Santo Domingo Pueblo Ceremony Dances with Parrot Feathers
Harper's Weekly describes Santo Domingo Pueblo's August festival with elaborate processions of dancers in two town estutas, parrot feather ornaments, and cedar sprigs. Indian clowns, drums, and a vast crowd fill roofs and plazas as ceremonies unfold from dawn to night.
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Mexico
Santo Domingo
Sante Fe
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Estufa
Old Town
Harper's Weekly
Salt Taxes Provoke Peasants to Rise for Rights
A historical note explains how seventeenth century French peasants faced oppressive salt taxes under Louis XV. They were forced to buy seven pounds of salt annually, barred from selling it, and punished for violations, enduring hunger until their collective revolt helped spark the French Revolution.
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France
Louis XV
E. G
Thomas
Light and Bright Snippets of Street Dialogue and Jokes
A collection of humorous vignettes and quick banter from everyday life. Mischief in a church sermon, a wheelwright as spokesman, streetcar interactions, a portmanteau joke, worker strikes, a psychology quip, elevator speculation, a rescuer’s tale, a Chinese custom, a mother and child moment, courtroom bravado, a signatory joke, and notes on a Newburg New York ice machine promising pure, inexpensive ice.
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Boces—Stanley
Fogg
Boggs
Shakepeare
Miss DeWitt
Sue
America
Cure for Sea Sickness by Kola Seed
Naval surgeon Charles W. Hamilton reports a kola seed remedy for sea sickness. Chewing ½ to 1 drachm of kola seed, then waiting about forty minutes, stops symptoms and stabilizes heart action. He argues kola's stimulant effects may protect sailors in heavy weather and suggests broader trials. Detroit Free Press.
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Charles W. Hamilton
Mal de Mer
Royal Navy
Africa
Detroit Free Press
Notable World Bridges and Their Lengths
A compilation lists major bridges with lengths and spans: Tay 10 320 feet. London bridge wine feet long. Forth 8 091 feet. Crumlin 1 800 feet. Brittannie 1 511 feet. Susquehanna 3 500 feet. Brooklyn 5 929 feet. Ohio river compension at Cincinnati 2 220 feet. Hudson river bridge proposed over five and one fourth miles. total cost 40 000 000. greatest span 2 850 feet. Southwark iron arch 240 feet span. Victoria railway bridge Montreal two miles long cost over 5 000 000.
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Crumlin Bridge
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Hudson River
Southwark
Thames
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Demographics and notices from a 19th century paper
The item lists counts of Indians by occupation and location, church membership totals, and cites various ads and notices. Included are claims about a catarrh cure, a firemen reward, nerve tonic treatment, Lutheran church counts by nationality, a book offer in exchange for soap wrappers, and the bicentennial of Charleston’s First Baptist Church observed in late November 1885.
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South
First Baptist Church
Charleston
South Carolina
Early rising linked to vigor and health in medical note
The British Medical Journal cites early rising as a beneficial practice for health and discipline. It notes that long histories of early rising align with short sleep to reduce fatigue, promote appetite for meals, and support wholesome meal timing throughout the day.
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British Medical Journal
Loxpew Post Riffs On Respect For Queen Victoria
A Loxpew correspondent notes the cost of bowing to Queen Victoria ranges from S500 to $1.14 in jest. The piece shifts to a poker analogy about drawing the Queen if the arhar three appears in hand.
Indian Hemp cure miracle and engine vibration note
A physician reports his daughter cured of consumption after failing remedies. A free recipe is offered on receipt of two stamps. The notice also claims hemp cures night sweats nausea and can break a fresh cold in 24 hours. Also a technical remark notes bolted engines with heavy weights reduce vibration in upper stories.
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Unis
H. James
Craddock & Co
Wik Race
Philadelphia
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Scooper
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Hood
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J.S. Parker
Fredonia
N. Y
Hall
Cragin & Co
Phila
U.S
Canada
California
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Cal
Louisville
WEW Vora
Oesemen
Ension
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Ti Ter
Asbinates
DR. Tobias
New York
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HR. I
Te Braces Shera
Andones E Obis
Ingraham
Amsterdam
N.Y
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Pennyroyal
Moet Dale
von Ame
Faye
Metlon
Padea
Ase
Rotares
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Capolio
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