Town in Tibet Noted for Monasteries and Fortified Hills
Gyangtse Wolei, 214 miles from the Indian frontier and 144 miles from Lissa, is a historic town of over two miles in circumference with 1,000 houses. It sits beside two hills, one hosting massive walls and a 600 monk monastery with a nine story temple. The complex offers sweeping views and houses many Buddha images. Monasteries dot the surrounding country and Indian traveler Chandra Dae noted 500 monks expelled Indian service and 200 reading sacred texts in one monastery. images of Buddha are flanked by rows of monks and lamps.
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Gyangtae
Gyangtse
Wolei
Lissa
Ree
Coifee
Chandra Dae
Still call for horseshoes despite new transport
Iron and steel dealers report steady demand for horseshoes despite trolley cars and automobiles. The trade notes horses remain widely used and sales continue as before. Fourteen U S firms manufacture ice shoes with annual output near one million kegs of 100 pounds each.
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United States
Voices of Native Africans Describe Speech and Laughter
A traveler notes central African voices as deep in men and melodic in women, speaking in a forced key with loud, extended chatter. He praises their tireless talking and what he calls a healthy, unrestrained laughter.
A Valuable Scrapbook Concept
A scrapbook focused on a single subject increases interest and value. Collect articles portraits and poems from magazines to compile a neat, informative volume. The practice offers educational worth and personal satisfaction from gathering diverse material on one topic.
The Oren Life and the Temptations of Privacy
A Baltimore American piece urges readers to keep homes bright and doors open to sunlight. It warns that hidden closets invite the tempter and his weed, urging warning against moral danger and the lure of vice.
Lives a Primitive Life in Paterson Community
A Paterson resident presents a new eccentric figure who eats only vegetables and nuts, sleeping outdoors and wearing little clothing. He claims no pain or illness, and his diet consists of cucumbers carrots turnips and raw potatoes. The piece notes the unbounded potential for human perversity.
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Paterson
Revolt of the Young Person in School and Home
A fragmentary tale describes a youth rebelling against adult authority in school and home after holidays. The scene centers on a girl who rejects excess rules and rituals, expressing disdain for what she calls two things she hates, signaling a clash between generations.
Eyewitness account of African tattooing practices
The article describes tattooing among African natives as universally practiced by both sexes but crude and inferior to Maori methods. It details methods of skin cutting and charcoal rubbing, and notes feminine ornaments such as nose pebbles and lip plugs, including a severe flat disk or pebble inserted in the upper lip to extend the mouth.
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Africa
New Zealand
Not a Pleasant Companion Landlubber Describes a Squid
A landlubber at sea recalls catching a squid describing its size color and features. He notes a one foot body length pale tan and sienna with dark spots a parrotlike beak and spearhead tail. Fright can trigger a brown discharge and an escape while the enemy is smudged.
Traits of the Chinese Army From Paris Review
Col Gramprey, once French military attaché in Pekin, reports from the Revue de Paris on China's vast army. He notes the 420,000,000 population as a unified people with uniform racial traits, longevity, thrift, and remarkable endurance. He praises the Chinese for resilience, teachability, and minimal medical needs, according to the London Globe.
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Col Gramprey
Pekin
Revue de Paris
China
London Globe
Twilight Dove Visits the Lousekeeper in July
A dreamy, archaic verse fragment describes a dancing, fearless dove guiding a perplexed housekeeper named Willgat Iancies to comfort. The speaker Aloysius Coll yearns for rescue from darkness, twilight, and storm as the dove bears a hopeful message.
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Jedra
Aloysius Coll
When Icebergs Are Useful on the Sea
Sailors note a berg's approach brings a sudden cooling of air, allowing warning by seasoned mariners. Vessels may strike ice, then require towing for safety. Yet bergs offer shelter from storms and are used by Arctic steamers, Northern whalers, and Newfoundland sealers to anchor and ride out gales.
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Newfoundland
Leavened Bread Introduction Across Northern Regions
From Rome the craft of leavened bread spread slowly to northern peoples. In upper Norway and Sweden the practice remains limited. In Finland Iceland and Siberia fermented bread is rare except among the elite. Sweden often bakes hard rye cakes twice yearly for the poor. Scotland relied on barley bannocks and waten cakes until recently.
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Rome
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Iceland
Siberia
Scotland
Leprosy Problems Across Africa Highlighted in Nations
The piece notes leprosy as a major social issue across Africa, affecting many regions including the Cameroons, Ashantee, and the Congo. It describes widespread infection in villages and a lack of care from native communities. The text reflects colonial-era attitudes and calls attention to health neglect across English, French, German, and Portuguese spheres.
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Africa
Nicera
Cameroons
Ashantee
Congo
Ctivow
Farm sale listing with livestock and equipment
Auction announces numerous animals including a bay mare eleven, a sorrel mare ten, two brown mares aged six and seven, a bay horse four, a brown mare three, plus wagons agricultural machinery feed mills fanning mills planters mowers harnesses and other farm implements. Also chickens turkeys household furniture and unspecified items.
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Tibet
Baltimore American
J P. Beebe
S. A. Lumbard
Cole
Pani Absolatsly Pure
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