose Chinese man is silenced by a New York tough who curses and taunts them with racial slurs. The Chinamen remain still as they debark with help from a companion.
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Jersey City
Chicago
Confucius
New York
New York Sun
Portable soda water machine lowers cost per glass
A new portable apparatus to produce soda water reduces cost from twelve to three cents a gallon. It uses three cylinders for gas water and prepared soda water and can liquefy carbonic acid gas for rapid production. The system enables a five cent glass to cost about one tenth of a cent. The process blends gas and water under staged pressures with nozzles and a turbine to fully incorporate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Europe
New York Sun
Duties of an Interviewer in Journalism
Willis Steenl argues in the Chicago Times that interviewers shape truth, trimming excess and preserving dignity. He notes readers judge quotes harshly, yet reporters raise standards and journalism bears the burden of recording today’s exact history.
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Willis Steenl
Chicago Times
It Stopped Their Loom
A stranger at a Dakota station hears locals explain a missing investor in a soft lakefront land boom. mismanagement of a Brighton beach boulevard addition led to a buyer sinking in lake water two weeks ago. The tale notes capitalists grew wary and plans stalled as the town faced economic setback.
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Dakota
Brighton Beach Boulevard
Pin
Kota Beil
Wholly Woman by Dore Read Goodale
Poetic passage exploring unyielding resolve and the surge of ambition in solitude. The speaker describes how darkness, distance, and social constraints test desire, yet inner courage releases the heart and mind, revealing a ferocious sense of self and identity.
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Dore
The Hotel Detective Exposed as City Blackmailer
A New York hotel detective is described as corrupt and profit driven, moonlighting as a guide to show guests the city’s dark side. He uses access to guests and hotel finances to extract money, with blackmail a real threat illustrated by a Southern merchant pressured into paying to hide visiting a ball. The piece also notes Mexico’s journalism evolving from gossip to wires and poetry with a harsh critique from the New York Times.
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Gow
New York
Arion
New York Cor. Richmond Dispatch
Mexico
Alexican
Europe
United States
Galveston
Telegraph
el Paso
Lucklees
New York Times
Wild Colts of Poems and Elopements Musing at Street Life
A collage of quotations on poetry and fame from Ella Wheeler Wilcox, with commentary from the New York Journal and Buffalo Sunday News. The piece touches on writing, vanity, and the allure of poetic impulse amid urban scenes and elopement chatter.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York Journal
Main Street
Buffalo Sunday News
Blood Elixir and Equine Remedy Ad In 19th Century Warren
An 1887 Warren Pennsylvania advertisement touts AKer's Blood Elixir as a cure for blood disorders and skin diseases, plus an English spavin eliminator for horses. It markets savings and guarantees, with accompanying railway timetables and through travel info for the Erie and P&LE divisions, listing several named trains and schedules. Endorsers include L G Noyes druggist, Warren PA, and rail officials Pugh and Woop.
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L. G. Noyes
Aker
Warren
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Lincoln
Sao
Thay
Beecher
Brooklyn Eagle
Signor
Max
Detroit Free Press
Acker
E.G. Noyes
Warren, Pa
J. G. Noyes
Philadelphia & Erie R. R
Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. & E. Division
TapLe
Sheffield
Ridgway Express
Ridgway
Oil Express
Erie Mail
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Pulman
Williamsport
Kane
New Yorks
Willasasport
Warren Express
Gil Express
Erie Express
CLAS
Pugh
Gen'l Man’gr
JR. Woop, Gen'l Pass. A
Elotos
Glade
Conewango Bridge
Co. L. Dalrymple
Welo Ts Net Hahte
Cain
Association
Bruitable Accident Association
Dolidar
John Anderson
J.B. Abson
Rendy
D.G. Beers & CO
Newtown
Conn
Lizer
Tarrant
N.w.ayer & Son
Cnesthala Ane Cpa Sts
Nnics
Sasope
AYER
SON
Marual
Greenland
Nelson Greenland
Exchange Block
Exchange Hotel
W. H. Pickett & CO
H. A. Jamieson & Co
Sherman
Jewett’s
Syracuse
Gale
American Saw Co
Ghreurlar Baw
Warren Savings Bank
Pald LN
Tarry
Women OF
Mons
L. F. Watson
Prest
Ai. Neemith
View Ures
Dirmeont
I. FP
Watton
GA. Hunter
MB Duntam
Lark
Newarth
L. J. Freemen
Cee National Bank
Myron Waters
Trancis Henry
D. L. Gerould
Capital
Francia Henry
H. A. Jamieson
Davis
P. Johnson
A. Vertzel
W.D. Brown
G.N. Parmlee
A. T. Scofield
Poet National Bank
ML Beecher
Warren County
England
Ireland
Scotland
Chamberlain Institute
Randolph
N.Y
J. T. Ewards
Randolph, S. Y
T. the Public
General Agency
St Ofice of
John Sill
Adam
Meldrum
Main
A.lerson
Main St. A
Cau
Buffalo
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