Pirates Rampage Off Fukien Coast Threaten Trade Routes
Mail reports say pirate fleets roam near Fukien coast between Amoy and Swatow, burning and plundering junks. They board vessels, seize cargo, sails, and arms, often leaving crews to navigate to safety. resistance invites death, forcing traders to yield to pirates until reinforcements arrive. This unchecked piracy results from dwindling war junks after the 1894-95 war with Japan, with officials' retrenchment allowing pirates to gain ground.
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Fukien
China
Canton
Swatow
Moy
Tunganhsien
Amoy
Kuangtung
Japan
Portland Oregonian
Hair and power across ages in a world of kings and queens
A mosaic of observations on hair as a symbol of status and equality from rulers to modern society. Noting long hair as prestige in Elizabethan and French courts, and its decline among white men. Includes facts on Absalom’s hair, a large Cunard shipment, peat drying in Ontario, and a 94 year old Birmingham alderman.
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Henry VIII
Francis I
New York
Charles V
Elizabeth
Henry IV
Paul
Absalom
Mark Twain’s Parents in Local Tradition
The piece recalls Mark Twain and his family, noting his father Squire Clemens as a peaceful citizen who moved to town with his wife and children. It mentions Mrs Clemens drawl and a farmer’s quip about Sam’s draw, and suggests Aunt Polly in Tom Sawyer may be Sam’s mother, hinting Tom is Sam.
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Mark Twain
Clemens
Polly
Sam
Tom
Her Practical Mind in a Witty Dinner Scene
A doctor husband returns with good news provoking his practical scientist wife who quips about turning it into a tangible delight. She insists they can only live on the news itself, while he remains optimistic and amused by her sharp humor.
Peruna Acknowledged by Sisters of Charity Across Nations
Letters from the Sisters of Charity praise Peruna as a safeguard for health among numerous charges, citing relief in laryngitis and throat catarrh. Congressman Meekison also attests to symptom relief from long-standing head catarrh. Dr. Hartman’s Peruna is promoted with solicitations for free literature and personal medical advice.
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Sisters of Charity
Peruna
Hartman
United States
Detroit
Mich
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna Medicine Co
Meekison
Napoleon
David Meekison
Hartman Sanitarium
Colum
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St. Jacobs Oil
George Scleyer
Chilton
Wis
Volksbote
F. Radder
Cleveland
C. L. Brundage
Louis Hinkel
East Poeston
Kill
N. Y
St. Jacobs
Herman Rittner
Manchester
N. H
Geo. G. Eiffle
Palestine
Otto Fuls
Reading
South Dublin
Putnam
Circleville
McCanf’s Detective Agency
Houston
Texas
Cunard
Saxonia
Boston
Ontario
Canada
Toronto
Petruffe
Luxembourg
Germany
Progressive Canada
Alderman Manion
Birmingham
England
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
Alps
Russia
St. Petersburg
Frank H. Reger
P.O
Denver
Colo
Fiartitormeen
Land Tent CO
Houston, Texas
OLD Virginia Tobacco Workms
Hedford City
W.N.A. Houston
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