Marriages in Servia a Bridegroom’s Absence in Custom
A humorous account from Chedo Mijatovich describes Servian marriage customs. Fathers seek wives for sons by visiting fairs, identifying eligible girls, and presenting cake and coin to secure consent. The bride herself is brought to the father for approval, with male relatives arranging the betrothal while the groom is not present even at the engagement day.
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Chedo Mijatovich
Servia
Renang Wen
Origin of the Four Post Bedstead
In medieval times people slept in beds surrounded by boards with strong posts at the four corners. Sliding doors could be fastened inside and weapons kept by sleepers. Attacks at night caused crashes as the doors yielded, awakening residents for defense. When stronger law reduced use of side walls the four posts remained as a feature.
Reporter Skips Wedding Tale After Bride Fails to Appear
An English reporter balks at covering a wedding when the bride is absent. The subeditor pushes, but the reporter yawns and notes there is nothing to write since the wedding never occurred.
An Eye to Business
Jimmy attends church for the first time and recalls enjoying the plate passing. He earned a dime and asks his father how much he got, reflecting a simple rural humor from National Monthly.
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Jimmy
National Monthly
Fashionable Ball Sparks Noted Family Resemblance
A fragment from the Dundee Advertiser describes a fashionable ball scene where two men discuss a gentleman who resembles a brother in disguise, prompting astonishment and confirmation of the likeness.
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Dundee Advertiser
Emery powder and corundum origins in polishing and industry
The article explains emery as impure corundum used for abrading and polishing. It describes chemical makeup of corundum, natural forms like sapphire and ruby, and how emery powder is produced from crushed material mixed with binding agents. It notes sources in India and Georgia and North Carolina, and mentions room air as a surprising source of fine emery flour.
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India
Asia Minor
Georgia
North Carolina
New York American
Beliefs in Hair Bundles and Dolls Across Cultures
The piece describes dolls and effigies from the Marshall Islands Sandwich Islands India Korea Ojibway and South American tribes. It notes mothers in Ojibway culture making a bundle of a deceased child's hair and belongings to ease the soul's journey, while still using the bundle as a doll for living children.
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Marshall Islands
Sandwich Islands
India
South America
Korea
King Victor and the Innkeeper in Piedmont
King Victor of Italy, while touring Piedmont with an aide de camp, sought a simple omelet and cheese at a dusty inn. The innkeeper doubted the aid's tale but served the king who later asked for his likeness to be placed on the gold coins.
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Victor
Italy
Piedmont
Time of a Wink Measured in Fractions of a Second
A Harper's note reports measurements of eyelid movement using a special photographic setup. Descend time of the lid averages 75 to 91 thousandths of a second, with the eye closing for 15 hundredths and rising in 17 hundredths.
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Harper’s
He Got the Pin in Street Mishap
Timmins, who believes in the old saying see a pin pick it up, spots a pin in the street. He stoops and causes his hat to tumble, eyeglasses break, braces fail, and a shirt buttonhole tears. Despite the chaos, he retrieves the pin.
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Timmins
Marriages Afloat Under Foreign Marriages Act
The article explains how British naval and merchant captains can perform marriages at sea or on foreign stations under the Foreign Marriages Act. It notes the captain acts as registrar, conditions of age consent and residence apply, and failure to meet terms allows a secretary of state to annul. It contrasts past practice with modern authority and logging duties.
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High Seas
Mani
Orien
London
Boxing the Compass Across Thirty-Two Points
The passage lists the full 32 compass points in clockwise order starting at north. It names traditional terms such as nor by east, sou by west, and west by north, showing a complete survey of navigational directions.
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Nor
Nor’-Nor
Ants Aid Logging in Burma for Valuable Sandalwood
Burma stands out as the only place where ants aid humans in extracting sandalwood. Workers use Geoyea sweet canes to attract the es le ants, allowing them to peel away the soft shell and harvest the heart wood, which is the true value of the tree.
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Burma
High Praise At The Metropolitan Club Customer Testimonial
A fragment describes a scene with a pretty Fifth Avenue manicure and a gay bachelor at the Metropolitan club quoting a line about divine destiny while a customer asks for a testimonial. The Hampton Magazine is cited.
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Fifth Avenue
Metropolitan Club
Hampton Magazine
Pulse Rates of Animals From a Curious Fact Book
A list compares heartbeats per minute for various animals including lion forty, tiger ninety six, horse forty, wolf forty five, fox forty three, bear thirty three, eagle 160, and butterfly sixty. An elephant’s exactly countable pulse is noted as impossible to determine.
Local News Behind The Graphic's Happenings
The Graphic highlights latest community events and local happenings in a concise roundup. It notes upcoming meetings, social gatherings, and small-scale developments shaping daily life in the town.
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Mcminnville
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Whitten
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