China’s Final Redemption and Sun Yat Sen’s Plans
The piece outlines Sun Yat Sen’s republican vision for China with Yuan Shih Kai as president Sun Yat Sen as vice president Tang Shao Yi premier and Li Yuen Heng minister of war It recounts Yuan Shih Kai’s career from military reformer to governor general and his role in modernizing the army while detailing Tang Shao Yi as a westernized reformer and capable statesman
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Sun Yat Sen
Celestial Kingdom
Yuan Shih Kai
Sun Yat Ben
Tang Shao Yi
Li Yuen Heng
China
Bun Yat Sen
United States
Pu Yi
Yuan Shih
Peking
Yuan
Yuan Shih Kas
Shantung
Emancipation Struggles Across China and Global Reach
The narrative traces China's emancipation efforts against Manchu rule and the Western sympathy from the start, noting critiques of the Qing era, pension practices, and the broad spread of revolutionary activity. It mentions Manchu and Chinese similarities, gender distinctions in dress, and the establishment of revolutionary branches in Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Johannesburg, and Melbourne during ongoing efforts.
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Revolutionary
Paris
London
Brussels
Berlin
Johannesburg
South Africa
Melbourne
Australia
The New Chinese National Hymn and Sun Yat Sen's Rise
Sun Yat Sen, a diminutive Chinese reformer with a perilous price on his head, began the Chinese national movement from San Francisco. He and followers built a republic in Chunghwa, drafting a constitution favoring taxation limits, universal suffrage, women’s suffrage, open ports, free trade, and compulsory education, with a transition from military rule to elected parliamentary government.
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United States
Sun Yat Sen
San Francisco
Fght
Republic
Americas
Republic of Chunghwa
Sun Yat Sen Named President and Reform Proposals
Sun Yat Sen is chosen as president of the republic of China after the abdication of the throne. The new government may adopt an English national language to unify dialects, with Sun born in Hawaii and educated in English. His wife Lee Shee stood by him through hardships, aiding the Young China movement during their Honolulu years.
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Sun Yat Sen
Hawaiian Gazette
Republic of China
bin Yat Sen
Hawaii
United States
China
Lee Shee
Dr. Sun
One time in politics a biographer of the old timer
An old timer recalls a past scheme to place a nondoctor as a health officer by legislative action. He describes how a law was changed to require the officer be a doctor, a move born from political finickiness. The anecdote reflects era politics and manipulation of rules.
Escape of Convicts From a Brazilian Brig
A crew aboard the brig Albatross recounts an adventure after ten French convicts from Cayenne escaped at sea. The convicts captured the ship using muskets, killed Captain Rothsay and the second mate, and plundered the vessel. The crew fought back, buried the dead, and debated escape plans as Moran aimed for the Amazon. A Brazilian gunboat eventually intervened, exposing the convicts and aiding transfer to Cayenne for legal proceedings.
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Liverpool
Cayenne
Ffella
Rothsay
Fender
Moran
Arma
Para
Xingo
Dietrlet
Mr. Lenox
Possenssin
Maine
Hull
Pars
Unreasonable. Witty exchanges from Variety Life and more
A collection of light quips and jokes from several 1910 era columns. It includes a line about a father accusing a fiancée of marrying for money, a pun about weighing cats and canaries, a quip on simple addition, a remark about truth avoiding a juggle, a pun on puncturing a tire and milk, and a suburban real estate quip.
Earthquake Warning From a West Indies Island
A West Indian island, prone to quakes, sent two sons to England a year before a predicted disturbance. The return mail steamer bore a brief, urgent message to Mr X: “Take back your boy. Send me the earthquake.”
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West Indies
Mr XII
England
Indiana
Absurdities The Only Party
A witty London Tatler quip plays on political labels as a voter asks about a husband’s party. The response flips the notion, joking that the speaker belongs to the party, not the husband, in a light social satire.
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London Tatler
Disjointed Punchlines and Quips Across Magazines
A collection of humorous exchanges and comic captions from McCall’s Magazine Life Hesston Herald and Milwaukee News. Jokes range from domestic squabbles to medical banter and operatic costs, illustrating early 20th century wit and social curiosities.
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Fang Shao YI
JSE OF
Parliami
WTSEN
Ieee
Yoko Manche
Dina
Anchus
Tao
By Leroy Rhymer
McFee
O'Heetle
Kansas City Journal
Mia
McCall's Magazine
Walter
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Bliss
Heston Herald
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