Adornment Across Cultures and the Queen Charlotte Islands
A survey of fashion in civilized and savage lands notes dramatic body modifications used to display style. Ear lobe elongation, lip and nose adornments, tooth sharping, and tattoos are described alongside head shaping, footbinding, and other practices. A contrasting piece mentions white oranges and tenor Andreas Dippel planning a stock company leveraging future earnings.
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Charlotte Ixiands
Hindustan
Schweinfurth
Philippines
Andreas Dippel
Wall Street
Bare Feet Grounding Theory From Medical Talk
The piece argues that walking barefoot connects the body to earth as a conductor for atmospheric electricity. It claims shoes insulate the body from this beneficial effect, suggesting everyone especially nervous people should keep feet on the ground rather than wear footwear.
The American Birth Rate According to Census Figures
A Philadelphia Medical Journal article cites census data showing the U S birth rate lower than most European nations except France, with American-born fertility well below France. It notes France is alarmed while the U S remains indifferent, citing immigration as the source of population growth from Russia, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, and Canada.
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Philippines
Northwest
New York Sun
Philadelphia Medical Journal
France
Russia
Sweden
Germany
Ireland
Canada
A Woodland Queen by Eugene J Hall Highlights Finest Photos
A Chicago photographer, Eugene J Hall, presents a remarkable collection hailed as exceptionally fine. The body of work is praised as perhaps the best in the west and possibly in the country, marking the collection as a gem from a master.
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West
Eugene J. Hall
Chicago
London’s Dog Cemetery Honor to Faithful Pets in Hyde Park
An old London feature describes a Hyde Park dog cemetery near the Victoria gate. It notes marble stones with tender inscriptions, a growing garden graveyard for dogs, and notable tributes to pets owned by nobility and families, including dogs once cared for by mistresses and kings.
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London
England
Victoria Gate
Hyde Park
Duke of Cambridge
Pirates Threat Sea Travel Along Fukien Coast
A Port land Oregonian report notes rising piracy between Amoy Swatow and Canton with heavily armed junks raiding merchant ships. It cites government retrenchment after 1894 95 war and says crews are massacred if resistance occurs, forcing traders to yield to pirate boarding and cargo seizure.
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Canton
Swatow
Amory
Fukien
Amoy
Kuangtung
Japan
Puke
Portland Oregonian
Vulgarity in Wealth Sparks Anglo American Clash
In a piece on Marie Corelli’s attack on American wealth, the article notes her view of English society tainted by contact with Americans and contrasts wealth symbols. It argues English society’s power lies in brewers and tea merchants, not just stock brokers and railroad magnates, as Edward VII’s era prompts mutual critique.
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Marie Corelli
England
Edward VII
Shot Gun Metal Townsman Beats Wakeup Call
A husband, enraged at his wife not waking for breakfast, drenched her with cold water. She grabbed a family shotgun and fired, killing him. The tale ends with a grim moral about men needing their own breakfasts.
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Buzzard
Hebrew in High Office: Sir Marcus Samuel Becomes Lord Mayor
Sir Marcus Samuel, elected by the city’s liverymen, assumes the lord mayoralty of London on November 8. At forty-nine, he previously served as sheriff seven years ago and is linked with Japanese silk importers and merchants. The appointment marks another instance of municipal dignity within a prominent trading circle.
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Marcus Samuel
London
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Tony
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Dog Danger
Mexico
Jack
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