The Archive · 1899

Deciding a Name

But, to come to correspondence, the postal' authorities have decided that Zehow is to be the name of this place. The date stamp which first cane Ind it Yellow," which Americans and. Germans alike declared to be "impossible." Part of the German community clave to the spe Tischoufa," but the most of us thought that although "TIchoufu" was the better abelling, yet since the syllable "chow was #0 generally used to spell the Chinese character it represents and had been already adopted by the postal administration in sv many places, a fair compromise would be to make it "Fehow" an be done with We represented our views to Com-Ohilmer of Taingtao and are glad he courteously fell in with them, 1 Ichow" it is.

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