Thieves Market Across the Street From the National Palace
A vivid description of a city thieves market in Mexico across from the National Palace near the Zocalo. Goods range from housewares to books and art, with theft-procured items sold openly and a steady stream of buyers. The market includes weapons from Cortes’ era and curios, with crimin al activity treated as a routine commerce.
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National Palace
Zocalo
Peons
Manana
Ratero
United States
Maxmilian
Watteau
Cortes
Curios
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City of Mexico
New York Times
Pool Table Pockets Factories Run By Farm Families
A New York Sun report details a niche industry knitting pool table pockets. Mostly German and Swedish women in farm households craft pockets by hand using a 20 inch needle, with durable knots. Products range from cotton at $1.25 a dozen to silk at $10 a dozen, colors vary from green to maroon yellow and blue, and annual output nears 10 000 dozen worth about $40 000.
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New York
Long Island
New York Sun
The Home Doctor Advice From Dr Pierce Adviser
Practical home remedies cover blistered fingers headaches nervous tension and minor stomach issues. Suggestions include carbolic acid bandages for blisters hot water and footbaths for relief, vinegar and oil for insects, and nutmeg in water for insomnia or digestive comfort.
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Sawin
Pierce
Four Footed Bird Survives in Amazon Marajo Island
A four footed bird, Opisthocomus cristatus, defies classification, a remnant of extinct groups. Found on Marajo Island in the lower Amazon, its two fore feet appear in infancy but are shed after a few days. Also called headzin or evil smelling bird due to its unpalatable flesh and odor.
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Marajo
Amazon
People Who Used to Eat Spiders
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt notes customs of eating spiders across cultures. It mentions an M Beaumur acquainted lady who ate spiders quickly, a German lady likening them to tasty nuts, and a fellow countryman who hunted spiders in homes and spread them on bread, claiming they beat butter in pleasure.
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M. Beaumur
Rozel
Cornhill Magazine
The Lord's Nickel
A Philadelphia Record tale of a Sunday boy who receives two nickels from his father one for the Lord and one for himself. While on the porch he drops one coin and, still holding the other, exclaims that the Lord's nickel has vanished as it falls into a crack.
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Philadelphia
Dolls Through the Ages In Europe and America
The ivory doll of the Roman child was costly for post empire ages and centuries. Doll making shifted to home work, then the first shop dolls were jointed wooden figures from the Netherlands. In colonial times these were called Flanders babies in England and America.
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Netherlands
England
Flanders
Riding in ghina and Chinese wheelbarrows parade through Empire Review
A vivid portrait contrasts a stylish woman on a donkey with her husband, then a long hooded chair called a shentzu, and the cacophonous wheelbarrows as common Chinese transportation. The piece notes frugality and suspicion of grease, and cites a bishop claiming vast wheelbarrow travel.
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China
Cody
The First Camera and the Camera Obscura
The camera originated with Baptista Porta in the sixteenth century as a dark room with a small hole. Port a added a lens and mirror to brighten and erect the image, creating the first camera obscura. Modern cameras are small camera obscuras in their simplest form, though more complex today.
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Baptista Porta
Porta
Store Scene Ends With Wry Departure
A woman negotiates a price with a store proprietor, accepts her bundle, and leaves with a light remark that she had been dwindled and would not return. The brief exchange captures a sharp, humorous moment in a small storefront.
A Question of Ownership and the Real Estate Ad
A caller questions an ad for owning a home and asks for the recipe or modus operandi. The dealer affirms and the caller reveals a cook with a temper, joking about how to dis possess her while offering any amount of money.
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Washington Star
As One Being
Edith hints at mutual interest with Fred whispered to Bertha. Bertha says they were made for each other and recalls their golf outings with few quarrels, noting Fred was often in the wrong.
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Edith
Fred
Bertha
Boston Transcript
Boggs
Chicago News
Dear George Mystery Letter Causes Puzzled Proposal
In the Chicago Tribune parodying a mistaken marriage note, Hankinson delivers a quip about a letter that begins Dear George and is supposed to be from William to Miss Billmore. The humor centers on misaddressed affection and mistaken identity in a flirtatious exchange.
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Hankinson
George
William
Chicago Tribune
Isolation of Actors in Public Life
A historical reflection from the Atlantic Monthly notes actors live apart from the public sphere due to stage life. It argues the front stage separates performers from parishioners and voters, hindering political involvement and church attendance while demanding travel on Sundays.
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China
Atlantic Monthly
Beaver Tail Soup Becomes Lumber Camp Legend
An Eastern Shore eater praises a Michigan lumber camp cook for creating beaver tail soup. He recalls hunting with Colonel Park in the Rainy Lake region, where a beaver tail inspired a dish described as unmatched by any chef. He notes a regional shortage of tails on the Eastern Shore.
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Rainy Lake
Michigan
New York Sun
Cleaning Jewels Care Guide From a Jewelry Dealer
Warm water and pure soap can wash jewels except pearls. Dry in boxwood sawdust to avoid polishing, as fine sawdust absorbs moisture quickly and yields a high polish. Obtain sawdust from jewelers or dealers.
Scott's Emulsion Promises Growth for Weak Children
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a remedy for child blight-like weakness, claiming it helps children grow, eat, sleep, and play. It notes availability at druggists and lists an address in New York and a price of one dollar.
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Hunt
Burlington's New Fast Denver Train Schedule
The Burlington announces the Nebraska Colorado Express leaving St Louis at 2 15 p m and arriving Denver 3 15 p m next day, three hours faster. Also notes a Lenis 9 00 p m Denver train and California Excursions, with the Burlington Northern Pacific through service to Montana and Pacific Northwest.
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World’s Fair City
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Burlington-Northern Pacific Express
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