Celestials Style Their Emperor and Mongol Nomads
A fragment describes imperial pomp in celestial style and notes Mongolian nomads riding camels amid grimy world views. the text hints at exotic framing of Peking as a dirty capital.
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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1889
Page
7
How the Foreign Residents Live in the Empire
Frank G. Carpenter surveys Peking in 1888, noting telegraph and railway hopes, foreign legations, and Denby as dean of the diplomatic corps. He contrasts Chinese modernization with urban filth, and features cosmopolitan crowds of Mongolians, Tibetans, and Tartars within the imperial capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire
Frank G. Carpenter
Peking
China
Mongolia
Russia
Hung Chang
Den
Shanghai
Heaven
United States
Washington
Denby
Office of Foreign Affairs
Colonel Denby
Panister
von Brandt
Celestials
Foreign Society of
Ciry
Christ
Kubla Kahn
Korea
New York
London
Minister Denbys Card Describes Peking as Great Walled City
The account portrays Peking as the capital of vast China with three city walls and immense walls surrounding the Tartar and Chinese sections. It notes temples, yellow tiled palaces, and a round pagoda temple where emperors observe sacrifices, praising the city’s architecture and strategic fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
America
China
Peking
Egyptian
Nile
Yellow River
Mongolia
Siberia
Chinese Walls
Hivet
Korea
Siam
Burmah
Manchuria
Afghanistan
United States
Europe
Forbidden City
North
Heaven
Gates and Walls of a Chinese City Describe Crowded Parade
The write up details 16 brick towers with high gates, granite arches, and wooden doors. Guards are absent today, while a busy crowd of Celestials, traders, beasts, and a mandarin with a 560-strong retinue fills the area. Street vendors, a Manchu woman on a pony, and open-air cookshops complete the bustling scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Life and manners in Peking China's foreign ministers and travelers
A narrator contrasts Chinese nobles living behind high walls with bustling officials in Beijing. He notes foreign diplomats rarely own property, describes autograph seekers chasing Emperor signatures, and recalls a recent cross cultural matchmaking between a Canadian missionary and a Missourian associate, set near a distant post from Peking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legation
Gabriel
China
Engagement Ends After Long Missionary Marriage Plan
A Canadian mountain missionary pursuing marriage in Peking faces a failed engagement after the bride refuses to proceed. She returns to Nagasaki to seek teaching work in a missionary school, while the plan collapses amid consular stipulations and quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Board of Missions
Peking
Japan
Tientsin
Denby
Smithers
Buten Cal
Mak Im
America
Etter
China
Nagasaki
Rank G
Carpenter
West Point Rider Triumphs In Metairie International Race
In New Orleans 1872 Metairie meet, Lt. Charles King rode Templar to victory over five foreign and American rivals. Despite earlier doubts from Northern officers, King won by a length and a half as Ross and de Crenneville chased. The event drew large crowds and notable observers from the New Orleans society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Pointer
Metairie
United States
Doc” Underwood
Templar
England
France
Austria
Ireland
Hugh Gaffney
New Orleans
Manton Marble
New York
George Roseneder
French Jockey Club
Carondelet Street
Edward Stewart
Charley King
Emory
James Rogs
Metairie Jockey Club
Griswold
de Crenneville
Tom Aiken
M. George Rosenlecher
Oleander
Charles King
Edward Stuart
Rapidita
Cerise
Janes Ross
Nathan Oakes
Lieutenant King
Ross
Green Jacket
King
Count de Crenneville
James Ross
Mr. Ross
Jeunnesse Doree
Rosenlecher
Stuart
Jeutenant K
West Point
Gan
Scone Quart
Aiken
Iog
Roosevelt
What Do You Know About an Ostrich Essay
A New Zealand boy’s composition describes the ostrich as an African desert bird. It claims sand nests, 10 to 12 eggs, and that the male incubates and hatches them. The three tail feathers bear the motto I serve and are used for cups and ornaments, with the feathers valued for beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
New Zealand
England
Prince of Wales
A Parental Admonition for Johnnie in Lincoln Journal
A Lincoln Journal item portrays a stern parent warning Johnnie against slang. The exchange notes repeated cautions and threats of punishment if slang persists, ending with a threat to take the strap from the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Journal
Johnnie
A New Administration
From Puck the piece mocks a new teacher as the latest casualty among scholars with a sarcastic line about students taking seats and starting with a school song praising their gently guiding instructor.
