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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
7
Royal Prostration Edict Ends Court Etiquette Practice
London Saturday Review reports that a royal edict at the 1876 lance court abolished the custom of prostration before rulers. Nobles distant from the court no longer kneel or crawl past superiors as a mark of respect, ending a centuries old ritual.
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Evik
Ubers
Tower
London Saturday Review
Frisky Boy Notes Trimmed Heads in Public
A Philadelphia Telegram reader describes a child remarking on a bald man on a trolley and a man with whiskers, collecting humorous observations from bystanders. The piece blends playful dialogue with a comic street scene and the mother’s gentle guidance.
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Rebell
Willie
Philadelphia
Reciprocity and remedies in old column notes
A fragmented scanned page cites sayings on reciprocity from Confucius and a humorous exchange about medical opinions. It mentions nervous conditions from kidney trouble and muscular rheumatism, touting Dr Thomas Etheric Oil for relief with repeated rubbing to ease pain and asserting a bottle provides notable relief.
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Wterling
Dr. Fowlers
Thomas
Fragmentary OCR Childs Preacher Dialogue
A damaged OCR line shows a Sunday school scene with garbled quotation marks and misspelled dialogue. It hints at a child Toumy or Toumy style response about prayers before bed and a parent’s admonition, but text is unreadable.
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