Salem witchcraft and Illinois sorcery tales across time
The article recounts historical sorcery cases in Illinois and nearby regions. It notes Manuel the slave burned at the stake in 1779 under a Virginia law, mentions Moreau another slave hanged for witchcraft, and cites earlier Massachusetts witch trials. It references a white woman accused on Silver Creek and a Chicago coroner's 1802 verdict about death by a cat’s breath.
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Salem
Commonwealths
Massachusetts
Rebecca Nourse
Mass
Illinois
Manuel
John Todd
Ilinois
Todd
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Kaskaskia
Virginia
Moreau
Silver Creek
Peoria
Chicago
Sixitizens
Elaborate Indian prince letter tokens and a meeting with a prophet
A long letter to a native prince in India is described as a ritualistic, gold leaf page with a weighted seal, folded within a crimson and gold muslin bag, the last lines conveying the message while the rest bears ornate salutations. The outer address is a parchment slip attached to the bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
London Finds Underground Lake for Water Supply
London engineers report a vast chalk basin beneath the city containing pure water. The lake lies 100 feet below ground, spans about 2,500 square miles, with rainfall feeding a daily potential yield of billions of gallons. An artesian well at Clapham already yields 1 million gallons daily securing future supplies.
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London
Walter Mosely
London County Council
Clapham
New River Company
Deaths From Gas At Ardsley Casino Traced
Dr Hi Bem Keyes and his wife were found dead in a room at the Ardsley Casino Ardsley on Hudson N Y. They appear to have been accidentally asphyxiated by gas after Keyes presumably turned on the gas earlier in the evening.
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Hi. BE. Keyes
Ardsley
Ardsley-on-the- Hudson
N.Y
Keyes
General Gritfin
General Electric Company
Dobbs Ferry
Tory
Historic water projects and a near London crisis
In the reign of James I water was costly and scarce with the New River Company valued at a quarter share around $20,000. London’s county council seeks a cheap, local solution by tapping wells beneath the city after finding an inexhaustible reservoir 100 feet below London. A prior water famine in the East End spurred this bold plan to avert disease.
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James I
New River Company
County Council
East End
London
Wales
Captain Eulate's Lost Cigars Narrative at Jubilee Dinner
Captain Robly D. Evans of the Indiana recounted the surrender aftermath of Captain Eulate of the Vizcaya after Santiago. Evans described Eulate arriving soaked, bloodied, and dirt-streaked, a vivid illustration of naval warfare’s rough hospitality at the Clover Club jubilee dinner.
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Eulate
Viz‘aya
Santiago
Robly D. Evans
Indiana
Clover Club
Captain Evans
Cylindrical 60-pound shell strikes Baltimore amid war coverage
The excerpt describes a 60-pound shell fired from a battery toward the Baltimore, penetrating steel and decks, finally entering the engine room area aboard the Indiana during the Vizcaya incident. Commentary from Fighting Bob and assorted humorous quips follow, including tales of cigars and social notes about a house-warming.
Tarsier Declared Grandfather of Man in Philippines
In a quirky tale from the Philippines, Monsieur Tarsier joins Tagals and other beings in a lighthearted note on evolution. The animal is described as the grandfather of man, tracing its lineage from the tarsier to the common monkey and on to the anthropoid ape.
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Uncle Sam
Philippine Islands
Monsieur Tarsier
Tarsier Linked to Grandfather Monkey in Evolution Claim
The tarsier’s enormous eyes let it see in darkness and its monkey like limbs enable climbing. Professor Hubrecht argues the tarsier is a link between grandfather monkey and man, reshaping the evolutionary scale.
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Professor Hubrecht
University of Utrecht
Monsieur Tarsier
Tarsier
Names, puns and courtroom lore surface in legal reminiscences
The passage recalls juror skepticism in a murder trial, a defense counsel quip about letters, and a court's reaction to a witness. It notes Judge Flandrau recalling 1853 Supreme Court argument over Za al za named as Ahasuerus, and odd case names such as Shallcross ferry, Aon Hannah and Euthanasia. It closes with jokes about legal names like Dr Physick and a chaplain's ear plugging in battle.
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Minnesota
Charles E. Flandrau
Minnesota Law Journal
Supreme Court
Goodrich
Indiana
Shallcross
Hannah
California
Spanish Gunnery Impresses German Commander Geier Caption
Captain Jacobsen of the German cruiser Geier writes in the Marine Review of Borin about Spanish artillery in the Spanish American war. He notes a rare Spanish shell hitting an American vessel and the antiquated 1608 and 1718 dated howitzers at Morro. The piece recalls American fear and Spanish bluff under darkness.
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Jacobsen
Geier
Marine Review of
Borin
Santiago
Nery
Texas
Socopita
Lawa
Morro
Early Rail Travel and its Rough Beginnings
An old family letter recounts a first rail journey behind a locomotive. The traveler notes terrifying speed, screeching sounds, and soot on passengers, calling rail transport wasteful beyond time saved. She doubts travel by ordinary people, yet recognizes railroads’ future usefulness for business and goods movement.
Royal literary gossip and university art news
A fragmentary note book review lists works and authors including Sir Edwin Arnold and Mrs. Seb inshield with promised translations and novels. It mentions a future bronze bust of Edgar Allan Poe at the University of Virginia and updates on Lord Macaulay editions, Welsh and English literary figures, and a stray remark on a woman’s debt and a cow coffee tale.
English and American wit at a London dinner
At a London dinner an American guest recounts a humorous exchange with an English literary critic who derides American arts and letters. The critic quips about sleep knitting the sleeve of care, while a young American defends the term sleave and notes regional usage in Scotland. The critic admits a mistaken view and promises correction.
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Camilla Gordon
London
Lowell
States
Satire on Boston culture and a Nebraska railroad tale
A Critic writer mocks Boston culture in life and learning with satire. A Nebraska City to Beatrice rail line tale has a Boston brakeman mispronouncing Bayard Tree Bay station to comic effect, causing confusion and leading to his dismissal.
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Boston
Galileos
Giordano Brunos
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Beatrice
Private Murphy's Bargain Boots Cause Royal Confusion
British papers recount Private Murphy before the Devonport commander charged with selling kit. He claims two years of wear made the boots his property. The colonel corrects boots belong to the queen, prompting Murphy to joke about the queen taking twilves.
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Little Tompkins
Brown
Italy
Murphy
Devonport
One Man Railroad in Japan Atami to Odawara
The article describes a simple public railroad in Japan between Atami and Odawara. It is narrow gauge and operated by human power with cars seating four people each. A train of two or three cars is pulled uphill by about six coolies, reflecting a quaint, labor backed transit system.
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Atami
Odawara
Japan
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Jaguar
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Great Metropolis
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Manila
Joseph L. Stickney
Canacao
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Herg
London's Underground Lake
Washington
Vizcaya
Key West
Bob
Havana
The
Philadelphia Record
Gilgal
Mrs. Barkham
Glanders
Man
Chicago Evening Post
Bigg
Edwin Arnold
Asia
Marie Corelli
London Academy
J. M. Barrie
Lynn Lintos
Walter Savage Landor
Maus
Edgar A. Poe
Poe
George Julian Zolbig
York
Max Adele Heber Clark
Wordsworth
Knight Adrew
Tom Moore
Mushwell Hill
Lalla Rookh
Moore
Wiltshire
Lansdowne's Park
Mcaulay
Messrs. Longman
Albany
Lord Macaulay
Frankna
Scotland
England
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