Phonography: Pitman's Shorthand Ideal for Verbatim Reporting
A historical note extols Phonography invented by Isaac Pitman in 1837 as the perfect shorthand system. It praises simple signs and rapid writing, contrasts with older methods, and cites anecdotes about reporters misreading or misquoting famous lines highlighting the importance of accurate stenography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Pitman
Bath
Eng
Isaae Pitman
Pyramids of
Heyer
Amicus Plato
Amicus Socrates
Plato
Socrates
Major Veritas
Elihu Burritt
Edwin H. Chapin
Christ
Cash payments alarm mother in wedding tale
A mother questions her daughter about a surprising marital issue. The bride reveals she has been shopping with cash while her husband has always paid cash and maintains no credit elsewhere. The exchange highlights concerns over financial independence and credit in a marriage.
The Dangers of Excess in Hearty American Eaters
Washington notes discuss how much food people need across ages from infancy to old age and how climate, occupation, and pregnancy affect intake. The piece argues Americans consume more than needed, with two thirds plant and one third animal in a standard diet, warning that excess leads to dyspepsia obesity and broader health risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles K. Brown
Washington
Europe
United
Illam A. Hammond
Gents Wear Them The Debate Over Pants Shape
The Washington Post notes purists mock the term pantaloons for modern trousers but argues today’s young men simply wear pants. The piece claims only the shape, not the name, can change this fashion item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Must Have Exercise i Judge
Little Johnny accompanies his mother to visit a sick woman. He asks why she keeps chewing gum. His mother quips that the doctor told her she must not talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Prayer-rugs stir Boston chatter at Pherrs
Mrs Claridose notes Boston talk about new prayer-rugs at Pherrs as Concord school promotes occult interest. Mrs Berkeley-Have you seen those items and Mrs Claridose adds she prefers her tiger-mat for supplicative use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Times
Berkeley
Pherrs
Claridose
Concord School
The Reason Why Time
A snippet features dialogue between Bob and an older man as a marriage and a divorce are noted in quick back and forth. The lines hint at a conversation about appearances and upheaval in personal life.
Strange Odds and Ends From Far and Near
A mixed collection of curious notes and oddities including a ten year old king Bunlay in An nam, a Key West fisherman who swims with sharks using kerosene oil, reports of solar eclipse blindness, and a British Columbia alum bed discovery. It details Empress Dowager translations, postal stamp machines, spurious spellings in ballots, and various eccentricities from around the world with dates and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunlay
Annam
Key West
Indiana
California
Ostend
Belgium
Eiffel Tower
China
New York
St. Pan
Greilty
Gilty
Gaildy
Gealty
Genitay
Galdy
Waldy
Geilty
British Columbia
Detroit Free Press
Almont
Mich
Covington
Amelia Wadsworth
Springfield
Mary Brunner
Derby
Penn
Benjamin Franklin
Lancaster
Gentlleman
Ben Franklin
Phindephia
Professor Mohn
Callao
Harvard South American Astronomical Party
Sultan
Europe
United States
Bank of North America
Congress
Robert Morris
Pennsylvana
Philadelphia
Windsor Castle
Buck- Sabai Palace
Windsor
William Jackson
Chicago
South Carolina
Union
William
Berlin
Crown Prince
Cripplegate
London
Victoria
Renee
C. Brown
Duluth
Minn
Wheater
Pruitt
Centreville
Tex
Germany
Linares
Spain
Strance
Ncisco Pizarro
Pizarro
St. Michaels
Sea Islands
Yucon
Odiak
Ounalaska
Franesco
T Seniamente
Suwffel of
Faris
Portugal
Brooklyn
Lisbon
Casuaies
Ian Sof
Keys for the Careless Discloses Locksmith Business
A Biddeford locksmith notes many people lose keys and seek duplicates or lock fittings daily. He estimates about 200 keys were made from blanks last year to fit old locks, with carelessness as the main cause and instances of stolen or misplaced keys mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Ap Shi
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