The Mikado and Japan's Rise to World Power
A historical overview traces Japan's Meiji era from imperial birth in Kioto to Tokyo, detailing the Meiji reforms, removal of feudal power, and rise to a modern state. It highlights the Emperor Meiji, Okubo’s reforms, and the shift toward a parliamentary system resembling Britain by 1900.
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Kioto
Matthew C. Perry
Mississippi
Japan
Perry
Yeddo
Mikado
Heaven
Matsuhito
Komei
Asako
Fujiwara
Vienne
Alda
Posen Eian
Tony
Keli
Bluto
Fushimi
van Valkenburg
Okubo
Nijo
Earth
Tokio
Eta
Yokoi Heishiro
Doshisha University
Satsuma
Chosuu
Great Britain
Prussia
The Last Days of Harry Albro in Poama Valley Poker Legend
George Albro, once famed as the world’s most scientific poker player, recounts a life of high stakes in Washington and abroad. Born 1838 in Philadelphia, he taught the Prince of Wales and advised Napoleon III on American poker mysteries. Now retired in southern California’s Poama Valley, he reflects on superstition, luck, and a fortune earned and spent, including a legendary big game in Vire.
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George Albro
Pomoa Valley
California
Philadelphia
Washington
Prince of Wales
Phil Sheridan
Paris
Napoleon
Albre
Mr. Albro
Far West
East
Harry Parker
Helena
Mont
Galley West
Senator Walcott
Colorado
Albro
Vire
Gambling at the Comstock Lode Gamblers Den
In 1870 Com stock mines near Mackay-Fair Pood and O'Brien yielded immense profits. I visited Gentry and Crittenden's gambling house to witness lavish play where monthly table expenses reached 3000 dollars and bets could hit thirty thousand on a single card. The scene showed vast wealth and high rollers in a famed mine district.
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Sinia City
Nev
Coms
Mackay-Fair
Pood
O'Brien
Gentry & Crittenden’s
Comstock Lode
Gentry & Crittenden
Mexico
Vancouver
Boston
Honolulu
Saratoga
Monarchs as Athletes Across Europe in Calmest Feats
The German emperor expertly plays tennis at a private court and fences daily, with boating and rowing equipment in his dressing room. Russia’s tsar is a strong cyclist and sprinter, while Austria’s emperor is a superb horseman and swordsman. Italy’s king pursues Nimrod and long-distance walking, Greece’s king is a fine swimmer, as are Sweden’s and Belgians’ monarchs. Faure, the late French president, was a skilled horseman and fencer, and the Turkish sultan shines as a revolver marksman with both hands.
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Russia
Italy
Greece
Oscar
Sweeden
President Faure
Turkey
China’s Tsung-li Yamen Portrait of a Faded Bureau
The piece describes the Tsung-li Yamen as a weak temporary bureau for foreign affairs, housed outside the imperial city. It portrays eleven elderly ministers, slow rides to the dilapidated offices, and a ceremonial process with officials, attendants, and interruptions during interviews. An American protest at an interview leads to a farcical scene with underlings, pipes, tea, and spectators.
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Scidmore
China
Tsuung-li Yamen
Imperial
Yamen
Critical Moment Reveals Hidden Truth in Mamma Scene
Fragmentary reading reveals a pivotal moment as an old man notices a ruse involving a glass eye. The scene ends with the man’s infatuation fading, suggesting a moral cure. The peculiar dialogue hints at identity and deception in a tense, introspective moment.
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Geezer
Mr. Oldboy
Woman’s clubs rally as husbands change their minds
A fragmented note recalls shifting attitudes within households as husbands rethink marital expectations and the role of women, highlighting evolving social norms and the idea of women as active community figures.
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Europe
Asia
Red
Theab Myles
Wier
Levan
Hetoe
Janis
Cuitimes
Heiven
Oye
Calor
Delall
Quinters
Dian
Mina
Ucellentalé
Elis
Ious
Petrerio
Uunning
Ene Choo
Archiapelago
Firmen
Ching
Kurile Islands
Sland
Ion
Echingen
Old Franklin
Yokoi Heishipo
Yuri Kinmasa
Pmalu Lax
Harry Albro
Tsung-Li Yamen
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