Customs and rites from distant cultures and eras
A survey of varied traditional practices across cultures. From Tartar invitations by ear to Laplanders’ nose rubs, Java bridal foot washing, China etiquette academies, ear burial customs for war dead, Roman thresholds, Japanese teeth gilding, and East Indies color symbolism in mourning, with notes on Hindu Easter eggs and headhunting beliefs in Borneo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
East Indies
America
China
Egypt
Turkey
Ethiopia
Europe
Hungary
Borneo
Work of Years Englishwoman weaves Bayeux tapestry copy
An Englishwoman has employed 85 Trishwomen since 1885 to make a copy of an old Bayeux tapestry. Linen and wool were woven dyed for it. It measures 227 inches long 20 inches wide and depicts 628 men 202 horses 605 other animals plus birds trees and flowers. The original was also made by women led by Matilda of Flanders and her court.
Congress in Session Briefly Epitomized First and Third Days
The senate and house met in session with debates on silver purchase, coinage, and a bimetallic money system. Senators discussed repeal of the Sherman act, party leaders sparred over timing, and a number of petitions and amendments were presented. The House considered treasury information requests, centennial observances, and election law debates, with filibuster tactics shaping each day’s proceedings.
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Tunry
Senate
Stewart
Mitchell
Oregon
Harris
Peffer
Finance Committee
United States Treasury
Wilson
Daniel
Virginia
Quay
Cullom
Lindsey
Damocrat
Kentucky
Lindsay
Carlisle
New York
Morgin
Higgins
Allison
Tamry-Firra
Voorhees
Teller
England
Europe
Senator Sanford
California
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
House
Capitol
Denson
Alabama
Eople
Banking and Currency Committee
McLaurin
South Carolina
Treasury
Richardson
Tennessee
McCreary
Everett
Geary
Hitt
Hanner
Burrows
Committee On
Yeas
Washington
Mr. Wilson
Honss
J. Logan Chipman
Ofchigan
Messrs. Weadock
Powers
Curti Caruth
McMillin
Haugen
Dearman
Escovert
Tumry-Firth
Phosphate Miners Hit as Officials Review Damaged Works
Governor Tillman and state phosphate commissioners toured wrecked mines by steamer Catherine visiting Williams Island Buzzard’s Island and Coosaw showing ruined loading gear and damaged vessels. The commission refused deals with phosphate firms unless a yearly royalty of at least 75000 dollars is guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillman
Charleston
Catherine
Williams Island
Pacific Company
Buzzard’s Island
Farmers’ Mining Company
Boevides
Coosaw
Phosphate Commission
Hurricanes in Spain cause flooding and deaths in Toledo
A Madrid special reports violent storms sweeping Toledo province with extensive property damage. Large areas flood and sixty bodies are recovered at Villa Canal with more feared buried in wreckage. Many victims are cave-dwellers on the town outskirts, the lower caves filling first and drowning occupants before escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Toledo
Villa Canal
University of Tennessee opens to women for first time
A brief survey notes the University of Tennessee admitting women for the first time in its 87 year history. Other items cover bank reorganizations, a Roanoke colored men’s convention pledge, a 112 year old death in Atlanta, and political and civic developments across the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kno
University of Tennesse
Board of Fantine
Wilmington
Brunswick
Roanoke
Lucy Blair
Atlante
Sanitary Department
Washington
Ntional Bank
Winston, N
J. O. Buxton
John G. Miller
Danville
People's Bank
Fairfax Court House
Virginia
John B. Gordon
M. ©. Butler
South Carolina
Senator Hunton
John Allen
Mississippi
Lexington
Enya
W. C. Breckinridge
Ashland
Congress
Kinridge
Madeline Pollard
Columbia
Board of Regents
State Innatic Asylum
Southeastern Tariff Associations
Webster
Internal Revenue Department
Columbia Clearing House Association
Clearing House
Jackson
Miss
W. H. Gibbs
Post Office
Thomas
Gibbs
Mosely
Suffering Boomers Rush For Cherokee Strip Claims
A Orlando Okla Territory dispatch reports eight thousand certificates issued for Cherokee strip home seekers with 3,700 in line and 8,000 waiting near booths. Heat and poor water spawn dysentery and at least a dozen sunstroke deaths. estimates vary on Saturday entrants from 25,000 to 200,000 as 50,000 people line up with 27,000 claims in the strip and 200 lots per area. Water scarce at Kirk but ample at Perry and Eneids. Guthrie shade hits 102. Thousands plan to send barrels of water to claims while many hurry to claim land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Strip
Orlando
Oklahoma Territory
Stillwater
Kirk
Perry
Eneids
Guthrie
Train Robbers Nabbing $70,000 Delivers Hecla Mine Cash
Three masked men seized Friday morning the Mineral Range train between Hancock and Calumet Mich. and robbed Calumet and Hecla mine funds totaling seventy thousand dollars with no bloodshed amid turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Range
