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Lights and shades in San Francisco

B. E. Lloyd · 1876 · Scanned text · Free in the US

183,799 words · about 12 h 52 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
B. E. Lloyd
Language
English
Published
1876
Length
183,799 words · about 12 h 52 min
Sections
6 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (6)

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Front matter

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I. Say France

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THE MISSION " DOLORES" ITS FOUNDERS EARLr VISITORS TO

SAN FRANCISCO THE EFFECT OF THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD

RAPID POPULATION FIRES THE HOUNDS ASSASSINATION OF

JAMES KINtr OF WILLIAM THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF

'5G — EXECUTION OF CORA AND CASEY IMPRISONMENT OF

JUDGE TERRY — THE YIGILANTS DISBAND THE CENTRAL

PACIFIC RAILROAD— SAN FRANCISCO, THE "PARIS OF AMER- ICA " THE CLIMATE, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, ETC 17-32

II. Mining Stocks

THE DIFFERENT STOCK BOARDS " BULLS " AND " BEARS "

MEETING OF THE BOARDS, AND ATTENDING EXCITEMENT

"WILD CATS" CURBSTONE BROKERS WHO SPECULATE IN

STOCKS SOME RESULTS A DARK PICTURE A BRIGHTER

SIDE MAGNITUDE OF THE BUSINESS BROKERS' SHARP PRAC- TICE " PUTS " AND " CALLS " MARGINS THE EFFECT OF

A LIFE ON CALIFORNIA STREET 33-45

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THOMAS STARE ETXG.

SKETCH OF HIS LIFE — HIS DEATH HIS GENIUS AND LABOR . . . 4G-49

CHINATOWN.

ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY ECONOMY OF SPACE THE BUSINESS

HOUSES OF THE CHINAMEN SIGN-BOARD LITERATURE. . .236-343

XXXIII. Business Habits Of The Chinese

AN ENTERPRISING RACE FAVORITE PURSUITS APTNESS CHINESE

EXCLUSIVELY— TAXPAYING 244-253

XXXIY.

A NIGHT STROLL THROUGH CHINATOWN.

UPON THE STREETS GAMBLING-HOUSES HOUSES OF PROSTITU- TION— OPIUM DENS — BACK ! A LEPER ! — IN THE THEATRE . 254-2G6

EARTHQUAKES.

THE DREAD OF " EASTERNERS" TWO MEMORABLE DAYS — INCI- DENTS— TREMBLINGS 318-324

XLV. Woodward's Gardens

THE GROUNDS — THE MUSEUM — THE PAVILION — THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT — THE AQUARIUM — SEAL PONDS — OTHER ATTRAC-

* ANDREWS, MANAGER 325-331

XL VI.

A BONANZA DEVELOPMENT.

PAGES.

A SAN FRANCISCO SPECIMEN WHENCE CAME IT THE STRUC- TURE THE RESERVE FUND THE PROPRIETORS 332-335

XLVII. Street P Reaching

THE HABITUES OF THE STREET THE PREACHERS THE AUDI- ENCE 33G-339

XL VIII.

THE NIGHT WORKERS.

FOR SOME MUST WORK WHILE OTHERS SLEEP , 340-342

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