India's Chief Idols and the Three Great Gods
Brahma Vishnu and Siva form the Hindu trinity with diverse wives and manifestations. The report cites 333 million idols across India, each consecrated by a priest before worship. Vishnu appears in multiple animal avatars, Lakshmi personifies prosperity, while Siva and his wives Sati Durga and Kali are depicted in starkly different forms.
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India
Brahma
Vishnu
Siva
Lakshmi
Sati
Durga
Kali
Satisfactorily Explained Wild Duck Dining Tale
A Boston Traveler joke recalls a diner asking the waiter if the duck is wild. The waiter replies the bird was so wild they had to chase it around the back yard for fifteen minutes before catching it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Often the Way. Ruralville Band Concert Feedback
A Ruralville Citizen asks if the band concert was enjoyed last night. Another resident quips that only the music failed to impress, reflecting mixed public reaction in Ruralville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruralville
Puck
Medical cures and tonics touted in late 19th century ad imagery
A collection of patent remedy claims includes Ostetter's Stomach Hitters for indigestion and allied ailments, Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, and Hall's Catarrh Cure promoted with constitution-building claims. Promotions quote success rates and offer money-back guarantees, with Toledo based Cheney & Co. marketing pills and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Geld
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Household matters and planting tips from the season
The article advises washing brushes in warm water with borax and soap, recommends white bristle brushes, and notes brushing keeps brushes clean. It then promotes planting hardy shrubs and trees now with protection delayed until December, cites cold tolerance, and suggests northern planting for tender shrubs. It also covers burning or composting leaves for mulch and using leaves to protect rose beds and small plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
T. Rorer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Washing Flannels and Cooked Vegetables Featured
Instructions from the Ladies' Home Journal cover washing flannels in hot suds with care not to rub, plus drying and ironing tips. Recipes include delicate cauliflower with a creamy dressing, creamed and fried carrots, carrot balls, spiced pickled carrots, and fried eggplant with crumb coating.
Colored Cotton Colors From Peru Report
Peruvian cotton reportedly grows in twelve colors from white to dark red. Each color fiber remains the same hue after planting, producing seeds that yield the initial color.
Tragic death of Leila Herbert in Washington home
Miss Leila Herbert daughter of ex Secretary of the Navy Herbert Alabama committed suicide Tuesday morning by leaping from a third story window in a fashionable Washington neighborhood after a period of melancholia linked to injuries from a prior horse fall. Nurses watched over her at the Herbert household during her illness.
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Leila Herbert
Navy
Herbert
Alabama
New Hampshire Avenue
Washington
Dupont Circle
South
Cleveland
Miss Herbert
Congress
Package of $10,000 Cash Stolen in Columbia Express Office
A bundle of ten thousand dollars vanished from an express office in Columbia between Sunday and Monday. Secret service agents and Pinkerton detectives swarmed the city as suspicions fell on office staff after money left in an unlocked safe could not be delivered and went missing Monday morning. A stranger was rumored to have hurried from the scene but investigators focus on the office personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
Secret Service
Express Company
Pinkerton
O. N. Sadler
Corea
Croswell
Newberry
Reform of naturalization laws to require language reading
A Washington dispatch reports a plan to reform naturalization laws along lines of the immigration educational test bill. The measure has favorable House support and will be acted on after the holidays. The committee notes some opposition but believes a majority sees the need for essential changes. The proposal would require all immigrants to read and write in English or another language.
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Washington Dispatch
Georgia Alabama Rivers Appropriations Sought for Improvements
Georgia and Alabama congressmen push for higher appropriations for navigable streams and river improvements. Captain Lester of Georgia and Colonel Bankhead of Alabama back the effort with on the rivers and harbors committee. Alabama hosts a Warrior river convention on the 29th with Bankhead and Taylor leading outreach to fellow congressmen and the Alabama delegation.
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Washington
Georgia
Alabama
Gulf
Atlantic Coast
Lester
Bankhead
Warrior River
Taylor
Florida Fishery Congress Awakens National Interest in Tampa
National interest grows ahead of the Florida Fishery Congress to be held in Tampa on January 19. Washington fish commissioner and state commissioners will attend. Delegates seek hotel rooms as papers are prepared and special days honor various expositions through January 24.
