The Triads of China and Their Reign of Lawless Piracy
A historical overview of the Triad secret society detailing its origins with the Ming overthrow, global reach in Manila Singapore and Hong Kong, and its suspected role in the Tai Ping rebellion. It describes five grand masters, oathbound loyalty, concealment through signs, and initiation including queue cutting symbolic of rebellion against the Manchu rule.
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Triad Secret Society
Triads
League
China
Far East
Manila
Triad League
Sarawak
Rajah Brooke
Singapore
Hongkong
Hung Sau Tsun
Jesus
Confucius
Heavenly Kingdom of Universal
Tai Ping
Gen. Gordon
Miss Fannie Hook a Power in Los Angeles Traction
The Jacksonville born Miss Fannie Hook dominates Los Angeles street railway management. She owns major stock, shapes board decisions, and fought city hall threats to revoke the franchise while expanding lines. Her influence spans the third largest western railroad system with family ties and many local employees.
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West
Los Angeles
Miss Fanny Hook
Traction Company
Miss Hook
Marcus
Thomas
William
Traction
Jacksonville
Southeastern Railway
Pekin
Peoria
Remarkable Bolivian Meteorite Sighted Near La Paz
The Academie des Sciences reports a meteor observed near La Paz Bolivia on November 20 1899 at 7 24 pm under clear skies. It traveled southwest to southeast over five or six seconds appearing as a huge reddish white disk with bluish train, exploding near Paredon and scattering meteorites on the ground.
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Academie Des Sciences
la Paz
Bolivia
St. Sebastian
Coronilla
Paredon
Kindness of Chinese and Russians to all animals
A traveler notes Moscow laws banning whips on horse drawn cabs and the well kept horses as evidence of humane treatment. He cites Burlingame and a US consul report stating China shows uniform kindness to animals and animals in daily life.
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Russia
Moscow
Paris
China
Mr. Burlingame
Let Sleeping Ghosts Lie in a Past Lovers’ Pact
A couple in a newlywed phase debate pasts and forgiveness. She argues for equal standards and fair play while he seeks harmony, urging the idea that both can abandon past ghosts. They temper passion with tenderness and vow to let pasts sleep.
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Chicago
Chinese Gordon’s Prophecy On China’s Future Asserts European Misjudgment
The 19th century figure Col. Gordon known as Chinese Gordon warned that Chinese response to European pressures would grow, forming a powerful army with foreign help. He foreseen fierce resistance to foreign campaigns and warned against mandarin distrust and European arrogance. His 1860s experience with the Ever Victorious Army informed his view that future upheavals would outpace Western military tactics.
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Col
Gordon
Khartoum
France
Russia
England
China
There Are Exceptions In The Chicago Times Herald
A brief quoted exchange notes small details matter while a bookkeeper weighs 225 pounds, illustrating light humor amid business. The fragment showcases a newspaper voice citing a humorous exchange from the Chicago Times Herald.
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Chicago Times-Herald
From War to Peace in Bronze Statue
Two Civil War cannons will be melted to cast a statue symbolizing peace. The project contrasts war’s destruction with a peaceful monument reflecting reconciliation. Meanwhile Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is advertised as a health remedy curing constipation dyspepsia and weak kidneys.
Equal to the Occasion I Have A Middle Of The Roader
Cartoon style line from the Chicago Record features a family scene with Bobby choosing loyalties between mother and father revealing a humorous middle of the road stance. The caption captures a domestic moment in a vintage press voice.
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Bobby
Chicago Record
Best for the Bowels Causing You to Heal
A vintage advert touts CASCARETS Candy Cathartic as a natural cure for all ailments by restoring bowel health. It claims quick, painless relief and easy movements, priced at 16 cents to start, warns to beware of imitations and notes the metal box with C C C stamp.
Well Bred Lady Charmed By Family Pie Habit
A Chicago Times-Herald note remarks on a well bred woman known for eating pie with a fork even among family, a quirk attributed by her little brother. The item ties to Chicago society humor and upper ten circles.
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Chicago
Chicago Times-Herald
Douglas Shoe Company Promotes Value and Union Labor
The W L Douglas Shoe Co of Brockton Mass markets a $3.50 shoe claiming equal quality to $5 rivals. They sell direct factory to wearer with no middleman profit, operate 60 stores, employ 1100 workers, and use union labor with high wages. Over one million men wear their footwear.
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Douglas
Brockton
State Board of Arbitration
United States
Denver
Colo
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors received several patents including Edward P Arsean Duluth for a weighing and recording scale Olaf O Field Mayville for a grain separator Frank Hall Minneapolis for a wheel and axle Charles Mon deng Minneapolis for a honey box machine William Reichow Princeton for a spark arrester Henry E Rolph St Paul for a wagon brake Laura Bassett Princeton for a pastry mixer design Merwin Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys at 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Buldg St Paul
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Northwestern
Edward P. Arsean
Duluth
Minn
Derrick
Ralph P. Felton
Minneapolis
Olaf O. Field
Mayville
N. D
Frank Hall
Charles Mondeng
William Reichow
Princeton
Henry E. Rolph
St. Paul Minn
Laura Bassett
Princeton, Minn
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for foot ailments
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as the cure for swollen smarting burning and sweating feet coins and bunions. It urges asking for the product at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples by mail from Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Putnam Face Less Dye Colors More Goods Than Any Other
The advertisement proclaims that Putnam Face Less Dye outcolors rivals and dyes fabrics more effectively, promising superior color quality and product performance.
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Putnam
A Woman's Question at The Paying Teller Exchange
A humorous dialogue in Life magazine features a woman asking to cash a check. The paying teller refutes with a witty line about insufficient funds and a half-way solution.
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