Visit to Siam King’s Palace Reveals Modern Reforms
Reporter recounts a visit to Bangkok to meet Siam’s king and view the royal harem, stables, and jeweled treasuries. The monarch has halted old rituals, welcomed foreigners, introduced telegraph and streetcars, and funded a railway survey from Bangkok toward Mandalay. A polite official checked baggage for contraband, marking it without inspection.
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Kok
Bangkok
Mandalay
Burmah
Portrait of Siamese King in Royal Attire and Lineage
The letter describes the Supreme King of Siam at length, detailing a court photograph of a slender 36 year old ruler in gold embroidered garments and a tall jewel crown. It notes his elegant features, regal posture, and the ornate Siamese costume. It ends with his lineage as the ninth son of ekut and his marriage to a half sister.
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Ekut
Siam
Plo
Progressive Monarch of Siam Rules With Absolute Power
The Siamese king wields absolute authority over 6 to 10 million subjects, choosing workers, taxing freely, and even approving executions. Yet he is described as progressive, advancing civilization and reform, while maintaining a vast treasury and a court of intrigue.
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Siam
Siamese King a Buddhist Pries t and Reforms in Siam
The Siamese monarch, once a priest, remains Buddhist and supports missions. Siam hosts a European court, a Bangkok Foreign and Interior Department, and a royal mint. The new court’s justice lacks law and uses tortures to compel testimony, with prisons described as dreadful dungeons and convicts chained and driven to labor in public.
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Siam
Royal School
Mission Fund
Europe
London
United States
New York
Bangkok
Foreign Department
Interior Department
Royal Mint
Court of Justice
Siamese Royal Names and Harem Beauty customs described
A historical account details the Siamese royal family with Chulalongkorn as a common short form and notes the Queen’s youth, beauty, and role. It describes the queen’s complexion, hair, eyes, jewelry, and smoking and betel nut chewing as cultural practices. The piece mentions a visit to the king’s purveyor to the English establishment storehouse.
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Chulalongkorn
Palace Harem Goods From Europe To Siam
A visitor describes a palace harem inventory with hundreds of European items and toys. A clerk says every fancy French plaything is sold to the palace. He buys about a hundred dozen small decorated china spittoons with Siamese art, used by ladies to spit mixed tobacco.
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Europe
England
Siamese Wives Fashion in Royal Harem and Portrait Style
The dressmakers describe Indies in the Siamese harem favoring sarongs with a loose embroidered jacket and ribbons. They largely go barefoot, wear gold anklets, and display Western coats for court portraits. The last king sought well bred English or French ladies but faced diplomatic snags and punishment for flirtations.
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Soladies
Siam
China
Indis
Poparate Palecen
Siamese Palace Tour Describes Bangkok King and Amazons
The writer notes the Bangkok palace built recently with marble appearance though stucco, guarded by gilded iron elephants. The king receives ministers in a grand audience hall while warriors and nobles sit on leather benches. A shaved Buddhist priest portrait overlooks the throne. The royal lineage is claimed to descend from Buddha.
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Bangkok
Europe
Hong
Buddha
Grand Reception Rooms Describe Royal Elegance and European Treasures
The account details a vast marble mosaic reception hall with a gilded high ceiling and chandeliers. Oil portraits line the walls including a lone woman among the royal family, with luxurious vases from Venice and carved gold from Siam. A Siamese noble accompanies the observer as they pass into another grand room where the King meets the Austrian Minister to China Japan and Siam. An album bearing a porcelain medallion portrait of the King sits near carved tusks and cabinets of gold works while Frederick the German Emperor is pictured among the walls.
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Washington
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Europe
Venice
Siam
China
Japan
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Emperor
Germany
The King's Throne Room of Golden Ivy and Glass
A grand throne room described with a vaulted glass ceiling and jewel like light. Immense chandeliers from the East Room era hang above a marble mosaic floor while gold trees and silver offerings line the walls and corridors under the King of Siam.
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White House
Stee
Austria
Siam
White elephants of Siam reveal grim reality of royal fame
The author recalls Siam’s white elephant as sacred symbol but observes modern elephants in dirty stables. He notes enforced labor, harsh treatment, and a recent incident where a keeper was killed as a royal elephant attacked a ba. the account ends with the traveler signing as G. Carpenter.
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Siam
The Shamrock and Clover in Ireland and Britain
A fragment discusses Ireland's shamrock and clover as distinct plants, noting differences in leaf shading and surface hair. It compares shamrock to clover, mentions masquerading clover at Covent Garden, and references Irish town imagery and crowd reaction.
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Ireland
Covent Garden
New Oregon Alpine Club Honorary Membership Prompted by Nye
Edgar Nye accepts honorary membership in the Oregon Alpine Club and jokes about climbing Mount Hood or Mount Tacoma. He mocks club aims, plans alpine exploits, and pranks on polar quests while detailing humorous anecdotes and potential roles in flora fauna study.
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Oregon Alpine Club
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Alpine Club Correspondence Praises Honorary Membership
A letter to the Oregon Alpine Club thanks for honorary membership and requests freedom to climb regional mountains. The writer blends science travel talk with humor and invites accompanying the club on future expeditions using a silvered team.
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Oregon Alpine Club
Tenoreges
Courageous Sparrow Captures Snake From Nest
In Springfield, Lagonda House sparrows nested on a scroll capped pillar. A small sparrow carried an eight inch snake to its nest, struggling to land with the heavy reptile. A larger sparrow then swooped in, grabbed the snake by the back of the head, and flew away with it while many spectators watched.
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Republic
Lagonda House
Miriam
Samad Kia
Sey
Cowper
Aetinas
London
Seomadasee
Sarah
Beaehanen Cai
Aes
Pennsylvania
Puzzle shows odd arithmetic riddle from Philadelphia Times
A curious puzzle invites readers to pick a random page word and perform a sequence of arithmetic steps. The instructions mix page and line numbers to reveal a final two-digit result likely indicating a target word. The text appears as a playful, if garbled, figure puzzle from a historical newspaper.
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Philadelphia Times
East and West A Tale of a Century Ago
A long excerpt chronicles Sarah Parris and her circle as they ride from Salem toward Ohio with the Titcombs guiding a settler wagon train. Family banter, plans, and rough life on the road unfold, including a Dutch encounter, camp life, and letters home describing crossing the Alleghenies and building a Noah-like ark for river travel.
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Versailles
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Haldeh
Essex County
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Genas
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de Titcomb
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Washington at a Reception and Lost Letters
A fragmentary tale follows Sarah Parris and Harry Curwen over a century old mystery. Curwen writes a farewell billet and sends a gift basket then travels to Boston and New York seeking introductions to General Knox. He meets Timothy Pickering for guidance and aims to connect with General Eniox while a host of military names appear in the narrative.
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Sarah Parris
Harry Curwen
Sarah
Ohio
Harry Curtren
Harry Comwen
Salem
Goodalee
New York
Sarsh Parris
Lily
Emma
Mr. Curwen
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Anak Sai Oe
General Knox
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Francis
United States
Harry Carwen
Timothy Pickering
Dorwin
Pickering
Eniox
Costes Nation
Roox Hang Ganwen
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