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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1892
Page
4
Baltimore observes Columbus Week with church services and ceremonies as Cardinal urges reverence. In Philadelphia and nearby towns, incidents include arrests in Cuba related events and a hazardous mining accident with potential mass casualties avoided by quick action.
The Globe Democrat outlines the history and practice of foot binding among Chinese women, noting imperial endorsement and social prestige. It describes how feet are bandaged to create a tiny, arched form, often with a wood support, causing severe pain and lifelong disability.
A fragment from a Boston Transcript item describes a Maine man in Old Town who feeds clams to pigs, markets boiled clams for five cents a glass, and profits from bushels of clams. It also covers a Detroit Free Press note on steel ramrods and a Cornell Ohio corn tassel removal study with yield gains, plus stray dialogue and telephonic chatter.
Fragments describe gilded bronzes found in a chapel including a boar skin, a nude priestess in prayer, a Mercury statuette, and a dolphin amulet. An altar with burnt offerings remains is noted. All items are to be sent to Nephis Museum in London.
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