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Mysterious Calamities and Odd Tales From 1885
A St Louis Republic writer recalls Meja poho Mexico legends of three men leaping into a lava crater at Mount Popocatapet, leaving only a white handkerchief marked Wy. D. alongside rumors of Edwin Davis and Scott vanishing in 1885. Other vignettes include fake artificial strawberries, tornado physics, a New York marriage misadventure, Napoleon’s private motherly dynamic, and a humorous London-Portland anecdote.
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St. Louis Republic
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Ewin Davis
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San Francisco
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Edwin Davis