Royal burial rites and slave sacrifices described
A lengthy, vivid account covers royal funerary rites among the Ashanti, detailing captive victims slayed to propitiate the dead king, the ceremonial music, the mass display of wealth, and the grim routine of funerary carriages and posthumous offerings. It also notes sea smuggling to island ports and early anthropology on the Negroes of the Woods in Brazil, with later odd local anecdotes about a Randolph Street fruit vendor and a carnival scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prin Mos
Tims
Nat
Pases
Akittuothwe
Lereon Shinwlaeres
Funtia
Sis
Mdeh
Plomg
Daves
Pridgers
Menas
Roland Bonaparte
Tratch Guinea
South America
Guineas Coast
West Africa
New York Sun
Life in the Azores Lenient Stricter Property Bounds Amid Island Strife
A reflective account describes life on St Michael in the Azores, noting government limits on individual property, the equalized finances of households, and the pride in private gardens. It portrays hospitable islanders, emigration pressures, and passports requiring debt and crime clearance, with peasants unable to pay the 1550 fee and youths saving to gain freedom through work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferma
St. Michael's
Tiska St. Michaels
America
Rae Emall
Wolves Round Up Nevada Coyotes in Rabbit Hunt
A Nevada anecdote describes wolves and coyotes herding jack rabbits into a coordinated hunt across Himbelit Smoky valleys. It portrays the wolves’ tactics, the rabbits’ evasions, and the grisly, ritual feeding that follows, with vivid, period-voice observations from a Nevadan observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Svar
Jack Fabbits
Joseph Grundelmyer
Eac Ie
Bisi
Theo de
Fordes
Rand
Wolf
Louia
Patrons of the Sculptor and the Bust Craze
Women increasingly demand sculpted busts by renowned sculptors as a status symbol beside paintings. Marble conveys austere virtue while terra cotta offers lifelike warmth. The studio environment, pose constraints, and sculptors’ methods shape the finished likeness, drawing scrutiny from society women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eure
Frightened Steamboat Freethinkers in Inna Somo Exrumionists Tale
Fragments from a New York Tribune influenced column describe frightened passengers on a steamboat during a brief stop caused by engine trouble. A quivering crowd heard a hymn played and noted stray comments about protection against flies. The muddled report also mentions a French scientist Battard supposedly discovering plant oils acting as insecticides. Other snippets reference a town event and a Brooklyn Eagles note about a catem causing a fall as a jestful aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
New York
Mibune
Battard
Bodalo
Man Alou
Town
Likeness disputes and Patagonian cradle notes in 19th century musings
Fragments from a periodical page reveal a dialogue on achieving artistic likenesses with altered features. The text shifts to Yves de Tour on the West India coffee trade tracing its roots from Amsterdam to Haiti and Cuba, noting wealth and slavery. It also describes Patagonian cradles and a quirky Texas statistics comparison by Lips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Tour
Amsterdam
Louis
Iayti
San Domingo
Haiti
Hayti
Cuba
Edgar L. Wakeman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Eagle
Africa
United States
Islands
Randolph Street
Poulst
Ben
Chicago
Azores
Lepper
Howe
Notling
Brooklya Eagles
Brooklyn
Francis Head
Jnoves
Drake’ 'N Magazine
Bignem
Texas
France
Leas
Fourth National Bank
Wichita, Kansas
The
Wighita
Township Trustees
Justice Peace
Justice Peace Blanks
Constable Guides
Building & Loan Association
Coal and Mining Co
Stock Co
Notaries Records
Sealand Blanks
Wichita National Bank
E.u.coms
Pocket Real Estate Books
Scale Books
Cemetery Association
Eee AO
Magazine Binding Law Binding
Ding
Book Publishing
Shia Seeeini
Corey
R P. Murdock
Wichita Mercantile Co
Grocers
South Market Street
Wichita
Kansas
Wichita Eagle
MM Murdock & Br
and Bann Book Wiss
Justce
Busness Commons
R. P. Murdock
Hawn, Herron & C2
Herron & Co
Barcoue
Porto
Etamar
uveEy
Rice
Baxi Carter Buts
Douglas Aves
L.C. Jackson
Hacker & Jackson
State National Bank
Kan
Capital
J Paver
Paine
Sine
Recarria
Fe Lashaway
F.ereet
W. Skaper
Jae Tooter
Liane
Cor Main St
Dougusave
Mansa National Bank
Fassel
Farwis
Frank
Globe Iron Works
A, Flagg
Corn Sd
5Th Aves
Fonda
Supt
Missourt
Kaems
S. Lavi
Chyage
St Louis
Kansas City
Pueblo
Aut
Benvar
Paliman Budet Syepise
Colorado
Gt Louw
Kannas City
St Lawre
Pullman Barret
H.C Townsend
Jem Fame & Twkre Agt
Motor Line
Eagle Additio
Henry Schweiter
H. Schweiter
Semporla
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