Dervishes in Cairo Awe Boston Audience
Eyewitness describes a Cairo dervish performance at Kasr-el-Ain mosque with howling and whirling in a circular room. About 30 performers, led by a respected figure, perform rhythmic chants, howling, and whirling as drums, flutes, and cymbals build to a violent din. The Boston chaplain considers introducing similar warm religious pageantry at local churches to shake complacent congregations.
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Cairo
Kasr-el- Ain
Old
Bank of the Nile
Boston
Back Bay
Whirlers
Boston Herald
Fried Ice Cream Devours Critics in Philadelphia Firm
A Philadelphia company specializes in fried ice cream, wrapping a solid cake of cream in a thin pie crust and frying briefly in hot fat or butter. The result is a crisp outside and still frozen center, praised for its quick fry time and protective pastry.
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Philadelphia
New York Times
Sorrow and Missentering Visit in Vogue Letter
A brief dialogue reveals Marie and Myrtylla apologizing for a missed meeting. Marie explains she arrived just minutes before, prompting sorrow. The exchange captures a moment of regret and curiosity in a Vogue setting.
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Marie
Myrtylla
Vogue
Dangers of Bridal Tours Highlight Medical View
A column argues bridal journeys are a barbaric rite, inviting fatigue and illness. It cites cases of typhoid after weddings and recounts anecdotes from Troy Times and St. Louis Globe-Democrat about risk, duty, and prudence. It ends with a Danish peasant portrait of orderly homes and spare bedding.
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Troy
Troy Times
Wire Shafts For Steamships Show Great Strength
A New York Sun report notes an estimate for five section wire shafts total 100 ft 15 in diameter with 25 000 steel wires each 25 ft long and 50 000 fastenings. Each wire and fastening bears 500 pounds, yielding an inherent strength around 87 500 000 pounds, about 25 times a 5 000 horsepower engine’s continuous force.
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New York Sun
Tenant and landlord debate over empty flats and children
A dialogue shows a landlord and agent arguing about children in a new apartment. The landlord insists on admitting families with children while the agent cites preferences against boys and snow shoveling as reason to keep the building empty. The exchange highlights housing bias and resident expectations.
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Camtalist
An Earth Angel at Heaven's Gate
A brief note in New York Weekly depicts St. Peter greeting a soul at heaven's gate as Fair Spirit anxiously asks if her haloom is straight, capturing a whimsical religious vignette.
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St. Peter
Heaven’s Gate
Fair Spirit
New York Weekly
Old Scotch Superstitions on Baptism Absurdites of the Ceremony
The article recounts Scottish baptism myths such as saining with fir candle and bread under the pillow, fear of changelings tested by a peat fire, and the danger of unchristened babies wandering. It notes rules about naming, water in the eyes, and gender order in mixed baptisms, with a tart anecdote from Allan Ramsay and a minister’s remark in Orcadian lore.
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Henry 5. Roberts
Boston
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Allan Ramsay
Marse
A Motto at a Funeral and the Rose of Jericho
A humorous tale from the New York Recorder describes a woman who prefers funeral customs to shopping, placing a motto bearing Bon voyage on her handbag near the casket. The piece also explains Rosa Mariz as the Mary’s flower, a six inch desert plant that coils in drought and unfurls in moisture, with nat ural order cruciforme and a resurrection motif.
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New York Recorder
Jericho
Arabia
Palestine
Nastatica
Brooklyn Eagle
Dimple Producing Machine Patent Hatched by Woman
The New York Sun reports an English patent by a woman described as beauty minded. A night mask with wooden points press on cheeks or chin to create dimples, a torture device for beauty seekers. Details on duration of use are not provided.
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New York Sun
She Was Particular Carrie Constant
A humorous dialogue reveals Gertie Gaygirl dismissing a milkman type admirer as unsuitable, preferring a man with real substance. The exchange plays on gender norms and social expectations in a witty Buffalo Courier style.
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Carrie Constant
Gertie Gaygirl
Buffalo Courier
Local names listed in archival notice fragment
Wm. D. Brown, Jery Crary, D. W. Beaty, A. T. Scofier, Christian Smith are named in a partial archival notice fragment. Additional context or complete text is needed to identify roles, dates, or the event these individuals relate to.
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Wm. D. Brown
Jery Crary
D. W. Beaty
A. T. Scofier
Christian Smith
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