Pig Sticking in India Abo ve the Boar and Brave Riders
In December near Karaghora Kattiwar pig sticking blends fox hunting courage and tiger like danger. A roaring dawn chase unites Khaki riders, spears, and bearded beaters as a gray boar charges, dodges, and fights for life. Blood, dust, and the jungle echo with cheers as man and horse press the hunt to its brutal end.
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East
Izaak Walton
Karaghora
Kattiwar
Kit” Bach 1
Halloo
Sun Lecture at Columbia Sheds Light on Sun Spots
Dr. Charles Lane Poor presented at Columbia University on the sun and its motions in a nautical science lecture. He described sun spots, their penumbra and umbra, their roughly eleven year cycle, and noted last minimum in 1901 with a peak in 1906 while dismissing Jupiter as the cause. He said sun heat stems from internal particle motion and occasional eruptions produce sunspots and auroral disturbances on Earth.
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Columbia University
Charles Lane Poor
Poor
Mauretania
Columbus
America
Poor Said
Dr. Poor
New York
The Brute Divorce Grounds Questioned
A Baltimore American snippet recalls Xantippe Snifkins planning divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The exchange notes the husband failed to offer practical reasons, while the wife cites persistent mistreatment.
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Xantippe Snifkins
Mia
Baltimore American
Men's Dress Absurdites Debate at Mothers Club
Mrs Lillie Deverefium Blake argues men’s clothing harms health and must fit climate, urging adaptation. Professor Mary Schenck Woolman cites heavy garments and ignorance of home needs as roots of fashion issues, while Blake defends women’s role though notes men share fault. New York Tribune report.
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Lillie Deverefium Blake
Lords of Creation
New York City
Mothers" Club
Lord of Creation
Mary Schenck Woolman
Teachers College
Mrs. Woolman
New York Tribune
Confederate Soldier's Quest To Return Home
Harvey D. Wade of Simpson county recounts selling his last coat in Shreveport after the Confederacy fell to buy food. He kept a half dollar and aimed to earn the other by honest labor to return to Franklin, seeking to become a desirable citizen in his homeland amid poverty and despair.
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Shreveport
Harvey D. Wade
Simpson County
Franklin
Addressing English Royalty Prompted Formalities
A Washington diplomat recalls meeting the Prince of Wales and the King. The prince preferred to be addressed as sir, saving time, while the King suggested simply sir. The Queen is called ma’am. The Philadelphia Bulletin reports the anecdote in a concise, period voice.
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Prince of Wales
Washington
Philadelphia Bulletin
Ancient Taximeters Recalled in Historic Insight
The London Globe notes that taximeters existed long before modern times. Descriptions by Suetonius and Vitruvius show Roman cabs used devices akin to meters. The Chinese in the eleventh century also reportedly employed taximeter-like mechanisms.
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Rome
Julius Caesar
London
Edward VII
Suetonius
Vitruvius
A Favorite Bet in Louisville Courier-Journal
A cryptic exchange centers on a wager called a johngates and a claim of a million dollars in stage money reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal. The item notes confusion over the term and frames the bet as a curious, perhaps theatrical, stake.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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India
Capt
Francis Thatcher
Mem'ry
Napoleon
Peninsula
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