Frog Card Gai and the Game of Frog in Skat Style
An article reviews Frog as an aristocratic card game in Mexico with origins tied to skat. It describes a 36 card deck, ranking, and point values totalling 130, aiming for 61 points. Three active players typically play, with rules for dealing, widow usage, and three bids frog chico and grand, outlining scoring and payment.
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Comquinn
United States
Frog
Vorhand
Rome
Amoover
Chico
Chico Vorhand
Grand bids and rules of a trick bid game in play
The article explains bidding between players Verhand and a second bidder with grand as the highest contract. It outlines order of bidding, restrictions after passing, lead rules, following and trumping requirements, and scoring practices. It notes similar structure to pinochle and bridge in strategy and points.
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Verhand
Frog
Persua
Vorhand
Chico
Lid Chico
Queerest Men on Earth: Andamanese Among Oldest Races
A Calcutta World correspondent notes the Andamanese as an ancient, isolated people in the Andaman Islands. They live naked, use leaves as clothing, lack a true language beyond a practical sign system, and show limited farming or trade. Their height averages about five feet eight inches for men, five foot four for women. They resist contact unless certain of advantage, and disease from outsiders threatens their numbers.
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Earth
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
New York World
Andaman
Living in France a Riviera villa life for $159 a month
Excerpt from the Travel Magazine recounts settling in Mentone in February renting a villa near town for 800 francs 160 dollars through May. The narrator details rooms garden servants meals and living costs with emphasis on cheap yet artful French living and temptations of excellent food.
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Mentone
Riviera
France
Suite
Desire and the Gate of Longing in a Spiritual Tableau
A meditative prose piece traces a seeker by an eastern city gate as camels laden with supplies pass by and a grand mansion becomes a vestibule of Desire. The narrator contemplates beauty, useless ornament, and the gap between material display and immaterial yearning, concluding with a quest to behold the beauty of the Lord.
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Paul
Sciatica Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills Tribute From Yarmouth
Mrs. Chas. F. Haley of Yarmouth cites relief after two years of severe sciatica and bed confinement. She details intolerable pain, failed treatments, and the decisive recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills, claiming renewed health and recommending the remedy. The ad extols the pills as building new red blood to feed nerves and alleviate pain.
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Chas. F. Haley
Dr. Williams
Bears and a Camera: Close Range Portraits in the Rockies
A narrator recalls photographing grizzly bears at close range in the Rockies. He waits behind a tree as three bears approach, sniff the camera trap, inspect his tracks, and finally peek over a fallen log before they move on, leaving him calm and unarmed but exhilarated.
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W. H. Wright
America
Rockies
Preparation for Sleep and its Gentle Rituals
A Victorian tone guide on preparing the bedroom for restful sleep. It advises quiet ventilation, minimal gas use, candlelight, a firm hair mattress, light coverlets, a sun-shielded bed, and a near-pillowless setup. It recommends a warm bath, brushed hair, loose night attire, and a calm mind to avoid insomnia, treating sleep as an art.
Baby's Own Tablets Promote Baby Health
Mrs. Frank Neill of Marksville Ontario testifies Baby's Own Tablets cure tummy and bowel troubles and help colds and worms. The Canadian ad claims a government analyst endorsement and safe use, selling at 25 cents per box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Frank Neill
Marksville
Ont
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Fashion Criticism Across Centuries in Youth's Companion
The text notes that women critiqued attire in both the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, citing a 1686 letter from Bridgetool to the Countess of Portland. It describes a vivid Burley dress with jengan manto, purple and green colors, gold, large flowers, red accents, and no lining, deemed highly notable.
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Bridgetool
Countess of
Prtland
Noted Pension Plan by Grandchildren Stated
A witty exchange from the Cleveland Leader shows a young woman saying she will rely on her grandchildren for comfort in old age, and a young man replying he may have none to rely on. The quip reflects social attitudes toward family and aging.
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Cleveland
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Ami
Scott
Sciatica
John Burroughs
Griggies
Alaska
Wyoming
SPA
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