What Some Folks Eat. Luxuries of the Frigid Zone
A travelogue dinner paragraph catalogs global and Arctic diet quirks, noting Esquimaux whale meat, Yakuts and whale tail, Bechuanas, Australian bush fare, clay eaters in Peru and Africa, West Indies snakes, Chinese delicacies, sea lion tongue, snails, Crete snail farming, and exotic game. The narrator prefers simple, well cooked dishes while reflecting on diets across regions.
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Peru
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Siam
Siberia
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Africa
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Falkland Islands
Trinidad
Isle of Ascension
Crete
Central Africa
New York Sun
What Humanity Demands in Wasps and Humans
A Burdette quip in Brooklyn Eagle notes the male wasp does not sting, but twins in dress mislead the observer. The essay mocks science’s need for a method to distinguish between Monsieur and Mademoiselle at forty yards, highlighting social observation over biology.
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Monsieur
Dunkards Love Feast at Heidelburg Meeting House
Berks County corresp. to the Philadelphia Times describes a Dunkard love feast in a valley gathering. The scene shifts from Father Zug’s barn to spacious meeting houses with plain dress and holy kisses. A large assembly from distant regions shares bread, snitz pie, and coffee in a plain table setting. Beds in garrets are straw and boards. speakers’ addresses form the meeting’s climax.
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Guy
Leonardo da Vinei
Heidelberg
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Philadelphia Times
Dangers of the Electric Light Safety Lesson
A New York Globe-Democrat dispatch describes electrical danger through anecdotal testimony. An electrician recounts a near fatal grounding, showing how a current can spark, burn metal, and even knock a person down. He explains improved safety and the need to avoid outsider mockery.
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Wall Street
Sullivan
New York Cor. Globe-Democrat
The Ainos of Japan A melancholy ethnographic note
The Chicago News marks the Ainos as an enduring puzzle for ethnologists. It traces their south western origins, subsequent eastward retreat, shrinking numbers and loss of culture as Japanese assimilation accelerates. The piece laments a race with no clear past or future, leaving only scattered names.
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Japan
Europe
Horobestu
Chicago News
The Queen of Spain Described by English Traveler
An English traveler returning from Spain portrays the queen as a reserveful woman with intellectual features and large expressive eyes. Her white skin, contrasted by golden hair, creates an impression of a delicate constitution among dark skinned Spaniards.
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Spain
Kansas City Journal
Snetetes
How to Write Telegraphed News for Different Papers
Advice from William H. Hills on tailoring dispatches to a paper s style. Study the editor s tastes by reading columns daily and observe which news is printed in full or condensed. Fit your reports to the paper s voice whether plain and straightforward or bright and expansive, and craft meaty, concise stories for tight editors.
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Baltimore Sun
Chicago Vet Ocean
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Chicago Times
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Boston Globe
The
New York Herald
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago News
New York Sun
Telegraph News
Ovce
Enquirer
William H. Hills
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Ingratitude of a Monkey on Twenty third Street Balcony
Eleven children, three pursemaids, and a lady watched an organ grinder and his monkey on a Twenty third Street balcony. The monkey snatched a set of false teeth from the lady, then fled to the sidewalk before the master’s whip forced the creature to return them. The crowd gawped as the episode ended with the embarrassed singer.
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Twenty-third Street
New York Sun
Credit System in Mexico Exposed in Globe Democrat Interview
The Globe Democrat interview describes Mexico's credit culture where vendors extend long terms. Merchants offer a year or more, with six months as the minimum. Even cash buyers prefer time, as credit is the prevailing norm among retailers and wholesale houses.
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Mexico
Globe-Democrat
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