Campfire Memoir On War Graves And Russian Prisoner Rations
A wartime dispatch describes General Kuromi’s care for Russian prisoners with rations shifted from buckwheat to rice and dried fish when EUropean food was unavailable. It notes battlefield burials, graves adorned with flowers, and Japanese generals discussing sacrifices and funeral rites after battles.
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Kuroki
Antung
Vitju
Faron Gottberg
Louisville
Gourier- Journal
Japan
Sailves
Wen
Toto
Kia
Nogi
Yalu
Hells
Dinner Table Mishap In American Diner Case
Marcel Prevost, the French novelist, visits an American diner party in Patio. A misread command leads a young waiter to wipe a bishop’s mouth with a large napkin, causing embarrassment and humorous confusion as diners watch the scene unfold.
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Marcel Prevost
Patio
Washington Sar
Prevost
al Uigner
Jay
Mir Fan
Uutier
Belind
Man's Food and the Balance of Body and Soul
A discussion by Plane-Sucens argues that a well rounded life requires diverse nourishment for both body and spirit. Omitting elements from life’s bill of fare weakens character and prevents a person from reaching physical and spiritual grandeur.
Free restaurant tricks and children’s small deceits
The piece describes how cities vary in free dishes offered by restaurants, noting Boston’s higher costs and the free items being cheaply valued. It includes a comic anecdote of children trying to cheat a shopkeeper, highlighting adult frustration with youth dishonesty and a warning about future behavior.
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New York
Washington
Boston
Laancharzed
Odd Japanese Customs Refrain From Stockings And Beliefs
A dated facet of cultural caricature describes Japanese habits and peculiarities with humorous misstatements. The piece contrasts fashion, language, and daily life, noting host interactions, lack of certain conveniences, and linguistic quirks in a satirical tone.
Migratory Education Plan Attracts Students North South
A northern university proposes a work study style system allowing students to credit winter and spring quarters in southern institutions while remaining enrolled in the north. Instructors may migrate similarly. The southern catalog even recommends bringing fishing tackle, portraying education made easy.
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Saya
New York Herald
Southern University
Yarmouth Hosts Record 163-Pound Giant Sea Pie Feast
The fishing town of Yarmouth celebrated a historic sprat banquet with a 163 pound four deck sea pie. Beef bones and short crust formed the keel and holds, filled with beef, ox kidneys, onions, carrots, turnips and potatoes. Sixty diners, aided by three expert carvers, consumed the pie in nine hours and portions were given to the poor afterward.
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Yarmouth
Story of Raissuli and a Paris dog massage ad
Raissuli recounts his eight year struggle after captor Abd er-Rahman Abd-el-Sadak betrayed him. He recalls Mogador imprisonment, barbaric conditions, and vows of revenge against treacherous enemies. A separate Paris advert touts a dog massage service with prices for altering muzzles wrinkles and coat color.
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Raissull
Perdienris
Life
Abder-Rahman Abd-el-Sadak
Basha of
Tangier
Mogador
Abd-el-Saduks
Inconvenience of Hats Claims and Controversy
A Cosmos article argues that fashion tilting toward hatless wear is spreading, with claims hair health and vitality tied to head coverings. It cites possible heredity, microbial effects, and sun exposure as factors, while noting objections about cold and illness, and suggesting gradual change may protect hair vigor.
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Irener
Archter
Rome
Neraleia
Rhenmetiem
The Doctor's Troubles and Rost's Salt Cancer Claim
A physician Captain Rost, famed for claiming salt cures cancer, faced censure after a pattern of fabricating ailments in rich patients. One tale recounts a wealthy matron fearing theater dampness, Rost advising harmless theater attendance, then a servant delaying him, only to reveal a harmless oyster question.
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John Rost
Eald
Eurecon
New York
The
Times
Capt. Rost
Rost Poetharte
Drawer Swap Sparks Cash Drawer Joke
A country weekly foreman complains about lacking a place to store cuts while the editor jokes about finding a drawer. The exchange ends with the suggestion to take the cash drawer as a makeshift solution.
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Country Weekly
Philadelphia Ledger
His Sixth Sense at the Oyster Forkes Mystery Dinner
A Cleveland Plain Dealer line praises a man named Eimer for his keen perception as he identifies an oyster fork from a gamework without sight or use of hands. The remark frames Eimer as unusually perceptive in a dining context.
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Aowan We
Mace & Beville
Chicago Tibune
Didiel
Eimer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Bath
Magnesia
SN Ras Tenn Las Be
Blacksmith
Saas
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Prop’s
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Concord
Mackay
Chalis
Bayhorse
Clayton
Robinson
Buster
Bonanza
Stanley Basin
Looncreek
Sheep Mountain
Phander Me Untal
Yellow Jacket
Forney
Singiser
Leesburg
Blackbird
Lewhi Opal Fields
Shiges
C.V. Hansen
Nickerson
Agt
Robingon Bar
Warm Springs Creek
Custer
Superior
Medical Properties
K. D. Williams
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