Quaint English Customs Still Survive In Modern Britain
A London correspondent notes enduring English practices from lord mayor shows to Guy Fawkes effigies, curfews, and village wage fairs. The piece details weighings for mayors at Winchelsea, shifting duties of London councils, curfew bells, and long standing taxes and tolls. It highlights cemetery rites, sermons, and the curious Beating the Bounds tradition still observed in some parishes.
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Indianapolis Journal
London
Greater
Guildhall
Mansion House
London County Council
Civic Forces of
England
Guy Fawkes
Kruger
Lord Roberts
Dom Paul
Transvaal
Czolgeca
Amoke
Winchelsea
High Wycombe
Wisbech
St. Iven
Cornwall
Market Harborough
Willem Hubbard
Ledbury
Hertfordshire
Grantham
St. Catherine Cree
Fessingfield
Suffolk
O. K
Charles 11
Edward VII
Chetwode
Bucks
Church Hill
Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
St. Catherine Colman
Fenchurch-street
Henry Tuckley
Curious Ancient Mexican Relics Acquired by Peabody Museum
The Peabody Museum in Cambridge has secured a collection of Mexican antiquities gathered after the fall of Maximilian. It features idols, masks, serpent symbols, carved axes, lava stone figures, and varied headdresses, with comparisons to Verdullis finds and notes on Nahuatl Maya cultures and sites like Monte Alban, Mitla, Yachilan, Copan, and Palenque.
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Indianapolis Journal
Cambridge
Mass
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology
A& Lady
Mexico
Maximilian
Pannes River
Francis Verdhelli
Egypt
Monte Alban
Oaxaca
Mitla
Yachilan
Teotihuacan
Copan
Palenque
Atlantis
Harvard University
Cambridge Museum
Honduras
Yucatan
Guatemala
Chiapa
A Little Fable from Baltimore American
In a brief tale a fair maiden with a timid disposition faces two admirers. One swears under stress, the other does not, causing her to hesitate. After weighing flaws in each suitor, she rejects both for profane talk or fakery, leading to a moral about another man.
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Baltimore
The Seente Route Rail Debate Across the Isthmus
A traveler challenges the fare on a tiny isthmus railway while a ticket seller defends the ride, arguing the scenic view from the car windows justifies the price. The exchange captures a tension between cost and spectacle in a Chicago Tribune column.
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Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt Crowds the White House in Thanksgiving Greeting
A Washington dispatch describes President Roosevelt greeting visitors at the White House on November 27. He moves through the reception room, shaking hands with lawmakers and citizens, reading aloud a portion of his irrigation message, and inviting several callers to share their concerns. A notable moment features Carl Gustafson, twelve, presenting a typewriter as a Thanksgiving gift. The scene highlights Roosevelt’s brisk, personal style and wide social reach.
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Washington
New York Tribune
White House
Congress
Cortelyou
Mr. Barnes
Arthur Simmons
Lincoln
Simmons
Rodeecvelt
Montana
Mr. White
Senator Proctor
White
Vermont
Army
Navy
Son of Mars
Carl Gustafson
President Roosevelt
Cartel
Pennsylvania
United States
Colorado
Roosevelt
Sir Henry T. Wrenfordsley
Carlton Club
London
Western Australia
Sir Henry
Mr. Fox
Australia
Brooklyn Eagle London Letter Describes King's Trip
Apropos of the King's London visit, an official notes superstition in royal circles. On arriving at Stirling for dinner, the royal party found thirteen diners at the table. A royal official apologized to a fellow traveler for the omen.
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Brooklyn Eagle
London
Royal Circle
Stirling
King Adds Fourteenth Guest at Royal Dinner
The King tells an equerry he fears secrecy at a thirteen person table. The station master enters, and the monarch declares he will invite him to make number fourteen. The official is ordered to sit at the royal table, a memory cherished by a humble Scottish family.
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King Ward
Four Ladies and a Low Browed Youth at an Indianapolis Concert
A Kansas City Journal note reports a scene at English's Opera House where four ladies with nose glasses and high foreheads gossip about Sara Anderson and Joseph Baernstein's Baden Baden marriage. A low browed young man cracks jokes as the Tchaikovsky Fourth starts, provoking murmurs and snickers before the quartet departs.
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Opera
Sara Anderson
Joseph Baernstein
Baden Baden
Willie
Indianapolis
Sadie
Archibald
Doctor Potter on Tuberculosis Prevention and Sanitation
Dr. Theodore Potter, Indiana Medical College, argues that preventing tuberculosis hinges on preventing germ spread and improving hygienic living. He cites New York’s quarantine of a man from Ireland, notes varying contagion, and stresses clean housing, ventilation, and waste disposal as key factors in reducing TB cases.
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Theodore Potter
Indiana Medical College
Journal
New York
Ireland
Cunard Line
Lucania
Dr. Potter
Caprio] Avenue
Tllinois Street
Meridian Street
College Avenue
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America
Peabody Museum
Kansas City Journal
New Jersey
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