Idol Juggernaut of India Worshiped Two Millennia
A Los Angeles Times piece recounts Juggernaut worship in Orissa, noting the vast idol-making trade in Benares, the mystic life-giving ceremony, and the sacred triad of Hindu gods. It describes the giant annual chariot processions, with thousands guiding massive cars along the shore, and rites viewed as salvation through wisdom faith or deeds.
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India
Tydin
Benares
Sialma
Vishnu
Siva
Urhma
Juggertr
Orissa
Bengal
William Trunter
Puri
Ilindeo
Juggermint
Juggernaut
Drageo
Vod
John J. Pool
Los Angeles Times
Why Indeed Why The Five Year Old Questions Father
A five year old questions his father about the new baby in the family. The child notes the baby Wies ma and wonders why the infant cries at the father. The father replies that the baby likes both. The boy then proclaims that if the baby likes the father less, it would explain the crying behavior.
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Chicago
Stecord-Nerald
In His Line. First Ball Player Jokes
A fragmentary joke dialogue references late nights and strict spouses in a New York Press line. The piece hints at baseball players and social norms but is incomplete, offering only a snippet of banter about being out late and domestic reactions.
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Lome
New York Press
Taylor’s Woods
Preston
Depteve
N. J. Olsen
Baltimore
Mise Mamie Elliott
Broom’s Island
Bertha Haymond
Hickman
Del
Bessie Reed
Wilmington
R. P, Taylor
Preston, Md
Checking a Bundle The Check Room Waited the Way
A man carries a heavy bundle through a city block ordeal in a crowded store. He seeks the check room but misleads himself by following an unclear floorwalker. After long searching he returns to the second location and completes the day, reflecting on the triumph of the check room system.
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Ife
United States
Prince Alberton
Chicago News
Samuel W. Jackson
Emma Jane Jackson
E. S. Valiant & Son
Caroline County
Maryland
Starvey L. Cooper
Court House
Denton
Melville
Marydel
Mt. Zion Parsonage
Snch Road
Madison Brown
Circuit Court
Elmer W. Deen
Thomas L. Day
Mouchin
Grvirnsturo
Tips in England and the age of fees
Mr George Russel surveys English tipping culture tracing fees and pouches from ancient times through royal anecdotes like George I’s astonishment at paying for corn and archbishop trusts fearing bribes before execution. The piece blends anecdotes from Horace Walpole Bishop Burnet and Lord Russell showing the pervasiveness of tips in severe moments.
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George Russel
Mancheseer Guardian
Horace Walpole
George I
England
Trust
Canterbury
Bishop Burnet
Lord Russell
The Fish in His Bed at the Imperial Pond
A second empire tale recalls General Gallifet near Napoleon II’s chamber. He secretly fishes from the imperial pond, hooks a prized carp, and chaos ensues as the fish smashes a globe and vase, then hides in a bed before revealing the scene to the emperor who reacts with a smile. A companion anecdote from London Opinion tells of a magician’s misfired trick when a rooster replaces the expected hen in a sack.
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Longet
Gallifet
Napoleon II
Chateau
Leutenant
Edgar
Lise
Gallifer
Iere the Leutenant
Imperial Pond
Tie
London
Trolley Conductor Tore Dress in Detroit Dispute
An angry Detroit man confronts the superintendent over a trolley incident. He claims a conductor stepped on his wife's dress tearing over a yard of fabric, challenging the company to explain blame and seeking redress. The official questions how far accountability should go in such a mishap.
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Detroit
Threof
Ciizen
Bluffing to Build a Business Fortune in Chicago
A Chicago merchant gained wealth by donating a $5,000 church organ to secure capital for his venture. He used the organ as a public bluff, wooing investors and church members who believed in his success. The scheme funded his enterprise, allowing him to borrow and expand while gifting more organs later.
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Chicago
John Smith
Lkely
Napoleon John Smith
J. Smith
Napoleon
John
Smith
Chicago Tribune
Mexican politeness and chivalry in Michoacan towns
A traveler notes that in Morelia Michoacan men eagerly offer seats to women on crowded streetcars and praises Mexican courtesy. The innkeeper cites a governor’s decree that forcing a woman to stand may lead to arrest and fines, explaining public decorum avoids police attention.
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Morelin
Michoacan
Morelia
Senor
Philanthropist's Glasgow Visit and a Burns Question
A charity lady touring a Glasgow slum asks a householder if she has read Burns. The woman replies by showing a red burn mark on her arm from a cooking pot, noting that such burns stay red after use follows the saying a burn is forever red.
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Glasgow
Mother Carey feeds her chickens on the sea
An anecdote from the Chicago Tribune quotes a captain replying solemnly that Mother Carey feeds her chickens in the trough of the sea, a playful nautical exchange on a voyage.
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Mother Carey
Chicago Tribune
What Do They Cure Dr Pierce Medicines Golden Medical Discovery
The article extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as potent alteratives and tonics. They purify fluids and heal mucous surfaces from nose to bladder, aid dyspepsia, and support weak, overworked women. Both are non alcoholic, non secret, glyceritic extracts from native American plants and sold only by physicians.
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Vierco
Brereton
Yellowstone Park Tour Offered By Railroad Line
Pennsylvania Railroad bulletin promotes a 22 day personally conducted tour to Yellowstone Park with side trips to Portland Seattle Field Laggan Alba Banff and more. Rates from major cities range 230 to 246 dollars with educational value emphasized and limited Pullman space. applications via local agents or Geo W Boyd Philadelphia.
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Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Yellowstone National Park
Congress
America
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Seattle
East
Pennsylvania Railroad
Park
Vancouver
Field
B. C
Laggan
Alba
Banff
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Geo. W. Boyd
Broad Street Station
Allen's Foot-Ease and New Corn-Pad Offer Description
Advertisement notes a powder named Allen's Foot-Ease for swollen tired hot smarting feet with a sample sent FRHE and mentions a free sample of the FeTALE BAMITARY CORN-PaD, described as a new invention, with an address in Alea Olmsted LeRoy N.
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Allen
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M. Hignutt
Williston
Lancaster
Oxford
Tan Oxford
Wilbur KE. Jacobs
Burrsville, Md
Q. M. Hignutt
Williston, Md
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Hobbs
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John T. Lister
Fr. P. Covey
Audt
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Bulletin
Canadian Rockies
Herman M. Cohn
W. Fayette ST
Geo. C. Skirven
Carter Block
Vicinity
Vpelobs Populu F
Ajfafato Joye
Edesfonfnfuy
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Company
Mollivrasys Division
Rehoboth
Ze Roun
IBM
P.M. P.M
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I. KE. Jones
Willard
Saakneday
Olan Phillips
Oremeh
Henry
Willoughby Nowell Simops
W. LeKates
Stewart Building
Denton, Md
Caroline
Smith & Walls
the Smith Manufacturing & Engineering Co
Ridgely, Md
King Tomato Filver
Hammond Labeler
AYARS
A. K. Robins & Co
S. M. Sindall
E. Pratt St
Concord Bargain House
Stlave
W.W. Dukes
P.C. Hobbs
Nisi
William J. Smith
Irving S. Smith
Windsor Hotel
Filbert ST
Samuel G. Nuttle
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