Intricate System of Invoices at Frontiers and Customs
The article describes how ships must present consular certificates and proper papers to land in the United States. It details the role of revenue cutters and tugs, the process of docking, unloading, and duties, and the bond and warehouse system. It compares Mexican free zones and border practices with Canadian and New York frontier smuggling, noting lax patrols and line stores.
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Naval Office
Custom House
Ghana
Mexican Free Zone
Senseless Display at the Fair Encourages Theft
The Chicago Herald argues that ostentatious jewels and conspicuous watches tempt thieves among crowds at the fair. It urges women to avoid display, wear simpler attire, and keep valuables at home to reduce opportunities for theft and the need for detectives.
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Chicago Herald
When Does the Year Begin
The text traces various calendar starts: January 1 in modern nations, autumnal equinox around September 22 for ancient Egypt and others, and Greek changes from winter solstice to June 22 after 432 B.C. It notes England’s legal year began March 25 from the 14th century until 1752.
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England
Milk Therapy for Burns Reported by French Doctor
A French physician reports success using milk dressings for burns. Soaked compresses applied to the burn are renewed twice daily. A leg burn healed with this method, reducing size from 14 to 7 cm in two days and to 24 cm in diameter after three days. Another burn treated with olive oil and zinc oxide also improved quickly with milk only.
How to Tell Safe Mushrooms From Deadly Toadstools
In the article the danger of poisonous fungi is outlined with a guide to distinguishing mushrooms from toadstools. It notes about 120 varieties in the country, warns that over 100 are unhealthy or poisonous, and describes traits such as odor, taste, cap texture, gill structure, stem proportions, and color marks. It mentions cultivated Paris supply and private cave farms in the United States, with figures on Paris market and the safety of restaurant mushrooms. It also discusses riots in India and Ireland with a sympathetic English police response. The piece closes with quotes from The Spectator.
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Canada
France
New York
Jay Gould
Irvington
Gyrus W. Field
Levi P. Morton
Rhinecliff
Mussulman
Ireland
India
the Spectator
The Common Mushroom and Poisonous Lookalikes
The piece explains how salt or a silver test can help identify toadstools versus edible mushrooms. It describes pink gills, color changes as mushrooms age, and cautions novices about poisonous varieties. It also highlights the common mushroom’s attributes, flavor, and growth stages along with notes on the horse mushroom's size and hollow stem.
Largest stamps by size and notable tiny issues
A collector notes extreme stamp sizes from the 4 by 2 inch largest issued for newspapers to tiny 24 by 1 inch California penny postage. Mentions a 3 by 14 inch Madagascar letter stamp at the British consulate in Antananarivo 1886 and a 2 by 14 inch Robinson & Co. bear stamp, plus the Mecklenburg Schwerin 1856 quarter schilling.
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United States
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Robinson & Co.'s Express
Bacterial Cause of Blindness Described
Scientists identify a fungus like organism as a cause of blindness. It propagates rapidly through division and grows in ocular tissues causing irritation and deprivation of nutrients leading to tissue death and vision loss in days. Infection spreads only by direct planting on suitable soil before it can grow.
Arctic notes may reveal aurora borealis observations
Observer Lieutenant Peary returns from the Arctic voyage with expected notes on the aurora borealis to illuminate its mysteries. The report hints at a cautious path to future findings as the phenomenon remains elusive and distant.
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Ose
Peary
Editor Stead seeks a new tag cure for drunks
Editor Stead of the Review of Reviews and Borderland boasts a plan to advertise for half a dozen confirmed hopeless gin-sodden dipsomaniacs for experiments. He suggests the House of Lords and the London sourd of Aldermen nearby will help him obtain subjects. A gameter never lets cross a row under its fret.
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Stead
Review of Reviews
Borderland
House of Lords
London
Indian Courtship Among the Ute Indians
The article describes Ute marriage customs with polygamy and separate tents for wives. It details the courting ritual where a brave woos a girl in bright attire, uses strategic signals, and the woman’s relatives weigh the match before the law of her choice. If accepted, the suitor proves intent by deer hunting and sharing meat after a formal engagement and marriage.
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Morata
Guy
Warding Off Cholera How Persians Ward Off the Plague
The article describes Persian superstitions against cholera. Two elders hold a Koran scroll wrapped in a scarf as a talisman while villagers pass beneath it. Despite widespread deaths, the Shah remains philosophical, smoking and muttering prayers about fate.
Queer Language on the East African Trade Route
The article describes a secret finger speech method used by Oriental traders on Africa's east coast. Traders clasp hands or roll turban folds to conduct private bargaining beneath open-air trading, avoiding public commentary from idle bystanders.
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Africa
East
Bicycle Engine Trial Described in Boston
A Boston paper describes a bicycle fitted with a small chemical tank and a fire axe. The experiment’s practical value is not yet estimable. The device, a lady’s light roadster with cushion tires, weighs about 60 pounds with its outfit.
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Boston
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