Vultures of India and Their Varying Habits
A Times of India essay compares Indian vultures including the white backed Bengal vulture Gyps bengalensis and the long billed Gyps pallescens, noting differences in color, nest sites, and hunting behavior. It also describes king vulture Otogyps calvus and Neophron ginginianus known as Pharaohs chicken, with details on plumage and nesting.
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Bombay
Saya
Times of India
India
Malabar Hill
Gyps Pallescens
Barnes
Jordom
Bomby
Vultura
Otogyps Calvus
Poopah
Deccan
Old New England Sabbath Described In Historic Account
An excerpt recounts the ancient Sabbath starting at sunset on Saturday with a long eight hour worship. It notes barnyard bells, a nine o clock start, intermission, and seating by town meeting lot. The diary lists a sequence from invocation to sermon and a congregational trial of sinners.
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New England
Zara
Egyptian Puzzle of Ink Ritual Theft Recovery
The article describes a Sindh and Persia linked incantation used to locate stolen goods. A boy performs a ritual drawing ink and a staged throne to summon a jinn who exposes the thief and hiding place. Burton notes this practice requires a 40 day fast and is restricted to certain families.
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Ray
Sindh
Lin
Ap Perr
Persia
Lidia
Daropy
Agi
Egypt
Maghrib
Stormy Sunday Sermon Converts A Stranger To Deacon
In Porthaid Ae the famed preacher Dr Payson preached to an empty church on a stormy Sunday. A visiting stranger asked if Payson would preach and was told yes if no one else came. The lone choir and the old man heard the sermon. Months later the man told how the sermon moved him to join the church as a deacon.
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Waysan
Porthaid
Negro
Christian Endeavor World
Curious Email: Letter Boat On Wind Driven Voyage
Residents of St Hilda use a carved wooden boat with a tin bottle letter and a wind powered bladder tug. When Gulf Stream currents push it off course the craft often drifts to Shetland or Norway, where the letter is posted.
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St. Hilda
Sctesmere
Great Britain
Shetland Islands
Norway
A Duel of Blankets in Indian Custom
A southeastern Alaska account describes a tribal practice where two parties settle disputes by tearing up blankets. Each side destroys more of its own textiles to avenge a grievance, with total ruin deciding the victor if the feud continues.
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Wirionary
Alaska
Swiss Funeral Customs and Their Quiet Rituals
The article outlines Swiss practices after death with a formal black card notice asking for sympathy and announcing an exhibit called the monto jogum. A black-topped house urn and a tall black cloth cover mark the scene, while mourners leave black bordered visiting cards with brief consolations. Men typically attend the churchyard on foot after the hearse accompanies the burial.
Tree of Tibet and the Thousand Tanayeen Leaves
A description of the legendary tree of Tibet near Bodha in Liousar village famed for leaves bearing sacred images and hieroglyphs. Travelers bought images from the bark and leaves while monks and acrobats reportedly collected and sold banded characters and verses, with the chant Om mani padme hum.
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Tibet
Pere
Mont Humerus Berg
Buddha
Curious London shelter test proves most men penniless
A London union shelter tested 300 men to prove they had less than fourpence for lodging. Only five admitted money. most could not show fourpence. Of 400 men, 2965 lacked the required funds, suggesting many are truly hard up.
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London Cuogeepadtional Union
Hotaglens
Moedland Ball
London
Lorman
Edward Wilson Gates
Union
Mr. Gates
Lendon
P Pekar
Generous Acts of Oliver Goldsmith Across Fleet Street
The anecdote recalls Oliver Goldsmith giving a beggar a shilling on Fleet Street and defending it as happiness for her. A second tale shows Goldsmith paying his tailor’s bill after a needy friend begged, saying he donated the money to ease distress rather than keep it for himself.
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Viotdamkid
Oliver Goldsmth
Fleet Street
Goldsmith
Amond
Scots candidate given giant thistle in New Zealand town
In a New Zealand town a municipal candidate, a noted Scotsman, received a large Scotch thistle as a gift. The item lay on the committee table when a friend entering exclaimed he had mistaken the luncheon guest, prompting a brief interruption.