Hancock
Calumet Mich
Calumet
Hecla
United States ships and turmoil mark a busy week
The Detroit sails from Fort Monroe to Rio de Janeiro to protect American interests as Rear Admiral Weaver nears retirement and Commodore Brown steps up. Reports from Brazil claim insurgent forces bombarding Rio and a fort siding with rebels. Yucatan and Colombia ships bring gold and bullion to New York. The El Cid shatters maiden voyage records from New Orleans to New York. A jail yard in Oswego, Kansas, identified train robbers with help from railroad personnel. Spencer mass fire causes $250,000 loss, with six acres of buildings destroyed. Alvo deemed lost near Kingston after hurricane. Standard Oil trust winds up in New York. Thayer comments on Indiana train robbery losses and cement protests before Congress. Sugar shortage hits Pittsburgh area. refiners blamed as fruit season peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. W. Weaver
Navy
George Brown
Norfolk Navy Yaigs
Exchange Telegraph Company
Taysk
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Yucatan
New York
Havana
Colombia
Colon
New Orleans
South Pass Bar
Mississippi River
Sanday Hook
Oswego
Kuw
Spencer
Mass
Boston and Albany Railroad
Alvo
Kingston
Jamaica
Consignees
Standard Oil Trust
Flager
Standard Oil Company
New York Dispatch
Charles T. Thayer
United States Express Company
Indiana
Lawrence Cement Company
Ways and Means Committee
McKinley, Taw
Pittsburg
Butchered in Jail Mob Kills Five in Carrollton Alabama
A mob of masked men killed five prisoners in the Carrollton jail, all black including a woman, firing through bars withWinchesters. Sheriff overpowered, mob dispersed after the shootings. prior week a mill and gunhouse burned. arrests of negroes had occurred earlier in Ostrokton jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Pickens County
Carrollton
Paul Archer
Will Archer
Polk Hill
Ed Gayton
Ellen Fant
J. B. Woods
Ostrokton
Progr
Bilding
Buying on Credit and Its Hidden Dangers
The article argues debt per se is not wrong but running store bills breeds bondage and misery. It notes people buy nonessential items on credit that they would not purchase cash, causing hardship, while credit can enable thrift with farm purchases. It discusses balancing consumer credit against necessity and future gains.
What Girls Should Cultivate in Society and Health
A London Telegraph excerpt lists feminine virtues such as pleasing others, self-restraint, open memory for faces, and polite listening. It contrasts social conduct with medical advice on diphtheria, noting Paris doctors vague on petroleum cures while Fauvel cites success in pulmonary maladies. It mentions wartime wound care with oil and advises lemon juice for throat ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Flahout
Fauvel
London Telegraph
Breadmaking as an Accomplishment in Modern Kitchens
An English writer notes the scarcity of professional cooks who bake at home and recalls a furnished house where sour bread forced a twice weekly train supply from 40 miles away. The London cook, expensive yet skilled, failed to grasp the science of dough rising, illustrating broader domestic baking gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
London
Teach a Child to Wait Upon Itself and Others
Teach a young child to wait upon itself and upon its parents. Let it bring father his slippers cane hat or gloves and mother her workbasket thimble or book. Encourage it to perform any little offices within its powers as a tiny child. It will be proud to execute these small commissions and as it grows older it will form a fixed habit of considering the wants of others.
Man Falls in Well Finds $20 Gold Piece
A Long Island man, after tumbling into a well while gathering himself, retrieved a $20 gold piece from two feet of water. He survived, proving the adage that it is better to be born lucky than rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
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Dole
California Fig Syrup Co
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Hall
J. Curley & Co
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Richmond & Danville
Avanta
Memph's
Texas
Lavannah
Auguste
Florida
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Hood
Swift
Joan W
Danret
Anderson
Res
Swift Specific CO
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Heller
Tamry
Hepburn
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the News
Detroit
Fort Monroe
Rio de Janeiro
Chicago
New York City
Madison Street
U.S
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J. F. Smith & Co
Greenwich St
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
He Was
Lucky
Dr. Milmer
D. H. Biveen
Hulmeville
Dr. Kilmer &Co
Blumton
Kilmer
George Wilkinson
Lowville
B. M. Woolley
M.D
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Atlanta, GA
Thomson
Judson L. Thomson
B. Green
Fort Payne
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Nashville
Tena
Fort Poynor
Als
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