Curious Basket Ceremony Of Siamese Ancestral Worship
A Siamese ritual called krachat features large baskets filled with rice sweets cakes tobacco and useful goods displayed around palace booths. The king inspects the baskets, baskets shaped in carts and trees hold items and dolls, some baskets are sixteen feet long and the weeklong show ends with lots drawn for spoil. The piece notes Mary Cost and New York Press commentary alongside brief jokes.
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Mary Cost
Siam
Ducking the Scold in Kingston and Elizabethan Times
A Westminster Gazette excerpt recalls ducking scolds as a common punishment in England from Elizabethan times to 1745 and 1801. It cites a Kingston Surrey incident where a Queen’s Head keeper was ducked in the Thames before thousands, noting the era’s chairs and social custom.
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England
Kingston-on-Thames
Queen's Head
Kingston
Surrey
Thames
Kingston Bridge
Johnson
Consolation Somewhere
A young wife, three months into marriage, laments to a friend that she suspects her husband wed for her money. The friend offers a cautious reassurance, noting it would be odd for him to marry for money only.
Courage in Schopenhauer on Self Preservation
The excerpt argues that cowardice appears contemptible while courage seems noble, yet raises questions about why a finite individual who is central to existence should not prioritize personal preservation above all else. It frames courage as a virtue from a personal standpoint.
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Schopenhauer
The Doctor's Lessons In Patience
A young doctor in the Saturday Evening Post notes that about fifteen percent of bills go unpaid, unless their value teaches patience. The comment frames financial hardship as a professional learning experience while reflecting on medical practice.
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Saturday Evening Post
Wouldn’t Tip So He Grew a Beard
A London Truth item recounts a conscien tious objector to tipping barbers who traveled over 100 miles in a year to avoid tipping and spent more than £5 on transport. After exhausting Inner London and much of the suburbs, he abandoned the effort and grew a beard.
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Dong So
London
What Strawberries Really Are
A St Louis Post Dispatch note explains that the pulpy part of the strawberry is not a true fruit but a mass of receptacle tissue with tiny seeds as the real fruit. It describes how the pulp enlarges and the receptacle grows into the juicy form, noting nature’s provision to nourish each seed.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Speed Mania Reaches Bacon Ridge in Chicago News
The town of Bacon Ridge buzzes as Miss Polly and Aunt Matilda discuss suitor Jason Hardapple who has not visited Sue Wages for two years yet proposed last night. The chatter reflects a playful, local newspaper tone about romantic fast pace.
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Polly
Aunt Matilda
Jason Hardapple
Sue
Bacon Ridge
Chicago News
Man of the House Verena Demand in Chicago Tribune
In a domestic exchange cited by the Chicago Tribune a speaker insists on a 7 am call from Verena, noting an attempted wake but failing to rouse the other party. The terse dialogue captures a domestic urgency and tension evident in the periodical’s reportage.
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Verena
Chicago Tribune
Mature Is a Mutable Cloud Quote by Emerson
A fragment stating that maturity is a mutable cloud that is both always and never the same, attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, reflecting on changing perception of maturity.
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Emerson
Old Ranger of Trout Fry Puzzled by Planting Heads or Tails
A railway ad campaign stressed trout fishing and fry stocking. Gardener Conelly asked how to plant fry on a marked map, and the general passenger agent snarled. The stream was mudded, so the fry would go in gradually, heads up or tails.
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Conelly
East Side Pennies and Big Bills Raise Suspicion
A New York Press observation on the East Side notes a scarcity of cash beyond pennies in daily transactions. Shoppers grimace at large bills, fearing counterfeits, while small-change everywhere highlights economic strain and social contrast in First Avenue shops and massaging parlors.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
England
First Avenue
East Side
Pirst Avenue
New York Press
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Rogey Point
Owen
Orig Filipino
Lewis
Idance Hall
Oldfield’s Orchestra
Narragangett Bay
Harrington
Crescent Park
New England
OPERA
Gibson Opera Company
Rose Naynon
America
Europe
Sweet Sadie
McDonald
The
Bostonians
Rebertos
Steeple Chase Park
Gardner
Forest
Bay Breezes
Providence
the Cafe
Democrat’s Inn
Royal Yedda
Hammerstein's
N.Y
John Thompson
Eng
Prampno
Devalve
Prof. Jovine
Neapolitan Troubadours
Tate
Mme Velini
Casale
Mme
Corhrina
Ibrigham
Percy
Tete de Veau
L’oignon
Tatler
Frank Jones
Jones
Bristol Agentsi
Morris Bros
Thames St
Nath
New York’s East Side
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