Witch Doctors Hold Strange Rites in Durban Fire Walk
Writings describe a Durban Hindu fire walking ceremony at Umbilo temple where South Hindu devotees walk on hot coals with pins skewered in their bodies. Doctors verified feet unharmed and ashes distributed to crowds as a health charm.
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Cape Town
Africa
Witch Doctor
Jesus
Bush
W. A. Makin
Chicago Tribune
Durban
Umbilo
Doctor Goldberg
Doctor
Thunder on Stage Adapts to Modern Paris Opera
Paris theater updates its storm effects replacing the old thunder machine with a system of shutters and large drums. The previous chariot on rails, feared by spectators, was scrapped for a quieter, more efficient setup approved by opera authorities.
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Paris
Freprk
Faris Opera
Woodpecker Prefers Cream in Early Morning Heist
Mrs. E Wilson found a woodpecker had drilled a hole through the milk bottle cap and drained cream from her milk bottles. The bird, a brown flecker, was spotted on the perch as it drank, and Mrs. Wilson recognized it as the one she had fed meat scraps to during winter.
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Reaton
Shanghai Mission Keeps Busy Amid War
The Shanghai mission to riksha men reports 316700 served with free meals sandals and clothing. The group, founded in 1913 by George and Mrs Matheson, notes increased destitute workers and outreach amid war disruptions.
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Shanghai
China
George Matheson
Matheson
Duchess de Nemoura Plans Newport Visit in July
In a royal purple letter Peggy Watson, the Duchess de Nemoura, says she and her spouse will travel to Newport for the fashionable season in July.
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New York
Duchess de Nemoura
Pegcy Watson
Newport
Ida Lewis Rock Auction Item in Newport Harbor
Ida Lewis Rock in Newport harbor, famed as a heroine known as the Grace Darling of America, is to be auctioned. The government will dispose of all island property except the site ground. buildings will open in June. Lewis kept the light 33 years after her father's death and saved many as lighthouse keeper.
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Newport
R. L
Ida Lewis
Newport Harbor
America
Babed
Grace Darling
Miss Lewis
Old Cemetery Ceremony Marks Silent Burial Rite
A quiet funeral scene unfolds as mourners prepare to honor a deceased individual at the historic cemetery. Bared heads and solemn prayers accompany the burial, reflecting a respectful, somber community observance.
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Old Cemetery
Workers on Santa Fe Give Hope to Husbands
Kansaa City, Mo. Husbands hope for relief as Abu Heopeck Club Santa Fe Employees push by laws seen as a bill of rights for married men. Proposed rules grant after work room access in undershirt and shoes off, no wife questioning after 2 a.m., and no inspection for blonde hair or perfume.
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Kansaa City
Abu Heopeck Club of
Santa Fe
Hig House
Gentle Art of Fishing Debunked Pseudoscience and Prone Tricks
In a humorous column the author mocks faddish fishing lore and offers oddball tips. He jokes about new “secrets” and names the piscatorial artiste Isaac Nimrod while describing fragile methods like prone fish catching and using calendar pages to lure a nanth fish.
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Isaac Newtoo
Ostermap
Gallagher
Raicherbocker Yacht Club Gsliead
Anne
Tunnes
Isaac Nimrods
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Prine
Gowe
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Boy carries dead mouse home in quest for a dime
A boy named Taung Neil walks up to his house with a dead mouse in hand. His neighbor asks what he plans to do with it and the boy replies he will take it to his mother for a dime.
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Taung Neil
Calog
Illuljdren
Forestry Chief Peters succeeds R Y Stuart in Utah
Long statewide notes report Mr. Peters assuming duties as Chief Forester on May 1, succeeding R. Y. Stuart. Peters led public relations for the Forest Service and helped push progressive forestry policy and reforestation efforts across forty five states.
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Salt Lake
Peters
R. Y. Stuart
Forest Service
Flo
Ogden
County Farm Bureau
Weber County
Panguitch
Thomas Haycock
Tooele
J. Cecil Alter
Alter
Ogden—Fundy
Ashley National Forest
Eberyce Canyon
Queen
America
Bryces
Utah
James A. Hooper
Eugene R. Alton
Globe Mills
Jones
Malad
Wasatch
Ag. Club
Myton
Logan
W. J. Funk
Cache County
Logan Canyon
Bear Lake
Center Street
Funk
Living wage goal faces waiter tips clash in New York
William Lehman of the Walters' and Waitresses' prison argued before the state industrial commission that tipping must continue until a living wage for waiters and waitresses is achieved. He then recounted a tale of a girl dressing like a boy and a hotel manager reacting to a tip request with irony.
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William Lehman
Walters
State Industrial Commission of New York
Mr. Lehman
Mountaio
Faces Adorn New Westminster Chemical Works
At Westminster England a new Imperial Chemical Industries building nears completion. Carved portraits include Sir Alfred Mond as the head of the concern and numerous other prominent chemical figures with detailed likenesses. Peacock sculptures symbolize incorruptibility in the surrounding frieze.
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Imperial Clemical Industries
Westminster
England
Alfred Mond
Meno
Ours Did, Too New Cook About These Tumblers
An amusing dialogue from the Montreal Star expresses shopper’s doubts about newly marketed tumblers and self-created gadgets in a light wit exchange.
Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Anna from Pratt West Virginia writes she was weak and bedridden at 30, but after three doses of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and two bottles she feels better and recommends the product to friends, offering to share letters.
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Mrs. Steele
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna
S. E. Streep
Pratt
W. Va
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