Red Headed Foreigner in Asia Sparks Curious Reversals
An 19th century travelogue profile paints Chinese barbers as pivotal to pop culture and politics, noting guilds, strikes, and a future potential rise from barber ranks. It contrasts Japanese grooming customs, fashioning a vivid travelogue of hair, head trends, and cross cultural perceptions.
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Asia
Mac
Japan
Siam
China
America
United States
Bangkok
Upper
Egypt
Sioot
Cairo
Ret Army
Legion of Honor
Shaving Customs Across Asia and a Shocking Egypt Shave
In travel notes, Frank Carpenter describes head shaving as submission and fashion across China Japan Siam Korea and India. He recounts inexpensive street barbers, tools, and rituals, plus a vivid Egypt shave that proves costly and brutal.
A Cowboy on Paris by Buffalo Bill Opinion of Parisian Life
Paris provides Buffalo Bill a favorable view of French politeness hospitality and honesty. He notes the city’s cleanliness broad streets and well kept buildings while contrasting American frontier life with French culture. He praises the Mayor of Neuilly and French generosity and explains Americans value plain authentic performances over glitter. He laments Europe’s standing armies yet admires French energy and moderation.
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Dispatch
Paris
United States
France
Uly
Freel
America
Yaa
Neuilly
Europe
The Nile Negroes and their Evolving Type
The article notes physical variation among Nile region tribes as travel nears the source. It highlights Baris as tall and fit, Madis as beauties and dandies, and Madis showing refined decoration. It compares facial structure, hair, and limbs to West coast Africans and mentions lack of universal shields, with Makraka warriors feared for courage and cannibal legends.
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Scribner
Equatorial
America
Upper
Nile
Nileas
Beers on a Bavarian Railcar: 28 Glasses Earned
A New Yorker recalls summer travel in Bavaria where passengers grabbed kegs at stops. Each man carried a glass, drinking until full, then leaving the glass on the train window sill as a silent memento. Glasses held a pint to a quart, costing about 2 cents each.
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Germany
Bavaria
Ralph L. Shainwald
Shainwald
Munich
The Chinaman and the Cable Train Misunderstanding
In a Cronin case detour Luther Mills recounts a Lake View ride where a Chinatown laundry vendor mistook a train’s jerk for a broken string. The gripman warned the guard as the car slowed and a startled man nearly toppled before grinning at the overturned notion.
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Luther Laflin Mills
Cronin
Lake View
Lincoln Park
Joshua Leads Exodus Vision in Ancient Egypt Tale
The narrative follows Ephraim and Joshua amid plagues and social upheaval in Egypt. Joshua wrestles with duty to his aging father and divine call, choosing to join Miriam and lead his people toward freedom as Pharaoh’s court summons him to the High Gate.
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Egypt
Hornecht
Ephraim
Miriam
Joshua
Hornacht
Kasana
Sallidy
Ellah
Oshua
Set
Lower
Abraham
Jacob
Esau
Joseph
Elishama
Iarsel
Onhimh
Joahua
Eliab
Samar
Karaoh
Nan
Ben
Bey
Joanus
Joshus
Uncle
Upple
Empeth
Abe Ephraim
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Omaha
Kansas City
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Michael Angelo
Frank G. Carpenter
Price
Buffalo Bill
New York
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Brumley
Alesp
Georg Hbers
Uarda
Serapis
Typhon
Joshaa
Mira
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