Turkish Funerals and Cemeteries Describe Late Turkish Death Rites
Emile Julliard describes Turkish burial practices in Constantinople with heat-sprinkling of bodies, rapid burial, and imam led prayers. Coffins borne by friends or pallbearers move swiftly to grave sites. Cypress cemeteries near the Bosphorus, notably Scutari, feature turbans on headstones and blue gilt inscriptions, while shallow burials and nearby cadavers have been linked to diseases and eerie phosphorescent night lights.
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Thermam
Mecca
Mounkir
Nekir
Allah
God
Constantinople
Scutari
Bosphorus
Emille Julliard
The
Cosmopolitan
The Gypsies in America and a New York Sun excerpt
A wary essay on the growing gypsy presence in America recounts encounters with Gypsy camps and traders, noting an estimated 1000 roadside camps and reflecting on their social integration. The piece ties to Edgar L Wakeman's letter and a light exchange from the New York Sun about a youth’s romantic mischief.
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America
Sherman
Europe
Edgar L Wakeman
A Scout's Visit to Sonora’s Chiricahuas and Lost Cities
El Paso hotel guest William M. L. Edwards recounts Gen Miles’s Sonora survey after the Apache campaign. He visits isolated Sonora towns deserted by fearsome Chiricahuas, notes great mineral wealth, grazing lands, and ruined cities such as Nacori’s Iglesia Viejo, abandoned after repeated raids. The piece contrasts Mexican and American experiences amid frontier violence.
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el Paso
William ML Edwards
Lawton
Geronimo
Sonora
Mexico
Miles
Edwards
Arizona
Nacori
Aros River
Iglesia Viego
Paso del Norte Cor
Globe-Democrat
There Is No Pure Wine Says a Globe-Democrat Corroboration
A Globe-Democrat cor relative column argues against the idea of pure wine, noting that true purity lies in honest, unmanipulated wine. It criticizes connoisseurs and dealers for deception, warns of widespread imitations, and urges knowledge to detect fraud in wine making and trade.
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Globe-Democrat
Quality of Tobacco Sparks Changes in Smoking Habits
A cigar dealer notes smokers economize, buying more for less as cigars have fallen in quality over four to five years. He recalls cheaper, better cigars in earlier times and observes rising pipe smoking and stagnant profit in pipes and cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brook- Tyn Eagle
Value and fame of autographs in revolution items
The article notes autographs tied to Washington and Napoleon have varied value, with a Virginia land sale letter possibly 52 dollars and a Leipzig battle plan potentially far higher. It cites Napoleon signatures proving price not always indicative, and ends with a quip on parental education ambitions.
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Washington
Virginia
Leipsic
Princr Murat
Boston Bulletin
Blood Elixir Claim and Horse Liniment Ad
An ad claims L G Noyes guarantees Aker's Blood Elixir cures blood disorders and skin diseases, no patent nostrum, marketed as a remedy. Also promotes English spavin liniment for horses addressing lumps, spavin, splints, ringbone, and sprains with a $50 savings per bottle and warrantied sale by L G Noyes, druggist, Warren Pa.
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L. G. Noyes
Aker
Drugg’st
Warren
Erie and Warren Rail Schedules From 1887
Old timetable details rail lines serving Warren Kane Ridgway Sheffield Erie Philadelphia and Williamsport. Through Pullman and coaches connect Philadelphia to Erie and Washington to Williamsport. Express and accommodation trains depart various hubs with arrivals in Warren and Erie and key connections. CHAS. E. PUGH, Gen's Manager.
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Warren
u—Sheffield Express
Shefield
Oil Express
Sheffiel
Erie Mail
Sunbury Marriebury Ganerster
Philadelphia
New York
Boalstraare
Washington
Baltimore
Pulman
Une
Phiadelphia
Williamsport
Snd
Erie
u—Kane
Kaney
Ridg
lLrie
Erie Express
Baltimar
Kane
Warren Express
Sheffield
Radgway
Chas. E. Pugh
Man
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New York Sun
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Chicago Gang Northwestern Railway CO
Mae Charles E. Simmons
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Acker
L. G. Neves
Warren, Pa
Philadelphia & Erie
Eastwady
WESTM
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Oil
Pennsylvania Railroad—P
J. R. Wood
Gen’ Pags, Agi
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Glade
Conewango Bridge
L. Dalrymple
Ives
F. A Miller
East 157Th Street
Kaskine
Gideon Thompson
Bridgeport
Hadhiday Street
Dersex Cato
Harry
Malta
Orient Bs Way
Kaskine Co
Warren St
Ely’s
Ream Bal 2 Bee AO Ee
aSie
Hayfever
USA
ELY
Drugrista
ELY Brothers
Owego
Tarrant
N.w.ayer & Son
Ayer & Son
Tarre
Mark
Vues
der Hseh
Eicous Hoopes, Brother & Thomas
TER
West Cheste Pa
Penneylan
Rosioulines Works
Zork
sMenihars
Eagines
Peter Greenland
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Hazel and
Laure
Sre Hiwluitd
F. O. Pierce & Co’s
F.O Pierce Co
F. O. Pierce & Co
W.H. Pickett & CO
M. K. Wendleboe
Liberty Ttreet
Arent, Pa
Second St
Savings Bank
Wesell
Boston
Tuomase
Flint
Reynolds & Eddy’s
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
A. H. Reid
Barker St
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