The Long Juju Found Fetich of West African Tribes
A British expedition on the Guinea coast reports finding the long juju a feared fetich feared by many tribes. Accounts describe a supreme juju court in theory with a priestess judge and punishments ranging from forced deporation to death by submerged in boiling blood. Juju priests guard the rites and ceremonies that keep slaves in awe of the ritual.
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Aro
Guinea
Major Mockler Fergman
S Lim
Oyster Cocktail Origin and Preparation
Charles Rauhofer of Delmontico’s rejected new dishes while praising timeless culinary art. The oyster cocktail, served in a glass, blends seven fresh oysters with tomato catsup, horseradish, Tabasco, Worcestershire, vinegar, and salt as described by the New York Press.
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Charles Rauhofer
Delmontico’s
New York
Mr. Ranhofer
Chesapeake Shore
New York Press
Thackeray Anecdote From New York Visit
A correspondent recalls Thackeray’s American stay and a morning call with Miss B. She overheard the servant and exclaimed Damn Thackeray. Thackeray corrected her, clarifying Makepeace Thackeray. The anecdote, cited from the New York Evening Post, notes Miss B.’s possible confirmation.
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Thackeray
New York
America
Miss B
Mr. Thackeray
New York Evening Post
Tween Earth and Sky and the Kid on the Cantilever
A sixteen year old Swedish youth known as Johnson's kid works as a bold, loyal bridge-builder on a perilous cantilever project. After a dramatic rescue of his foreman Young Johnson from violent co workers, the boy defies danger again by descending a high girder using the standing fall rope, saving Johnson and cementing their bond.
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Johnson
Johson
White Rock
Flere
Bill Oleson
Linsone
Larey
PMI
Rocky Gorge
Loving
Big Red Smith
Teir
Petch
Bill
Big Ted
Ile
Big Red
Big
Paderewski Outwits a Swietochowski Minuet Tale
Paderewski, then Warsaw Conservatoire professor, visits poet Swietochowski who claims Mozart outshines others in beauty. Paderewski later plays a Mozart minuet, prompting praise from Swietochowski who exclaims its brilliance. Paderewski calmly reveals he composed the piece himself.
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Paderewski
Conservatoire of Warsaw
Swiertochowski
Mozart
Swieztochoweki
Millions Spent For Oysters in U S News
America’s annual oyster production runs about 18 billion, roughly 80 million bushels, valued near 16 million dollars. The piece notes prices have slid from three cents per oyster to about three for a cent, with New Orleans vendors on the levee offering freshly opened oysters for twenty five cents as long as you can eat.
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America
New Orleans
Louisiana
New York
Margery Answers to a Pretty Name in a Children's Corner
A playful poem from Margery to Miss Girlie asks about managing twelve children and many grandchildren, followed by Stella Browns misadventure from the Detroit Free Press. The text then muses on animal communication from birds and parrots, noting hens, roosters, parrots, and crows expressively.
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Margery
Girlie
Paris
Baby Bess
Shaftee
Miss Margery
Thaddeus Grey
Philadelphia Times
Language of Animals and Bird Communications
Johnnie argues kindness to animals as aunt rebukes him while recounting a cat’s yowl. English scientist Mr. Nelson Wood studies bird language, claiming humans can understand and converse with birds. He notes nonflying birds use more varied calls for warning and danger.
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Wood
Johnnie
Nelson Wood
Mr. Wood
New Evidence Reshapes View of True Horse Species
The Duke of Bedford imported twelve Mongolian colts identified as Przewalski's horse, a distinct species noted for years. The find contrasts with the extinct Kirghiz Tarpan and underscores the challenge in defining a single horse species.
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Central Asia
Duke of Bedford
England
Mongolia
Przewalski
Kirghiz
The Indian Duck Trick Revealed in Performance
A Chambers Journal description explains a water pan illusion where a wooden duck is made to dive and surface by pulling a hair connected to the duck and hidden wax linkage to the drummer. A pinhole at the bottom leaks water, masked by deliberate spills, keeping the surface deceptively opaque.
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Chambers’ Journal
Without Birds We Would Starve
A French naturalist warns that if all birds vanished, humans would be extinct within nine years due to unchecked pests. He argues birds keep insect life in check, enabling orchards and crops to grow, so removing them leads to universal starvation and death.
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New York Press
Mixed In Her Dates and the Forbidden Fruit Question
A stray column notes a playful exchange about the biblical commandment Adam broke when he ate the forbidden fruit, then pivots to a quaint item description a pepper box shaped like a swan in old Dutch silver.
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Adam
Tommy
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Freeland Tribune
Tribune Printing Company
Orrick
Freeland
Sarriors
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
TWEEN
Norman Duncan
Ime
Children's Corner
Stella
Mrs. Brown
Gertrude
Ertrude
Slater
Lottie Morris
Lansing, Mich
Detroit Free Press
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