The Coreans and Other Ministers at Washington Dinner
A Washington diplomatic scene notes the Corean legation led by Chang Yen Hoon arriving in court dress while Japanese minister Kuki and other envoys from Turkey, Italy, Germany and Spain mingle with Mme. Kuki, Baroness de Fava and Viscount de Nogueiras. The English legation under Sir Lionel Sackville West gleams with lavish entertainments as ministers from Switzerland to Holland and Mexico participate in a fast changing, cosmopolitan capital.
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Wasnixatox
Corean
Legation
Chang Yen Hoon
San Francisco
Washington
The
Chang Yen Hoan
Liang
China
United States
Interpreter Liang
Bancroft’s
Kuki
Japan
Far East
Mme. Kuki
Paris
Litle Kuki
Jack
Yoshi Kuki
Mme. de Struve
Frau von Missendecker
Baroness de Fava
Viscountess de Nogueiras
Nogueiras
Baron de Fava
Germany
Herr von Albansleben
Ronistan
Tunis
Africa
Roustan
Lionel Sackville West
Fish Commission
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Sam
John Bull
Minister West
Romero
Grant
Col
Emile Frey
Switzerland
Morat
Charles the Bold
Duke of Burgundy
Frey
Gettysburg
Quentin Durward
Land of the Alps
National Congress
Holland
de Weckherlin
University of Leyden
Vienna
Brussels
Rome
Europe
Senor
Emilio de Muruaga
Spain
Frank G. Carpenter
Corean Embassy at Washington and Corean Fashion Noted
The Corean embassy opens in Washington with Minister Pak Chung Yang and seven nobles. A American doctor from Ohio, H. N. Allen, aids reforms. Coreans dressed in silk gowns with long braids and ornate hats attract attention as relations with China and Japan evolve.
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Legation
Ohio
Delaware
H. N. Allen
Corea
Pak Chung Yang
Yi Wan Yong
Yi Ha Yong
Yi Sang Jay
Yi Chah Yong
Kang Chin He
Yi Hyun Jay
Oliver Cromwell
Cleveland
White House
Adam
How One Man Cured Dyspepsia
A man details twenty five years of stomach weakness, later improving after adopting a diet suited for a weak stomach, daily rubbing and deep breathing, and consistent morning and night exercises. He notes eight years of good health and returns to shoeing after six years, attributing his recovery to health journals and disciplined routines.
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J. N. Semple
Herald of Health
Sauerkraut Warned as Hidden Explosive Risk
A Philadelphia kraut maker warns that fresh sauerkraut can explode if sealed too tightly as it ferments. He compares a tightly corked cask to gunpowder, saying swelling gas can burst a barrel, shake a store, and alarm neighbors who might mistake it for dynamite.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco Alta
Henry M. Stanley and the New York Love That Shaped His Career
Special correspondence from New York outlines Henry M. Stanley's career arc after discovery of Livingston, including a failed American business scheme, a betrothal broken by another marriage, and plans for African trade ventures. The letter catalogues Stanley's hopes, financial backers, and the shift from domestic disappointment to expeditions that reshaped Central Africa.
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New York
Henry M. Stanley
United States
Emil Bey
Dr. Livingston
Stanley
Livingston
Agigi
New York Herald
Spain
Abyssinia
Herald
James O'Kelley
J. I. C. Clark
Morning Journal
Herald Club
Steinway Hall
Henry M
James Gordon Bennett
Levy
London Telegraph
Africa
Central
East India Company
England
Zanzibar
Central Africa
Catawba Indians seek land restoration and new agent
Chief Harrison of the Catawba Indians from York County in Washington visits Columbia on tribe business. The tribe has dwindled to eighty two members and their reservation has shrunk to under 700 acres. They warn many leases to white families may expire and ask Governor to eject lawless intruders and appoint Harrison as agent, replacing a white official paid from their funds.
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Corea
China
Japan
Kansas
Li Hi
Kuki Nor
Chang Yen Hoon
Pak Chung Yang
Islands
United States
Thomas J. Topp
Dix
Europe
Congo
Stanley
America
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Kagebyi
Usukuma
Central Africa
Speke
Grant
Africa
Nile
Zanzibar
Livingston
Lake Albert
Uganda
Ase
Ukerewa
Bagayamo
Mirambo
Itury
Unyamwezi
Ubiqui
Methi Bassadee
Amors
Mtesa
Ugogo
Michaon
Urmia
Sai
Samui
Usanda
Sotcial Rees
Kambo
Nana
Enry M. Stanley
Felix
DeFontaine
New York Herald
F. G. de Fontaing
Harrison
York County
D. C
Columbia
Chicago News
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Foreign Legations
Wis
Koki
West
Wkst
Corean Ministry
Whoro
Wasumoron
Kwang Su
Mikados
Coreans
Pennsylvania Avenue
Allen
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