Life in Peking Legation Quarter at the Imperial City
The legation quarter in Peking sits along the inner city wall near the imperial palace. Eleven of fourteen nations have legations here with guards, barracks, and offices, while the area includes customs, banks, hotels, and a cosmopolitan mix of languages. Social life centers on formal dinners, balls, teas, and a city club offering skating, tennis, and country excursions.
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Peking
Imperial Palace
Legation
Tartar
Legation Guards
Legation Guard
Chinese Customs Service
China
Europe
Asia
Far East
Legation Street
Uncle Sam's
Marine Corps
Imperial Cit
King George's Royal Fusiliers
French Infanterie Colleeniale
Tartar Wall
Diplomatic Corps
Peking Club
Peking Society
Man Arrested After Theft Of Left Foot Shoes
Rudolph Hauser caused a scene at the central police station by admitting he stole forty shoes from a Fifth Avenue store. He claimed all the shoes were for the left foot and said the situation smelled crooked. He carried the case a mile home and turned it over after realizing only a one legged man could use the items. He was arrested.
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Rudolph Hauser
Central Police Station
Fifth Avenue
Hauser
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Philadelphia Record
Young man to ask Maggie's hand in bold sweater
A man plans to propose to Maggie that evening, remarking on his attire. Friends note his sweater and old trousers signal a serious gesture. They joke about rolling him down the steps to test his resolve, indicating lighthearted anticipation.
Were All One to Him Amusing Stories of Horace Greeley
The piece recounts Whitelaw Reid’s anecdotes about Horace Greeley at table and in company. It describes his absent mindedness and quirky theories, including the graham rolls incident and crullers episode that left companions hungry while he ate indiscriminately.
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Whitelaw Reid
England
Horace Greeley
Tribune
Nathaniel Willis
Fanny
Greeley
Cruller
Early American Communal Experiment at West Roxbury
The 1841 Farmana Made community included Dana, Ripley, Emerson, Parker, Hawthorne, Curtis, Channing, and Fuller. It aimed to replace selfish competition with cooperative labor and equal land sharing but failed due to insufficient earnings.
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Charles A. Dana
George Ripley
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Theodore Parker
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George William Curtis
Ellery Channing
Margaret Fuller
West Roxbury
Mass
Persian travel tale contrasts hustle with eastern pace
A Teheran correspondent notes Persia resists rapid Western travel. The land lacks railways and comfort is minimal yet travel rewards the hardy. Caravans pass under smoky skies as mud floors, open rooms, and samovars shape a vivid, arduous journey through Persian hospitality and peril.
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Fallah
Los Angeles Times
Persia
Ritz
Waldorf- Astoria
Nca
Beauty of Spider’s Web
A reflection on the spider’s web’s beauty noting symmetry, geometric design, and prismatic color. It praises the spider’s tail-comb like structures on its claws as aids in handling cobwebs, gripping rough objects, and traversing the web.
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UWA
Sahib
Mpmale Teel
Geal Gee Teeta
Ian
Archie Blueblood
Esther
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