Devotion at Benares along the Ganges riverfront
The article tours Benares on the Ganges showing Hindu devotion as living ritual. It describes ghats, temples, and riverfront life with priests, pilgrims, colors, and acts of purification performed daily from dawn to noon, noting persistence of rites across empires and cultures.
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London
Benares
Gangeg
Ghats
Warren Hastings
Aurangzeb
Grand Canal
Balaain
India
Festivities of the Papuans and Their Food Focus
New York reports scarce festive seasons among Papuans who prioritize food production. The piece notes villagers’ limited leisure, men’s work duties, and rare hunting trips as pigs are raised in the jungle and slaughtered for a festival feast with dancing and communal celebrations.
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New York
Bupiin Nale
Parton
Ato
Goa
Tragic case of skinning and arson shocks early town
A violent case involving murder, body mutilation, arson, and a staged accident shocked the community. Dr Isaac C Wet Om Precounter and later alias Coach Tur, Dyer, faced violent acts and a contested trial. West was acquitted on pity grounds, later convicted for fire setting, and died recently after serving time. His confession described skinning the victim and scattering body parts to terrorize Black residents.
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Bedi
Tetlas
Tex
Isaac C Wet
Thors
Turtera
Ory Dyer
Delaware
West
Albino Deer Joins Libby Horse Herd
Libby Montana resident Henry Wegner reports a pure white doe with pink eyes that follows his horses into the corral and acts as tame as the animals. Locals say such an outcast deer may seek cattle or horse herds for safety.
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Libby Mont
Henry Wegner
Libby
Yakt
Mr Wegner
Crows Aid Tobacco Growers In Virginia Fields
In Lynchburg Virginia and southern districts farmers face labor shortages. They plant corn in tobacco fields to attract crows which feed on tobacco worms, protecting crops. Crows do not damage the tobacco and are not inclined to eat the crop.
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Lynchburg Va
Henson Sees St Margaret’s As Link To America
In his farewell sermon at St Margaret's Westminster Canon Hensley Henson calls the church a link between England and the American republic. He notes Raleigh's unmarked grave beneath the chancel and Milton's memorial window funded largely by Americans. He recalls shared religious ties with Puritan statesmen and American worshippers who visit in summer.
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Hensley Henson
England
Republic
London
St Margaret's Church
Westminster
Sir Walter Raleigh
New World
United States
Milton
Dean Farrar
America
St. Margaret’s
Canon Fienson
Walter Raleigh
Jean Farrar
Mark
Naleigh
Raleigh
Westminster Hall
George W Childs
Philadelphia
Canon Henson
St. Margaret's
House of Commons
Among Moors of Tangiers
London reviewer describes Tangier hills and town as a stage of diverse figures and scenes. He notes rich vegetation, Mediterranean views toward Gibraltar and Morocco, and a vivid panorama of Moorish merchants, scribes, musicians, beggars, and Jewish communities. The piece emphasizes racial and cosmetic contrasts among inhabitants.
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Gibraltar
Tangiera
Bergar
Moslam Africa
Christus
Sudan
PIGPIGS TAKEN TO PICNIC BY FARMER WYOMING?
John Beeman of McPherson Kansas owned eight newborn piglets and after their dam died the sow pups were bottle fed by hand. With the Fourth of July nearing the family loaded the eight pigs into a box and traveled to town. The pigs were cared for by hand and returned home each night.
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McPherson, Kan
John Beeman
John
McPherson
Albino woodchuck shown near Bemus Point and Ellery
Jamestown report recounts C G C Hazzard Jr displaying an albino groundhog near Bemus Point and Ellery. The two year old white chuck with pink eyes was captured as a youngster, later escaped, and remains in captivity in a tin lined box. A separate case notes Frank Winter discharged after detectives learned his hair was brown, not black.
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Jamestown
C. GC
Hazzard, Jr
Bemus Point
Ellery
Jlazzard
Tfazzard
Mr Hazzard
New York
Frank Winter
Elementary school certificate exam questions
A dense list of old state questions across physiology grammar geography literature and history. Topics include bones and body parts, digestion, hygiene, grammar inflection, parts of speech, writing, geography routes, world places, literature figures, American history, agriculture, and general pedagogy as part of a county teachers' examination.
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Columbus
Diamonds Recovered After Home Looting in Mansfield
Mansfield police puzzled by return of 590 dollars in diamonds seven life insurance policies totaling 1900 dollars each and other valuables from August Andrews home. The box was found on the roof of the porch with contents undisturbed except for a replaced dollar. Police believe the thief last observed the scene.
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Mansfield, O
Mansfield
August Andrews
Train Wreck Near Canton Injures Several
A disrupted Cleveland to Canton train collided north of Ceperess Lake causing injuries to several passengers. Investigators note the heavy wreckage blocked the track and emergency crews responded quickly to rescue and secure the area.
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Canton
Cleveland
Cuntaie
Ceperess Lake
Tata
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