A Strange Power Trouble in a New York Church
A discussion of Chinese influence on white women surfaces after rumors of a Chinese Sabbath school at Trinity Baptist Church. The piece cites opium use, forgeries, and a Salvation Army figure, with mixed notes on Christian conversion and social tension in New York and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wong Gee
Canton
United States
New York
Wing Lee
Lizzie Sproul
Mott Street
Mils Ewoce
Mus. Jung
Trinity Baptist Church
Fifty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
The
Sun
Fall gowns and velvet costumes dazzle at New York show
Special correspondence describes fashionable fall gowns made from faille française velvet with deep brown and gold tones. Imported ensembles feature demi trains, slashed velvet skirts, passementerie, and contrasting underskirts in purple and heliotrope. Designers propose versatile visiting or carriage dresses, with moss green Velutine options and embroidered skirt novelties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Yeas
Petunia
Heliotrope Faille
City on Stilts Benton Visits Astoria in Special Correspondence
San Francisco Sept 26 A Special Correspondence visits Astoria describing its claim as a deep seaport on the Columbia River connected by rail plans stilted streets over the water and a growing lumber and salmon canning industry. The piece notes Astoria as the state’s only deep water port on the river with jetties creating a safe channel and a population around 9000 supported by newspapers banks and multiple bridges over piles. It highlights the city’s potential expansion the unique waterfront street layout and the seasonal floating population tied to canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Astoria
San Francisco
Columbia
Portland
Tim
Nea Niles
Oregon
W. G. Benton
Snakes in Pike County Pa A rattlesnake tale
In Pike County Pennsylvania on October 1 a humorous account describes the local fascination with rattlesnakes. A native displays a bite mark and an expert offers to sew a captured snake shut for three dollars. Outsiders gather to hear the rattle and compare it to dry peas in a paper bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike County
Pike Cotstr
Boston
Bermuda
Kh. K. M
Archibald Clevering Gunter’s Writing and Plays Activity
Archibald Clevering Gunter, author of four popular sensational novels since February 1887, shows no new literary project recently though plots for a new book brew in his mind. His piece That Frenchman lags in popularity, while Miss Nobody of Nowhere continues to sell well. He now supervises plays Mr. Barnes of New York entering a third season and Mr. Potter of Texas opening a touring run from Albany on Sept. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Wong
Kinock
Canton de San Francisco
Juan Dauton
Wis
United States
Supremie
Gouil
Miss Nwoes
Fong Lee
Salvation Army
San Francisco
Chinatown
Tom Yin Kim Lau
Tiden
bin Wie
Paris
Suey Mey Luu
F. J. Masters
Archibald Clevering Gunter
New Yor
Nerve tonic claims and balloon tragedy headline
An advertisement touts Dr Greene's Nervura as a cure for nervous weakness and bodily debility, citing a testimonials letter from Charles H Hodgdon of Somerville Mass and promising free consultation. The piece notes a balloon accident in Michigan that killed Lewis B Earle after a 400 foot fall at Mount Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dravents
D. Greene
Dr Greene
Charles H Hodgnon
Greene
South Street
New York
Michigan
Lewis B. Earle
Mount Pleasant
Cure for Nervous Debility Ad Prompted by Ad
An old advertisement promises a home cure for nervous debility and related conditions, urging readers to send for a free "Book of Life" from Dr Parker's Medical and Surgical Institute in Nashville Town. It claims guaranteed results or payment back. A separate clipping notes a Croton poison incident in Plainfield, Nebraska, where twenty five people nearly died after coffee was spiked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sant
Parker
Weather Prophet Predicts Awful Tornadoes and Floods
A Syracuse ad offers free medical diagnosis for kidney liver bladder or heart disease and other chronic ailments claiming thirty years of experience and radical cure prospects with no cost. It notes epilepsy cures and asks patients to state age and duration. A misread line mentions a Foster weather prophet predicting deadly tornadoes and floods this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Foster
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts a “Mystic Cure” claiming to radically cure rheumatism and neuralgia in three days. It advertises quick first-dose benefit, 75 cents, and lists L. G. Noyes & Co. in Warren, Pa as distributors. The collation also includes assorted local notices and ads on wheat shortages and regional commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Noyes & Co. Druggists
Warren
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Melizan
Wong Gee On
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B. M. Thomas
Thom
Ong Gee On
China
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Washington
Cephas DE Verde
Rocky Mountain
Demerara
Sally Davidson
Davidson
Olive Harper
É City
Alan Vile
Grey
Croton
Plainfield, Coon
Syracuse, N.Y
Phur Thad
North Dakota
John Sil
Benjamin Harrison
Jackson Koehler
Cousins Bros
Liberty Street
Co-operative
Ve. Alliance
Kansas
G. Gregory's
Mentor
Lad
N.kk. Wendelboe’s
Lepcen
Europe
Jackson Koebler
Cousins Buos
Minneapolis
Russia
A. P. Ordway & Co
Mass
Kendalls
Kendall
Beelveenon
B. J. Kennan
Genta
Curl
Grrmantown
N. Y
de B. J. Kexpant Co
Euosburgh Falls
Ve. Gents
Eugene Dewitt
J. Kendall CO
Enosburgh Falls
Vermont
WL. Madlett
Tle
Anna Pages Austin
Jno Lonu
Toledo
Qhio
Tiihure
Ana
Maine
Addaxsat
E.C
Allis Bex
Aucasia
Kamone
Fearnid
A. Slocum
Pearl St
Dune
Beres
Daste Lear
York
Ernie Tran
Terug & CO
Alglsts
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