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New Zealand
San Francisco
Ware
Days of the Week and Global Views Echoed
The excerpt outlines ancient and medieval associations of each weekday with a sun moon or various gods. It then presents a stylized quote attributed to the Chinese emperor Li Hongzhang asserting China’s greatness and influence while noting other nations conduct the real contests, from a Washington Star clipping.
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Tieu
Tyw
War
Woden
Odin
Wind
Thor
Thunder
Fresa
Friga
Sater
Forest
China
Li Hong Chang
Washington Star
Curious Calvary of Work Animals in Far Lands
In France oxen in fields are regularly sung to for encouragement and believed by peasants to listen with pleasure. In India elephants on railways pay 6 cents and baggage cars include dogs, cats, pigs, tabbies, and monkeys in late compartments.
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France
Savage humor and the origins of mirth in civil society
A Boston Post style treatise argues that laughter at brutal or painful scenes reveals savage roots in human humor. It cites theatergoers from Chinatown and Siamese soldiers facing execution to illustrate how cruelty fuels mirth, warning that civilized laughter refines as society evolves.
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New York
Chinatown
Lloydy
Joese
Boston Post
The Lances and Sleep Insight From a Breath Practice
A Boston Transcript quoted physicist recommends deep breathing to cure insomnia. Inhale fully then exhale slowly to relieve wakefulness, especially on warm nights, as hyperemia of the brain yields to deliberate breaths. The piece also cites quips from the Inland Empire and a Spokane Spokesman-Review remark about a clerk’s salary.
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Boston Transcript
Corydon's Complaint Amid Crippled Fame
The fragment reflects Corydon lamenting lost beauty and youth, mourning changes in looks and social standing. It evokes praise of past charm and current melancholy as the speaker foresees decline and disillusionment. The text references a Gazette and a royal or titled voice.
Tobacco Testing in Cuba and Fleet of U S Buyers
The article describes Cuban tobacco quality assessment by American buyers who sample, smell, roll, and test for flavor ash and fire retention. It notes Havana hotels host U S buyers, some buy through brokers, others directly from growers, and cites a typical sample held alight for minutes as a measure of quality.
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Cuba
United States
Havana
Ohio State Journal
Fiddle Value Traced Through Pawnshop Tale
A Washington pawnbroker recounts a tale of a seedy middle aged man selling a violin claiming Jacobus Steiner provenance. The instrument tested as a common fiddle by experts and peers, prompting offers from $30 to $80 before confirmation of dubious authenticity. The saga highlights the wild swings in perceived value and the buyer’s cautionary stance.
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Sewin
Washington
Ivo
Pho Aan
Jacobus Steiner
Jacobus Steiner,’ He Said, ‘and It’s Nearly 200 Years Old. I've Had Itqwysulf
Baltimore
Ysuye
Columbia
Duck
Mass
Sol
Washington Theater
Ali
New Jersey
New York
Washington Post
Salvation Agony adjutant breaks singing record in battle
A London paper reports an adjutant of Salvation Agony singing 59 hymns in 60 minutes at a "singing battle" starting with 7 Fur Fellow Jests and continuing with hymns including doxology. He finished 234 minutes ahead, declaring the record broken with a triumphal shout.
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London
Salvation Agony
Bymn
Bympp
Police Circulars Describe Fugitive Features and Traits
A New York Police Department feature review explains the detective bureau exhibit of circulars with fugitive photos and descriptions. It details how criminals are sketched by age height and habits, noting disguises and speech patterns to aid identification and capture.
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Aia
Detoott
New York Police
Detective Bureau
Roguon
D Taotive
Bilico
You Tribune
Onions Promoted as Nervine and Medicine
An old notice extols onions as a nearly perfect nervine and a rapid-relief remedy for nervous prostration. It claims onions boost the worn system, ease coughs and colds, and even whiten the blezion with daily consumption.
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