Bellevue morgue and hospital practices described in detail
A long passage details Bellevue hospital morgue operations including cooling and storage, coroner inquests, post mortem work, and embalming. It notes a museum of anatomical specimens, a gallery of over six hundred photographs of unknown dead, and meticulous record keeping for identification. It also discusses mouth breathing and facial changes linked to nasal disease, plus advice for parents on preventing mouth breathing in children.
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Ong
Bellevue Hospital
Wood Anatomical Museum
Theo
New York
Utmnost
George Catlin
Catlin
Blue Blood and Widowhood Across Cultures
An analysis explains the term blue blood as signaling white skin and veined visibility, tying it to caste and racial admixture in Spain and Spanish America. It also describes Hindu widow customs, detailing hair cutting, jewelry removal, clothing, seclusion, and social ostracism.
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Spain
Mexico
Trial in San Antone for bribe offer to a witness
Aim McSnifter is tried in San Antonio for allegedly offering a witness, Sam Johasing, $50 to testify falsely. The courtroom dialogue centers on whether the defendant spoke in the first person and if the offer was ever stated in those terms.
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Aim McSnifter
Santonia
Sam Johasing
Sam Johnsing
San Antone
Trekday at Lyceum A Sit In With Hot Lem and Jerry
In the Lyceum a duo nicknamed Hot Lem and Jerry hold court beneath their door sign. They banter about Babe Rations and a past loan, with a quip about an inspector’s new post as they linger inside. The scene captures a late evening gathering and familiar exchange among the two humorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
Execui
Lem
Jerry
Xdhen
Noisy Station Scene at Third Street Waiting Room
An hour yesterday forenoon four men kept patrolling the Third Street station waiting room to quiet a screaming two year old child. The crowd watched as the mother’s face hardened in resolve and a newsboy nearby dashed outside, prompting questions from bystanders about the disturbance.
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Third Street
Anere
Quips and Quirks in a Bustling Railcar World
A collage of humorous vignettes and social asides from a busy era. Bits about a bargainer opening a safe, a druggist and gum, a Swedish minister, shipbuilding quirks, a Hopeful toast about seats, and playful jests on courtrooms, trains, and church life.
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Haskill & Burdick
Smerivort
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