Remarkable Asia tales of tribes and Hindu hill stations
A vivid tour through the Nilgiris and hill stations like Simla and Atacamund mentions tribes in the region. It describes the Todas and their creation myths, human and animal rituals, and funeral rites with buffalo sacrifice and a mourning house.
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India
Indian Ocean
South India
Buimier
Simla
Naini Tal
Bengal
Larjiuliung
Madras
Atacamund
Nilgiri Hills
Nilgiris
Flex
Eugenia
Nigiris
Israel
Hell
Toda
San Francisco Chronicle
Thirteen theme on the new quarter dollar noted
The Omaha World Herald reports a new quarter dollar features thirteen in multiple elements. Nine representations of the number 18 appear on one side, with thirteen stars and thirteen feathers and many thirteen markings across the design including the scroll, shield, bars, arrowheads, and leaves.
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Omaha World- Herald
Riley Chides Reporters Over His Looks
The New York Tribune quotes James Whitcomb Riley saying reporters drift into unkind remarks about his appearance. He recalls a notice years ago saying he wasn’t handsome and notes a contrasting auntie at the menagerie who, faced with ugliness, refrained from harsh words and chose a gentler label.
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James Whitcomb Riley
New York Tribune
Pay Cash if Necessary. Uncle Ephraim Confronts Credit Policy
A Chicago Tribune excerpt depicts Uncle Ephraim negotiating with a grocer over a fifty cent balance. The grocer insists on cash only, forcing Ephraim to offer a down payment while contemplating the remaining debt. The scene, delivered in dialect, highlights stringent cash terms and the seller’s rigid policy.
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Uncle Ephraim
Mistah West
Uncle Eph
Red Herrin
Chicago Tribune
A Plea for Mercy by a Poet Named T and Alexander Smith
A poet whose name begins with T conferred patronage on Alexander Smith, which angered the young man. When T noted a compliment, Smith replied that he valued the poems and asked not to be discouraged.
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Alexander Smith
Smith
Fragmentary Dialogue Between Mackin To sh and Watch
A fragmentary exchange from Clothier and Furnisher features a dripping narrator claiming rain dampness and a gold watch replying that it is not soaked as deeply. The odd dialogue hints at a humorous or editorial cartoon caption style.
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Gold Watch
An Awful Contingency Detroit Tribune quotation
A Detroit Tribune excerpt features a terse exchange with lines about love and learning to love, cryptic in tone and framed as a brief literary vignette. The dialogue hints at reluctance and a potential breakthrough, reflecting newspaper feature whimsy rather than a reporting beat.
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Detroit Tribune
German Clock Joke Quip Perplexes New York Buyer
A humorous exchange from Life magazine features Hyer and Hiram discussing a German clock bought in New York. Hiram complains unable to understand German, while Hyer quips about the situation, highlighting cross language confusion in a lighthearted vignette.
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Hyer
New York
Hiram
Apple Pie and Cheese Theme in Eugene Field Poem
A humorous poem by Eugene Field extols apple pie and cheese as the best remedy for all ills. It contrasts domestic dairy delights with imported cheeses and mockingly condemns foreign fare while celebrating simple comforts and true blue milk.
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Sheridan
Ls Johnson & CO
Custom House St
Boston
Why the Sea Is Salt The Ocean Salinity Explained
A compact explanation of why seawater remains salty as water evaporates away. The piece argues salinity rises from continual riverine input and evaporation, noting soda and magnesia as abundant bases and referencing widespread mineral content in the ocean and saline lakes like the Dead Sea, Aral, and Caspian. The author suggests ocean salinity slowly increases and may influence life evolution.
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Magnesia
Gonnenstadt
Asia
Great American Lakes
Constance
Geneva
Sea of
Aral
Caspian
Dead Sea
Jordan
Great Ocean
W. Mattien Willams
Science
Her Point of View on Statues and Family Pride
A Massachusetts noblewoman from an old family says she avoids statues of her kin, preferring not to see them in sun storms or snow. The Boston Transcript notes her practical dislike of weathered monuments and discusses the idea of sympathetic translation.
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Massachusetts
Boston Transcript
Jean Marmontel
Louis KV
King’s Daughters
Turkey
Smyrna
King's Daughters
New York Sun
California Hermits On Mountain Tops In California
Report on solitary mountain men in the Sierras and coast ranges. Profiles include the 75-year-old “Old Gib” from Tennessee who refuses to visit town and fears engines, and Old Man Lambert who lives thirty miles back of Yosemite, building stone walls and surviving by hunting and camping earnings.
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California
Sierras
Coast Range
Yosemite Valley
High Sierras
P. R. Gibson
Tennessee
United States
Lambert
High Sierra
Yosemite
Augusta
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Osre
Asif
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Hooker & CO
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Cao East
ELY Brothers
Warren St
Hazeltine
Prest
C. W. Ty
T. G. B. Ensworth
O. W. Beaty
M. 8
Dunham
L. B.ood
Chas
BH. Noyes
James Clark
L. R. Freewan
Charlies W. Stone
F. H. ‘Rockwwell
L. D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
Warren County
England
Ireland
Europe
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Ronne
Piitcher
Castoria
Johnnie
Detroit Free Press
Snatth & Gray's Monthly
Chicago News- Record
Santley
Birmingham
London
Akr
Carters
Carter
Mary Uyas
Carter Merigne
York
J. H. McLean
Sheen
Vane
Ating Et
Erenay
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Times
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Baan
Akon
Kline Jade
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