New Year's Day in the Orient at Governor General’s Estate
The narrative describes a Malay syce buying oil and ribbons for New Year events on a governor general’s lawn. Spectators hear the crowd, view displays of Malay, Kling, Chinese and Indian boys-participation in races, eating contests, and plunder for prizes. The piece ends with sea races featuring men-of-war cutters, European yachts, and sampans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syce
Syde
Tuan
Esplanade
Maylay Kebun
New Year in Singapore with Exiles Under Tropic Sky
Roonsevelle Wildman recalls a Singapore New Year celebrated by Anglo-Saxon exiles on the Ocean Esplanade. Native races, Malay sports, and naval displays blend with Western customs, while homesick memories of sleigh bells and winter drift through the mind. The pageant ends with a govern ment House ball as the day is marked by fireworks, drums, and gun salutes.
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New York
Ah Minga
Fort Canning
Orient
Europe
Peninsula
Cricket Club
Oporta
Stamford Raffles
Singapore
Charles Brooke
Rajah
Sarawak
Sultan of
Johore
Brivieh
Malaysia
Jim
Kling
Government House
Roonsevelle Wildman
Revival of ear rings sparks fashion debate among readers
In Home Notes a reader warns against reviving ear rings citing their barbaric look and the risk of long torn lobes. The letter notes royal gifts to Lady Eya Greville and urges women to consider fashion's transitory nature before piercing ears or wearing heavy ornaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cireles
Resolutions Toward Kindness in a Playful Exchange
In a humorous 18967 exchange Harry and Rose discuss New Year aims. Harry vows to be kind to all, while Rose admits continuing bill sharpness yet promises not to reply with rudeness when scolded.
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Harry
Rose
New Year Reflections In Seasonal Verse
A nostalgic poem fragment contemplates what the new year may bring. It juxtaposes spring daffodils with summer light and winter frost, hinting at growth and change as the old year ends and a new one begins.
Resolve and a Wayward Vow in 1806
In 1806 a man declares he will see no girls and the scene unfolds as his wife challenges his resolve. She questions his plan and asserts she will not hire help for him, signaling tension and potential consequences in the domestic sphere.
A Long Smoke Promises One Cigar Daily
Cobble Wingate pledges to smoke only one cigar a day after New Year. His wife pressed the promise and he answers with a plan to roll a new brand eighteen inches long, signaling a bold approach to restraint.
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Cobble Wingate
Stone
Cobble
Record of 1806 New Year kiss vow debates
A dialogue shows Ceverton outlining a plan to document every girl he kisses in 1806. Dashaway questions the need, noting possible court testimony. Hankleigh and Tankleigh debate remedies and sobriety as the year opens with resolve to swear off New Year’s excesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceverton
Dashaway
Cleverton
Hankleigh
Tankleigh
Corner of Oddities and a Conscience Tale
A fragmentary collection features a surreal note on a corpse and a meditation on conscience. A Watertown youngster recounts being whipped for misdeeds and hiding in the hen house, expressing shame and remorse in a humorous, shell-shocked retelling.
Woman suffers delirium tremens from coffee addiction in Iowa
At Fort Dodge Iowa Mrs Sarah Murdock endured jim jams and delirium tremens after years of heavy coffee use, drinking up to a dozen cups per meal. Despite never using alcohol a physician deemed her tremens a remarkable case likely to gain medical attention.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Sarah Murdock
Replevin Used Over Hill City Miner’s Wife Funeral
Mrs. R. Roberts died in Omaha after treatment funded by Hill City friends. Facing an $80 hospital and undertaker bill, a second fund was raised. The Adams Express company replevined the body to settle the balance, prompting miners and businessmen to seek legal relief before funeral services at the Presbyterian church.
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Hill City
South Dakota
R. Roberts
Omaha
Adams Express Company
Roberts
Co. O. D
Presbyterian Church
Turnip Giant Reported From Winamac Indiana
John F Cooper of Winamac Indiana claims a giant turnip measuring four feet in circumference thirty six inches across three feet tall and weighing over 120 pounds. He recalls Uncle Charlie Wait's tale from 1839 of hiding turnip seed in a hollow white oak by the creek behind the sand hill. The old tree toppled during a hot spell revealing the turnip growing beneath.
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John F. Cooper
Winamac
Indiana
Mr. Cooper
Charlie Wait
Kidnapping of Decatur Merchant on West Baden Trip
A Decatur man John Trentman, a retired merchant, was taken from a Mitchell bound train six days after his abduction and held for ransom. He was robbed of several hundred dollars and later released. Detectives pursue leads in the case.
