Taft to curb native agitation in Philippine policy
Manila reports that Taft era accents a shift from placating native agitators to firm restraint after inauguration. Officials say past kindness fostered liberty without license, with a crackdown envisioned including replacing native governors with Americans and a broad official clean up amid arrests of Revolt press figures. General Wright is to frame the new policy.
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No Flies on Him Irishmen and a Lantern Lit Room
Two Irishmen staying at a private boarding house on a hot July night keep a light burning. Mosquitoes bite and fireflies fill the room when Pat, awakened, jokes that they are coming in with lanterns after he turns out the light.
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New York Herald
Woman’s attempt to preserve skin ends in unintended pickle
A proverb-like remark notes that when a woman cannot maintain her complexion she resorted to pickling it. The line uses a sharp ironic image to critique vanity and aging norms.
Chinese Musicians Claim Ancient Ragtime Roots in China
Deputy Consul General Clarence E. Gauss reports Chinese music claims ancient origins dating to 3,000 B C. Emperor Huangzi fixed notes, Confucius praised music as a governing medium, and a revival followed after lost traditions. Chinese notation differs from Western, with vertical characters, no chromatic scale, and varied instrument types. Western influence grows through missionaries and Japanese teachers in Chinese schools.
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Dame Wang
Clarence E. Gauss
Shanghai
Fuhsi
Huangzi
Tuangu
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