Hindoo Table Etiquette Reflects Caste Pollution Rules
Sidney Low notes in India religion imposes elaborate food and marriage rules. Higher castes face stricter pollution distances. blacksmiths and others pollute at up to twenty four feet, pariahs at twenty one yards. Brahmans may strip and eat on floor but avoid defiled items. sweeper rides near a puppy, lowest caste may eat any meat. Legal fictions let sweetmeats pass and soda water be non water.
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India
Sidney Low
South
Benares
Chicago
Newa
Points of Etiquette Dinner Manners From A Past Era
Advice on refined conduct at social events notes finger bowls after dessert, helps for a gentleman guiding a lady, and the custom of congratulating the groom at weddings. It also covers seating, announcing meals without bells, arm etiquette indoors and outdoors, and who bears wedding expenses.
Domestic Service Contracts in Germany and America
The article compares maid employment rules in Germany and the United States. It notes German practice where a mistress and prospective maid reach an understanding with a three mark pledge binding Hedwig to appear at a set time and place. If the promise is broken and the money not returned within a day, criminal prosecution may follow.
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Germany
America
Hedwig
Harper’s Bazar
Postage Stamp Tongue Warns of Licking Dangers
A Philadelphia Bulletin report quotes a physician describing postage stamp tongue as any disorder from licking stamps. He notes three to four patients weekly with throat or skin issues and pharyngitis caused by stamp licking habits.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
A Fatal Fask in Milwaukee Sentinel Joke
A brief cartoon style exchange mocks editors who reject new jokes as readers need time to adjust. The dialogue features a reporter offering "new, brand new" jokes and an editor declining, citing reader adaptation. The punchline notes readers resisted the freshness of the humor.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Comparative Happiness Quote
A reflective remark contrasts personal happiness with envy of others. The author cites Montesquieu noting that seeking to be happier than others adds difficulty, as people tend to overestimate others’ happiness.
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Montesquieu
French fishermen's superstition about counting catches
In France a belief persists that tallying fish caught limits further arrivals that day. The superstition portrays counting as bad luck for the fisher.
Idle rumor outpaces news in The Touston Post
A terse city note in The Touston Post suggests rumors fuel attention more than official reports, highlighting how gossip shapes public interest and perception in local affairs.
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Touston Post
The Snarls of Time and the Great Calendar Reform
A history of the shift from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar recounts how October once had only twenty days, the 1582 reform decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, and the spread of the new system through France Germany and England. It notes the holes in old dating, the move to fixed feast days, and public reaction including mobs demanding “eleven days” back.
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Europe
Julius Caesar
Constantine the Great
Nicaea
Council of Trent
Gregory XIII
Clavius
France
Catholic
Germany
Switzerland
Poland
England
Lord Chesterfield
Asia
Africa
America
Gay fashions through the ages in dress and vanity
The New York Herald notes fashion from the bishop of Ely’s daily raiment to eighteenth century dandies. It contrasts rich wardrobes of clergy and nobles with 18th century foppish garb and long grooming rituals, including beard starching and perfuming by valet.
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Ely
Earl of Northumberland
Solomon
Chaucer
Jose
Harnay
Manchester
New York Herald
The Flageolet and Its Apache Courting Role
The flageolet is described as the Apache courting flute made from cedar with six finger holes and a lead lip. It notes its historical use in courting across distances and mentions English double and triple fingeolets and a 1667 diary reference to the instrument’s variants and echoes.
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Bainbridge
Dumbleby
The Higgins Name Origin Debate Across Surnames
Aree of surname origins links Higgins to St Hyginus via St Yeyne, while authorities connect it to Ike short for Isaac and Langland era Hikke. Isaac variants Hicks Uises Hickson Higson may share roots with Higgins, which may be an Anglo Norman diminutive form. Some scholars also trace Huggins Autchinson Higgins to ugh from iHuonis, the Latin genitive of Hugo.
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Higgins
St. Hyginus
St. Yeyne
Ike
Isaac
Hikke
Langland
Isaacs
Isaacson
Hicks
Uises
Hickson
Higson
Huggins
Autchinson
Ugh
iHuonis
Uwugo
The Call of the Wild Bird Calls and Distress Voice
John Burroughs reflects in Country Life in America on three expressive notes of song birds: love, album, and fellowship, with a distress scream when hunted by a cat or hawk. He notes the scream as a universal, dissonant note of terrified nature across species.
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John Burroughs
America
Society Women Marrying Much Younger Men Sparks Debate
A London World comment notes the growing trend of society women marrying men far younger than themselves. It suggests the possibility of considering an age limit in the future.
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London World
Not square earth taught at school and in life
A boy learns at school that the earth is not square and later discovers the same truth about many people. The passage underscores how early lessons shape understanding, yet personal experience tests beliefs.
Betting Systems and the Odds of Gambling
Douglas Blackburn argues that no betting system is reliable and hundreds tested his refutation of systematic gambling. He recalls a compositor who profited briefly before losing all, noting that luck and the turn of events determine outcomes.
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Jesson
Douglas Blackburn
London Review
Two Peers Speak Duel in Lords Sets Evening Precedent
In the House of Lords two peers Earl Granville and Lord Cairns spoke simultaneously provoking a stalemate. Lord Beauchamp and Lord Cork urged their claims and a vote chose Granville by one in a fifty three member chamber. The London News notes the precedent for future refusals to yield.
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Earl Granville
Lord Cairne
Granville
Lord Selborne
Lord Cairns
Lord Beauchiaimp
House of Lords
Lord Cork
Lord Granville
London News
One Nickel For Two Fare
A New York Press anecdote describes a confrontation on a streetcar where a $5 bill scene prompts a passenger to offer a nickel as change. The exchange highlights widening fare disputes and differing personal principles in a brief, humorous vignette.
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New York Press
Beene Registry Wedding Thought Reveals Plain Charm
A father of the bride recalls weddings and notes a preference for the registry office. The groom jokes that if he remarries he would choose the same plain method, instantly catching his error when he sees his bride in the scene.
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Beene
London
Dust and Biting Dust Promises Big Payout
A bizarre exchange features Tommy urging an aunt to bite dust to claim a promised £20,000 from their father. The London Tit-Hits flavor suggests rumor or satire about sudden fortune tied to a dusty object.
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Tommy
Tomamy
Papa
London
Lender Borrows Back Promise in Brooklyn Life Teaser
A playful exchange shows a lender reminding the borrower of the five dollar loan with a vow to remember it forever. The lighthearted line appears in Brooklyn Life reflecting on frugal, witty citizen dialogue.
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Brooklyn
Ma'am We Don’t Allow Babies in This House
A brief New York Herald snippet captures a domestic fashion moment with a plan to dress a baby in pants next week, reflecting casual language and social norms of the period.
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New York Herald
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