Baron Fava Recall Mirrors Moreno Padrone Fight in U S
The Washington letter recalls Baron Fava Italian ambassador and linked figures Celso Caesar Moreno, highlighting the padrone system in the United States and Italian immigration. It notes Fava’s recall, Moreno's imprisonment for libel, and Moreno’s dramatic life across Hawaii, Europe, and China.
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Washington
Béron de Fara
Rome
Italy
America
China
Pitt Fava
United States
Baron S'ava
New York
Baron Fava
Treasury
Land of the Free
Celso Caesar Moreno
Moreno
Secchi de Casati
Legation
Temple of Justice
Per
Ning Nalakaua
Hawaii
Great Britain
France
Witig Kalakina
Kalakaua
Chinavassa
Piedmont
King Humbert
Li Hung Chang
King Kalakaua
Napoleon III
John Sherman
James G. Blaine
Leland Stanford
Japan
Sumatra
Victor Emmanuel
Napoleon
Tonquin
Li Yung Chang
Shanghai
Honolulu
San Francisco
Germany
Gambetta
Victor Hugo
de Lesseps
William
Forgothin i
Pennsylvania Avenue
Providence Hospital
Smith D. Fry
Mystery of Two Ten Password Exposed in Paris Buy
Baroness Burdette Coutts learned that clerks used the password two ten to signal handing over a shopper. A porter’s boy revealed the code by joking that it meant keep your eyes on her ten fingers. The tale ends with the baroness realizing she’d been mistaken for a thief.
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Burdette Coutts
Paris
England
Louisville Courier-Journal
Saul the Convert in Acts Conversion Lesson
The lesson summarizes Saul’s heavenly vision on the road to Damascus and Ananias’s role in healing and guiding him. It contrasts Saul’s before and after states, highlighting the universal call of Christ to regenerate lives and the transformation from persecutor to preacher.
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H. C. Lenington
Amascus
Saul
Jesus
Nasareth
Damascus
Ahanias
Paul
Heaven
Ananias
Saul the Persecutor
Christ
Efe
Saul Ananias
Jerusalem
Synagogues
God
Grape and Canister No Power Without Pain
A collection of aphorisms contrasts labor and rest, faith and virtue, and moral living. Notable themes include perseverance, humility, Sabbath sanctity, and the idea that character shapes life’s value.
Writers and Names Echo in Royal and Literary Circles
A collection of notes on figures like Mascagni Verdi Scott Austen Milton Ade Howells and King Albert of Saxony. It mentions Verdi’s life not being written by Mascagni and Austen’s favored status with Victoria, plus quirks of pronunciation and printing history.
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Pietro Mascagni
Guiseppe Verdi
Walter Scott
Marie Corel
Victoria
Jane Austen
John Milton
George Ade
Indiana
William Dean Howells
Mr_ Howells
Albert of
Saxony
Foreign Gossip from the Year 1903 of Global Topics
A digest of world notes covering Russia’s sale weights for grass and flour from 1903, French Aero Club members boasting bellong flights, a Pompeii-like Roman town near Caserta, salmon catches by region in British waters, and the first Russian pig iron cargo to Marseilles. It also notes police expulsions in France, child mortality by country, a Crystal Palace football crowd, and a ban on Green and Yellow Chartreuse in France tied to monastic orders.
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Russia
French
Aero Club
Republi
Pompeii
Caserta
British
Marseilles
Kertch
France
Wurtemberg
Crystal Palace
London
Sheffield
Andaman Pygmies Count Reveals Risen Numbers
British census of the Andaman aboriginal pygmies shows a population between 10 000 and 12 000, larger than prior estimates. The report notes surprising tribe counts, resistance to civilization efforts, and ties to Malay Peninsula tribes, with convicts and colonial influence shaping the islands.
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Andaman Islands
British East Indies
Andaman
Africa
Indies
Malay Peninsula
India
Earl of Maya
Islands
Pattalivan
Sharp Jokes Across Papers Spare the Tobacco Lesson
The column compiles quick quips from papers like the Atchison Globe and Chicago Daily News on topics from tobacco for boys to wit about fate and money. It notes the thief mistaking an actress for his mark after a diamond necklace drops in the street.
