Li Hung Chang’s Move Back to Peking Sparks Imperial Alarm
The article recounts Li Hung Chang, viceroy of China, being urged to relocate his headquarters to Peking from Tianjin. Harsh factions in the Grand Council oppose him, fearing his influence could topple the dynasty, as the Emperor orders him to move while the Xumi Yamen protests. Li Hung Chang is described as liberal and progressive among peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Hung Chang
China
Frank Leslie
Peking
Tien-Tsin
Pene
Yather
Pking
Corpse Excursion Ticket Prompts Alabama Depot Tale
A Birmingham Age Herald yarn recounts a Black man buying an extra round trip excursion ticket for a corpse to Montgomery. He explains the plan to transport the deceased for viewing and burial, noting it as a cheaper way to handle funeral travel for a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Yontgomery
Age- Herald
Toss
Brudder
Montgomery
Kimingham
The Terror of Compositors and Handwriting Woes
A historical anecdote from The Newcastle Chronicle recounts writers with poor penmanship. Horace Greeley’s scrawled note to a lecture committee is cited as an example of deciphering crabbed handwriting. The piece notes other notable writers like Carlyle and Jeffrey and a Scotch compositor’s quips about their penmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
England
Joaquin Miller
Carlyle
London
Scotland
Francis Jeffrey
Sydney Smith
Jeffrey
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Belshazzar
Sandwich
Illinois
Greeley
How Elephants Drink In India A Pumping Elephant Solves a Trough Problem
A visitor recalls domesticated elephants in India, trained to pump water into wooden troughs. One elephant notices a shifted support causing the trough to tilt and spill. After inspecting the trough it lifts and repositions the logs, then resumes pumping to fill the trough correctly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Manchester
American Fire Chief Astonishes London At Fire Contest
Chicago's Chief George C. Hale of the Kansas City fire department recounts his London international fire congress triumphs. He details a dramatic race with London brigades, London crowd reactions, royal introductions, and exhibitions in Islington and Victoria Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago
George C. Hale
Kansas City
Metropolitan Fire Brigades
America
Royal Box
Dublin
York
London Fire Brigade
John Egnar
Herman Greggs
Bread and Dyspepsia Food Advice from 19th Century Outlook
The article argues that wheat bread is not universally bad for dyspeptics and may help some patients. It credits Bouchard with noting starch microbes can irritate, suggesting dyspeptics use crust or toasted crumbs to lessen fermentation. Toasting can arrest fermentation. browning may stop it permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouchard
New York World
Sealski's Prices Stabilized at Five Dollars Post Bring Sea Ruling
Following the Bring Sea decision, Sealski's has kept items priced at five dollars each, maintaining a steady value for customers and suppliers amid regulatory changes.
A Peaceable Race In Java Settles Quarrels
The Javanese method for resolving disputes is described by Harper's Bazar. An offended party marks a circle with a line in the sand before the offender to show a severed affection. Friends intervene to reconcile, sometimes ostracizing unreconciled parties to compel terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Bazar
Heaviest Peach on Record Shown in London Exhibit
The peach grown by Colonel Lee at Hartwell House Aylesbury is displayed at the Gardening and Forestry exhibition in Earl's Court London. It weighs fifteen and a half ounces and is praised as surpassing peaches from Persia and the southern United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Lee
Hartwell House
Aylesbury
Earl's Court
London
Persia
North America
New York
Punishments in Old Salem Public Life
Extracts from Felt's Annals reveal early New England punishments such as Dorothy Taiby bound to a post for beating her husband in 1637 and two Salem men ordered to sit in the stocks on lecture day for Sabbath traveling in 1637. A 1644 whipping of Mary Oliver for reproaching magistrates and a 1646 cleft stick applied to her tongue for slandering the elders are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felt
Saem
Old New England
Dorothy Taiby
Salem
Mary
Thomas Oliver
True Friends Reveal Themselves When Tested
A reflective aphorism notes that deception by others is exposed when genuine friends stand by you. The saying implies trust is proven through hardship and loyalty, distinguishing true companionship from superficial alliances.
Catarrh Cure Claimed to Be Constitutional Remedy
Historical notices claim catarrh is a constitutional disease not local. The advertisement promotes Halls Catarrh Cure by F. F. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional cure, with a $100 offer for failure to cure and promise of free circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy F. I. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Caeney & Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Waskage
Gee
No sympathy for the man who is a fool twice
An 19th century advertisement urges readers to take Brown's Iron Bitters for tonic relief and claims it cures malaria indigestion biliousness and liver complaints while purifying the blood and improving vitality The piece concludes with a historical note on the gold to silver ratio in the Christian era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hod
Weil Ant
Jas. A
Baltimore
Trite Advertisements and Pseudo Notes for Various Goods
A jumble of old time ads mentions S J Hollensworth Co Owego Tioga Price 1 by mail 1 15 Traces of a prehistoric city near Zanzibar Africa claims Brown's Iron Bitters aids digestion removes bile and cures malaria Beechams Pills and other quack lines claim superiority over mineral waters and pills Also notes 261 blind asylums 11 780 inmates and a cheeky cupid line
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Hollensworth & Co
Owego, Tioga
Madagascar’s Dual Climates Shape Its People and Power
Madagascar presents two climates coastal and interior, with two native classes and fauna. The coast remains tropical and malarous, housing darker, larger people. The interior sits on a cool high table land where inhabitants are smaller, lighter, and more intelligent, yet rule the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
Chinese battle at sea stuns pursuing crew
A warship attacked a Chinese junk engaged in illegal traffic. Sailors tossed thousands of coconuts overboard to escape, and the crew leaped into the sea among the fruit. The pursuing sailors could not distinguish heads from nuts, allowing most of the Chinese crew to escape.
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J. B. Young
Daughters College
Harrodsburg
J. WW. Smith
P.M
Gen. Merchant
Townsend
Jer
C. Pugh
Assist
Mechanicsburg, Pa
Russellb. Seeley & Co
Phila
Dey
Steve
Kapeas City
Old
U.S
Zanzibar
Africa
Beecham
Keecham
Cupid
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Kilmer’s
van Wert
Calvin Farley
Dregetots
Kilmer & Co
Sabieuton
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Waltham
WV & Geet & Rcei
ASK
Isaac A. Sheppard & CO
Baltinorre
Atest Catalarite
Mal
Cayea
Kim
Treaous Kaewevro
Erie ‘Rig
S&& E T. Hazeltine, Warren
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