Thanksgiving customs of the Five Nations and acculturation notes
The piece recalls pre colonial thanksgiving rites of the Iroquois Five Nations with January to August feasts celebrating nature and harvests. It notes maple, berry and green corn celebrations with ceremonies, songs, dances, and ritual fires led by medicine people. The essay also mentions German Acadia in Brazil and describes Blumennu's isolated settler life.
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North America
Plymouth Rock
Converse
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Five Nations
Derer
Godivas
Acadia
Brasil
Brazil
Blumennu
Monument of Love at Laurel Hill Cemetery
A Polish-born sculptor known as Dinochowski, exiled after 1846, created a white stone statue of his wife Helena and their twins for a gravesite in Laurel Hill Philadelphia. He worked by night in a cellar, then vanished after placing the monument over the grave, fate and destination unknown.
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Laurel Hill
Enat Fairmount Park - Rive
Evry Dinochowski
Dinochowski
Helena Ashaaf
Rhine
Germany
Poland
America
Quaker City
Saunders
Manila Police Chief Campbell to lead Philippines civil government
Chief John W. Campbell of the St. Louis police force has accepted the role of chief of police for Manila under the new Philippine civil government. A Democrat and former Confederate army veteran, Campbell is described as physically imposing with strong leadership and courage. His career in St. Louis rose from patrolman to captain before his brief removal and return to command, noted for bravery during the recent street rally.
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John W. Campbell
St. Louis
Manila
Philippines
Campbell
Tennessee
Vailey
Louis
King of Invalids: Young man bedridden for a decade
A Philadelphia Times story profiles a 21 year old man at 1218 Osbot Street who has endured ten years of rheumatoid arthritis. He lies immobile in bed with dislocated joints and extreme sensitivity to touch while his nurse Carrie Dentry cares for him and he is dubbed the King of Invalids.
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Osbot Street
Twelfth Street
Girard Avenue
Philadelphia Times
Carrie Dentry
Tog
Charles H
Conrad
Conrad Twas
Daisy and Tilly clash over parting in Baltimore American
A fragment from the Baltimore American shows Daisy insisting on an eternal parting with someone, while Tilly questions the certainty and adds a playful reply about not underscoring the statement.
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Daisy
Tilly
Baltimore
Deathless Dinner Banter Credits a Grim Undertaker
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt, a guest jokes about a table d hôte dinner while the waiter and host banter on value and mortality. Mr Cassidy laments few burials in a month as humor turns to a grim line about the undertaker’s business.
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Philadelphia Press
Mr. Cassidy
Cassidy
Poor People in Paris Face Mounting Housing Struggle
Paris struggles with housing for low earners as the city grows, with modest rentals scarce and many tenants forced into crowded, sunless tenth to seventh floor rooms. Outskirts like Villette and Grenelle house whole industrial colonies as rents rise, while reformers seek improvements ahead of future city expansion.
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Paris
London Mafi
da Villette
Grenelle
London
Rare Business Schemes and a Pastor’s Romantic Moment
A man boasts of securing his daughter as a condition of marriage with £1000 in the bank and a loan to back it. Separately a western town’s young pastor encounters a bashful farmer and offers marriage with cautious encouragement, revealing a humorous clash of expectations.
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Hardcash
Sharpleigh
Titus
Owas
Dia House
Comtesse in Wresting Bout Sparks Franco American Buzz
The Comtesse de Becker, ex Helene Richman of Detroit, wrestled her fiancé before 20 friends. She lost twice in long bouts, then defeated Count de Lautrec in two minutes after a private supper at Cafe Anglaine. Pogisian society protests may force her to relocate to London.
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Comtesse de Becker
Comtesse
Helene Richman
Detroit
Cafe Anglaine
Count de Lautrec
Pogisian Society
London
British Gunner Records Set On Terrible Target Practice
Aboard Terrible, the British battle ship flagship of the Asiatic squadron, crews on target practice achieved a world record for actual hits and high percentages. The six inch guns recorded 76.8 percent, with two 9.2 and 12.6 inch guns also performing brilliantly. Several captains achieved possibles, while misses could have been hits with a substitute ship target. Also notes German domestic goose as a staple of German cuisine and festive dining.
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Imajesty
Terrible
Chinese Living in Sanitary Habits Spark Health Debate
An old clipping notes a claim that despite unsanitary habits the Chinese avoid disease due to well ventilated homes and children getting daily sun exposure. It reflects historical attitudes on health and race with limited readable specifics.
An English View of US Census Growth and Nations Prosperity
An English view discusses US census figures showing 76,250,000 people, a 21 percent decade rise, and 13,250,000 more Americans since ten years ago. It argues population growth signals national strength, contrasts Britain and Russia, and notes Americans may boast of progress while cautioning about stagnation in other nations. The piece ends with a quip about a customer and complexion.
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United States
Bradford
London. Telegraph
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Mra
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Laurel Hill Cemetery
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