Summer in the East Warmed by Wicker Fans and Water Feasts
Frank G. Carpenter surveys Far East cooling methods from Korean wicker bustles and Japanese baths to Siamese river swims and Burmese water feasts. He notes night work in governments, the Pankah breeze, and East dress that cools more than Western styles.
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Tokio
Honse
Far East
National Museum
Borneo
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Japan
Burmah
Agoon
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Frank G. Carpenter
The Deaf Biennial Meeting and Gallaudet’s Legacy
The article previews the Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf biennial convention at the First Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, highlighting speeches on deaf status and a Rock Point excursion. It traces Gallaudet’s founding work, the rise of American deaf education, and the 69 schools today.
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Pennsylvania Society For the Advancement of the Deaf
First Presbyterian Church
Wood Street
Thomas H. Gallaudet
First School For the Deaf
America
The
Deaf For the Deaf
Pennsylvania
Rock Point
Gallaudet
Washington, D. C
Deaf Stone
Pennsylvania Society
Thomas Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Amos Draper
National Deaf Mute College
A. L. E. Cronter
Pennsylvania Institution For the Cat
A. W. Mann
J. H. Cloud
James Monroe
New York
Hartford
American Asylum
New York City
Terrapin Trade at Cedar Point Farm in Alabama
Frank L. Wrenn reports on terrapin farming in Cedar Point, Alabama, detailing a 20,000-diamond-back operation run by M. Dorlon near Mobile. Hunters use trained dogs to track terrapin along Gulf shores, delivering up to 25–30 per hunt to supply markets in New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Norfolk at prices of 12 to 18 dollars per chosen, with farm life spanning October to May selling weight around four pounds. The article notes large sea turtles and the terrapin’s slow growth to four pounds over five to six years.
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United States
Gulf O Mezco
Cedar Point
Ala
Mobile County
Mississippi Sound
Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile Bay
M. Dorson
Dauphin Island
Cat Island
Marsh Island
Grand Bay
Louisians
Galveston
Canala
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Norfol
Frank L. Wrenn
Dress in Japan The Girdle Distinguishes Women From Men
A description of Japanese dress notes loose wrappings with a kimono for both sexes. Women wear an elaborate obi with rich embroidery tied in a bow at the back, while men wear a narrow embroidered free of bright colors obi. The attire for men includes a pouch pipe and fan. The piece laments European clothing encroaching on traditional costume.
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Bangkok
Rockhill
Thibet
Japan
Adam and Eve
Yokohama
Kentucky
Shiorikshamanu
East
Egypt
Orient
Siam
One Wheeled Buggy Described By Atlanta Doctor
The Atlanta Journal details Dr Thurmond’s 19 foot single wheel vehicle described as the queerest carriage ever built. Costing about 500 dollars, it features a large velocipede wheel and a pivoting front set of tiny wheels added after testing.
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The
Atlanta Journal
Thurmond
The Doctor and the Detective Story Overview
A brief note introduces The Story of the Doctor and the Detective written for The Dispatch. It outlines a collaborative narrative blending medical insight with investigative flair, tracing how clinical reasoning intersects with sleuthing methods.
Seashore Doctor Faces Murder Mystery and Hidden Truths
Dr Brandt mans the seaside case as Mrs Glaye and her daughter Bertha, Cyril Durand, Ella Constant, and Detective Fox swirl in deception. Missing earrings, a vanished dagger, and a coded threat unravel a web of past loves, rival fortunes, and secret meetings amid a tense sleuthing plot.
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Brandt
Mra Amelia Glaye
Bertha
Cyril Durand
Ione Grands
Glaye
Fox
Mra. Glaye
Ott. Morton
Ella Constant
Mra Glaye
Seerae
Glare
Avril Durand
Abe
Neahe
Durand
Filla Constant
Pax
Dr. Brandt
Ione
Money for Moody from Will Grants $50,000
The Boston Globe reports evangelist Dwight L. Moody, popular in Northfield, will receive $50,000 from the will of D. M. Weston the sugar man. An additional $30,000 goes to the girls’ seminary.
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Boston Globe
Dwight L. Moody
Northfield
Mt. Hermon
Moody
D. M. Weston
Evangelist
Girls
Bose
Mr. Moody
Northel
Barber Chats Fare Costs With Hidden Surgeon Price
A customer asks if 10 cents covers a shave. the barber questions the charge, and the customer concedes a surgeon would cost far more than the minute service. The exchange hints at comparing ordinary grooming to expensive medical procedures.
Jealousy and mystery surround Durand death case
An unnamed narrator analyzes a murder tied to Durand and a jealous series of lovers. He recalls Ella Constant and Mrs. Glaye as key figures, with theories of double dealing, innocence, and a planned trap to bring Durand to justice. The account includes Police Grope and the fraught last days before the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Grand
Durand
Blackberry Bushes
Cyril Durands
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Wassixoros
Capitol
Tropics
Kores
Sandwich
Swatow
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Uthique Autogeraph
Rangoon
Ganges
India
Benares
Asia
Agra
Delhi
Abkarat Agra
Akbar
Bhah Jehban
Turkey
Par East
Jeypore
Vust Gardens
Todis
Ceres
China
Calcutta
Oratory
Pittsburg
Whittex
Edgewood
Ohio
Allegheny County
Harvard
Yale
William and Mary
Europe
Braidwood
Virginia
Edinburgh
Braidwoods
Conn
Mason Cogswell
Thomas Hooker
If Fhrst
London
End
Scotland
Sicard
de l'Epee
Paris
Laurent Clerc
Congress
Edward M. Gallaudet, Ph. D
Alabama
Atlanta
Uteber
Doctor
Detective
Philip Woon
Grande
Grope
Ella Constans
Ella
Els
Sarvant
Miss Constant
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