Rose jars become a nationwide craze in rooms and parlors
A New York report describes the rise of rose jars as a fashion, tracing their Turkish origins and Japanese tea jar influence. Imported varieties number 400 styles, priced from 15 cents to 200 dollars, filled with rose leaves or potpourri, and spreading from America toward Europe.
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Persia
India
Japan
Constantinople
Broadway
America
Europe
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Matt
The Russian Penal Code and Privacy of Debate
George Kennan discusses how the Russian government criminalizes private discussion of public affairs. Section 320 imposes fortress or prison terms on societies that conceal their existence or deliberations. He notes authorities target private debating clubs, while government views gambling fronts as safe, private discussion as dangerous to social order.
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George Kennan
St. Petersburg
Paste Diamonds and the Diamonds That Fool a Ball
A jeweler recalls how many wear paste jewelry and how paste sets were lent to women lacking security for real stones. A Western socialite once borrowed a paste outfit to impress a wealthy French Count who later married her after receiving real diamonds, while the first paste set drew dullness and failed to fool him.
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New York Telegram
Washington
Croesus
Amphibious Children of the Indus River
Report from the Indus describes children who live much of the day in the river with water buffalo herds. Boys ride on the buffalo back as they swim between grazing spots and sometimes dive for rush hearts. Evenings show droves returning with a child perched on a buffalo.
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River Indus
Indus
Gas suit man leaps nine inches from skin in rubber clothing
A North End youth builds a two layer inflated rubber suit with an air tight neck wrist and ankle seal. Using natural gas he weighs nineteen pounds and can achieve sixty foot plus strides and long jumps. He performs trials in secret then fears exposure and public panic. Indianapolis Journal
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Fall Creek
Jacob Eldridge
Crown Hill
Indianapolis Journal
How to Dance the Carmagnole
A Philadelphia Telegraph letter describes the Carmagnole choreograph and stagecraft. It notes a lone woman in black with a red flag leads the dance while a sinister-voiced youth sings the verse amid growing circles of participants. The piece underscores the dance’s political edge and theatrical power.
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Tas Gould
Rothschild
Laris
Philadelphia
Crystal fig racket hooks buyers with fake crystallized figs
A New York Graphic report notes a clever cheat where cheap fig jam paste molded as figs and coated with sugar is sold as crystallized figs at 20c a pound, far below normal prices. The ploy boosts sales via word join.
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New York Graphic
Horrors of Ashantee Funeral and War Customs Revealed
The piece details Ashantee practices described by 19th century missionaries, including mass killings at royal funerals, elaborate corpse rituals, and brutal sacrifices. It notes kings and chiefs ordering victims, with ceremonies echoing in drum and horn signals, and warns of the wider cruelty of these traditions near Cape Coast Castle.
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Bornst
Kuenne
Ramseyer
Coomassie
Evry
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Adlansi
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Lucrative Calling for Women
Women of muscle may earn more than their intellectual peers with cleaning work. A Mulberry Street scrubbing mistress runs twenty offices, earning $45 weekly after paying two assistants, soap, and supplies, while others in the city make $60 to $70 a week as scrub ladies.
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New York Press
Bucklen Arnica Salve Offered for All Skin Ailments
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve promoted as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Guarantees effect and satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box at Morck DrugStore.
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Morck
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters Cure Advert
Advertising copy touts Baxter's Mandrake Bitters as a remedy for digestion heartburn costiveness and malarial diseases priced at twenty five cents per bottle by B F Morris and NC Allen.
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B. F. Morris
N.C. Allen
Touching West Songster Ends Choir Career
A verse from a distant West page recalls a soprano who blessed the chorus with a lyre like voice yet faced a Sunday bite of fate as onions caused a rift and the choir broke apart.
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Far West
Rupture Cure Offered by Philadelphia Doctor
Dr J B Mayer of 831 Arch St Philadelphia promotes a rupture cure claiming immediate relief without operation and thousands of cures after others failed. Free advice and circular available.
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J.B Mayer
Arch St
Phila
Children’s Shoes Displayed At C P Norruror’s Store
Readable notes show children’s footwear featured at C P Norruror’s shop with emphasis on sizes and styles for young wearers. Nearby shoppers expressed interest in durable leather uppers and flexible soles.
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C. P. Norruror’s
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