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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1892
Page
4
A collage of humorous one liners and quips from various papers. Jokes about lovers, weddings, theatre, travel mishaps, and social foibles feature characters and unnamed towns with playful misprints and sharp witticisms.
Descriptions of Cheops pyramid ascent and interior chambers portray the ancient monument as a vast, silent necropolis. A San Francisco Chronicle report details a phantom fire engine seen downtown, with officials unable to locate any real engine or operator.
The Philadelphia Times reports the 87 year old fortune teller known as "Mom" Bender died Thursday and was buried Sunday at Northwood cemetery. For decades she earned money by reading coffee grounds and predicting futures drawing visitors from Kensington and Fishtown including teachers and mothers seeking comfort. She claimed a wartime daily income of 25 dollars and occasionally five dollars on weekends, with much of her wealth invested in small houses later lost to fraud.
The piece surveys diverse funeral practices from Muhammedans cremating without coffins to Roman and Greek cremations, Indian wife cremation, Greenlandic dog burial beliefs, Australian coffin rituals, and notes pauper rates in England and America. It highlights cultural rites and stark social contrasts.
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