The Hill Country Abulfath and the Lindsleys Mystery
In a Courtland club tale, detective Breen recalls a murder case tied to Abulfath of the hill country and a jewel of three mysteries. Lindsley dies on a bridge after a shadowy pursuit. the Hindoo is blamed, then cleared. Abulfath and Sadra vanish to the hills, leaving a broken back as the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahib
Lindsley
Abulrath
Dhangan
Punjab
Hindustan
Sadra
Allah
Delhi
Sanscrit
St. Luc CIA
Hindoo
Fanshaw
Not a Candidate Story of a Virginia planter seeking labor
Secretary F D Coburn recalls a Virginia planter who could not hire help at employment offices and meets a Sunken-eyed African American man on the curb. The planter questions him about work while the man, barely awake, resists, saying he will not work if he can find something else to do. The scene reflects old urban labor tensions and casual racial dynamics.
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Sahib
Punjab
Robert Breene
America
Lindsley
John
Scott
India
Wanshaw
Dan
F. D. Coburn
Virginia
Richmond
Curbstone
Yassah
New York Journal
Napoleon’s Vanity and the Bee as Emblem
A historical note on how Napoleon adopted the bee as a royal emblem after discovering ancient bee-like ornaments at Childeric’s tomb in 1653. The piece suggests the bee and fleur-de-lis may be the same symbol viewed differently, tying Napoleon’s era to Clovis and French royal iconography.
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Napoleon
Childeric
Clovis
Louis XIV
Forces Pipe Through Ground With New Jack Device
A novel pipe-forcing jack promises extensive trench savings for plumbers. By starting a ditch long enough for the jack to enter, long service pipes can be laid with minimal trenching. The device drives up to four inch pipe and has forced as much as 280 feet of two and a half inch pipe through earth.
Halibut Migration to Deep Water Cited by Scientist
The article notes halibut moved to deeper waters in the early 20th century and are now caught at 150 to 360 fathoms in deep sea galleys. It describes halibut stunning methods to capture cod and records a 350 pound halibut roer roe weighing 44 pounds with over two million eggs cited by Prof David Starr Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Starr Jordan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abulfath
By M. Woodruff Newell
Young Fanshaw
Courtland Club
Robert Breen
Tindsleys
Coney Island
Wonderland
Stonington
Hindan
Lindsley’s
Lindsley House
Mr. Lindsley
Mrs. Lindsley
Tam
Chang
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