Bazaars of Cairo A tale of a stubborn sword bargain
In a Cairo bazaar scene, a Western traveler negotiates thrice with a Cairene shopkeeper over a scimitar. The exchange stretches across hours with shifting prices from 1,000 to 275 plasters as the vendor hints at trade, weather, taxation and cotton, while the buyer, Vagamundo, persists, and a broader note on Western business methods contrasts with Eastern bargaining.
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Haroun-al-Rashid
Vagamundo
Vagesnundo
Delta
Esbekleb
Cromer Pasha
Vagsmundo
Hiatest
Manchester
Chicago
Cairo
Wren
Emotions of Anger and the Patent Home Vision
The text contrasts anger release with suppressing emotions, noting outbursts serve a purpose and that training children to control temper is better than breaking it. It then imagines a future patent home with automatic beds, self cooking, self cleaning, and automated life events via push button or phonograph.
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Phonograph
Transmitting Electricity Concepts and Quips
The piece explains electricity as energy transfer between particles rather than bulk flow, using a row of rubber balls as a visual aid. It introduces amps volts and ohms as units and notes a humorous aside about women never admitting fault, followed by a light reply about husbands.
Editor Raves on Private Moving Pictures for Pets
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes a health hints editor raving about a wealthy woman hosting private moving picture shows in her home and asks whether such screenings could injure her poodle’s eyes. The item captures a curious, humorous public concern from the era.
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Health Hints Department
Birmingham Age-Herald
Sweet disposition noted as core strength in mule work
A brief Atchison Globe remark praises a sweet disposition as valuable in general, though of limited aid when driving mules, reflecting a humorously practical view on temperament and labor.
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Atchison Globe
Marry to Become Men in Korea Early Unions and Pigtail Rite
The piece explains that Korean men wed very young, typically 12 to 15, with marriage arranged by families for mutual interests and no religious or legal ceremony. Bridegroom’s pigtail knot marks manhood, while the bride and groom often meet only on the wedding morning. High young marriage contrasts with social rules and limited rights for those who remain single.
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Korea
Wiile World Magazine
Japanese Festival Cars Tradition In Ueno Shrine Procession
Japanese festival item notes decorated cars kept at Ueno shrine in Iga province. During festival hundreds of worshipers drag the ornate vehicles through the streets, believing they please the shrine gods. The cars showcase gilding and lacquer work as examples of decorative art.
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Ueno
Iga
Art of Weighing and the Law of Falling Bodies
A historical overview traces weighing from scales to velocity and distance concepts, highlighting Newton and Liebniz, calculus, and the precise end-of-second velocity for falling bodies. It cites the 32.2 feet per second end of first second, 16.1 feet fallen in the first second, and the diamond-like measure of precise acceleration as a pinnacle of scientific progress. It also notes Turkish postage stamp symbolism reflecting religious and Byzantine influences, with a Whittier quotation woven in.
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Flint
Atlale
Atwood
Necutiey
Newton
Liehnity
Edgar Lucien Larkin
New York American
Kicking on Tips Across the Cabaret Counter
A Minneapolis Journal reprint relates a Duuth banker recounting a complaint about tipping rules. He argues the 10 percent standard should apply whether the bill is large or small, noting personal experiences of tipping 12 and 11 cents on modest meals to illustrate the disparity and challenge of fixed percentages. The anecdote questions social norms around tipping.
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Duuth
New York
Walter
Jove
Walters
Tie
Tim
Dibuth
Davith
Mindeapolis Journal
Hiding Place Foiled by Dawn in Kentucky County Raid
In Barren County Kentucky the Altatieler family faced bushwhacker threats during the Civil War. Joseph Altsheler’s father, born abroad, avoided drafts but drew danger as Liberty raiders or Kedera suspected southern loyalties. A neighbor warned of an imminent attack, forcing the family to shelter under blankets in the woods through a sleepless night. The raiders passed by without finding them, leaving the pair to recover at dawn.
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Joseph Altatieler
Proessio
Barren County
Kentucky
Altsheler
Kederala
Sie
Altshelor
Diameter of a Wine Wire
If you need wire diameter for wine wire wrap, wind it around a pencil, each turn touching the previous. Measure exactly one inch along the wire and count the turns. For example eighteen turns give a one eighteenth inch diameter.
Gas Escape Observed in Ozark Trees Upon Cutting
A writer in American Forestry notes a curious phenomenon in hardwoods of the Ozarks where gas escapes from base cavities when trees are felled. The gas whistles as it exits and may burn with a faint yellow flame if lighted, likely produced by heartwood decomposition.
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Ozarks
A Mean Man
A Detroit Free Press quote recalls a woman recounting an embarrassing moment from her life. She says she faced her first husband who merely smiled and asked who she was nagging now, Mary.
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Mary
Detroit Free Press
Woodpecker's Waterloo in Iron Pole Drill Feat
A Pittsburgh Post item notes a persistent woodpecker attempting to drill a hole in an iron trolley pole. The quirk subject shows the bird’s stubborn effort despite repeated interference and is described with light humor.
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Woodpecker
Waterloo
Pittsburgh Post
Wrestling With a Razor in Little Minute Oh
A fragmentary verse scene depicts a child alarmed by a harsh noise as a parent struggles with a razor. The cadence and dialogue evoke a domestic moment amid tension and fear.
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Papa
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Century
Cagnels
George Sand
Mr. Meekton
Washington Bear
London
Paris
Cyncus
Liebnitz
Turkey
Constantinsine
Jean, Whittier
Broadway
Hamilton
Pat
High
Holbreck Bros
Voss-Holbreck
Holzberger
H.H. Jones Service
East 5Th St
Cincinnati
Ghig
Ohio Union
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
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