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Tampa
Grea
Fla
Washington
Chicago
New York
Gompers Re elected President at AFL Session in Nashville
At the American Federation of Labor session in Nashville Samuel Gompers was re elected president with 1845 votes to 407 for Ernest Kreft. Also elected were vice presidents P J McGuire James Duncan Rob ert Askew and M M Girland. George B Lennon treasurer and Frank Morrison secretary were chosen without opposition. Andrew Furuseth won the legislative committeeman post. The meeting site chose between Detroit and Kansas City with Kansas City favored by 1806 to 806 for Detroit.
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American Federation of Labor
Nashville
Tenn
Samuel Gompers
Ernest Kreft
Philadelphia
Gompers
Kreft
P. J. McGuire
James Duncan
Robert Askew
M. M. Girland
George B. Lennon
Frank Morrison
Andrew Furuseth
San Francisco
Detroit
Kansas City
Spanish Boats Seized Off Punta Gorda by Revenue Cutter
Revenue cutter McLane, off Punta Gorda in Florida waters, seized seven Spanish fishing smacks charged with smuggling rum or aguadiente to Gulf coast fishermen. The smugglers attempted to flee, but the cutter fired its bow chaser to halt them.
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Times-Union and Citizen
Jacksonville
United States
Spain
Punta Gorda
McLane
Gulf
Mrs Nack Likely Pleads Guilty in Manslaughter Case
New York dispatch reports Queens District Attorney Youngs remains noncommittal but is understood to permit Mrs. Nack to plead guilty to first degree manslaughter. Prosecutors believe the evidence could not convict her of murder. Her Thorn trial confession could not be used against her.
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New York
Youngs
Queens County
Pinkham
Mass
Runaway Train Deaths Lead to Major Freight Wreck
A Monday night freight wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad caused by a runaway train killed three men and damaged rolling stock valued at $75,000. The deceased are listed as H. Kuster of Hatetown Indiana Charles J Numer from eman and C Corbin brakeman.
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Brock
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Kuster
Hatown
Ind
Charles J. Numer
Eman
C. Corbin
The Use of Coral
A New York dealer notes coral jewelry is less fashionable now with demand shrinking over 30 years. Coral is mainly used in Abyssinia, the Congo, the Cape, India and Ceylon, Siberia, China, and Japan, with poorer pieces sent elsewhere. Prices have fallen due to scarcity of good coral and abundance of inferior. many women workers in Leghorn, Naples, and Genoa face layoffs as output shifts to lower quality pieces. Work is handmade, paying 15 to 35 cents daily.
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New York
Star
Abyssinia
Congo
Cape
India
Ceylon
Siberia
China
Japan
Leghorn
Naples
Genoa
Washington Star
The Bishop's Tactful Lesson Wordy Eastern guest reforms after bishop visit
An Eastern woman famed for slow dressing reforms after a private entertaining encounter with a family friend, a bishop. He recalls passing her house and choosing not to call, noting she would take fifty seven minutes to dress leaving only three for conversation. The tale ends with her change inspired by the bishop's tact.
Tetterine Ointment Claims Soothing Skin Relief
Fragrant unctuous ointment touts cooling healing power for Tetter Ringworm Eczema and rough skin. Stops pain and itching. claims to aid even chronic cases. Sold 50 cents at dry stores or by mail via J Shoptrine Savannah Ga. Also includes marketing lines for Star Tobacco and Sledge Cigarettes with testimonial claims.
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J. Shoptrine
Savannah
Glass industry to restart after furnace revival
Pittsburg dispatch reports window glass plants nationwide plan to resume in about three weeks once furnaces reach heat. The restart will bring work back for about 16 000 men across the industry.
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Pittsburg
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ostetter
Christian Frederich Samuel Hahnemann
Omeopathic System of Medicine
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Dr. Kline
R. H. Kung, Ltd
Phila
Anona
Taber
Hood
Weaharen
D.C. Freee
Catarra
Drage
G. B
Cansée
Sothons
Louferilie
STORY
Washington City
Uncle Sam
Georgia and
Florida Fishery Congress
Florida
Piso
Allie Dova- Lass
le Roy, Mich
Gravely & Miller
Danville
Sexton’ S Palme
West
Mitchel Bt St
Atlanta, Ga
Kainit
Nassau St
Jenifer
Ala
MA Simmons
Zeilin
Resori
Hatchett Creek
M. & Simmons
Walter Baker & Co
Thompson's
Dorchester, Mass
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