Mrs Conger Hosts High Rank Chinese Ladies at Legation
Mrs. Conger wife of the American minister entertained eleven Manchu princesses at the legation in a bold social breach of Chinese propriety. Included were princes daughters and high officials, with Chinese speaking guests handling much of the conversation aided by missionary ladies and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger
Umb
Prince Kung
Shyn
Prince Ching
Tsai Chen
Peking
United States
Empress Dowager Meeting Foreign Ladies In Peking
Katharine Mali kin Lowry recounts the reception hosted by Mrs Conger at the American legation in Peking. Eleven Chinese princesses and nobles arrived in lavish Manchu dress, mingling with foreign guests, sharing meals, and exchanging portraits and menus amid guarded streets and ceremonial etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsai Chen
China
Edward
Katharine Maliikin Lowry
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Purge Of Bad Blood
An old medical ad asserts that bad blood causes pimples rashes and nervous debility and promises impure blood can be made pure with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. It links constipation and sluggish liver to purification and promotes Ayer’s Pills as liver pills that aid natural daily movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Des Muines
Gray
Ayer
Fire on Ship Forwards Hull Jettisons Cargo in Accident
Crew battled a fire in the forward hold as sailors descended into the hold to fix tackle and hoist smoldering bales to the deck. The cargo was jettisoned and the fire extinguished with little hull damage. The volatile load, thought to have started by spontaneous combustion, included oak felt and chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sratus
Wearely
Ble
San Fracisco
Liverpool
McNeely
One Night Treatment with Cuticura Soap
An old remedy recipe recommends nightly treatment for red rough chapped hands using Cuticura Soap plus a liberal application of Cuticura emollient. The plan includes wearing cut off finger gloves with air holes for air exposure to the skin. It claims to cure dry fissured itching feverish palms and painful fingertips when other methods fail.
Purifying skin soaps and Coriovra remedies touted in ads
A vintage advertisement extols Cuticura soap and Coriovra ointment for preserving and beautifying the skin, cleansing scalps, stopping hair loss, soothing hands, and treating baby rashes. It also promotes Coriora Resonants and Coricurra pills as blood purifiers, tonics, and digestives, with prices and forms noted.
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London
de Sote
Boston
Coriouna
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Ster
E. H. Conger
Watertein
Bern
Katherine Mo Lowry
Lowry
BK. Lowry
JH. Lowry
Peking University
Methodist
Tien Tein
Legation
Drake
Tiend
Bainbridgs
Miss Reeves
Berlin
Etrovts
Chajése Bouldiers
Imperial
Brincess
Miss Kuang
Lega Hon
Jeao
Princess Imperial
Jiffin
Summer Palace
Mrs. Catrell
Chine
America
Sne
Waa
Steauer
Araied Oo Surib Wary
Fernland Craught
Nome
Seattle
Portland
Lindquist
Northern Commercial Company
Bering Straits
Arctic Ocean
Nome City
Diomede Islands
Daniels
Arctic
Northern Company
Healy
Jos
Sears
Applcant
Rutus
Livingston & Co
Iowa
Wspape
Joipe
Ayer CO
Lewell, Mass
Frankel
Lothina
Ellis’ Festival
Frankel Clothing Company
Yorkshire Clothing
Bralaard
Minn
Harvey Zimmer
Staples
Hammond
Ind
H. Montgamery
Charterhouss Por
Ge la Pars
Paria
Coar
Newsrar
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