Fragmented musings touch on empire and exploration
The piece satirizes religious hypocrisy and political figures from the Kaiser to colonial powers. It critiques Arctic exploration value, Chinese concessions to France, and English responses while noting French gunboat surveys and upcoming moves by Shanghai and Canton merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Russia
England
Lord Salisbury
China
Kwang Tung
Kwang-si
Yunnan
Loho
Yu Kung
Mekong
Tangting
Po-Yang
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Canton
The Ring in Japan Jiujutsu Practiced as Gentle Self-Defense
In Tokyo John A. Cockrell explains Japan's Jiujutsu as a rigorous art of conquering by yielding. It trains to overpower foes with precise grips and counters, requiring years of study, with methods to revive the unconscious and a tradition of lethal skill kept for trusted practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafcadio Hearn
Japan
Pinto
John A. Cockrell
Tokyo
Asiatic Society of Japan
Japan Mail
Hearn
Valkyrie to Winter Here and Likely as Trial Horse
Valkyrie III will stay at her berth in the trie basin until next season. H Maitland Kersey says talk of a Valkyrie Defender series prompted Lord Dunraven to keep the yacht wintering ready for possible races and to serve as a trial horse for Rose’s Distant Shore. Mme Cassine the Australian Nightingale, favored at Emperor Franz Joseph’s court, reportedly received gifts totaling $100000 from the emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valkyrie
Trie Basin
H. Maitland Kersey
Lord Dunraven
Mr. Rose
Mme. Cassine
Nightingale
Abbey-Gray Opera Company
Franz Joseph of
Austria
Pittsburg Protest Denied. Final League Standings Set
The league directors refused Pittsburg’s protest of the Baltimore forfeit, leaving Pittsburg ranked seventh. Harry Wright’s will, admitted to probate in Philadelphia, values the estate at $13,000. The Temple Cup, on display in Washington, is sent to Cleveland by League President N. R. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Harry Wright
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
N. R. Young
League
Golfing girl and clever book agent tale in old satire
A humorous piece mixes a golf loving woman with a medical testimonial and a satire on a book agent. It recalls a Congo region prophet taxing imports with a red flannel license while presenting a witty anecdote about a stubborn householder who buys a book to toss at the cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Nyaa Sakat
Upper Congo
London
Farmer and coal dealers trade in a Wayback exchange
A farmer from Wayback negotiates a coal purchase with Hamilton and Ilton coal dealers. The farmer jokes that a stove leg helps gauge the coal size, illustrating a rustic barter style in a rural exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayback
Hamilton
Ilton
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Wisconsin
Duke of Marlborough
Grandpa Vanderbilt
van der Bilt
Frank Selig
Chicago
Boston
Wilhelm II
Wain Kaiser
Franklin
Peary
the Ring
Sportng Motel
Cupid
Hood
R. B. Sanoster
Kensett
Arkansas
I. Hood & Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
U.S. A
Hood’s Pills
Villege
Perial
John Carle & Sons
New York
St. New York
Diu
Paragus
Hobb’s Medicine Co
Sana Franch
Ssouri
South
Weet Misouri
Zohn M.purdy
Missouri Land and Live Stock Company
Newtho
Newton
Missomel
Sioux City Engine and Iron Works
Pech Mig. Co
Sioux
Rowell & Cuase Mary
Lown. Ominery CO
West Eleventh Street
Gleason & Schapf
Wabashaw
Ern Ae
Els Yates
Kea
LW. U
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