Hidden Hopi Rites Outshine Snake Dance In Desert Ceremonies
G Wharton James describes Hopi religious dances beyond the famous Snake dance, noting the Flute ceremonies at Oraibi Shipauhwi and Shongopavi and the annual cycle linking rain prayers to both water above and below. He witnesses races, processions, and sacred rites at Walpi Washonganavi and Oraibi, highlighting the spiritual aim and vivid pageantry of these ceremonies.
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Arizona
Walpi
Washonganavi
Oraibi
Shipauhwi
Shongopavi
H. R. Voth
Field Columbian Museum
Chicago
Denver
Fraternity of the Flute
Solokami
G. Wharton James
Hopi Rite at the Sacred Spring Begins Precincts
Chief Kopeli leads Hopi rituals at the spring site with solemn prayers, meat sprinklings, and clan symbols painted on participants. Priests kneel, chant, and use bahos and plumes while sacred water vessels and honey are placed at a circular spring altar.
Corpse Laughing Prank Ends With Warning in Chicago
At Chicago County Hospital a man believed dead by streetcar injuries suddenly sat up and laughed stirring alarm among physicians nurses and two policemen. William McDonald 717 West Taylor street later told Desplaines street court the prank was a drinking joke and received only a warning from Justice Eberhardt after pleading not guilty.
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Chicago
Desplaines Street
William McDonald
West Taylor Street
McDonald
County Hospital
Eberhardt
Queenly Winifred Saxe A Pioneer Matriarch Of A New World
Winifred Saxe, a pioneering matriarch, wielded quiet power over family and helpers in a large Pennsylvania household. She governed bond girls, taught skills, and shaped lives with unwavering faith, while leading a broad frontier community alongside husband John Saxe and their 11 children.
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Winifred Saxe
Khasuke
Saxe
Winifred
Saxes
Victoria
Rebecca Harding Davis
John
Pennsylvania
America
Philadelphia
John Saxe
Isaiah
David
Jesus Christ
Grandpa tags along with child at circus entry
The New Century infant Willie aged five walks into the circus tent hand in hand with a gray beard. He explains to the doorkeeper that Grandpa wanted to see the animals and he came to take care of him.
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Willie
Chicago Tribune
Duel Between Two Women Over Dentist Date
Belligerent remark escalates into a mock threat as one person vows a punch while the other counters with a dentist appointment for next Saturday, in a courtroom quip attributed to a judge.
Old Gentleman Questions Suit in Comic Exchange
A witty exchange features a suitor challenging the father’s blessing. The young man declares he loves the daughter, warning that without affection she would be the town’s most fooled girl, delivering a humorous moment in the scene.
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Puck
Notable National Figures and Literary Skewers
The piece surveys international figures and authors tied to the United States presidency. It notes James Wilson as the sole cabinet member born outside America, cites Idaho Senator Heitfield as a rare book collector, and mentions Baron Iwasaki gifting Max Muller's library to Tokyo. It also recalls Tolstoy’s son disputing posthumous authorship, Thomas J. Creamer’s return to politics, and a light exchange about moose hunting between President Roosevelt and Minnesota Congressman Eddy.
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United States
James Wilson
Ayrshire
Scotland
Heitfield
Idaho
Senate
Baron Iwasaki
London
Max Muller
University of Tokyo
Creamer
Congressman Eddy
Minnesota
Canada
Roosevelt
Frogs Legs Fraud Shocks Paris Market
Paris is rocked by a scandal after frogs legs sold in the city are allegedly adulterated with toad legs. The fraud stems from frog hunters near Montmorency Vincennes Boulogne and other wetlands mixing toad parts with legitimate frog meat. Experts say the toad flesh appears yellow while frog flesh stays white, but many buyers cannot tell the difference.
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Paris
Montmorency
Vincennes
Boulogne
Johnny Crapaud
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
The Best Lifter and the Mortgage Joke
The exchange recalls a boastful boy who lifts with clubs and dumb bells. The other claim is that he lifted the mortgage instead, a quip credited to Philadelphia Bercod.
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Hiram
Silas
Philadelphia Bercod
Pointed Paragraphs On Wives, Wit And Fate
A series of short maxims on marriage and reputation contrasts wit with life choices. Notes that truth can falter at death, a wife can shape opinions, and a husband’s purse marks influence. It cites English crime statistics: 34 death, 10 life penal, 91 over 10 years in a recent year.
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Earth
England
Wales
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Sporting Life
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Adrian
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Apoleon
PRO Os Nwcatenenxiye
Nervita Medical CC
Clinton & Jackson Sts
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Villa Ridge
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G. W
G. M. Watkins
First National Bank
Omaha
Sive
Tetsac
ILROP
Newline
Rockford
Dubuque
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
A. H. Hanson
Cc. Co. Bus Plumbing
Clinton
4Th
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