What Is a Kiss Across Time and Cultures
A survey examines kissing from ancient to modern times, tracing origins from rose rubbing among aboriginal peoples to the civilized lip kiss. It notes variations among cultures, including Africans, American Indians, Japanese, Egyptians, and Hebrews, and highlights how Western cinema export trims kissing scenes for Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wen Bristoy
New Orleans
Tines-Picayene
Mike
Justi
Secon
Bygoneda
Jacob
Rachel
Isaac
Rebecca
David
Bathsheba
Assyria
India
Australia
Japan
Pyramid
Egypt
Repairing Faces Through the Ages in Facial Surgery
A historical note traces facial surgery from the fifteenth century Biancas who rebuilt noses using skin from foreheads and forearms, to Antonio Bianco refining the technique, to Tagliacozzi in the Sev enteenth century mocked in Butler's Hudibrus, and to the Paris faculty banning facial repair as late as 1788.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio
Tagliacozsi
Paris
Horn Dinner Call Preserved At Temple London For 700 Years
The Temple in London continues its ancient horn sounding ritual at 5 30 each evening to summon students to dinner in Middle Temple Hall. A frock coated warder with gold lace blows the horn in the courts, receiving a small annual honorarium for the service, a practice dating back centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Temple
London
Middle Temple Hall
CHERRYHILL Community notes and family updates cross snowbound roads
Snowdrifts clog highways as residents share social visits and family news from Cherryhill. Local names including Wells Amond Overman and Coy appear with reports of illness, travel, and property: gifts, births, and convalescence. A US Department of Agriculture note urges bird preservation to reduce insect damage, valued at 444 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Winifred Wells
Florence Amond
Ella Stephens
Esther Coy
Isaac Sleppy
Manorville
John Overman
Stark
Glenn Widdowson
Jay Ackerson
Harold Davis
Norman Henry
Charles Strong
Penn Run
D. A. Putt
Wilber Amond
Ashtabula
Ohio
Lytle
Edgewood
Willama Pattison
J. H. Lytle
Trignds
Murray Cramer
Harvey Brown
Heilwood
Evelyn Wolfe
Indiana
Cherryhi
Dr. G. Strong
BB. L.strong
M. J. Golden
Cherry Tree
Mildred Carrey
New Florence
Albert Coy
Waldo Brown
B. L. Stephens
W. H. Green
John Amond
Sellowood
Roy Decker
Nannie Dinwiddie
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Swine Sanitation Study Cuts Pig Losses in Illinois Farm
A report notes that the late Dr. Ransom’s sanitation system reduced pig mortality from 45 percent to 23.4 percent at Bloomington Illinois during six years, saving 11,422 pigs versus the expected double loss. The article also discusses barn ventilation, disease prevention, and the impact of feeding on dairy cattle growth and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Ransom
United States Department of Agriculture
Bloomington
Milnois
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G&s
J. M. Stewart & Co
Pennsylvania
R. R
Citizen’s National Bank
Indiana, Pa
OUR
Jno
George D. Leydic
Philadelphia Street
Wayne’ Avenue
Bell
Flint
Mick
Chevrolet
Fisher
America
Johnston Bros. Garage
Cookie Motor Sales Valley Motor Co
Homer City
Kent
Brushvalley
Baughman’s Garage
J. B. Baughman and Sons
Saltsburg Motor Co
Walker's Garage
Blacklick, Pa
Blairsville
Saltsburg
Bolivar, Pa
Cherryhill
Sido
JBR
Royal Orchid
Boston Franscript
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