Opium Clipper Plot and Pirate Chee Wing Su Scheme
The account details a Shanghai coast piracy problem tied to Chee Wing Su a mandarin accused of protecting pirates. A European crew outfitting an opium clipper faces repeated attacks and a planned harrowing harbor betrayal. After a brutal confrontation in which pirates are slain and a witness is executed a mutiny is foiled and Chee Wing Su is later executed. The narrative ends with a historical aside on banyan trees and local medicinal use.
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Shangturi
Yellow Sea
China
Hongong
Yang-tse-Kiang
Straits of Ortosa
Chee-Wing-8n
Shanghai
Hongkong
Wang-tse-lang
Chee-Wing-Su
Tiger
Chee- Wileg-So
Saima
Mornaly
Chee-Wwing-8u
Chee-Wine-Su
Waiters
Pilgris
Orst
Qirin
Chee-Wing-8
Providence
Earth
Political Arena Shows Gubernatorial Contest in Several States
The article surveys 1900 era campaigns in Massachusetts Minnesota Delaware and beyond. It highlights incumbents and contenders Winthrop Crane Robert Treat Paine Jr Captain Samuel Van Sant Peter J Ford and John Hunn describing their backgrounds wealth family ties political roles and military service.
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Bauer
Winona
Mian
Ramueley, van Sant
Crane
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Old Bay
Uy B
Nottoll Photo Co
Toston
Robert T. Paine
Peter J. Ford
Wilmington
Delaware Repub
John Hunn
Wyroming
Del
Nerve health promise in Scott's Cod Liver Oil Emulsion
An advertisement touts Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a nerve tonic for neuralgia and irritability. It claims the product supplies fat to cushion nerves, aids digestion, and reconstitutes energy by feeding the body from usual food. A free sample offer is included with the usual drugstore price.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Ghenilets
Pedri Street
New York
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