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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1896
Page
7
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The article surveys bride capture rites in St Kilda, Greenland, and New Ireland, detailing tests and trials for grooms, and separate pre marriage practices such as cages for girls. It notes regional variations from whips on horseback to hair grabbing and enforced confinement and outlines class based marriage rules in New Ireland.
The article surveys varied marriage practices from Ireland Wales Germany and Lapland to central Asia and North Africa. It details staged abductions with barricaded houses spoof weddings in France and Morocco and notes customs like bamboo cages in Blrghis and fattening brides in Tunis.
A Kalamazoo resident offers to send a free prescription claiming to cure nervous debility and restore vigor. He asks men to write to H C Olds, Box 1655, Kalamazoo, Mich, indicating genuine interest to receive the remedy. The notice urges prompt action and promises a prompt response with no disclosure of source.
A two story glass house will showcase a tremendous beer barrel nine feet long and twenty seven feet high. An American bar restaurant is planned inside the glass structure as part of the concessions at the Paris exposition.
Dr J C Bishop of Agnew Michigan reports using Foley's Honey and Tar in three severe pneumonia cases last month with good results Cope and Co Market Street BR Morrison North Fourth Street.
Chicago Record notes a woman lecturer warned mothers against exposing children to Mother Goosa tales describing them as pernicious. The article laments how many adults may carry childhood taint from tales like Little Misa Mufft Jack Horner and the old woman in the shoe, now recalled as wicked or depraved.
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