Boston Highbinders and the Triad Society in Boston
A Boston Globe report outlines the San-ho-Hoey or Triad society known as highbinders or China Free Masons. It details lodge at 36 Harrison Avenue with a strong presence, initiation rites with a bloodless oath, swords bridge, cock beheading, and secret signs, plus aims to overthrow China’s dynasty and defend members.
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Boston
China
Free Masons
Triad Society
United States
Heaven
Earth
Man
San-ho-Heey
Eary Lodge
Harrison Avenue
Sam Wah Bee
Moy Auk
Delmonico
the Highbinders
Highbinders
Sam
America
Naly
Ye-Ko
Boston Society of Highbinders
Boston Globe
Penny Operated Directory Promises Local Access
A New York paper notes a penny activated public directory placed at sidewalks and hotel lobbies. Readers drop a penny to release a nickel plated bar, open the book, and read for hours. The mechanism snaps shut if the cover is released, requiring another penny to reopen.
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New York
Expert Fencing Exemplar Bertrand Shapes London’s Masters
A long profile of M Bertrand, the famed fencing master in London for forty years. Noting his influence on actors like Irving and Bancroft, his Warwick Street studio, and ties to Napoleonic era figures, the piece praises fencing as a healthful, all-body discipline and outlines his pupil classes and medical referrals.
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London
M. Bertrand
Bertrands
Irving
Bancroft
Warwick Street
M Fechter
Herman Vezin
Napoleon III
Chislehurst
Bertrand
Napoleon
Eugenie
Waterloo
Salle D'Armes
Imperial
England
M Bertrand
Pall Mall Budge
The Beauty of Beans Defend a Humble Staple
A health article from Hull's Journal of Health argues beans are maligned. It praises beans as nutritious and economical when properly cooked, noting they contain 24 percent nitrogenous matter and high heat producing properties. It warns improper preparation by servants harms digestion.
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Madam Grundy
Hull
Journal of Health
Matter of Labels and Human Nature in a Rustic View
A rustic philosopher contends that human nature remains constant despite changing generations and outward appearances. He notes shifts in people and roles, compares them to yearly soap labels, and argues the essence stays the same even as labels change.
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Burt
When You Want Muscle and the Street Car Hog
A Chicago Herald column urges restraint while railing at the “street car hog” who abandons courtesy by occupying extra seats with feet and belongings. It contrasts such behavior with the wish for Sullivan like strength to confront provocation on rail cars and in urban transit.
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Sullivan
Chicago
New Jersey Daily Faces Million Dollar Libel Suit
The Detroit Free Press notes a New Jersey daily paper may file a million dollar libel action over a boast of an upcoming etching club. The item laughs at a proofreading error that caused the miscue.
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New Jersey
Detroit Free Presa
Women Among the Jews and Early Christian Roles
Principal Donaldson argues in Contemporary Review that early Christianity lowered women’s status, while the Talmud and Jewish teaching elevate marriage as the basis of religious life. Rabbis opposed celibacy and urged family life, shaping Jewish vitality and domestic virtue.
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Principal Donaldson
Dr. Donaldson
St. Paul
Apostle
Jerusalem
St. Pauls
Rome
Donaldson
Dewish
Interesting Experiments And A County Office Candidate
A Pittsburgh Bulletin snippet describes experiments with tumblers and liquids to illustrate crowding and displacement. It also jokes about a fond mother questioning a fiancée candidate for a county office, hinting at character concerns and forthcoming revelations.
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Pitteburg Bulletin
The News So How To Get It Without Peer
The News So How To Get It celebrates the best romance writers under contract for 1890 and promotes The Post as a premier weekly with global correspondents. It advertises generous premiums including watches and books, cash incentives for new subscribers, and details for The Daily and Weekly Post subscriptions from Pittsburgh.
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Post
Weekly Post
Life
the Post
Charles Dickens
Sir Walter Scott
Parker
Harper and Brothers subscription and binding offers
Harper & Brothers in New York advertises subscriptions to Harper's Magazine and Harper's Young People with postage free to the U S Canada and Mexico. It details bound volumes cloth bindings and price options for past volumes and an alphabetic analytical index to Harris's Magazine with pricing and payment methods.
Harper's Bazar 1890 Fashion Journal Preview
Harper's Bazar is described as a home journal with fashion plates patterns and supplements. It promises artistic appeal suited for home dressmakers and professionals. Notable contributors Olive Thorne Miller Christine Terhune Herrick Mary Lowe Dickinson and authors Walter Besant and F W Robinson are listed for upcoming serials and papers.
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Harper's Bazar
Olive Thorne Miller
Christine Terhune Herrick
Mary Lowe Dickineon
Walter Besant
F. W. Robinson
Harper's Bazar and Harper's Magazine Subscriptions
Harper’s Bazar volumes begin with the January number each year. Subscriptions start with the current number on receipt. Bound three year volumes in cloth binding offered. include freight options and prices. Harper & Brother, New York, handles remittances by money order or draft to avoid loss.
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Harper,s Magazine
Harper Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People
United States
Canada
Mexico
Harper's Magazine
Harris
Harper & Brothers
New York
Harper’s Peril
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Weekly
Harper & Brother
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Boston Highbinders
Johnson & Siedfried’s
Warren
Johnson & Siegfried
Warren, PA
Pittsburg
The
Washington
Columbus
Harrisburg
Cincinnati
Daily Post
Times
Pittsburg Daily Post
By Mail
Pittsburg Weekly Post
Harper’s Magazne
Shakespeare
Epwin Ansry
Avith
Ande Lang
Hannan
Alphonse Lauuit
Tuascon
Henry James
Rossranuec Monsacy Wod. Howells
Larcapiy Alan
Harper's Periodicals
Ava
Peerless
Ncall
Dr. Harding
Catarth
Ray
Morris & Mullen
Warren, Penn
J. M. Harding M’f'g Co
Pittsburg Divisio AM
Jar Piteburg
Foaburg
Franklin
Old City
Oul
Treopolis
Eagle Rock
P. Mia
dAlar
Minzun
Corydon
Quoville
Red House
Salamanca
South Carrollon
South Vandalia
Allegheny
Olean
PMA MA M
Wa. M
Gatchell
J. A. Fellows
Exchange Street
Buffa
Lefford
Paren and
Farnsworth
Astward
JA. Mip
Clarendon
Cornen
Underwood’s
McCaimont
Wood
East Branch
Junction
Arfield
E.R. B
Pasgenara
Oil City
Titusville
Garland
Garfield
P. B. BR
Ridgway
Erie
Gare
Vanderarift
Field
Danham’s Mill
Dunham’s Mill
A. D. Wood
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