Festivals in Morocco Describe Ramadan Eid al Adha and Moolud rites
A traveler notes Moroccan festival timing varies with the lunar Mohammedan year. Ramadan features daylong fasts and night feasts with city processions to summon meals. Eid el Kabeer centers on Ishmael’s sacrifice and communal sheep killings. Moolud festival uses a blue eyebrow mark and includes Aisawi snake charmers and fervent dance, sometimes with animals harmed.
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Morocco
Heaven
Ishmael
Isaac
Abraham
Moriah
Mohammed bin Aisa
Mequinez
Ancient wheat traced to dawn of historic man
Experts note wheat's origin before recorded history, existing in Egypt and Mesopotamian valleys. Archaeological finds from lake dwellings in Switzerland show milling stones and tools 4000 years old, with Egyptian tombs yielding wheat identical to modern varieties.
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Egypt
Euphrates
Tigris
Switzerland
Expensive Burial Ground Fees at Westminster Abbey
Burial at Westminster Abbey remains costly with a scale of charges. Interment costs range by degree, plus fees to the dean and canons, choir officers, verger, and scarf expenses. Total costs cited are £91 4s 0d, £101 4s 0d, or £111 4s 8d, down from former totals of £150 or £160 plus undertaker items.
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Westminster Abbey
A Natural Conclusion A New York Girl Views Windsor Castle
A brief anecdote from Lippincott's about a New York girl visiting Philadelphia who, while looking at photographs, asks which floor Queen Victoria lived on at Windsor Castle. The child’s innocence highlights limited life experience beyond an apartment.
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New York
Philadelphia
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
Lippincott’s
Fortune at Her Feet Story Receives Carpet Offer
Miss Daphne Dalrymple recalls a suitor promising to lay his fortune at her feet if she would marry him. She answers that he indeed did so by spending his last cent to buy fourteen yards of imported carpet for a grand gesture, as reported by the Washington Star.
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Daphne Dalrymple
Miami Brown
Washington Star
Rivalry Sparks Claims of Equal Suitors in Ledger Exchange
In a witty Philadelphia Ledger exchange Miss Gaussip jokes about marriage to Miss Roxsley. Mr Bacheller counters that he is as good and better, while declaring he will not marry anyone. The playful dispute centers on social expectations and commitment.
To Equal a Predecessor One Must Have Twice Worth
A terse Maxim by Gractan notes that emulating a predecessor requires double value or wealth. The saying frames ambition as a financial or moral doubling to match past achievement.
Witch Hazel Seeds Fly Far When Pods Burst
Country Life in America explains witch hazel seeds shoot ten to fifteen feet from the pods. For parties, choose branches with flowers and unopened pods, cut fresh the day of use, or keep in water with a damp cloth to prevent withering and premature seed expulsion. The pod bursts can surprise guests with a snap and dust of seeds.
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America
Insect Powers Claim by TH Hill Lecture
A London lecturer TH Hill extols the fly’s strength lifting twenty times its weight and nearly seven times a horse, its oxygen intake, upside down walking via 1200 foot hairs, eye structure with multiple eyes, and 1700 to 1800 olfactory parts detecting spoiled meat.
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TH. Hill
London
Dr J W Hamilton Praises Warners White Wine Syrup
San Frisco physician Dr. J W Hamilton testifies to long use of Warners White Wine Syrup as the best cough remedy and says it has no equal for asthma. The endorsement highlights effectiveness and trusted status among medical professionals.
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J. W. Hamilton
San Frisco
Cal
Warners
Digestive Aids and Pile Remedy Advertisements
In this advertisement fragment from the Intelligencer a pile relief product Man Zan promises instant relief when applied via collapsible tubes with nozzle. It is sold by A. Gamble. The notice also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming it aids digestion and transforms foods into tissue building blood. Sold by O. A. Gamble.
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A. Gamble
Chamberlain's Gough Remedy Publicity Sale Offer
The Intelligencer advertises low rates on standard publications. The Ladies Home Journal is highlighted as a leading monthly magazine at $1.00 per year. The Saturday Evening Post is offered with clubbing rates for three titles, totaling $3.25, versus $4.00 regular.
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Intelligencer
Ladies Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
America
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills promise quick relief from headaches
A Detroit reader testifies that Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills calm nervous tension and end headache spells within minutes without opium or habit risk. The ad claims the pills soothe tired brain nerves and offer rapid relief, with 25 doses priced at 25 cents.
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Miles
Iearl
Detroit
Mich
Scott's Emulsion Promises Through Nourishment
A prominent druggist claims Scott's Emulsion saved a life. The ad-style note states the emulsion aids growth from infancy to old age, restores flesh and vitality, and repairs waste through nourishment unavailable in ordinary food. It asserts no system is too weak to benefit.
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Scott
Very Low Rates to Des Moines via the North Western Line
Excursion tickets offered at reduced prices for January nineteen and twenty to Des Moines Iowa for the Iowa State Traveling Men's meeting. Return travel permitted through January twenty two. Tickets available from Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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Des Moines
North-Western
Iowa Staite
Chicago & North- Western Ry
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Sold by Gamble
The ad touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a quick relief for piles sores cuts boils and other ailments. It claims the salve soothes inflamed tissue reduces swelling and promotes healing by improving blood flow to diseased parts. Sold by O A Gamble.
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DeWitt
O. A. Gamble
Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar claimed to expel all cold
An advertisement touts Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar as a cure all for coughs colds croup and whooping cough claiming it evacuates the bowels to drive illness from the system Children are said to love it and it is sold by A Gamble in Chicago The piece also notes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a safer cathartic and includes a branch office helper wanted in Chicago with no investment required.
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Kennedy
OC. A. Gamble
A. Gamble
DeWitt
C. A Gamble
Chicago Manufacturing House
Adress
Como Block
Chicago
B. C. Dewitt & CO
The Man Who Jumps at Conclusions
A witty proverb note humorously critiques jumping to conclusions without solid facts. The brief line cites a cautious approach and ends with a playful twist.
Two for Less Than the Price of One
An Iowa Ames edition advertises a bargain for a one year subscription to The Intelligencer and The Chicago Daily Tribune for 100 dollars. It notes renewal at expiration, withdrawal rights, and urges immediate remittance to Ames Iowa. Also includes local humorous lines and ads for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with testimonials and prices.
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Chicago Daily Tribune
Ames Intelligencer
The
Intelligencer
Tribune
Daily Tribune
Tribune Company
Ames
Iowa
Chamberlains Gough 9 Nemedy Colds
You can't always preserve a reputation by marking it Handle with care.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Advertisement Revives Digestion
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy that digests food, rests the stomach, and aids recovery from indigestion. It claims relief from belching gas sour stomach heartburn and similar symptoms and notes OC A Gamble as the seller. The piece ends with a general exhortation to love your neighbor while securing your home.
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OC. A. Gamble
E. O. Dewitt & CO
Chicago, Il
C. A. Gamble. Druggit
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Des Moines Daily News
Farm and Home
Pilgrim Magazine
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Pres
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Story County
Dors
Tornado Insurance
Ries
Reaits Estate
Minnesota
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Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
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Munden
Bo« Gai
Kellogg
Ames, Iowa
C. A. Gamble
U.S
Madison Cine Co
Wis
Pirates
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