Ram Lila festival riot tale from Delhi and Ayodhya visit
An observer describes the Ram Lila festival in India in October at Fyzabad near Ayodhya with elephant processions and the staged combat between Rama and Ravana. The piece notes crowd fervor, religious signs, and the risk of clashes when Ram Lila coincides with Moharram, plus a side remark about bug biting ending after the festival.
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India
Delhi
Fyzabad
Oudh
Rama
Ravana
Adjudhia
Aclid
Ama
Hunomin
Ding
Hanuman
St. James's Gazette
Children at Table Guidance for Young Diners
Mrs. Ellis A. Mumma advises in Good Housekeeping that children learn proper knife fork and spoon use from seating time. They should wait for elders, avoid table leaning, and be dieted carefully as teeth emerge to prevent stomach distress.
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Ellis A. Mumma
California Philanthropy Story From the Grand Army Encampment
A fundraiser visits a notorious penny pincher who dodges donations with feigned poverty. Weeks later the capitalist, in his office, jokes about charity while taunting a visitor with sharp witticisms. He boasts of keeping sheriffs fees high to avoid loosing his money, despite claims of benevolence.
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California
James
What Kind of Water
Conversation at a water cooler frames a joke about well water versus convalescent satire. A man retorts that the water is not well but convalescent, implying poor quality in a cynical quip. This item reflects local wit in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Stop Drinking at Ninety Six Aims for Change
An elderly man of ninety six enters a justice of the peace seeking to swear off drinking. He explains long study led him to stop, hoping it is not too late. The piece muses on old age and self reform amid a broader joke about restraining habits. A Connecticut church choir tale follows with a soprano married to her second husband and her ex husband pumping the organ, set against New Haven’s reputation for steadiness.
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Cunard
Etruria
Britannic
Atlantic Express
City of
Rome
America
Anchor Line
New York Mail
Home Journal
Raveler
New Haven
Conn
Connecticus
New Haven Journal
The Mary Dance Comedy Quip From Chicago Ledger
A humorous exchange about dancing mocks pretension with a carpet maker who jokes that dancing offends his craft. The cartoonish dialogue contrasts social pretensions with practical work and a maizey dance mishap involving corn.
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Chicago Ledger
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