Discovery of the Home of Buddha in Nepal Border
The article notes the home of Buddha near the Nepal border with Gaatama Buddha born around 500 B.C. He was the son of the rajah of Kapila vastu. A pillar inscribed by Asoka in the third century B.C. marks the site. Ruins are brick and jungle covered. exploration may take years. The city was destroyed in Buddha’s lifetime and a mass of ruins existed by A.D. 410. The excavations uncover buildings older than any Indian ruins previously known.
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Buddha
Nepal
Gaatama Buddha
Kapilavastu
Buddha’s Lifetime. It Was A Mass of Ruins In A. D
India
London
Remarkable Italian Peasant Woman Bears 62 Children
The London Daily News reports Gra nata, an Italian peasant woman, bore 62 children after marriage at 28. She had a sequence of a daughter, then six sons, then five more, then two sets of triplets, and a final birth of four after limiting to single births and twins.
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London Daily News
Granata
Ely's Dream Balm Provides Rapid Relief for Nasal Catarrh
The remedy is non-irritating and easy to apply and reaches inflamed surfaces directly. Physicians and patients alike endorse its quick action and curative powers with high safety. Druggists acknowledge it as the acme of pharmaceutical skill, offering near instant relief in acute cases.
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Ely
Ely's Cream Balm Provides Quick Catarrh Relief
Absorption-based Ely's Cream Balm treats catarrh by softening secretions and restoring nasal membrane health. It opens nasal passages, reduces inflammation, stops head pain, heals and protects the membrane, and returns taste and smell. Available at drug stores or by mail for 50 cents.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Slow Eating Harms Health Says Journal Findings
The Journal of Mental and Nervous Diseases says slow eating is as harmful as fast eating. The key is energetic chewing to properly masticate food and stimulate saliva. When anxiety slows eating, secretions may suffer, and hurried eating is avoided by rapid mastication.
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The
Journal of Mental and Nervous Diseases
Gloved Pasha Fehmi Decorated by Queen Victoria
Mustapha Pasha Fehmi, Egyptian prime minister, known as the gloved pasha, was decorated by Queen Victoria with the grand cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. He is linked to a two-decade mystery about his left hand, tied to a 1870s alleged murder plot aboard the Khedive Ismail’s yacht near Gezereh, Cairo.
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Mustapha Pasha Fehmi
Egypt
Pasha
Khedive Ismail
Sahmi Pasha
Nile
Cairo
Palace of
Gezereh
Firecracker history in American Independence day lore
The firecracker, long used by Americans to celebrate Independence Day, is described as a Chinese invention with prehistoric roots in China. It is said to frighten away evil spirits and remain used as a weapon against ghosts in parts of the Celestial empire, especially on ceremonial occasions.
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China
Flowery Kingdom
Celestial Empire
Home Influences and Civic Duty in Small Circles
A reflective piece by Dean Stanley urges individuals to improve their immediate households so positive effects radiate outward. It argues that each person should foster influences that benefit the commonwealth and the civilized world through small, everyday acts.
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Commonwealth
Dean Stanley
Sweden’s First Rail Line Opens in 1855 and Growth
Sweden opened its first railroad in 1855 and now has the highest railway density per capita in Europe. The system is state aided and privately owned, with the unique polar circle route from Lalea to Gellivare in Lapland.
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Sweden
Europe
Polar Circle
Lalea
Gellivare
Lapland
One Divided by Naught Logic from a Chicago Record
Four men discuss division by nothing exposing gaps in algebra and geology knowledge. One asserts one divided by nothing is one and another says infinity. a fifth man contends with the group's errors, requiring a lengthy rebuttal.
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Chicago
Kaiser's Singing Competition Aims To Promote Music
The German emperor plans a yearly singing contest in 1899 with no accompaniment. Cassel hosts the first event. Each choir receives an unpublished composition an hour before the contest and the winner's prize is a valuable jewel worn by the president for a year with singers' names engraved on it.
Gentleman Concedes She Claims to Improve Upon Creation
A Chicago Post excerpt recalls a gentleman who refuses to say she painted or powdered yet concedes she seems to believe she can improve upon the Lord's handiwork, reflecting social judgment of vanity and propriety.
