Cruel Punishments Across Nations Highlight Medieval Cruelty
The article surveys punitive methods from Morocco’s lingering flogging to death and Austria’s garrote, noting historical ties to torture like Spain’s garrote and the guillotine. It traces evolving capital punishment, from public scenes to electric chairs, and muses on notions of gentlemanliness and moral decay.
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Morocco
Mula Hasd
Ameor
Afghanistan
Persia
Teheran
England
Austria
Spain
New York
Wagland
Prussia
Germany
France
Maeys
GCM
Bethune
Guillotin
Switzerland
Try
St Louis
Police of Germany Privacy and wide police authority
A New York Press summary contrasts German police power with U S norms, noting extensive official reach into private life. It describes door checks nightly street surveillance and home inspections, including chimney care and stove checks, plus restrictions on music and window privacy. It also mentions food and medicine inspections and swift seizure of contraband under tight oversight.
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Thalr
Ufe
United States
M Court of Law
Vany
G Odom
Mickman
New York Press
The Lost Bathing Habit Through Ages
A fragment argues that ancient societies valued public baths as social, civic, and religious duties, praising grand bath architecture. It laments decline amid decadence, claiming Europe once had no bath usage for a millennium per Michelet. It questions if Greece or Rome held to cleanliness ideals.
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Europe
Unes
Michelet
Greece
Rome
Epidemic and Mania Echoes in Old Europe
Excerpt from Physical Culture notes how epidemics like the plague and sweating sickness decimated European populations. It reflects on beliefs that sanctified the body through extreme filth and ritualized behaviors, linking disease with cultural decadence and strange past practices.
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Continent
Europe
Waiting for the Elevator in Denver Hotel Booth
A Denver hotel scene describes a woman entering a telephone booth and waiting for the elevator to go up. The booth cannot provide a phone number. a staffer must call numbers. The woman confirms she is awaiting the elevator, not a number, in a brief anecdotal note from the Argonaut.
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Denver
Argonaut
First National Bank of Athena Granted Extension to 1980
The Treasury Department Comptroller certifies the First National Bank of Athena Oregon is authorized to have succession until the close of business December 12, 1980, under extension No. 2092. The action follows compliance with federal banking law allowing extension of corporate existence.
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Washington
First National Bank of Athena
Athena
Umatilla
Oregon
Act of Congress
Lawrence 0. Murray
Lawrence O. Murray
Notice of Stockholders Meeting at First National Bank
The regular meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Athena Oregon is set for Tuesday January 10 1911 at 2 oclock p m at the bank office in Athena Oregon Directors will be elected for the ensuing year and other business may be transacted F G LeGrow president Athena December 7 1910
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First National Bank of
Athena
Oregon
LeGrow
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