Views of a Heathen and American Financiering
An essay by Wong Chin Foo criticizes Western wealth and American life, contrasting financiering greed with Chinese reforms. It rails at inequality, political corruption, and the social treatment of the old, praising Chinese taxation and governance in contrast. It notes American consumerism, piano culture, and youth-centered society, with skepticism toward empires and immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Ike Count Mitkiewicz
H.M
Goodbyo
United St
Oieloy
For & Dt
Lower Broadway
United States
Wendell Phillips
Beecher
Horace Gresley
Imperial Treasury
Asia
America
Wong Chin Foo
New York World
Lotta's Good Taste and Insights on Women Readers
A brief Chicago News excerpt reflects on pleasing women versus men, noting the author’s interest in understanding women, reading books by women, and celebrating their progress across cities, with the narrator claiming wide familiarity and support for women’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotta
United Staites
Chicago News
Costly coffins for dogs and a parrot in a fancy burial
A New York reporter describes lavish pet funerals with rosewood coffins and ornate caskets. A dog coffin cost 21, a parrot casket valued at 2690, while cemetery rules and public sentiment about private pet burials spark debate. The piece also recounts a burglar tale and a detective showing how stolen steel tools were forged in a shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
New York
Riverside Park
Cost of Fencing in England and potential reforms
Professor Scott in Farm and Fence argues that over £1 is invested per acre in UK fences and maintenance costs about three shillings per acre annually. Applied to 45 million acres this implies nearly £50 million sunk and substantial annual upkeep. He suggests cheaper wire fencing could reduce costs with fewer posts, improving efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Professor Scott
United Kingdom
London Pines
Aluminum Bronze and Built Up Guns Debate
A Boston Transcript summary notes Ajamian argues aluminum bronze can replace steel in guns. He says alloy offers similar strength with better ductility, enables casting instead of forging, reduces powder pressure limits, and lowers plant outlays by about one third. Cowles estimates 20 percent lower gun casting cost, with 60 percent of cost tied in the metal recoverable by remelting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ajamian Chat
Annapolis
Alfred H. Cor
Cowles
Boston Transcript
Paris in the Summer Noted for Open Air Pleasures
A travelogue describes summer in Paris highlighting open theaters and opera at the Francais and Dacre houses, outdoor gardens, the Hippodrome, and boat trips on the Seine. It notes blue skies, warm days, and the influx of American visitors as residents and visitors enjoy garden weddings, elephant rides, and river excursions amid fashionable summer life.
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Paris
Kansi
The
Francais
Moliere
Racine
Corneille
Champs Wigsees
Monster Hippodrome
Hippodrome
Algeria
Seine
de Lesseps
Deer cattle shrinkage averages reported in Boston budget
A fragment notes shrinkage in cattle shipments from Texas to Chicago. It cites 2 steer average shrinkage of 100 pxrmda and Texas supplying about 4,000 steers, equating to roughly 47,059 head in total. The unit terms are garbled, but the context relates to animal weights and shipment losses.
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Texas
Chicago
Boston
November term court calendar lists many cases in Warren Pa
The document dated October 22 1687 from Warren Pennsylvania lists numerous cases for the November term of court starting Monday November 14. It names parties such as Alligan versus Geo Hates Laboran Gordon La Barlde versus Calvin Adar and others, with many docket entries involving coal storage, railroad, and various litigants. Prothonotary D USARIRD notes the proceeding schedule and office location.
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TREVG
Moniny
Alligan
Geo
Laborean
Gorlon la Barlde
Calvin Adar
Joseph Cliton
ACE Lane
McCaluromt Storage
Tiestal Vor
Roehnwell
Potter Gow
Dolrampleys
Whotes
McIntyre
Powryn Puuth
Nichol
F. Brown
Pamenceys
Manfar
VY. & P RK
George Wo
Deighuss
Cussiek
Columbus Boeren Hs
Cnyx Davis
Murphs
le Struther
Cimore
Lau Eueher
Tensien
Bradford National Ark
Joseph Grove & Pans
J. Symers Smith
EL Copeland
M. i. L Biddle
Christian Johnson
Jurecki Wig Co. Feud Ve
Proper Reserve Oil Co
Thos. Masterson
B. N. YL
PLB
Rco. Et al
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East Side
Jennings
Pinkerton
Ar. Jennings
Ellenville
Ulster County
Harlem
Court House
Kingston
Jimmy
Vouched
Sedna
Noe
Tvoist
Argiv
the People's Column
Uris
Boyd Bross & Younes
Nord
Laregion
Pu Mar
Frutt Postoffice
Heed Bros. Warren
Ik Tu
North Chirenven
Messner
Marin Kopi
Messner & Co
Comecni
Messner Rebiing
Sorund
Geo. F. Steary
Kopi Ec
Warren
Athe
D. Leonhart
A. HW. Leonhert
Wader
Jo J. Leontant
Beoubart
Fo Leondart
Ierest
G. J. Leauhart
Wm. McClutcheon Hue
Clarendon
Warren County
K Ridelsperger
Mead
Kiptispregner
Stoneharm
Orboners
Vest
Zelatus Purmice
Glen
Lotine
Parmler
D. Usarird
Le's Ofee
Peter
Greenland
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Bed-Cares
Deeks
India Hundred
Episcopat
Eluireh
Resileree
Gos High Street
Hazel and
Laure
Luitd
W. H. Pickett & CO
Jamiser & Co
Gil
Sherman
Jewell’s
Syracuse
Gue
American Saw Co
Warren, Pa
Ent
Maple City Chair Co
Wro
M. C. Etolmes
Tionery
Dar
Second
Avinogs Bank
L. G. Noyes
Boston Shoe Store
W. H. Zuern
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