Japanese Playwrights Star in Two Tragic Boston Theater Works
The Boston Herald reviews two tragedies presented by Japanese players. Saircku adapts The Merchant of Venice with a Japanese twist ending in tragedy. Scarlet Snow follows Perry era events with intense hand to hand combat and muscular stage realism. Bada Yacco and Mikami join as leading female performers in Saircku.
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Boston Theater
Loth—Kae Wikemi
Boston Herald
Portia
Commodore Perry
Japan
Tako Kamon
Siroku
Comepany
Bada Yacco
Mikami
How Cold Causes Illness A Dr Kellogg Outline
Dr J H Kellogg explains how cold exposure leads to illness. He describes skin cooling contracting nearby blood vessels and how this affects lungs nose and throat. Prolonged cold may cause congestion or inflammation of the lungs and even bladder or stomach weakness in certain conditions.
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J. H. Kellogg
Hera
Flogging by electricity novelty in France’s prisons
French papers report the electric cat, a new whipping device used in prisons and colonies. A wheel driven by electric motor carries a whip that strikes the convict as it rotates, with adjustable speed to fit sentence severity. Proponents say it administers even-handed justice without personal bias, unlike manual flogging.
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Argout
France
Philadelphia Times
Benefit of High Altitudes for Pulmonary Disease
The article notes mountain air aids pulmonary disease patients by increasing red blood cells when moving to higher elevations. It cites medical researchers and explains that more red corpuscles imply greater vitality and health, endorsing cold air treatment for consumptives.
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Beneft
Case of Female Imposture in Paris Area
A Brittany peasant girl named Anna Fervae pretended to be a servant for M. Lefebvre in Saint Lambert. She claimed she sold her hair in Morlaix to fund a Paris trip, but the “lady” proved to be a seventeen year old male escapee who wore female clothes to elude capture and was unmasked after falling for his employer.
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Paris
Brittany
Heracle
Anna Fervae
M. Lefebvre
Saint Lambert
Morlaix
Madame Lefebvre
Bonne
Don't Speak Evil Society Formed by Springfield Women
Springfield Missouri women organize a dont speak evil society with a pledge to speak no evil of any woman. Members sign agreeing to lifelong obligations regardless of truth of reports. The motto implies perseverance in the face of disapproval.
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Springfield
The Eilipino Woman and Her Philippine Field Image
A fragmentary, prejudiced depiction contrasts Filipino women with American Indians, describing physical traits and stereotypes. The narrator claims mestizos and natives dominate the islands and equates Filipino women to pests at a cookhouse door, ending with a harsh comparison to American Indians and a note on climate and perceived vigor.
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Filipio
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Alls
Philippine railway viewed as relic of Spanish neglect
Cassler's Magazine notes the Philippine system spans 122 miles on a single three foot six inch gauge line from a town northwest of Manila to Dagupan on Luzon's east coast. It features a wooden rolling stock, slow speeds of 15 to 20 mph, and eight to ten car trains with fares of two to five cents per mile, carrying rice sugar hemp and building materials.
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Philippine Islands
Cassler
Manila
Dagupan
Luzon
Wages Mistake Sparks Spouse’s Vow in Dublin
In Dublin a reservist of the Dublin Fusiliers is called up and his employer decides to give his wife half his wages. She expects £3 but receives four sovereigns instead. The clerk confirms the sum, while the wife, shocked, vows vengeance if harm befalls her husband upon return.
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Dublin
Dublin Fusiliers
Bosra
Weekly Telegraph
Islanders Converted to Seventh Day Baptists on Island
Descendants of the Bounty crew, about 130 on the island, mainly women, have adopted Seventh Day Baptist faith through a missionary from San Francisco, after formerly belonging to Hag Janu church. several young men still serve on vessels.
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Pilcairn Islaunders
Bounty
Seventh Day Baptists
San Francisco
Church of
Hag- Janu
Pnsg
Invasion Rumors Stir Benson as Fort Huachuca Prepares
A large Yaqui force is rumored massing near Benson Arizona with orders from General Marium to Fort Huachuca to ready troops for possible crossing of the international line into the United States.
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Benson
Arizora
Marrium
Fort Huachwaca
United States
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