Islanders by Kipling and Chinese stance in Honolulu
Rudyard Kipling’s Islanders poem accuses stay at home Englishmen of failing wartime duty and urges bold defense. The second item reports Honolulu Chinese mass meeting protesting cession efforts by Portugal over Heongsan district, vowing to return and resist foreign control.
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Rudyard Kipling
London Times
Honolulu
Heongsan
Reou Ince
Kwangtung
China
Portugal
Wu Tingfang
Washington
Pekin
Engagement Advice Delays Union In Parlour Scene
A pretty girl tells her father of an engagement to Cholly. The stern father warns a long engagement risks discovering faults that could ruin the marriage. The daughter argues against prolonged delays, and she hurries to share the news with Cholly.
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Papa
Cholly
Choli
Four corners, the only quad state meeting point in US
A note on the four corners where Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexico meet marking it as the unique place in the United States and likely the world where more than two state corners touch. Also anecdotes on Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema’s knighthood and a curious post office inquiry about a widow’s doubt about a suitor’s funds.
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Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Four Corners
United States
Postal Savings Bank Department
English Post Office
Public Service
Department
John Smith
Savings Bank
Springfield Denies Status Yet Secures Wu Ting Fang Visit
The Board of Trade in Springfield Massachusetts sought Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang for its March annual dinner. Congressman F. H. Gillett pressed the invitation, but was surprised by Wu’s question Where is Springfield. He learned Springfield hosts the world’s largest small arms plant and is known for dictionary making in the United States, and Wu agreed to attend.
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Board of Trade of
Springfield
Mass
Wu Ting-fang
FP. H. Gillett
United States
Senator Pettus and Poker in Congress
Senator Pettus of Alabama is noted as a top poker player in Congress, with stories of both luck and lean periods while defending bondholders. A 75,000 dollar fee as attorney ties to winter poker plays in Montgomery and a well known quip about chips having no home.
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Pettus
United States
Alabama
Congress
Montgomery
Governor by Report Sparks Michigan Rumor Tale
An amused Detroit Free Press anecdote recounts a vacationing Michigan governor being mistaken for the office by a skeptical farmer. The farmer bets on the governor’s defeat, confronts him, and after a tense exchange, the governor averts it with humor and a keg of beer as a peace offering.
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Michigan
Sid Critter
State of
Hhis
Detroit Free Press
Venetian Lace Evolution Through Buttonhole Stitch
The passage traces how primitive needlewomen s struggle to improvise lace yielded flat patterns from twisted threads and star grounds. It notes foreign influences and the eventual adoption of the buttonhole stitch, which became the foundation of Venetian lace, shaping motifs, borders, and fillings across regions.
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Venice
Italy
Spain
Greece
France
England
Tribute to Dean Hole receives tin plate freedom in Rochester
A Rochester ceremony presents Dean Hole with the freedom of the Tin Plate Workers' Company. E Bruce Millar, master of the company, leads a gathering of tin plate workers while Hole is praised as a raconteur and famed rose grower. The parchment artifact features guild emblems and early typography.
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Dean Hole
Elven
Rochester
England
Dean
E. Bruce Millar
Ftn Platers
Russian horses number thirty three million says French writer
A French writer claims Russia harbors 33,000,000 horses of many breeds including tarpan Kirghiz Kalmyk and Don horses. He highlights the versatile cavalry animals and the notable peck jories and Finnish breed among others. The passage ends abruptly with Ex- which suggests continuation.
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Kassia
Russia
Turkestan
Finland
Garfield Tea Co and Patent Remedies Ad Fragments
A fragmented historical page mentions Garfield Tea Co foods and various remedies including Garfield Digestive Tablets and Gur eid Cola Cure. It notes mothers’ views and a biased line about a haughty child, interspersed with petty ad copy and unpolished social commentary. The ad content cites merchants like J W O’Huex and references Kidney Cure Co. with a New York address, reflecting era advertising style.
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Brooklyn
Garfield Tea Co
Boyal
Gartelders
Garnel
Garnela Belusonna
Garfield
Lex
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Rudyard Kipting
Tany & Shire
Brant
Iesea Agenes
Fas
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Holland
Rubens
Vandyke
Lawrence
Alma-Taema
Sir Lawrence
California
Ramona
Helen Hunt Jackson
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Canada
The
Toronto Mail
New York
Palermo
Harper's Weekly
Pino
J. W. O'Huiex
Minn
Church Kidney Cure Co
Phurth Avenue
Red Cross
Oklahoma
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Kansas
Ciiy
Aseline
Gabes Ste
Abel
DOE
Chesesbough Mfo CO
Tigre Cota
Beaubeatss
California Fig Syrup Co
Bright
McLean
Mads
She J. WH
Gregory
Rom
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