Diamonds rising in price and scarcity prompts caution
A Maiden Lane jeweler reports diamonds increasing in market value with prices climbing from 65 to 80 per carat in weeks and possibly higher. he keeps stones in a safe deposit vault, predicting no relief in sight as Cecil Rhodes leads a powerful syndicate. The piece also covers currents in politics, wireless experiments, labor bids, Bowery congestion, art displays, chrysanthemums, elevated safety, and unusual court case about a man legally deemed an infant.
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Maiden Lane
Sciarce
Cecil Rhodes
New Lorn Poliigians
Wouuwwit
Root
New Yeurk
Woo
Nate
McKinley
Woodruff
Brooklyn
Governors Island
Tompkinsville
Army Signal Service
Reiber
Army
Brooklyn Navy Yard
the Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Jrop Ship Builders
New York
Bowery
Fifth Avenue
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
Ancient Roman Ring with Keys Reveals Wedding Customs
A bronze Roman ring with a small key bunch attached sits in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, mirroring a gold version in the British Museum. The piece reflects a practice of presenting keys with the wedding ring to symbolize home and property transfer, a custom traced to antiquity and varied across cultures and eras.
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Rome
Metropolitan Museum of Art
British Museum
Eizabeth
George III
England
Drunken rites and death customs of the Shans in the mountains
An English traveler reports Shan practices in a frontier region between Burnah and China. Homicide is punished by death after a public liquor procession. relatives may demand indemnity or life for life. Marriage, mourning, and funeral rites feature rope fetters, rice sharing, and symbolic butterfly beliefs tied to strings worn on the wrists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnah
China
Ute Chier m
Outing to Thagkenag Island Promises Grand Summer Resort
Visit this historical island advertised as the grandest summer resort on the Great Lakes. Round trip fares from Detroit Toledo Cleveland and other cities range from about 13 to 18 dollars with steamers boasting modern amenities and electricity. Four weekly trips connect Toledo Detroit Alpena Mackinac St Ignace Petoskey Chicago Marquette and Duluth along with daily service between Cleveland and Detroit.
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Grea Lakes
Detroit
Toledo
D. & C. Tleatins
Abekinae
Upper Lake
Alpena
Macnac
St. Ignace
Petoskey
Chicago
Sac Marquette
Duluth
Neveland
Cleveland
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Gotham
Murphy
Board of Heath
Park Row
Supreme Court
Timothy L. Woodruff
Franklin Syndic
Young Miller
Aard Problen
William Barry
Miller
Price Nols
Weta
W.E. Stieren CO
Smithfield St
Sixth
Pittsburg
Ative
Okure
Barton and Benson
Bar-Ben Block
W.j.gilmore Co
Klihe
Ben
Medi
Parker
Chichester
Pius Riginal
Genenn ‘Alwaye
Imitatvone
Tigma Enda
Stampa
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Square
Philaba, PA
Thagkenag Island
Clevelard
City OF Buffalo
City OF Erie
United States
Buffsto
Buffelo
Britatoe
ASTIS
F. Morman
Anna
Passevaze Avres
France
York
Houis
Medical
Canton
Yohe
Akron
Fray
DR. Edson
Sec’y
Gat Fragoklin Ave
Columbus
Oic
Peaxer
Nuus
Edson France
Franklin Ave
Ghis
California
Pones
Norma
Oregon
Union Pacific
Boston
New England
C. Traver
Smithfield Street
Chicago and North-Western Railway
J.W. Foltz
Clothier
E Main St
Massillon, O
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