Time Sticks: Chinese Night and Day Timepieces
A glimpse from New Orleans Democrat describes time sticks used in China to mark day and night. Each thirty-two inch stick burns twelve hours, lit at dawn for daytime use or at dusk for nighttime use, with placement perpendicularly and away from drafts to ensure accuracy. The account notes physical effects on the wearer’s feet and shoes from a deformity linked to the burning process.
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Colonel Bridges
Alfred
Pretty Feet Always Painful In High Arched Instep
Pretty feet are always painful and ill fitting. Shoes rarely fit them, forcing wearers to move haltingly and seek care from a chiropodist. The high arched instep defining the pretty foot contributes to the ongoing discomfort.
Child Marriage Practices Worldwide Cited
A historical note asserts that many regions consider girls as young as fourteen suitable for marriage and records show girls married before age one, with four to six years often ending singleness. It states twelve as a typical marriageable age, with exceptions in certain districts.
Olive Oil Claims Nourishes More Than Meat
A note describes olive oil as richer in nourishment than meat or butter, asserting two tablespoons provide prompt digestion, improve blood, fat, and weight during its natural emulsion stage.
Women In Burma Freedom Compared To Other Nations
Women in Burma enjoy remarkable freedom al most equal status with men. Girls share inheritance rights with boys and participate broadly in society, contrasting with many oriental countries.
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Burma
Marrying a Lincolnshire Lady in 1731
The Gentleman's Magazine noted Rev. Roger Waina of York, aged about twenty six, wed a Lincolnshire lady over eighty. The match included £8000 in money, £800 per year, and a coach and four for life.
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George II
Gentleman's Magazine
Roger Waina
York
Lincolnshire
Fasting Animals in 1795 Italian Quakes
Report notes two hogs buried in a ruined building after the 1795 Italian earthquakes were recovered alive after forty two days. They emerged extremely lean and weak, illustrating remarkable endurance during prolonged fasting.
My Political Experience in Washington and Backlash
A narrator recounts a failed political bid and cross class life in Washington. He details swinging from city to country attire to win favor, his love interest Miss Druilla Parkinson, and the social downfall after a drunken episode. The tale ends with his defeat by both city and country factions and a note on servant scandals in society.
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Justice of the Peace
America
Washington
Army
Navy
Drusilla Parkinson
Admiral Parkinson
Miss Parkinson
Ensign Parkinson
Whllard's
Ciy
How Millionaire Families Hire Their Servants
Ellsworth Emerson surveys elite households in New York, detailing how rich families obtain domestic staff. He notes differences between intelligence offices catering to the wealthy and those serving modest incomes, and hints at risks faced by these households from jewel and silver losses and costly attire.
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Critain
Mrs. Nemo
Mrs. Black
New York Press
Astors
Morgan's Office Caller Recounts Mock Book Agent Visit
From Morgan's Office William R Currison a known figure in New York society met a tall stranger who claimed to be from J P Morgans office He offered a cigar and a prospectus describing an unparalleled little work Currison says he bought it praising the agents genius and his own decision.
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Morgan
William R. Currison
New York
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Garrison
Mr. Morgan
Garri Ron
New York Globe
Will Black Walnut Furniture Ever Be Valuable
Dalton Wyle argues in Country Life In America that black walnut furniture lacks intrinsic beauty and historical interest. With no famous makers or associations, it is unlikely to become highly valued, unlike mahogany pieces, and reflects a bygone era of bland design.
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Chicken
Dalton Wyle
Country Life
America
The Most Fatal Year Is 1906
The year 1906, per a insurance firm, shows record fatal disasters across land and sea. Motor vehicle and elevator accidents, building fires, mining and mining, and widespread hazards caused thousands of deaths and tens of thousands maimed, with notable counts in various categories per the New York World.
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Great Lakes
New York World
Daily Journal Delivery Termed 10 Cents Weekly
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at a rate of 10 cents per week, offering broad access to readers across the area.
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the Daily Journal
Ancient Eclipses Marked In Early Records
Solar eclipses drew attention in ancient Egypt around 661 B. C. The earliest recorded lunar eclipse is attributed to Ptolemy, dated March 10, 721 B. C. This note summarizes historic observations and dates for celestial events from antiquity.
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Ptolemy
Thanksgiving Proclamation Originated in Massachusetts Bay
The Thanksgiving proclamation originated by Sir Francis Bernard, captain general and governor in chief over Massachusetts Bay. Issued November 4, 1707, its form has been substantially adhered to since.
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Sir Francis Bernard
Province
Massachusetts Bay
Reindeer Skin and Cyclopean Building Wonders
Reindeer skin offers extreme warmth for arctic nights when worn with a game-blanket. Banlbec demonstrates cyclopean masonry with Baalbec walls featuring stones up to sixty feet long and over 2,500 tons, cut from distant quarries.
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Banlbec
Baalbec
Deaf Mute Instruction and Pedro de Ponce
The earliest reference to deaf mute education appears in Bede around 685. A Spanish Benedictine monk Pedro de Ponce taught the deaf and dumb about 1580. The coconut tree is described as highly valuable for wood, leaves, fruit, oil, sugar and many other uses.
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Bede
Pedro de Ponce
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Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Beecham
Hindoo Girls
Derma Viva
Derma Viva Gco
Chicago
H. J. Mooge
Joseph Emmert
Ellsworth Emerson
Humphreys Medicine Co
Col
WiHam
John Streets
Humphreys
Humphreys’ Med. Co
Wiliam & Doha Sts
M. Hoover
People’s Column
King's Daughters’ Employment Bureau
Stephenson
Kaste
Stephenson St
South Walnut Street
Sundmeter'’s
Adams St
H. & Dreyer
Journal
T. J
P.O. Box
Phila
State
State St
Stearns & Zipf
Seale
Galena Ave
Union
C. G. Schoeffel
Galena St
Wm. O.wright & Co
Rhoe
City Water and Gas
John Hea
Columbia Phonograph and Lot of Records
John F, Fee
Lancaster Township
John F, Rezner
Lancaster
Stover
A. Bergiman
B. Care Journal
Ringold and
Hardin
John H. Bamberger
Bsandago Add
Rieger
Olgar
Douglas
Snue
Edna Porter
John W. Wise
West Freeport
Bell
Chestnut Street
van Buren Street
Freeport
At & Bargain
D.A. Wolf
Douglas Avenue
Court House
Chippewa St
Bokemelter & Lapp
Guleng St. Gladd
Gulena Ave
Eos. Brown
van Eeen St
Pest
Winneshiek St
Guenther
Q. A. McNamara
Corbin
Lydia I. Pinkham
Miss Kate A. Hearn
DCMU
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kate A. Hearn
West 47Th Street
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Freeport Loan Company
Burrell Brothers
Ceresota
Minnesota
Barrington
BBC
Fancy Santos
California
Schoeffel & Brokhausen
Galena &T
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