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Atchison Globe
Chicago Daily News
Jobstock
Aon
Cleveland
Curbstone
Philadelphia Telegraph
Smith
Colorado Times
Smelton
Fred
Brabrook
Boston Transcript
Ohio State Journal
Frontier Saloon Violence and Curious Youth
A roving youth in a frontier saloon waits for a stage and clashes with a citizen who shoots at his cigar. The youth calmly retrieves a fresh cigar and continues in his corner as bystanders stay prone. Also mentions Darwin talk on speech centers and a brief comic vignette about a doctor and measles.
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Owen Wister
Everybody’s Magazine
Min
Jewelry Maker promotes Japanese Crystals and electro plate
A Yokohama tradesman card touts a jewelry shop offering genuine Japanese crystals and electro-plate wares with custom carving and name designs. It mentions reasonable prices and Lipton London Chronicle style banter as part of a push for novelty and imports.
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Yokohama
London Chronicle
Mme Ferrouh Rides a Bicycle in Cleveland Park
Washington dispatch reports Mme Ali Ferrouh wife of the Turkish minister now cycles publicly in American dress. Once shielded from view she has adopted new women’s ideas and even discarded the veil while riding with her sister Mile. Ferrouh as observer notes the change and local curiosity.
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Cleveland Park
Mme
Ali Ferrouh
Washington
New York Herald
Mme. Ferrouh
Mme. Kerrouht
Mile
Ferrouh
New-Fangled Bicycle Design Uses Rear Pinion Steering
The Cycling Agazette describes an unusual bicycle with the front wheel powered by internal gearing and a novel steering arrangement. The rider rests against the back while turning the handlebars to steer, suggesting potential for hands off riding.
Unpaced Bicycle Races Gain Ground in Promoters Plans
The Le A Weto board eyes 2 mile 50 mile and 100 mile unpaced races for pros with large fields and special mile prizes. Past season saw big entries and renewed interest as promoters bid for events. Indoor track unpaced races this winter drew strong crowds and excitement.
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Poulasky
Board of Control
le. A. Weto
Jess
Lesgerly
New Lac for the Braker in a Comical Tale
A humorous piece recounts Pat the Irishman buying a bicycle and learning to ride. He discovers the brake on a steep hill, then faces a mishap as he struggles uphill while friends shout warnings about the brake. The item also notes bicycle care and the dangers of neglecting parts like spokes and pedals.
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Patrick
Hansel electric motor bicycle described in Cleveland Gazette
The illustration shows a Hansel electric motor bicycle with a battery box suspended in the frame. A small motor drives a pulley to the rear wheel via chain and a lever under the saddle. Pedaling remains primary on level ground. downhill gears charge, uphill requires circuit close.
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Cleveland Cycling Gazette
Aguinaldo the bicycle hero of Hong Kong
An American traveler at the Imperial hotel in New York recounts Aguinaldo as an accomplished rider and wheelman. He says the Filipino leader rode a high geared American bicycle in Hong Kong and Manila, using it to dodge attention before Dewey’s Manila Bay sortie, until tires failed him.
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Aguinaldo
Globe Trotter
Imperial Hotel
New York
Col. Funston
The
Imperial
Hong Kong
Ademiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Hopes
Montreal
Manila
Luzon
Hunston
Senor Aguinnaldo
Cavite
Bicycle Life in Rural England Across Time
A reflective piece on bicycles observed in English villages and tramlet culture with notes on wheel evolution and local repair shops. It juxtaposes laborers riding in all weathers with changing cycling tech and the social flavor of rural mobility.
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England
Great Salt Lake Receding Sparks Water Remedy Talk
The Great Salt Lake is shown to recede as irrigation drains it. A canal from the Snake River may be proposed as a possible remedy to restore water levels and address the shrinking lake.
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Great Salt Lake
Snake River
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