Idol worship in India and the Juggernaut temple
The piece surveys India's vast idol culture centering on Benares and Orissa's Juggernaut temple. It notes the idol creation process by potters and sculptors, the ritual “giving of life,” and the Hindu triad Brahma Vishnu Siva. It recounts Juggernaut’s 2000-year worship, the temple at Puri, and the massive car tradition drawn by villagers, with devotees risking death for belief.
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India
Benares
Brahma
Vishnu
Siva
Juggernaut
Orissa
Bay of Bengal
William Hunter
Juggernmaut
Puri
Eerlia
Mir
Bowe
John J. Pool
B.D
Los Angeles
Yellow Fever Report Reaches Ward in Columbas Mepe
A fragment notes a fret appearance of yellow fever in a ward among the sellers of Columbas in Mepi. The brief item signals an outbreak concern in the local area, with emphasis on health risk and community impact.
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Ward
Columbas
Mepi
Napoleon III Sought Death at the Sedan Field
Paris dispatch recounts claims that Napoleon III rode into the Sedan battlefield seeking death as shells fell, with aides wounded and horses killed nearby. The account notes two horses were not actually killed under him, but portrays the emperor as deliberate in facing danger to escape the disgrace of defeat.
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Napoleon All
Sedan
Jerah Bernhardt
Napoleon Iit
Baron Verly
Cent Gardes
Marshal MacMahon
Bedan
Bazellies
Napoleon UM
Bulleta
de Hendecourt
de Courson
de Trecesson
Grand Rue
Napoleon III
Paris
Serpent in a French Prison Camp Tale on Martinique
The Paris Eclair recounts a dramatic Martinique incident involving Sergeant Legrand and Private Durand. A six foot lancehead snake, sleeping on Durand’s bare chest, is lured with milk and music, then killed by guards. Durand recovers but loses a halt in his step, returning to France with a white hair.
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Paris
Ecclair
Martinique
Legrand
Durand
Hovre
France
Love's Young Dream Interrupted by Boy in Drawing Room
A Malate girl and her Romeo sat close on the couch when Helen’s little brother burst in and quipped about a fish line and sinker. The boy’s interruption cuts the romance short in a playful gossip note.
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Love
Romeo
Helen
Quotations From Shakespeare and Other Notes
The passage reflects on how many can name the source of familiar lines from Shakespeare. It cites phrases like a woman's reason and a trick worth two, and mentions Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer as widely known. A humorous exchange about a tramp in a yard and a misheard diet ends with a Chicago News note on wisdom.
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Goldsmith
Holding the Baby Etiquette Debate at the Bus Stop
A group at Thirty-Orst and Main argues over who should hold the baby or manage the carriage on a streetcar. The debate hinges on whether the man or wife should handle the infant or the stroller, with opinions ranging from strict etiquette to practical division of labor.
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Kangas City
Pointing the Bone in Australian Aboriginal Beliefs
A London Standard report describes native Australian beliefs and practices around bones. Superstition holds that pointing a bone from a deceased relative can curses rivals, causing illness or death. Tribes bury the dead in trees, bones kept as keepsakes, and birds like wagtails are regarded as omens through persistent chatter.
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Australia
London Standard
Tennyson's Cure For Shyness And Terrific Tumble
A fragment from Putnam's discusses Tennyson's cure for shyness through thoughts of eternity, deeming real nerves and the prospect of salvation less pressing than social concerns. It also recounts Charles Woolbot's 3,000 foot parachute descent in Venezuela, where a failed opening caused multiple injuries yet led to a survivor's later account.
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Tennyson
Church
Arthur, Bengon
Putnam's
Reader
Charles Woolcot
Venezuela
Our Neighbors Seneca and Lola on Virtue
A brief dialogue from New Orleans Times Democrat quotes Susaday School on loving neighbors through a playful exchange between Lola and an ox. The piece contrasts humble origins with innate abilities, quoting Seneca on equality and virtue.
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Susaday
Lola
New Orleans
Pimes-Democrat
April Watering Riddles andanecdotes
Humorous verses and light dialogue about April watering plants, a patient seeking medical symptoms, mock conversations about reputations and truth, dreams, and vanity fair. The snippets include a doctor patient exchange and quips on language and German product labels.
Pert Paragraphs and Whimsical Misdirections
A series of quirky maxims on gender, behavior, theft, pride, and self amusement render miniature insights into social foibles. Vignettes touch on compensation for women, anger, self praise, greed, and parenting, all delivered as pithy aphorisms with playful misspellings and oddly formed phrases.
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Gilead
Iowa Savings Bank
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Walker Ano
Amimdson Dr
E.R. Warton
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J. Raves
Frank Albee
Converse A.D. Roow
B. B. Anderson
Bank of
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Bed, Miller
Anderson
Farmers Savings Bank
Walingfor, Iowa
Jamies
Peter G
Miller
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Ft. O. Bando A. Bevetwon
KK. Hartung P. AB. Anderson
Anderae
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W. W. Fullam
Howard Ghavean
Kel. Bon Drol
R. I
James Hepesey Omshler
Estherville State Bank
Inow Poraimo Capital
Directaore Inc
M Barker BK. of. Mondrod
A. D. Root A.B. Lough Janigd Kaposel Howard Graves
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Estherville, Lowa
Howard Ghaveh
Ames Hoprore Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Estherville, Iowa
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Ofnus Qheh
Bethmrvill Btats Bank
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