Chinese Splendor at Imperial Reception of Diplomatic Corps
The article describes the 1891 reception of foreign legations in the Forbidden City. The ceremony featured sedan chairs, escorted diplomats, a marble throne audience, and detailed imperial pomp with dragon carvings and cloisonne lamps.
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China
Europe
Fu Hua
East Flower Gate
Forbidden City
Imperial Guards
Tsung Ji Yamen
Tsu Kuang Ko
Foreign Office
Prince Ching
Prince Po
Prince Ko
Fa Hua
Tartar City
Chicago
Home manicuring and growing professional services expand
The number of people using professional manicures rises as home services grow. Visiting manicurists serve mostly women and children, with pupils learning in two to three months. Chiropodists also rise in demand, aided by a June 8 1895 New York law requiring board exams.
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Pedic Society
New York
New York Sun
Cambridge Shah Visit Hoax Tricked City in 1878
The Cambridge Independent Press recounts a 1878 prank when a telegram claimed the shah of Persia would visit Cambridge en route to London. Officials rushed to prepare, crowds gathered, and guards awaited a train that never arrived. The hoax was never solved.
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Cambridge
England
Independent Press
Cambrye
Hamilton
London
Cambridge Station
St. Peter’s College Kitchen
Shah
Theodore Hook
Turin professor finds breathing carbonic acid exposure varies little with altitude
Professor Ugolino Mosso of Turin studied soldiers on Monte Rosa and measured carbonic acid exhalation at high altitude, noting only slight differences from sea level. He also tested himself in Turin's Physiological Institution, reporting no trouble at 84 cm mercury pressure but severe shortness of breath at 30 cm, hindering observations.
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Ugolino Mosso
Turin
Monte Rosa
London Globe
Artist Gould's First Success as Caricaturist
Pearson's Weekly recalls Frank Gould's early caricature work in Barnstaple sketching the jailer who jokes with the mayor about his cartoon. The mayor warns the young artist while a remark about veiled Moslem women is noted as a cultural aside.
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F. C. Gould
Barnstaple
Frank Gould
Pearson’s Weekly
Racing and training notes from New England tracks and stables
Bingen starts training in Massachusetts while Mogil is in Ed Mille’s stable. About 200 horses are in training at Readville. Aileen will race on New England tracks as McKinney campaigns Bertie R this season. Molock, by Warlock, is to be ridden by Doug Thomas. A filly by McKinney dammed by Stamboul has run a mile in 2.34 at Oakland, and is sold to go to Russia to join Sam Caton’s stable. Gloucester track to halve to 1/2 mile for a Sept 8-11 fair with 4,000 purses. A Benzetta Onoqua match race is proposed at Lexington fall Breeders meeting. Charming Chimes is nearing form and will join Geers’ stable in Buffalo in August. Fairview Driving Park meeting at Middleboro is abandoned for lack of entries. Fritz owner offers to match him for 10,000 dollars. Nancy enjoys visitors and pets her daughter. Rumors say Dutch Skater’s Westchester win boosted Riley Grannan’s bets to about 25,000. Mystic Park’s first-ever race 30 years ago was won by Indian Rubber, now Rubber Neck appears.
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Bingen
Mogil
Ed Mille
Massachusetts
Readville
Mass
Aileen
New England
W. He. McKinney
Bertie R
Wilkomont
Molock
Warlock
Doug Thomas
McKinney
Stamboul
Oakland
Cal Senate
Sphinx
Blue Bull
Russia
Sam Caton
Gloucester
N. J
Benzetta
Onoqua
Lexington
Charming Chimes
Chimes
Geers
Buffalo
Fairview Driving Park Association
Middleboro
Fritz
United States
Easly
Nancy
Westchester
Riley Grannan
Mystic Park
The Greatest Records Across the World
The article lists superlatives such as the National Library of Paris as the largest collection, the Grand Opera in Paris as the biggest theater, the Mediter ranean as the largest inland sea, the Cruspp Ironworks crane lifting 150 tons, Rome’s catacombs with 300 miles of passages, Cheops pyramid at 4861 feet, and the Coliseum in Rome as the largest place of worship seating 80 009 spectators followed by St Peters seating 54 000. The Father of the Forest redwood stands 450 feet high, with Australian eucalypts reaching similar heights.
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National Library of
Paris
Sperenberg
Prussia
Grand Opera of
Panama
Mediterranean
Texas
Krupp Ironworks
Rome
Cheops
Krapp Company
California
Coliseum
St. Peter's
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Rivals Rake Chicago Over Post Office and Population
A satirical roundup mocks Chicago for census figures and urban growth while noting rapid transit shifts from horse cars to electric and cable cars. The pieces contrast Chicago’s population claims with other cities and cheer the city for its prompt response to St. Louis victims.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City Journal
New York
Schenectady
New York Press
Annexation proposals threaten regional balance in Illinois and New York
The Cleveland Leader reports Chicago plans to annex all of Cook County adding 300,000 residents and over 100 square miles of land. New York counters by potentially absorbing the Catskills and remaining Long Island regions, signaling a widening dispute.
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New York
Express
Chicago
Cook County
Catskill Mountains
Long Island
Cleveland
Across the Sea and Other Brief Opinions
A collection of terse quips on global affairs. The excerpts mock Turk cholera coverage and Kurdish bias, joke about yachting rules and American misconduct, and note Japan’s dollar deposits in London and Berlin to hedge against Russia.
Our Girls and Moral Fashion Shenanigans
A brief satirical note cites a widow’s distress and a disengaged romance as a commentary on fashion and propriety. The remark suggests shocking attire causes romantic breakups and prompts social critique of emancipation discourse.
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Minneapolis Journal
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