Costumes Change After Powder and Snuff Disappear
The French influence shifted English male dress toward simplicity around 1400 and later periods. Young men adopted short coats and pantaloons from Paris while powder faded due to tax. Hair shortened, trousers and Wellington boots spread to civilians by 1814, and later Victorian dandy fashion favored black silk stocks over starched collars. The snuffbox vanished and watch chain seals became emblematic.
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England
Paris
George IV
Queen Victoria
English Illustrated Magazine
Berlin Beer Halls Etiquette as Described by Blythe
In Everybody's Magazine Samuel G Blythe notes Berlin beer halls and wine halls are plentiful in the city. German etiquette requires a military bow before sitting and a bow to all at the table on arrival and departure. He contrasts this with American more casual seating customs.
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Berlin
Samuel G. Blythe
Everybody's Magazine
The Curious Tale of Emily and Matilda Church
In an early 20th century New England town a widower Mr Church moved four wives from an old cemetery to a new one. While relocating the remains, bones mixed, and the new headstones carried sly inscriptions naming Emily and Matilda and Hannah as if they were mixed. A final line invites readers to pause and shed a tear.
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New England
Church
Hypnotic Eye Fascination At The Circus Cages
Harriet Quimby tells of tests of mind over beasts as hypnotists gaze into lions ostriches and leopards at a circus. A man challenged an ostrich and was crushed by the bird after hours. Another tried to outstare a leopard and was charged as attendants rushed to the scene.
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Legion
Harriet Quimby
Leslie's Weekly
Hard Lines For Bachelors
A traveler quotes the New York Press about Korea portraying bachelors harshly. The piece notes bachelors are treated as children with limited privileges, cannot drink openly, are asked about children for jobs, and face laughter if unmarried. It highlights social rules affecting voting, dining, and employment.
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Korea
Heraus
New York Press
Ita Palm Mosquito Proof Palm in Warau History
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt describes the ita palm from the Orinoco delta used by the Warau to escape relentless mosquitoes. The palm’s odor repels the insects, giving Warau people a mosquito proof bed in salt marsh gardens.
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Ita
Orinoca Delta
Orinoca
Warau
Cincinnati Enquirer
House Hunt Confusion Sparks Quiet Domestic Tension
In a tense exchange, Theresa asserts a distinction between casually looking at houses and actively seeking a home. The discussion hints at separation rumors and tensions over a potential move, with remarks about a spouse’s day of house viewing and the seriousness of intent.
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Theresa
Not Very Consoling Jokers Are Mocked by Editor
A humorous exchange from the Chicago News features a playful editor mocking a speaker's jokes and a spacer retort about lacking skill. A Danish proverb about blowing dust and eyes is quoted, adding a touch of wit.
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Spacer
Chicago News
Star Arcturus and a peppermint cure for smoking
A sketch of Arcturus as one of the brightest stars and its immense distance, with a note on its slow drift across the sky. A separate paragraph cites Dr. O Clayton Jones who claims peppermint drops can help cure boys of smoking by making tobacco taste unpleasant and hard to inhale, suggesting the practice lasts about an hour per bullseye.
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Arcturus
New York Press
O. Clayton Jones
Silverton
England
London Lancet
Jones
Discharge Through Humor in Trench Tale
A British soldier in the trenches jokes with his captain about seeking furlough while his arm is struck by a life ball. He grins and, showing the wound, calls it a discharge, delivering a grim yet humorous moment from London Answers.
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Pat
London
Stated wisdom on saving from the Chicago Record-Herald
A proverb cites that saving a little when poor marks stinginess while saving much is prudent. The Chicago Record Herald emphasizes frugality as a moral of budgeting and brings a caution about misinterpreting thrift in different circumstances.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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