Moqui Snake Dance Described in Full by Fort Wingate Scout
A Fort Wingate scout recounts the Moqui snake dance in which thirty six dancers move with snakes while others form a riotous chorus. Snakes are captured from a shed, placed in dancers mouths, and wielded by sticks with feathers as crowds scatter. The two hour ceremony ends with exhausted performers and a postdance broth from dead snakes.
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Fort Wingate
N. M
Enakas
San Francisco Chronicle
Market Dull in Wall Street Speculation Rumors
A New York weekly notes stock trading is fearfully dull as bank officials city treasurers and clerks who speculated in stocks are rumored to be locked up, hinting at possible upheaval in financial circles and market confidence.
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New York State
Mississippi Valley
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Ilinois Central Railroad Company
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Michigan Ave
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New York
James Ricalton
Anuradhapura
Ceylon
Eiffel Tower
Pagoda
Tope
Dagoda
China
Burmah
Aumbrey
Southwick
Sussex
Bureton
Bletchingley
Surrey
Gentleman’s Magazine
A Characteristic Letter from an Epintie in 1800s New York
A reporter recalls a young Roxbury surveyor in Delaware County who rose early to map hills and valleys, sold his findings, and attracted town talk. The tale links him to Jay Gould, noting his early railroad ties and exacting handwriting, ending with reflections on monuments and relic shrines in Asia.
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Say Gould
New York
Roxbury
Delaware County
Talis
Jay Gould
Robert Fullerton
Third Avenue
Highteenth Street
Mr. Gould
New York World
They Worship the Drum Among Northern Asiatic Tribes
The Lampiedes drum ritual is treated as a magical idol by priests and villagers. After a drum performance, the Lampiedes allegedly vanishes, prompting debate between civilized travelers who call it trickery and Lampiedes who claim power resides in the drum idol. Neither side explains the vanishing.
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Asiatic
Russia
Hugh Willoughby
Wood decay times vary by wood type in burial test
Tests show birch and aspen decay in three years while willow buckeye take four, maple and red beech five, elm and ash six, with larch juniper and arbor vitae remaining uninjured after eight years. The report appears in the St Louis Republic.
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St. Louis Republic
Accommodating Employer Allows Road Call for Worker
An exchange shows Charlie Youngwoodle asking to go on the road and the employer replying there is no objection if that is preferred, reflecting a flexible work decision. The dialogue suggests a stock clerk seeking field assignment and management's permissive stance.
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Charlie Youngwoodle
Mr. Duste
Charlie
Traveling men plot at Wisconsin hotel overcharges
A group of young travelers at a Wisconsin hotel conspired to cause trouble for a day, planning to complain about every service and charge. A new arrival, posing as a London house traveler, agreed to join the mock revolt. The tale echoes a mischievous prank and ends with a canal parrot anecdote and curious English church recess notes.
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Vas
London
N’yawk
Chicago Tribune
Montana
Pacific Coast
Traig
Northern Pacific
St. Paulo
Chicago
Wisconsin Centrallua
Adil
Pacific Northiwest
Oregon
Washington
British Cotumbia
Alaska
California
Astern
Western Washington
Wonderland Hook
Sportsmen’s Gate
Yellowstone Park
Broadwater Hot Springs
Northern Maeifleity
Chas
Beees
T.A
N. Pore
St. Paul 'S
Life Made Comfortable In Jersey Hustler
Borem and Hustler discuss life in New Jersey with Hustler avoiding city return by claiming daily train and boat commutes. The exchange highlights how a watch and train times help him dodge conversations, then they remark on Saphead’s tale as train time arrives. The New York Weekly is cited as the closing note.
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Jersey
Saphead
Latal
New York Weekly
Ruling Passion at Telegraph Office and Bank Tellers
A town woman trying to send a telegram finds herself out of her element, similar to a tun in a dry goods store. She writes in a blank telegram to a friend expected to visit, urging them to come this week and stay as long as possible, with careful underlining of the message. Bagalo Courier.
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Bagalo
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