Indian Funeral Feast Honors Baboo Shyama Charn Ballar’s Mother
The funeral feast for the mother of Baboo Shyama Charn Ballar of Dan kunka Basirhat subdivision was held at his native place with grand rites. Hundreds of guests attended and sacri ficial offerings included a country boat horse palanquin and pearl studded napkins. About 10000 people feasted and 25000 beggars received gifts totaling about a rupee and a half per person in Bombay made sheets and sweetmeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shyama Charn Ballar
Dankunka
Basirhat
Advocate
India
Manchester
Inventor of Postal Card Celebrated in Vienna
The London Telegraph notes a quiet jubilee in Vienna for Dr. Emanuel Herrmann on the thirtieth anniversary of the postcard invention. His stamped open card swiftly spread to England, Germany, France, America and Japan, with Austria printing a million postcards in the first month and now about 130 million annually. Herrmann did not profit from his idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Vienna
Emanuel Herrmann
England
Germany
France
America
Japan
Austria
Dr. Herrmann
Days of the Horse Numbered Declares Shift to Electricity
A famed electrician proclaims that the days of horse power are numbered and electricity will soon replace it. The ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach liver kidney and blood diseases improving digestion and eliminating dyspepsia indigestion and constipation.
Horseless Carriage Debated in Paris Court
A march of an early spring powered carriage in Louis XV era Paris drew the attention of the Academy of Sciences which declared it unacceptable and it was discontinued. Also promotion for Allen's Foot Ease notes its relief for tight shoes and foot ailments with free samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XV
France
Vancanson
Duke de Mortemart
M. de Lauzum
Paris
Academy of Sciences
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
World horse population estimates by region
The American Agriculturist estimates 75,000,000 horses worldwide with 38,000,000 in Europe, 17,000,000 in North America, and 9,000,000 in Asia. It notes 9,000,000 mules and asses globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
North America
Asia
Conference Rates For L D S Annual Meeting In Salt Lake City
Rates via Rio Grande Western railway are authorized for the L D S Annual Conference in Salt Lake City from April 6th onward. The notice lists travel arrangements and applicable rail options. The page also includes assorted items: a praise remark about Rudyard Kipling, medical ad copy for Casca rets candy, a veteran quotation on child upbringing, Piso’s Cure, and a note on the Khalifa Abdullah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Rio Grande Western Railway
Ogden
Mammoth Anne
Silver City
Clearfield
Castilla
Layton
Thistle
Kaysville
Nebo
Farmington
Indiana
Lake Shore
Milburn
S Cross
Fairview
Mt. Pleasant
Mill Creek
Spring City
Barclay
Ephraim
Altus
Sterling
Wee
Kimball's
Gunnison
Snyderville
Na Sete
Park City
Sigurd
Murray
Richfield
Germania
Elsinore
Bingham Ju
Joseph Ingham
Belnap
Clear Creek
Sandy Riverton
Colton
Provo
Eureka
Manti
Brer Williams and the Elevator to Hell Folly
A dialect piece from the Atlanta Constitution tells of Brer Williams a preacher who doubts scripture until a vision sends him to heaven via the devil’s elevator. An earthquake shakes a church, the steeple falls, and Brer Williams is expelled as readers are left to wonder about his fate and the elevator to hell.
Durga Mongolia a Prosperous Capital Center of Pilgrims
Durga Mongolia hosts about 200000 yearly pilgrims and 10000 priests in a town of roughly 40000 mainly Mongolian residents with Chinese and Russian traders. The governor is Manchu, the military presence limited to 250 Manchu soldiers, and the city features a grand copper Buddha statue, wooden mud huts, dusty roads, and lively markets where Mongol women move freely on horseback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mongolia
Durga
Ourga
Withal
China
Taita and Ita Queer Ways In East Africa
The Taita country along the Mombasa Uganda railway passes its first hundred miles and its people live in the mountains to avoid raids. They farm mostly on the plains and observe a burial rite twelve months after death where the akull is removed and stored in sacred grove spots. In a grove a traveler saw about 150 skulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taita
Ita
East Africa
Mombasa
Uganda
Lore of skull offerings and Harz songbirds described
The article recounts ritual skull counts and feasts to propitiate spirits, with heads replaced by sheep or goats and blood and flesh shared by headmen and medicine men. It then highlights Hart canaries of the Harz region noted for song, followed by notes on nest building as a learned skill across species and a quirky tale of a Louisville coon dog case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Publicized as Cure for Barrenness
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as regulating female organs and overcoming supposed barrenness. It cites testimonials from Mrs Ep Wotnor p of Lone Tree Iowa and Mrs Flora Cooper of Doyle South Dakota praising relief from pregnancy ailments and postpartum improvements after using the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ep. Wotrorp
Lone Tree
Iowa
Flora Cooper
Doyle, S. Dak
Piinkham
Bale Cremation Free as Geneva Crematory Completes Year
La Suisse reports Bale, Geneva has run its own public crematory for one year. Construction cost 93 702 francs with seventeen cremations, averaging 302 francs per service. Both cremation and interment are entirely free to the state and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bale
la Suisse
Geneva
Pe r u n a Endorsed By Colonel For Catarrh Remedy
A Columbus Ohio colonel Arthur L Hamilton of the Seventh Ohio Volunteers endorses Pe r u na as a family medicine for catarrh and stomach trouble. Mrs Hamilton also praises Pe r u na for improving her health. The ad urges spring treatment and notes no substitutes, with a free book Winter Catarrh by Dr Hartman mailed on request. A stray party anecdote follows about Dooley and Hennessy at Casey’s party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Hamilton
Ohio Volunteers
Goodale Street
Columbus
Ohio
Hamilton
Hartman
Col. Hamilton
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement declaration
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements from local druggists West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin Wheless, praising the firm and stating the product works systemically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wheless
Delicacies and cures advertised in early ads and quips
An assortment of old advertisements notes seed coffee price and mail offers for Salzer's American Chicory and other products, plus quips about love, cold cures, and household remedies. It mentions a Newark jilting by note, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, Allen's Foot Ease, and a remark about men not ruling their homes.
Health trial hoax ad seeks 5 cents for samples
A dubious notice offers ten samples and 1000 tests to readers in New York asking for a five cent contribution. It promotes a health product via Ripansee Co. and appears as an advertising scam from a suspicious source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripansee Co
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Olga Nethersole
University of Chicago
Graduate Club
Rudyard Kipling
Ian LeLaren
Piso
Amos Kelner
Cherry Valley, Ill
Abdullah
Soudan
London
Cairo
Canaries
Beer Williams
Er Williams
Jonah En de
Whale
Joshua
Heaven's Gate
Gabriel
Brer Williams
Williams
Las
Atlanta Constitution
Harz
Leine
Saale
Prussia
Anhalt
Brunswick
Andreasberg
Chambers’ Journal
Louisville
Kentucky
Casey
Dooley
Hennessy
Salzer
Lsc
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
Wis
W.nj
Newark
Spalding
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Chicago
Denver
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