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Decatur
Ind
John Trentman
West Baden Springs
Mitchell
Deer Isle resident reports finding snakes in post hole
Samuel Staples of Deer Isle Maine claims he dug up 259 snakes of various kinds and sizes from a post hole. The reptiles ranged from two and a half inches to eighteen inches in length including green striped and brown specimens.
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Samuel Staples
Deer Isle
Maine
Ghostly warning drives Mrs. Hamilton to leave husband
Mrs Ida Hamilton says her first husband Gant warned she would be haunted for remarriage. On the Colorado trip to join her second husband she felt dread at the wedding and paleness during the ceremony, then fled to Denver after kissing his seven children and says she is happier now.
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Ida Hamilton
Denver
A Provident Woman Plans Coffin From Walnut Timber
An aged Milford spinster plants a black walnut as a girl to yield her coffin timber. Now near seventy she stored boards in her attic and arranged for a local undertaker to craft the coffin after her death, instructing exact dimensions.
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Milford
Conn
Did Not Mean to Starve Con Dwyer Died in Sears Mich
Heirs uncovered a hidden hoard of wealth including thirty nine barrels of flour and boxes of yeast stored for years. Two hundred dollars in gold was found under a cellar, paper money sewn into a vest and bed quilt, totaling over 500 dollars. Weapons and costly clothing were stored around the home as protection against theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con
Dwyer
Sears
Mich
A Wonderful Man Exhibits Unusual Physical Feats
H S Fitzgerald of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, age 47, can dislocate any joint at will from toe to spine and control every muscle. For about twenty seven years he has performed before medical colleges. Muscles previously unreachable by physicians become visible and active, with ligaments under the skin brought into action.
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H. S. Fitzgerald
Harrisburg
Sioux City Records Rapid Divorce Proceedings
Sarah J. Wallace filed for divorce from W. J. Wallace on cruelty. An answer followed quickly, testimony began, and a decree of separation with alimony and child custody was granted within minutes.
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Sioux City
Sarah J. Wallace
W. J. Wallace
Earthquake Triggers New Buffalo Man's Mental Collapse
The earthquake disturbed DPD L. Pierson of New Buffalo Michigan who woke in fear and believed the world end had come. He has not recovered from the hallucination and is now confined in an asylum.
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DPD
L. Pierson
New Buffalo, Mich
Pierson
Miss Rose Wester Dies After Self Administered Arsenic
In Caldwell Ohio Miss Rose Wester wed Walter Webb days ago. A search began when she went missing for hours and she was found in a garret dead from arsenic she took herself. The motive remains a deep mystery.
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Caldwell
Ohio
Rose Wester
Walter Webb
Garret
Lively Miss Pern Johnson Shovels Potatoes Fast
A nine year old girl from Parkhurst Me weighs fifty pounds and spends a week shoveling eighty one barrels of potatoes in four hours.
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Pern Johnson
Parkhurst
How to Make Money and Plating Secrets
An advertisement claims success from farming and hustling cocaregns for fifteen years with earnings reports from relatives. It touts an oath from Gray & Co. Plating Works Dept. in Columbus for complete materials, formulas, and trade secrets, promises free instruction for agents and guaranteed long lasting goods.
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Mr Horror
Gray & Co
Columbus
Brother
B. FB. Shaw
Doctor Warns Against Imaginary Ailments Causing Anxiety
A New York physician says half his calls concern imaginary ailments. Pain frightens patients, he notes, but severe pain without fever often means nothing and most serious troubles with pain also bring fever. He keeps his rest by telling anxious people this simple rule.
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New York
Fire and Insurance Warnings in Fire Safety Ad
The notice stresses fire risk to homes and warehouses and urges insurance for protection. It rails at health neglect and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion illnesses and related ailments.
White Frames and Fading Walls in Decorating Adages
An artist warns against excessive white enamel and silver on walls, suggesting that only a white and gold drawing room is a desirable and lasting luxury. He implies that white frames may be pardoned if paired with gilding or ebony to improve the appearance of a housewife’s space.
Automatic Shuttle Filling for Looms Doubles Cloth Output
A new invention enables automatic filling of shuttles in cloth weaving looms. One operator can attend sixteen looms, and since looms do not stop during shuttle filling, cloth production is doubled.
Increase Your Income With Grain Investments
An advertisement from Pattison & Co. promotes investments in grain via a experienced firm with promises of high returns and references. It notes free particulars and mentions rooms in Chicago as contact points. The page also reports fire losses in the United States and Canada totaling $13,411,500 for October and $109,689,400 for ten months.
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Pattison & Co
Ankers and Brokers
Omshba Building
Chicago
United States
Canada
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