White Woman in West Africa Sees Curious Customs of Duallas
David Urs Tells of travels in the Cameroons river region West Africa observing queer customs and treatment of the sick. He notes tattooed youths, elaborate hair and bead fashions, bamboo houses, and a primitive two mile talking drum. The account describes betrothal dances, eyelash plucking, and a missionary push against cruel practices.
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Urs
David Ker
West Africa
Cameroons
Mr. A
Ambon
Tor
Léasia
Tur
Ker
Harper's Bazar
Traveling Jeweler's 1876 Edinburgh Diary Card
A veteran London jewelry salesman recalls a memorable 1876 Edinburgh trip. He ran late meeting multiple jewelers, then dozed in his hotel room until a late client arrived at 6:40 PM, his sample case open and the contents laid out as he awoke.
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London
England
Edinburgh
Scotland
Chicago Herald
The Way to Sell a Horse
A rustic Granger visits Chicago with a letter of introduction to a horse connoisseur. A slick city buyer inflates a horse price from 900 1000 to 1500, claiming pedigrees and bloodlines. The farmer is directed to return with a higher bid and is astonished to learn the buyer will pay the inflated sum.
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Sexton
Indiana
Vox
LaSalle Street
Lake County
Chicago
Albany
Car Jokester Laughs At Conductor On Through Train
In a Buffalo Commercial article a notorious joker on the line amuses daily travelers with quips and tricks. He finally attempts to pass a twenty dollar bill for a ticket and causes a conductor to play along while the crowd watches. The bill is kept as the joke ends with the passenger smiling amid the halt.
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Npny Tran
Conch shells and wedding rice customs across seas
The article notes conch shells used as money in Africa and shipped in large quantities to the United States for various uses, with conch meat occasionally eaten in Key West. It contrasts conch culture with a San Francisco Chronicle item describing a modern bridal rice shower using Japanese crepe bags and decorative pink crepe paper for weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Huginwi
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Havana
Key West
San Francisco Chronicle
New York
Poem Writing Versus Last Snowstorm Says Munsey's Weekly
A brief quote from Munsey's Weekly contrasts writing poems about the first snowstorm with writing to the last, noting uncertainty that any storm is final and may recur. The exchange highlights themes of ephemerality and hope in winter imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Essier
Munsey
Remarkable Ointment for Skin Aches and Eruptions
The advertisement promotes a salve claimed as the best in the world for oats sores alowra salt fever fores totter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It also purports to cure piles with a money back guarantee. Sold for 25 cents per box by Matthews Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews Bros
Radway
Raday
Ata
Profit from Dairy Cattle Varies Widely in Massachusetts Experiments
Massachusetts State Farm trials with twelve cows show profit depends on manure value and cow quality. Results indicate two profitable cows despite long feeding and a broader lesson for farmers: selecting top cows and proper manure value are key to dairy profitability.
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Iowa
Vermont
New York
Massachusetts State Station
C. A. Goesamann
Massachusetts
Masuachusetts
Jersey
Ayrabire
Devon
Durham
Parmer
United States Department of Agriculture
Literary Fads Of A Century Ago In Novel Boom
A mid page snippet notes a claim that 4 073 novels are in press by young ladies of fashion, illustrating an epidemic of novel writing. It cites The Times remark that all the young Indies write novels in the fourth class and recalls The Post questioning the era’s irreverence.
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Aftra
D—g
the Times
Milk Casein Substitute for Bone and Ivory Invented
An inventor in New York advances a patent for lac tites a casein based material from milk that mimics ivory bone and celluloid. By heating mixing with borax mineral salts and drying the substance can form molded objects like combs billiard balls knife handles and brush backs offering a new ivory substitute.
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New York Telegram
Swedish servant in Normal park helps sweep city walks
A Swedish girl new to city life, employed by a family in Normal park, misinterprets English but quickly learns. She began sweeping the walks around the home and, after a long absence, was found working to clear the neighborhood due to her diligence. The tale recalls an Irish servant who counted age from the family Bible, estimating Mrs Smith’s age as sixty one years seven months and twenty two days.
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Normal Park
Abe
Norah
Bus Driver Tales and Reptile Epochs Unearthed in Fragments
A collage of old newspaper clippings recounts a tour bus driver’s characteristic patter from a past route, anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth and a lively exchange, plus a geological primer describing the emergence of land reptiles after the coal forming period and the ensuing Mesozoic epoch.
Endorsed Food Claim from Mrs Lose on Bovinine Co Product
A testimonial notes living on the product for three weeks with no other food, praising its nutrition and light digestive burden. It mentions a physician husband who endorses the claim and states the product is sold at druggists by The Bovinine Co of New York.
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J. EK. Lose
Bovinine CO
New York
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Granger
Buecklen
Jemmy Goswell
Johnson
George LT
Elizabeth
Genta
Tom Drivin
Dextra
Suvrius
Dick Wittington
Bow Church
Harchway
Cope
Washington Star
Sherman
Dinover
Ures Others
J. H. Lansina
South Glen's Falla
Sara County
N.Y
Echal Soren
Tyro
Lanarra
J. E. Losee
Upper
Red Hook, N.Y. Thar
Thex
Tribune
the Flour Awards
Cascade
Washburn, Crosby Co
Washburn
Minneapolis
Megargel
Connell
Scranton
F. P. Pri
Washington Avenue
Dunmore
F. P. Pries
F. P. Maniny
Brant Hyde Park
Careson & Davia
Washburn St
Joseph A. Monra
Main Avenue
Eom Ridge
A. Lohenoee
T. MerHiale
Superlati
Providence
Enner & Cha
Rand
U Pal
Factoryville
Crl Gardner
Hopbottom
N. M. Finn & Son
Nogby
Lehigh Tobyhanna
Tobyhanus Lamber
Idaburo
A. Adams
Hesse Gulp & Clementa
Ke Arlei—damee
A. Bortres
Orange Ty Ea Mods
Hadway
Adway
Malik
Madea
Dinenne
Addroms
VAL Medicine CO
River St
Ill
Matthews
Dropeiata
I'a
Louis K. Smith
Capouse Avenue
Lackawanna Avenue
Bittenbender & C
Scranton, Pa
Commonwealth Building
Heart Lake, Susquehanna Co
U. BE
Crofut
Ips
Montrow
Montrose and Lackawanne
D. K
W.B
Alford Station
Montross
Capearal
Adirondack
Cataxill Mountwine
King
Av Ce &O
Hautes
Erie
Dupont
Wapwala Milla
Lap Gerne County Pa
Wiemington
Delaware
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming
Wyoming Ave
Third National Bank Building
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