Remote African News Signals and Folklore Across Empires
The article recounts how information travels rapidly via telegraph signals and fire drum messages during wars in South Africa and Ashanti era, noting Mafeking relief reaching Zululand next day. It also describes African religious rites where practitioners endure pain during the Dosah, with sheikh leads and public ritual, including self-mutilation and hidden burials.
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Lord Wolseley
Prabh
Africa
South Africa
Mafeking
Zululand
Cape Colony
Omens of Bricklayers Among Builders
Bricklayers hold beliefs about luck in building work. Dropping a day’s pay is preferred to risking fate by setting the top brick in the north corner. They seal luck with a centered centled brick, lay the first and last brick for good fortune except in churches, and consider theaters unlucky while breaking a trowel is bad luck.
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Walla
Notice of Final Settlement in Estate of Newton Getty
William H. Kern as Administrator files accounts and vouchers for final settlement of Newton Getty estate. Circuit Court exam set for February 25 1916 in Warsaw Indiana. heirs creditors legatees and interested parties must appear to show cause why approval should not be granted and inheritance tax determined. Dated January 19 1916. Aaron A Rasor Clerk Kosciusko Circuit Court.
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William H. Kern
Newton Getty
Warsaw
Indiana
Aaron A. Rasor
Kosciusko Circuit Court
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