Oriental Smokers and Tobacco Customs Across Asia
A vivid survey of tobacco use in Asia describing Japanese etiquette, Koreans and their long pipes, Chinese water-pipes, and royal smoking habits. It notes Japanese households with hibachi pipes, netsukes as pipe fittings, and Koreans sharing long stems while nobles display feathered badges. It contrasts gender roles and courtly access to tobacco in several nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Supreme Court
Koyean
Keres
Korea
Hart
China
Tien Tein
Baby Smokers and Smokers in Siam and Burma
The article describes widespread tobacco use in Siam and Burma, noting women smoke and children chew tobacco from birth. It details ear stretched lobes used as cigar holders, Burmese cigars eight to ten inches long, and courtship customs involving tobacco gifts and consumption.
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North
China
Korea
Orient
Selare
Burmish
Japan
Siam
Burmah
Kok
Rangoon
Mandalay
Burmash
Tennessee
India
Indian Water Pipes and Global Tobacco Trade Survey
The article surveys tobacco use and pipes across regions from India to Egypt, noting Indian water pipes and hookahs, Ottoman and Turkish tobaccos, and Egyptian imports. It highlights taxation, monopolies, and cultural use, with mention of the Khedive’s abstention and the prevalence of cigarettes in the East. The author recounts travel observations and a cigar box incident at frontiers, remarking on confiscation risks and merchant practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Mediterranean Sea
Turkey
Egypt
Khedive
France
England
Europe
East
Constantinople
Siam
Burmsh
Alocos
Ciger Wbich
Frank G. CanPenr
Hair curling accident at Oakwood avenue staged as prank
A man visits Oakwood avenue with a friend and falls asleep in aback parlor. While he naps, women curl his hair with a hot iron, leaving a burn and a branded feeling, prompting him to hide with his hat.
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Chicago
Oakwood Avenue
Dead Square
Whittier Visits and Talks of Poetry and Faith
The narrator describes poet John Greenleaf Whittier visiting, his tall clerical presence, and deafness. Whittier shares regret over excess writing and notes Snow Bound and Eternal Goodness as tied to his beliefs, while locals praise his influence in Michigan schools and spiritual readers. He emphasizes personal belief over creed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Whittier
Michigan
Modern Chaperons and the Duty of Mothers in Society
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren argues that a mother or matronly friend should supervise young American women in social life to prevent indiscretions and safeguard futures. She praises maternal guidance while warning against spying, urges tasteful conduct at dances and theater, and stresses restraint in gifts and engagements to avoid ruined reputations.
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Dispatch
Guidant
Ion
Jessa
Huyler
Cee
Caer Ean Simone
Cage
Pathey
Madeleine Vinton Dahloren
A Missouri Orator's Descent During Fourth of July
A St. Joseph speaker from Missouri faced a heckler in a Southwest Missouri town during a Fourth of July celebration. Jim Bucks interrupted, sparked a brawl, and was knocked down as the orator resumed a long, fervent address about liberty and Plymouth. Bucks later asked if the speaker was still talking or fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
St. Joe
Jim Bucks
Jim
Bie
Plymouth
Jim Buck
Origin of Forks in Medieval Banquets and Spread
The article traces forks from serving spits in the Middle Ages to possible use for toasting bread and handling sticky foods. It notes a Byzantium Venice liaison using a two pronged fork, seen as luxury, and suggests imperial court origins with gradual adoption in Europe by the seventeenth century.
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Byzantium
Venice
Petrius Damianus
Europe
Nine Trying Children Obituary Sketch in Hartford Journal
A Hartford Religious Journal obituary sketch notes the “youngest of nine children” who “tried men's souls.” It recalls phrasing about children born inout and to be inquired after, framing a mourning portrait of a family with many offspring.
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Hartford Religious Journal
A Breach of Faith Norse American Romance at Lars Steens Farm
A crowded prayer meeting at Lars Steens farm erupts into a brawl as two teenage boys spar while elders scold them. Gunnar Matson, 14, and Thorsten Stretten, 13, fight until a stern matron drags Gunnar away. The scene shifts to a Lutheran minister warning against English and American influences as immigration and faith collide with frontier life.
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Lars Steensred
Thorsten Stretten
Gunnar Matson
Thorsten
Norway
Gunnar
Satterson
Gary
Se Anda
Kingdom of
Mammon
United States
Osmund Galt
Hans Matson
Hana
Osmond
Martha Vik
Hans
New York
Artha
Dandeoniy
Peopl
Minnesota
Haas
Mogr
Hann
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Whittier
Detroit
Atkinson
Admiral Dahlgren
New York Sun
Ie Wes
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Catanice
Bethres
Salveson
Pat
Normandy
Rollo
Hin
the Groveryman
Mateo Borge
Lid Cceues
Falita
Leset
Cea
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