Cocopas Peoples Observed by Professor McGee in Lower California
Professor McGee describes Cocopas living near the Coturaco river two hundred miles below the boundary, noting their agricultural life, physical traits, and burial customs. He details their toes used as tools, shoes, and canniness with fire, along with marriage rites and property norms that govern kinship and inheritance.
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Che Cocopas
Coturaco
Tepeha
Quituhac
Aquiles
Spemas
Niles
Seurlawagid
Papas
Cuborea
Westerbon
Vallfarnia
Borsuiette
Santo Domingo
Mexico
California
Yura
Colorado
Gila
Colonia Lerdo
Gulf
Ulat
First German Paper in America Franklin’s 1732 Zeitung
The Philadelphia Philadelphische Zeitung, the first German language newspaper in America, was printed by Benjamin Franklin in 1732. It planned biweekly issues with delivery at ten o clock and ads via the printer or Louis Timothee, but publication ended after a few numbers.
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Ben Franklin
Zeitung
America
Philadelphische Zeitung
Benjamin Franklin
Penis Lenia Gazette
Louis Timothee
Franklin
The
Korman
Philadelphia
Cedruckt Bey
Franecklin
der Marckstrasse
Bloch-Deutsch Pennsylvanische Geschicht-Schreiber
Christopher Saur
Chicago Times Werald
Noted Map Poet Baffles Normandy Guests
The Kansas City Star tells of a famed map maker staying at a Normandy prince hotel with a young companion. Morning, the elder guest pretends to critique the charges for his junior partner, prompting the host to offer a generous discount. A later witty exchange follows about the purse and modesty.
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Kansas City
Prince Hotel
Normandy
Lum
Stampede on the Colorado Rivermoonlight Rescue
Large herd of about 800 head of steers stampeded toward a Colorado bluff near Marble Falls as young Texas girls and cowboys watched. Pauline Slaughter rode to safety on Comanche with Jack Hamilton and Colonel Slaughter, who saved her from the brink. Hamilton later receives a gift from the rancher Colonel Slaughter.
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Texas
Marble Fall
Colorado River
Chicago Tribune
Sam Slaughter
Rauch
Colonel Slaughter
Jack Hamilton
Paradise
Florida
Rio Grande
Hatlen
Pauline
Pauline Stwang
Raer
Hamilton
Colorado Batt
Ulina
Uarnttun
Tere
Passing of the Bell in Modern Times
A meditation on how bells once governed daily life and ritual now recedes. The passing bell’s solemn call to repentance and reflection faded as church and civic sounds grow faint or replaced by alarms and distant echoes, leaving the bell to memory and verse.
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Atlantic Monthly
2Pu
China
Mawei
Mantcheo Tuan
Peking
Visit at thrifty home ends with spilled milk tale
A Pittsburg man recalls a visit to a thrifty home in a nearby town. In the evening the boy named Aboy goes to the cellar for refreshments. A crash of glass follows as he fumbles through darkness and bottles fall while his mother maintains decorum.
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Pittsburg
Aboy
Abey
Anes
Frequent Vaccination Opinion Warns Fresh Operation After Six Months
A New York Tribune article notes that vaccination provides near total immunity for about six months but its protection beyond that period is not guaranteed. It states that most cases see continued benefit, yet the duration varies. Experts advise a new vaccination if more than six months have passed, especially where exposure risk is high during an epidemic.
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New York Tribone
China in Retreat and Resolve Shines Through Boxer Aftermath
George L. Kilmer argues China has not yielded, leveraging Boxer turmoil and imperial strategy to outwit foreign powers. He contends Beijing preserved dignity, blamed mercantile greed, and promoted a long game of diplomacy and indirection amid conquest risks.
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Turn
Cluna
Prince Tuan
Seymour
Tien
Peking
Yang-tsang
Feking
Baron von Ketteler
China
Tung-fi-Liang
George L. Kise
Hamor the Tyrant at Home
A reflective piece argues that a husband gains dignity and strength from being respected at home. It notes men feel powerless outside but valued at home, and that a wise wife cultivates an atmosphere that supports his sense of authority and personality.
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Hamor
Hemar
Mary
Fire Walk Ceremony On Polynesian Islands Heard Of
A late report describes fire walking rituals on two Polynesian islands near Tahiti. Priests Taero and Tupes perform sacred prayers while observers watch barefoot participants tread hot stones in a ceremonial pit. Photographers captured moments of the rite as July heat tested endurance and the feast that follows.
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Baths Polynesia
Bega
Benga
Fiy
Erarm
Sava
Ralatea
Tahiti
Taero
Tupea
Van
Umu Taero
Tuy
Mount Fastnesses
Tupes
U.S. S
Umuti
Tjerp
No Interference Burglar Confronts Policeman in Dishonest Exchange
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a burglary scene with a bemused policeman who asserts he is off duty, while a suspect attempts to press a claim about seeing the cook. The text references Wisdom without honesty and a critique of deceit, hinting at a broader moral argument about a good life.
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Justin
Boston
Msia Argumen
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United States
Ibis
Toek
Fin Costner
Ed Coceps
Utweir
Cotonis Lerdo
Philadelphia Record
Locopa Neave
Tamiltoy
Victor
G. L. Kilmer
Trhna
Taku
Ypie
Lugo
Baltic
Ching
Laup
Alina
Li Hung Chine
Yeking
Signan-fu
Japan
Russia
Germany
England
France
Vopress
Tuan
South Pacific
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