Shorty Traps Horse Trader with Bold Trade
Shorty outwits a Franklin horse trader in a series of trades starting with a white horse. After a faulty mare and balky carts, a broken finger, and a broken will, he ends with a black mare and a proud pair that pull well. Red later mocks the ruse, and Shorty laughs at the outcome. The scene ends with Merrill noting the 1912 Preston Idaho notice.
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Shorty
Ranklin
Nick
Tor Franklin
Cullen
Horty
Farnham
Gwen
Ernalty
Buttah
Jerusalem
Hte
Beelle
Jupiter
Ack
Preston
Whitney
Red
Tess
Bes
Seyl Shores
Warty
Dings
Reda
H R. Merrill
Idaho
Going Inside A Spectacle Prompts Smelling Salt Pitch
A music hall and moving picture manager uses fear to draw crowds with posters and a sidewalk vendor selling smelling salts. The vendor shouts the lure of an awful spectacle and five cent relief, promising to brace guests for a blood curdling show.
Mummies Curse Reported By Cairo Museum Visitor
A Cairo correspondent recounts a strange incident at the museum where a man fainted after remarking on a mummy’s ugliness. The event, described as uncanny, fuels superstition about ancient kings’ spirits and lingering wizardry in Egypt.
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Egyptian Gazette
Cairo Museum
Shute
Egypt
Cairo -Cor
London Standard
Opening Letters in Russia
In Russia ten percent of mail is opened by authorities under government orders. Post office experts study envelopes and use steam to open without traces. Seals are copied with a new thread matrix, and envelopes are split open by wood compression to reveal contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
New Year Gift Customs Through Antiquity
The New York American notes the origin of New Year's gifts in Rome with Strenia’s grove and the habit of giving fresh shoots as presents. It traces continuation under emperors and the Christian era, the shift to Easter briefly, and later return to January 1 as the gift day.
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Rome
Strenia
Europe
New York American
Umbrellas Through the Ages and Odd Snippets
The piece notes umbrellas appear in Egyptian monuments and Nineveh ruins, predating modern designs, with a London mid eighteenth century origin. It weaves in jumbled anecdotes, a drillmaster exchange, old photo preservation tips, and brief musings on historic fashion and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ong
Joonas
Hanwaty
Ivory and Blood in the Ivory Trade
The article discusses the London ivory market in Mincia Lane with a focus on the source of ivory from elephants and the high mortality toll. It notes the role of African chiefs in selling small parcels and claims killings are linked to ivory gains. It also contrasts Aboriginal Australian life and art with European epochs, highlighting nomadism, lack of utensils, and strict marriage customs.
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London
Mincia Lane
Potus
Arin Atdoof
Africa
Corytas
Australia
Rug Superstitions in Oriental Rug Making
Suburban Life reports on how Oriental weavers in Turkey Persia Armenia and Afghanistan fear the evil eye and embed charms in rugs. Workers sometimes leave a white spot or a border break to ward off misfortune or keep the devil from entering or lingering in the home.
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Turkey
Persia
Afghanistan
Died of Superstition In Hawaiian Royal Line
Princess Likelike daughter of Kapaakea and mother of Kaiulani died February 3 1887. A Kilauea lava flow and belief Pele demanded a chief tainess death led to her decline and death. Haloed moon sign worsened her despair.
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Likelike
Kapaakea
Kaiulani
Kilauea
Hawaii
Pele
Likihika
Forgetfulness That Paid
Beechwood Mass. shopkeeper Peter Smith grew forgetful in his later years. A man took a barrel of flour on credit and left without payment, prompting Smith to bill every yearly customer an equal barrel of flour. On January 1 he presented all the bills and each customer paid, catching the true debtor by accident.
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Peter Smith
Beechwood
Mass
Peter
Applying the Cure and a Strange Food Remedy
A man vows cure for drink craving by eating whenever tempted. Though the habit helps, his push to eat becomes odd enough to nearly get him committed. At a hotel he misreads a disturbance and rushes to report a suicide in room 153.
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Larid
Hani
Sindwich
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San
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Jennie’s
Belora
Baty
Zerennie
Rosa
SFY
Tiger
C. W. ‘Bardeen
Kodak
National Magazine
Wah
Sunosko
Rind
Clive Til
Tae
Waite
Bhue
Rosy Clidekeri
Hinepér
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