What They Eat in Hawaii and Native Feasts Revealed
An 19th century travelogue excerpt describes Kauai feasts with kalua pig, raw fish antics, and abundant fruits. It recounts a dog mistaken as pig, and a bishop recounts a shocking tale of a dog smothered and roasted by an old man, ending with the narrator’s plea and dismay.
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Kalakaua
Kauai
Ilawa
Barbana
Salt Lake
Tiflm
Rome
Jim
Stowk
They Will Build in the Bottoms Amid Rising Rivers
Milwaukee Times editor argues that Mississippi river floods destroy property and force refugees while enriching bottom lands with sediment. The piece warns against building below high water and cites unreliable levees and eroding tributaries as dangerous, urging prudent location choices.
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Nile
Mississippi
Missouri
Oho
United States
Milwanice Wie Fonstte
Why She Puckered Twill Tell You How It Happens
Fragmentary verse about kissing and emotion. The narrator describes closeness followed by a puckered kiss, Cujo’s beckoning, a swift kiss, and a blush. The piece ends with the speaker acknowledging the act was not mean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cujo
The Texas View of the Mashing Character
A weathered Texan dismisses mashing as an East Coast fad and notes in the Southwest the term remains unknown. He links masher traits to egotism and disrespect for women, predicting cowboys and townsfolk will react to women with caution and curiosity as he observes society around the Southern Hotel rotunda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Whrile
Dexus
Great Plains
Geen Bo
Woten
St. Loui
Smoking by Proxy: Averages Fifteen Cigars Daily for Elderly Millionaire
In Lackawanna Valley a tall white bearded man named Uncle Ira Tepp spends his walking hours with a dedicated smoker, Jol, who blows cigars’ smoke into his face. Jol earns his keep by inhaling the smoke on demand, a habit the doctor warned would harm health, yet Ira enjoys it and has grown fat on the routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scantoo
Fort Jervis
Blu
Jol
Uncle Tra
Ira
Lackawanna Valley
John
Jobn
Cade Lra
Ira Tepp
Training for boys teaches dignity through work and self-respect
The text argues work rooms build self worth for various boys from rich to poor, noting planing boards in front of peers boosts confidence. It recalls an American Magazine piece on a boom mining scam, contrasting honest labor with risky schemes and urging practical skill over bookish pride.
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Manus
Bos
American Magazine
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M. D
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Neil & VanArsdale
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J.M Montigel & CO
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Oliver Chilled Plows
Alma Insurance Agency
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New York Undemwestem
New York
Aartford
Fine Association
Putin
American Agriculturat
Watertown
WICH
Plice & Matuun Hee
Mich
Justice of the Peace
Real Estate Agency
B.W Killshore
A. Yerington
Kelso Brother
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Acorn
Sudete
White Heat & Color Works
Detroit
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