China's Empress Dowager Tsian Sets China’s Destiny
An in-depth portrait traces Empress Dowager Tsian from a Canton slave girl to the power behind the throne in Beijing. Her rise through court intrigue, the 1875–1881 regencies, and the Boxer upheaval show her mastery over emperors, nobles, and foreign affairs while facing growing opposition from Manchu princes and Chinese sentiment against Manchu rule.
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Pekin
Tsi-An
Foochow
Canton
Yamen
Hien Fung
Imperial Palace
China
West
East
UN al
Tung-Chi
Kung
Ward
Burkevine
Gordon
Prince Kung
Tung Chi
Imperial
Tfe
Kwang Su
Tung-kung
Kwang-su
Middle Kingdom
Kwangsu
Lady MacDonald
Shanghai
Hooligans of East London Describe Their Brutal Gangs
In Sir Walter Besant's Fast End Types for Century he details East London youths forming violent street gangs called Hooligans. They arm with clubs knives and even toy revolvers, fight rival street groups, rob bystanders, and leave wounded on the pavements. Some roam the streets causing fear. others seek prestige as street captains.
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Sir Walter Besant
Landon
Raat
Boarding House Courtship Not Conducive to Matrimony
A Baltimore American piece examines how boarding house rituals turn courting into social theatre. Women gossip while men size up looks, finances, and status, then a caller's visit becomes a staged performance ending as the clock strikes and gas is turned off. The piece satirizes the etiquette and dynamics of late evening calls among roommates and suitors.
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Miss Blank
Baltimore
The Lean Years and the Panic
In the early nineties debt crushed western farmers as crops failed and revenue vanished. Borrowers could not pay interest, companies carried coupons for them, and hopeful loans grew heavy. By 1898 many firms faced amassed due papers while eastern investors felt the strain of the lean Ring.
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Eays
Atlantic
Tates Peld
Lone
Shah's Toothache and Vast Persian Honors Across France
The Shah of Persia, relieved from a painful toothache by Marquis d Oyley and Dr Evans, awarded the Lion and Sun order across multiple ranks to hundreds including President Loubet and officials, amid court scenes at Contrexeville and Paris. The dentist declared himself sovereign in the room, and the Shah’s gratitude extended to a jeweled box for Madame la Marquise.
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Persia
France
Muzaffer
d’Oyley
Evans
Thomas Evans
Shah
Contrexeville
Casino
Allah
Viscount Doyley
Dr. Evans
Paris
Marquis d'Oyley
Madame la Marquise
Miss Macdonald
Baltimore
Ion Bon
Czar
Russia
Loubet
Marquis d’Oyley
Lion and the
New York Times
Canal Prospects At Panama Work One Third Done
Reports claim about 18 miles of the canal are finished with seven miles untouched and six miles near Panama Bay two-thirds finished. The route lies 46 miles from Colon, but waste and decay mar the project with mansions ruined and machinery rot. Jamaica laborers earn 89 cents daily in silver and endure fevers as the isthmus blooms and breakdowns.
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Canal Company
Bay Shore
Chagres
Colon Bay
France
Canal
Colon Harbor
Panama Canal Company
Sheffield
Hug
Old
Colon
Panama City
England
Panama
Caliente Station
de Lesseps
Panama Canal
Culebra
Paris
New York Times
Panama Bay
New Canal Company
Jamaica
de Lefeons Canal Company
Coon
Aspinwall
William H Aspinwall
Pacific Mat Steamship
M. de Lescepe
Sugar in Hawaii and the Cane Industry's Growth
The article details Hawaii sugar production in 1898 totaling 2,224,825 short tons with projected plantations planned to double output. It notes 49 incorporated companies, with a paid-up capital of 68,000, and explains Oahu's 36 artesian wells and a plantation system consuming 14,000,000 gallons daily per 1,000 acres. It highlights Oahu's climate, soil, and abundant groundwater, expansion plans for Oahu and other islands, and new plantations revealing vast reservoirs on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea slopes.
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Island of
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Scientific American
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Oahu
Honolulu
Oahu Enfar Company
Ewa Plantation
Wakalua Agricultural Company
Teland
Hae
Magna Kea
Census of Porto Rico Reveals White Majority and Sparse City Life
National Geographic Magazine reports the Porto Rico census of 1599 shows a native white majority at 61.8 percent, dense rural settlement with only two cities over 26,000, a low urban share at 8.7 percent over 8000 and 2.14 percent over 1000. Children under ten make up 31 percent while those over 43 are 11.8 percent. Only three in 200 are foreign born and 49.6 percent are under 18. Education lags with 77.4 percent of ages ten and up unable to read or write.
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Porto Rico
War Department
Massachusetts
New York
Cuba
Indiana
San Juan
Ponce
United States
Ohio
Tennessee
Brazil
Mexico
National Geographic Magazine
Tragedy at South Carolina Mansion Ends a War Bride
Mrs. Thaddeus Horton recounts a Civil War tragedy in the October Ladies Home Journal about Governor Pickens daughter dying after her wedding to Lieutenant Le Rochelle. As the ceremony began, a shell hit the mansion. the bride survived but with a fatal chest wound, the groom distraught and the guests shaken.
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South Carolina
Thaddeus Horton
Ladies’ Home Journal
Pickens
le Rochelle
Columbia
Deepatr
How Fire Alarms Actually Work In New York
A detailed look at fire alarm operations from the box to headquarters. It explains the box lever system, wheel teeth, and tape recording, plus how alarms are dispatched by hand, gong, and telephone. The piece notes how signals vary by city and the complex coordination at fire headquarters with indicators and Morse calls.
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New York
Usaaily
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Epsom
Gipsy
Polles
Census OF
Vanierbuilt
Nassau Areet
City Hall
Yeninth Street
Laat
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