No More Corporal Punishment in French Army Regulated
General Andre, the French minister of war, forbids corporal punishment in the army. The new rules target camps with African posts, where soldiers sentenced before enlistment suffered cruelties by subofficers, sometimes resulting in deaths. A separate note reports Mrs. Pauiny Welch of Baltimore obtaining a divorce over her husband’s insect-collecting habits while he worked for the U S Geological Survey in Denison Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corgore
Andre
Pauiny Welch
Baltimore
Welch
United States Geological Survey
Denison
Texas
Undress Titles of Royalty Travel in Plain Clothes
European royals frequently travel incognito to skip etiquette and gain comfort. Queen Victoria used Countess of Balmoral, Edward as Earl of Chester, Empress Eugene as Countess de Pierrefonds, Belgium’s king as Count Ravenstein, Spain’s queen regent as Countess of Toledo, Portugal’s queen as Marqueza de Villacoza, and Portugal’s king as Count de Barcellos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Countess of
Balmoral
Edward
Prince of Wales
Earl of
Chester
Eugene
Countess de
Bontainebleau
Count Ravenstein
London
Spain
Toledo
Portugal
Marqueza de Villacoza
Count de Barcellos
Where the Preacher Erred in Scrub Oaks Tale
A Boston Transcript writer recounts a South Shore settlement tale where a preacher denounces a deceased resident as hell bound. An elder reacts, leaving the church in protest and later claims the preacher lied about the departed’s teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Scrub Oaks
Massachusetts
Scrub
Mr. W
Public figure wears dubious Africa order ring
In Paris a well known public man received the Labaksi-Tapo Order of Merit from a Sudanese potentate. He asked to wear it, and the minister approved but noted the tradition of wearing the ring through the nose. The recipient has not been heard from since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Westminster
Africa
Labaksiapo Order
Some Indian Sanctities
Farrow describes Indigenous practices and beliefs including views on night attacks, lineage from animals, absence of family names, early adulthood milestones for youth, customary punishment by relatives, variable crime penalties paid in ponies, extraordinary equestrian endurance, riding etiquette, irregular meal times, and non-cohesive family meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrow
Burn Eupion Oil case names and firms listed
A fragment lists multiple individuals and firms associated with burn Eupion Oil inquiry including John Dobbins Gaston-Sprinkel Mercantile Co C N Green Bro Hefley Hefley D Kemp Lesoveky Krizan J D Morton A L Purifoy Tom Rhodes B Vogel J P Woolley Jones Prairie Flinn Reid R B Ferguson D K McCall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dobbins
Gaston-Sprinkel Mercantile Co
C. N. Green
Bro Hefley & Hefley
D. Kemp
Lesoveky & Krizan
J. D. Morton
A. L. Purifoy
Tom Rhodes
B. Vogel
J.P. Woolley
French Sportsman Plans Circular Hunting Preserve
A French sportsman proposes buying grounds to create a high embanked circular hunting preserve. The enclosure will house deer wolves wild boars rabbits and birds with a large ring of racing tracks. Dogs drive game into a gated abbey where hunters shoot with no chance of escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
France
United States
New Russell Safe Story On Liberty Street
Two men hurry along Liberty Street when they nearly collide with an elderly passerby heading for Broadway. The veteran, identified as Russell Sage, wears a threadbare coat and worn hat, drawing a humorous exchange about an imagined wager before recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Liberty Street
Nassau
Broadway
Tip
New York
Ecolver
Russell Sage
Longevity Claim From Marewka Village Reporter
Prince Wolkowski cites Sinip, a 127 year old man born May 1775 in Marewka Smolensk governate. He preserves sight and hearing, walks two versts to church, weaves, knits, and works in the farmyard. He recalls Catherine II era and the Napoleonic war, as his father died at 80 and mother lived to 120.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Wolkowski
Svet
Vienna
Marewka
Smolensk
Sinip
Catherine II
Funeral procession halted for convict gambler
The Japan Times reports that a funeral for Taroji Fukaiwa, head of a gambling den, was stopped by Hongo police on the way from Hongo to Shitaya. As a convict, the family was forced to conduct burial services quietly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan Times
Hongo
Shitaya
Taroji Fukaiwa
Asakusa
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Va Het
Madras
Oxford
India
Wagner & Stevenson
Cameron, Texas
Eupion Oil
Cameron
Collier
W. T. Johnegan
Jones Prairie
Flinn & Reid
Caysfield
Marak
Jos
Matula
Wokaty
Anton Wokaty
Yarrelton
R. B. Ferguson, D. K. McCall
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