Bravery of Yankee Tars in Battle Near China Coast
Describes American and Allied forces under Admiral Hope at the Shanghai river battle. Captain Tatnall's Taeywan assists, barge crews man British guns, and American actions save shiploads of British sailors amid heavy Chinese fire. Allied losses total 89 killed and 345 wounded among 1,100 engaged.
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Plover
Opossum
Admiral Hope
Rason
McKenna
Tatnall
Taeywan
Sie
Lemon
Orient
Hart
Trenchard
Hong Kong
Highflyer
Ships in harbor salute with American flags and cannons
In a swift display the British ships hoisted the American colors and the French and Russians soon did the same. The Powhatan raised the English flag and fired a hearty salute as every gun in the harbor answered.
Accidental Vaccination Turns Man's Nose Rojo Big Toy Balloon
A St Charles street railroad office tale recounts a hobo with a greatly enlarged nose after a self vaccination gone wrong. He explains how an unvaccinated man, bitten by a fly while applying a quill as a makeshift needle, produced a swollen red nose that cost him his job. The railroad man offers sympathy and cash to end the comic misfortune.
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St. Charles Street
Cap’n
Listner
Scott
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Translator of Scots Dialect Sparks Cultural Debate
Boston Beacon laments a new translator turning Ian MacLaren into English. The piece notes the audacious effort, questions the author's view on it, and mocks diluting The Bonnie Briar Bush into American vernacular while acknowledging mixed feelings about the venture.
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Ian MacLaren
Boston Beacon
Forgotten Chinese Garrison Delayed in Payment
French writer M Marcel Monnier notes in 1689 travel through China from Pekin to Tien Tsin passing Yo shi Wo. A Chinese imperial garrison stationed there during the war with Chin suffered from no orders and no pay, forgotten by Pekin authorities.
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M. Marcel Monnier
China
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Yo-shi-Wo
London
Spiders Debated on Fruit Walls in France Meeting
At a recent arboriculture meeting in France the question of allowing spiders to spin webs on fruit walls was discussed. The general view favored the webs for their usefulness and noted they prevent the ingens.
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France
Chinese Secret Bands and Hidden Triads Across Dynasties
The article traces secret societies in China from the Crimson Eyebrows to the Water Lily Sect and the Triads. It describes their origins during Han and Ming eras, initiation rites, oaths, and aims to dethrone the Tsings, while noting their social roles and later evolution into bands like the Boxers.
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Herbert Spencer
China
Wouti
Caesar
Wang Mang
Kublai Kahn
Genghis
Yung Ching
Yang Ching
Ts’ing
Water Lily Sect
Kien Lung
Kia King
Shantung Province
Pekin
T’heen Tehway
Heaven and
Earth
San Ho Hwai
Society of the
Three United
Triads
Heaven
Man
Hung Kai
Flood Family
Green Water Liles
Taukwang
Shing
King's Epiphany Garments Gift Across Madrid History
The Duke of Hijar Count of Ribaldeo in Madrid holds a rare annual collection of Epiphany garments given by Spanish rulers since 1432. Ceremonies include a royal escort, a silver tray bearing the clothes, and thanks spoken by the count. The origin ties to a 1431 assassination plot against King Juan III, where the count wore the king's clothes and was killed, prompting descendants to receive the right to sit at the king's right and wear the royal garments.
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Duke of
Ribaldsco Palace
Castiles
Juan III
Toledo
Spain
Don Enrique
Don Rodrigo Vallandrando
Ridaldeo
Count
Ribaldeo
Suez’s Narrowed Gulf: A Church’s Silent Ambition
In Suez the town sits stranded miles from the canal by greedy interests and a tightfisted administration. Inside the town, about a hundred English residents, many clerks with Eastern Telegraph, wives and children, officials, and company reps form a small, persistent English community. For forty years they strive to build a church, still seeking funds and space.
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Suez
Gulf of Suez
Eastern Telegraph Company
Customs
Coast Guard
London Daily Mail
Land Values Reach Unseen Heights in London and Beyond
The Forum notes land values as the era's wonder with prices surging from £30 10s per inch of space between King William's statue and Trinity square to rates near £191,000,000 per acre. A Southeastern Railway bid in Bermondsey at $65,000,000 per acre was rejected after its depth of sixteen feet proved too costly.
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King William’s
Trinity Square
London
England
Southeastern Railway Company
Bermondsey
Cannon Street
Silk weaving taught at Lyons school center
Lyons hosts a school for silk manufacture and a bustling silk trade hub. Young men from many countries come to learn silk making and language while gaining commerce skills. The silk department trains 50 to 300 pupils annually with tuition at 154 for French residents and 831 for foreigners.
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Lyons
Commercial School
Consul
Forest conservation gains highlighted by American Science association
The American Science association meeting at Columbia University discusses forestry as a growing national concern. It notes Adirondack Park protection, 322 fires in New York state last year costing $38,000, and contrasts state fire wardens with private forests where no major fires occurred.
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Troy
N. Y
American Science Association
Columbia University
New York
American Forestry Congress
Cincinnati
Brooklyn Eagle
Adirondack Park
Hudson
Warren Higley
Colonel Fox
Fox
Wilson
Cornell University
Commonwealths
Forest preservation gains in New York and nationwide
An article notes reforms in fire wardens in the Adirondacks, improves forestry as a US occupation, and highlights Secretary Wilson's push for forest planting. It credits Cornell and Yale forestry training, New York’s leadership in forest protection, and warns challenges remain for large land acquisition and fire prevention as the nation advances toward forestry as a public duty.
Mrs Gladstone’s Candid Confidante Story
The text recalls the close bond between William Gladstone and his wife Mrs Gladstone known for her trusted advisement. It recounts an occasion at Hawarden when she nearly revealed a cabinet secret, prompting a stern glance from Gladstone and a private apology note after the dinner.
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Hawarden
Cairo Growth Seen In New Buildings And Plans
Cairo experiences rapid construction with a new prison near the citadel and modern sites planned on the Darmas property by the Savoy hotel. The National Bank of Egypt advances at £200000, flats rise, and the Grands Magasins du Louvre prepares to open on the Continental hotel ground floor. Revenue from requisitioned space is $2000 yearly as Cairo grows.
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Cairo
Egypt
Chicago News
Citadel
Tourah
Darmas
Savoy Hotel
National Bank of Egypt
Continental
Grands Magasins du Louvre
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M’laren
Garrison
Fan Chong
Shantung
Han
Lingti
Freemasons
New York Sun
Eis Er
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