Hindoo Table Etiquette and Caste Pollution Notes
Sidney Low cites Indian caste rules shaping meals and marriage with elaborate pollution scales. Higher castes face stricter rules, with pollution radii from touching to distance, while lower ranks face looser limits and even exemptions for sweets. Modern legal fictions allow exceptions such as soda water and sweetmeats for all.
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India
Sidney Low
South
Hindoo
Benares
Chicago News
Electric Bitters Promised Remedy Claims for Dyspepsia Cure
In India bites of deadly serpents are common yet a claimed remedy exists in Electric Bitters. S A Brown of Bennettsville DC reports his wife recovered from years of dyspepsia and torpid liver. The drug is said to treat chills fever malaria biliousness lame back kidney and bladder disorders. Sold with a guarantee by L M Bosworth druggist at 50c.
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India
S. A. Brown
Bennettsville
D. C
L. M Bosworth Druggist
Buckle’s Unfinished Work and Obscure End
A brief thumbnail notes Buckle pursued a vast historical project tracing civilization. After twenty years of solitary effort he published three volumes, but the work remained only a prelude to a larger scheme. Exhausted, he sought new vigor in the East and died in Damascus crying for his unfinished book.
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Buckle
Damascus
Macmillan
Etiquette Notes From a Bygone Era
A parade of social norms on dining and courtship from a newspaper snippet. It covers proper handling of finger bowls, arm etiquette for men with women, how to greet newlyweds, and cautions about bell announcements at meals. The piece also includes a humorous anecdote about fare collection in public transit and a claim for a rheumatism remedy.
A Bad Recovery Scene at Registry Office
A Bridegroom speaks of past weddings to a registrar in a registry office. He notes preferring the registry’s plain simplicity for future marriages, then corrects himself after seeing his bride. The exchange appears in London Punch with humorous misstatement.
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Registry Office
London Punch
Dust bite plan sparks large London windfall
A dialogue recounts a scheme involving biting dust to trigger a £20,000 payout, with the exchange ending from a London Tit-Bits page. The tainted plan rests on a rumor about inheritance.
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Tommy
Papa
London
Bluffton Resident Endorses Chamberlains Remedy
Mr. M. F. Burroughs of Bluffton Indiana endorses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best treatment for bowel trouble after years of use in his family. The product is sold by Judisch Bros.
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M. F. Burroughs
Bluffton
Ind
Chamberlain
Judisch Bros
Duel handshake in a Philadelphia Ledger account
A duelist and his second prepare for action in a tense exchange. The second offers a handshake as a ceremonial cue while the duelist shivers with cold and breaks into the exclamation Volla.
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Volla
Philadelphia Ledger
Left side of face deemed more beautiful by artists
The article notes the left side of the face is often viewed as more attractive by artists. It also reports that athletes use hot baths at bedtime to loosen sore muscles, followed by Chamberlain's Pain Balm rubbed into the skin to reduce stiffness and maintain muscle condition, sold by Jud ish Bros.
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Judisch Bros
The Name Higgins and Its Surname Origins
The article discusses theories of Higgins surname origins. It notes claims linking Higgins to St Hyginus via St Ygyn, and counters with connections to Ike or Hikke from Isaac terms. It lists Isaacs Isaacson Hicks Higgs Hickson Higson as variants and suggests Higgins arises from an Anglo Norman diminutive. An alternate view traces Higgins, Huggins, Hutchinson to Hugonis from Hugo.
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Higgins
St. Hyginus
St. Ygyn
Ike
Isaac
Hikke
Langland
Isaacs
Isaacson
Hicks
Higgs
Hickson
Higson
Huggins
Hutchinson
Hugh
Hugonis
Hugo
The Call of the Wild and Birds’ Distress Calls
John Burroughs reflects in Country Life In America on birds and their three notes for love alarm and fellowship. He notes a universal scream of distress birds emit when hunted by a cat or hawk as a piercing expression of terror.
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John Burroughs
Country Life
America
Society Women Marrying Much Younger Men Trend
The London World notes a social shift with society women increasingly marrying men significantly younger, suggesting that an age limit may eventually be considered.
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London World
The Drama of the Sunset and Daily Solar Spectacle
The narrator reflects on daily sunsets as a living theater. Each afternoon a new image appears in the western sky, a brief painting framed by light before the curtain falls. Afterglow lingers, damask curtains glow, and the first star appears as the observer heads home.
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Thoreau
Cure a Cold in One or Two Days With Cough Remedy
The notice claims a severe cold can be broken up in a day or two by prompt action. Early symptoms include a dry cough watery nasal discharge and a white tongue coating. Chamberlain's cough remedy taken hourly at first appearance supposedly counteracts the cold and restores health. Sold by Judisch Bros.
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Judisch Bros
Not Square Earth Teachings Reveal People Misbeliefs
A boy learns at school that the earth is not square, and later discovers the same truth about many people. The line contrasts education with real-world realizations about human perceptions and errors.
Very Low Excursion Rates to Denver and Colorado Springs
Very low excursion rates to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via the North Western Line in effect at all stations July 10 to 15 inclusive with favorable return limits. Two fast trains through to Colorado daily with only one night away. For full information apply to agents Chicago North Western Ry.
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North-Western
Grand Lodge B. P. O. E
Colorado
Chicago & North- Western Ra Y
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Ad
If your stomach troubles you do not conclude that there is no Cure for a great many have been permanently cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Try them they are certain to prove beneficial. They only cost a quarter. Sold by Judisch Bros.
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Chamberlain
Judisch Bros
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