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Chicago Post
Gotrocks sues for love in a quick wit farce
In a satire from Vanity Fair a blustering parent questions a suitor about loving his daughter for herself. The shy applicant stammers and admits he might learn to love her in time, exposing comic social pretension.
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Old Gotrocks
Hardup
Vanity Fair
Night at Monte Carlo Casino Shows Cold Blooded Business Tone
A New York Times observer details the Monaco casino at night with crowds from Cannes and Paris. He notes a calm, businesslike atmosphere, a wealthy American banker calmly betting large sums and a lack of drinks or smoking, underscoring the profits over entertainment.
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Cannes
Nice
San Remo
Mentone
Genoa
Paris
Rapide
Trente Et Guarante
Northwest
Saratoga
Long Branch
New York
Cuba
Mexico
George
Sambo
Henry
New York Times
Gloves Lost in Banter Spur Charming Exchange
In a playful exchange from Pick Me Up, Diplomatic laments losing a dozen pairs of gloves to a girl and fears she has no son to buy them. Dick counters that the girl’s hands are too small, assuring she will be pleased regardless.
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Tom
Detroit Free Press
Too Much For Any Man Chair In Home Dinner Disruption
A line from the Atchison Globe notes the humor in home life where a man returns to dinner and finds an unexpected guest in his chair, implying playful domestic strife and social satire. The remark reflects communal witticisms about household authority and pride.
Wind Rhymes and The Old Sound In Poetry
A short verse lesson by Andrew in Longmans Magazine on how wind does not rhyme with mind and how poets struggle with rhymes like wind and find. The piece muses on pronunciation and tradition in verse and the puzzle of language.
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Wonton
Andrew
Longman’s Magazine
Threshold ritual in wedding customs across cultures
Observes varied beliefs about crossing the wedding threshold. Signals include sacrificial rites in Persia and Egypt, a lamb slain before the father in law among the Aenezes, and a tied hands ceremony among Transylvanian Saxons. Notes these practices as ancient survivals.
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Persia
Arabia
Egypt
Burckhardt
Burial Veil Echoes in Wedding and Death Traditions
A period reflection notes the bride’s veil as a lasting symbol, comparing the veil to a shroud worn on burial. The piece remarks that the shirt gifted by the bride becomes a personal emblem for the groom, tying wedding attire to final rites. London Spectator offers this meditation.
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Nhev
London Spectator
Army Ration Tale Aboard The Salt Horse Barrel
In a military anecdote from the Philadelphia Press a group recalls a beef meal preserved in a salt horse barrel. A quip about mustard leads to a surprised soldier claiming he has mustard for a lame back, inspired by a surgeon’s sick call.
Milkman Recounts Storm Rescue at Gladstone Home
A London milkman recalls delivering to the Gladstones on Har lez Street. During a thunderstorm the rain drenched him until Mr. Gladstone opened the door and invited him inside for shelter while servants were summoned.
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London
Harley Street
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Light and Artificial Fog Demonstrated by UV Activation
A Royal Society demonstration by DC T R Wilson showed cloud formation from moist, dust-free air when UV light from an arc lamp was focused via a quartz lens. A blue fog formed in the illuminated cone and moved with heat, vanishing when UV exposure stopped.
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Royal Society
DC. T. R. Wilson
Chalk Bowlder Forms Village Foundation
A village in England sits atop a vast chalk bowlder, about a half mile long, likely moved coastward by a great iceberg twenty five miles before settling on the glacial sea floor. It is now buried in blue gray bowlder clay.
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England
Mrs J M Bull Fills Worthington Methodist Pulpit
Mrs J M Bull wife of the Worthington Minnesota pastor supplied the pulpit on a recent Sunday in his absence at the Methodist Episcopal church.
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J. M. Bull
Methodist Episcopal Church
Worthington, Mann
Italy Leads Europe in Murders, A Chronicle of Violence
Italy records the highest murder toll in Europe while Russia reports a surge in personal crisis incidents. The contrast highlights differing safety challenges across major European states.
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Italy
Europe
Russia
Trade between Japan and For mosa rises sharply since 1895
The TRIBUNE notes trade between Japan and For mosa has grown more than fivefold since 1895, reflecting expanding economic ties and shifting global commerce.
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Japan
Formosa
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