Tabus of the Cherokees Revealed in Folklore Discussion
A discussion at the American Association for the Advancement of Science surveys Cherokee tabus and etiquette surrounding bears, snakes, and other animals. It describes bear apologies, ritual cutting and cooking of bears, reverent bone preservation, mother in law etiquette, and the belief in dreams shaping tabus. The piece also notes sickness tabus and the story of a squirrel turning a hunter into a snake, plus aside anecdotes about Paderewski and a piano tutor from Ladies Home Journal.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Bruin
Tabu
Mammoth Cave
Hegis
Ane
Ladies’ Home Journal
Paderewski
Leschetizky
Vorbereller
The Dutch Sabbath and New World Echoes
A reflective piece traces Dutch colonial history from New Amsterdam to Java and the Zambesi, noting stubborn conservatism in places like Johannesburg and New York stores. It highlights unusual social schemes in Brooklyn churches for infant supervision and a poet’s view on future critics, ending with Texas’s petrified tree.
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Peitich
New Amsterdam
Hudson River
Harlem
Catskills
North America
Australia
New Holland
Africa
Cape
Zambesit
Java
Gitana
Mynuheer
Scotland
Upper Canada
Mynheer van Kerken
United States Postoffice
Friesland
Cosmopolitan
Johannesburg
Tonnage and Displacement Terms Explained
The article clarifies that displacement is the weight of the hull and its contents, measured by hydrostatics, while tonnage is the ship’s freight carrying capacity. It notes public confusion in media and speech over these two nautical terms.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt Buys Revolutionary Chain Links
Former New York City mayor Hewitt purchases eighteen links of the 1778 Hudson Chain. Each link weighs 300 pounds and measures three feet nine inches, to be displayed at his Greenwood Lake New Jersey home. Cooper Hewitt & Co. mined the iron, with forging at Tuxedo. The chain never passed British hands.
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Hewitt
New York City
Hudson
West Point
Constitution Island
Greenwood Lake
N. J
Front Street
New York
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Karino
United States
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Chicago
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Blair
Park Ave
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T. J. Ward
Lake Street
Austin
Vindicator
Brooklyn
Dr. Wiley
Nostrand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
PTM
Byron
Wordsworth
Texas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jharper'’S Round Table
Anline
Cyrus C. Adams
Jubiase
Rady
Hy Kirk Munroe
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
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Borrano
Bren Wolves
Phenny W. Buscake
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Gavin Hamilton
Molly Ellie Seawell
King Frederick the Great
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Civines
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Foeronce C. Kaansoe
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REN Tree-Top Club
Dawn Brain
Ayris Co Anas
van Tosti
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Camera Club
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
N.Y
Matle
Gookins & Witsnach
Opticians
Wilsnach
Chicago Opthalmic College
B. G. Vanderwolff
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Maynold
Tienk Park
G. Jackson Street
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Pacific AY
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Ladies’ and Gentlemen
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Munn & Co
Washington, D. C
Cicero Telephone
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Pacific
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Hong Kong
Manila
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