Jibaros of Peru Described as Devil Worshipers
A historical account portrays the Jibaros of southern Ecuador and Peru as isolated, primitive and devout to a demon figure used by medicine men. It details their customs, punishment of unfaithful wives, hunting methods, sacred rites, head trophies, and extreme photosensitivity, framed as an expedition narrative by Harold E. Anthony and George K. Cherrie for the American Museum of Natural History.
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Ecuador
Harold E. Anthony
George K. Cherrie
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Mr. Anthony
Museum
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Cites
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Iag
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Ais Yarmens
Aspirin directions and safety claim from Bayer ad
The advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with directions to take aspirin only as prescribed and asserts safety proven by physicians and millions. It highlights the Bayer Cross, mentions uses for colds headache neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain, notes affordable small boxes and larger packages, and ends with unrelated Boston Transcript humor and product naming quirks.
Ancient and Modern Rome The Rise of Ancient Monuments
Ancient Rome lay on the hills by the Tiber with the Palatine Urbs Quadrata Romulus site. Excavations reveal early settlement remains and a prehistoric tecropolis. The Capitoline was republican and imperial center. Caligula’s circus once near Nero’s persecuted Christians, now St Peter’s. Vatican spans 134% acres with 1,000 halls. The Pantheon, begun in 27 B C and rebuilt by Hadrian, is among the best preserved.
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Rome
Tiber
Palatine
Romulus
Earlior
Law Compliance Haunts Sundlay Kiss Row
In a Louisville Courier-Journal quip a debate over kissing on Sundays is mocked as a legal farce. The exchange notes that old blue laws were allegedly bypassed and questions the penalty, joking that no husband previously charged faced punishment.
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Louisville Courier-Jouriva
Birds as Street Cleaners in Costa Rica
In Sailing South Phillip Marden notes a morning scene in San Jose where a garbage wagon is followed by a sober platoon of vultures. The birds march around and atop the cart, scavenging as the city’s streets appear notably clean, their presence explained by their appetite for waste.
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Costa Rica
Phillip Marden
San Jose
Egg symbolism prompt in classroom dialogue
A teacher explains that the egg stands for gentleness in creation and asks for other gentle things hatched. Johnny lists snakes, alligators, sparrow hawks, and eagles, reflecting a playful misfit of gentle versus predatory hatchlings.
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