Trace Origin of Gypsies to Northwestern India
A historical note traces the Gypsy race to northwestern India. It explains language variety with many European dialects and links migrations from northern invaders in the ninth century. The study notes bands moved through Kabulistan Persia Syria Beype and Turkey into Europe, creating fourteen or more distinct linguistic dialects.
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India
Syria
Beype
Atetea
Tukey
Europe
Dunmow Flitch Tale Traces to Ancient Ceremony
Father Ronald and Father Knox recount the Dunmow Flitch, a yearly English wedding custom in Essex. They describe a rite linked to a pig sacrifice and a bridegroom slicing the wedding cake, with the pig becoming the father’s property and the husband reclaiming it if the wife proves unsatisfactory.
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Ronald ®Aog
Fford
England
Knox
Warzinge
Efrich
jLilderroom
Community Scheme Fizzle at Brook Farm near Roxbury
Brook Farm, started in 1811 by George Ripley and his wife as a cooperative 200 acre venture, promoted shared labor and school education. It attracted notable figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller but faded due to financial losses, dissolving in 1840s.
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Roxbury
Mass
George Ripley
Charies A
Daor
Jen & Dwight
George P. Bradford
Ralph Waldo Gmprson
Amog B. Alcott
Theodore Parker
George We Qurlis
Margaret Fuller
Orientation talk by Peter Gaskell on wealth display in Boston
The lecture portrays wealth as ostentatious, citing a millionaire socialist, Peter Gaskell, speaking in Boston. A mention notes a wealthy guest at a wedding adjusting a large diamond and addressing the couple with a flaring toast about their marriage amid loud tones.
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Peter Gaskell
Boston
Newrich
Comparative Riches tale of wealth and simplicity
A poor man avoids wealth while a billionaire pursues business and riches. The contrast shows the rich man saying he has plenty of money that the other does not, highlighting different life choices and values. The fragment hints at a parable about wealth versus contentment observed in travel and society.
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Othvera
Toone
Victorian Police Create Reading Room at Weir Barracks
An effort by Chief Commissioner General T Hamey to promote literacy among young officers leads to a new library at Weir barracks. A librarian introduces himself and is asked about access to The Wicklow Papers, receiving a curt response that only three morning papers are available.
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Kot
T Hamey
Jimbry
Weir Barracks
He Countey
Josh
Tle Euler
the Sun
Wicey
Acatralla
Gas Forces Woman To Sleep In Chair
A reader recounts severe stomach gas prompting a chair sleep and claims Alderika relieves gas and digestive discomfort. Advertisements quote Mrs. Golan Butler and H. If. Pember praising Adlerika as a remedy for old waste and improved meals and sleep.
Vinol touted to boost a sickly seven year old
A reader letter claims Vinol, described as cod liver peptone and iron based, helped a 7 year old boy gain 15 pounds and improve appetite and energy. The male author J. F. Audees endorses the product, noting quick weight gain and better sleep.
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Eak
J. F
Audees
Vinci
Sabin
H. Pember
Acme Dray Line and Team Work Partners
Acme Dray Line Draying and Team Work team up with John Vander Poel for prep, sand and gravel delivery. Richard Sneller, Symer Jake Vande Weerd, Hinager Phone, Res. 2021 Bus are listed as associates in this local notice.
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ACME
John Vander Poel
Richard Sneller
Symer
Jake Vande Weerd
Hinager
Res
Thorough Rock Valley Local Timetable Summary
Local timetable for C M & St P Ay shows eastward passenger No 4 at 8 42 A M via Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Szvanne Clinton. Sioux Flyer daily 5 8 P M via Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Magan City Madison Milwaukee Chicago. No 98 way freight 19 10 A M Tue Thu Sat Canton Westward No 11 Sioux Flyer 8 53 P M daily Canton Sioux Falls Mitchell North Black Hill. No 3 daily local to Mitchell north. no Sioux Falls connections. Buy tickets and check baggage after new pass limit. Sleeping car reservations advised in advance. G W Jacobs agent. Phone 16.
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Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Szvanne
Clinton
Sheldon
Magan City
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Tuesda
Santon
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Paints North
East
Loaal
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BIG Six
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Tring
Farmers Lumber Company
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Rock Valley
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Rock Valley Grain Co
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