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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1899
Page
4
A new rule in the state requires undertakers transporting corpses infected with contagious diseases to hold a railroad license obtained after examination. Embalming is mandatory before shipment, and workers must know arterial embalming and disinfectants. Previously railways refused such shipments, forcing road transport or local burial.
A collage of aphorisms and statistics on human nature, love, and society. It quips that talkative people seldom explain well and notes odd facts about watches, hair, pawnshops, and reading. It also surveys demographics, such as Indian and physician counts, and ends with reflections on love and reputation.
The article surveys global trivia including Canton exporting over 11,000,000 tons yearly, a 136,000 mile sea coast line, Japan's 4,000 rocky islands, Boston's 17.5 mile Washing Street, Chile shops open till midnight with siesta locks, and odd China burglary lore. It also notes Indian soap use as a luxury, and Hindu beliefs about emboweling.
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