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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
6
A historical sketch traces the craze for buckles in the eighteenth century from diamond and gold buckles worn by royalty to silver and steel by the rich and common brass. It notes fashion’s shift toward shoe ribbons, sumptuary law debates, and a jest about Dr Nansen and an Irish counter.
The piece states that in Burma marriage has no religious element and no ceremony. It likens marriage to a business partnership between a man and a woman, entering the state without formal procedures. The text notes a nonchalant societal view accompanying this arrangement.
The article notes divorce as a dissolution of marriage partnership and discusses social considerations in Burma. It includes a dialogue about a widow named Brown and a Philadelphian’s remark on the sun’s apparent westward rise, ending with a quip from a London police officer.
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