Human Monsters Predate Nightmare Deeds Across Europe
A fragmentary account recalls brutal murderers such as Alfred Knapp executed in Hamilton QC in 2003 for wife and four others. It details Knapp’s confessed stranglings, a German killer known as the human mole with a trap and spike, and a Berlin tobacconist-turned-murderer who hid victims in pits, along with another German teacher Mueller linked to eight-year killings.
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Germany
Johano Bobble
Berlin
Bebbe
Mueller
Ducenburg
Bayreuth
Loudon
Hannibal Hamlin Carthaginian of Maine in Remarkable Duel
In the Maine legislature Hannibal Hamlin challenged John Holmes over leadership. Holmes mocked Hamlin’s complexion, prompting Hamlin to retort that his color comes from nature while Holmes drinks. The exchange drew applause and a notable sally: the young Carthaginian routed the old Roman.
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Maine
Hannibal Namjin
John Holmes
Hamlin
Holmes
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State House of Representatives
Hanlin
Hamnlin
Alfred
Lewiston Journal
One Way to Look at It in Cornish Humor
A humorous note from the English Illustrated Magazine offers a Cornish quip about teaching a boy the fiddle. A speaker jokes that a boy’s head is too big to hold more tunes, illustrating unconscious local wit with a short exchange.
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English Illustrated
Gwain
Moon and Earth Size Facts From The New York American
The Moon’s diameter is 2160 miles about a quarter of Earth’s. Its surface spans 14.6 million square miles, a thirteenth to fourteenth of Earth’s area. Earth’s volume exceeds the Moon’s by about 49.5 times, yet Moon material is lighter, with Earth’s mass over eighty-one and a half times Moon’s.
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New York American
Historical Revelation in Greek Tale Parody
The Kansas City Journal quotes a fable where Ulysses explains how Achilles was identified by a dropped handkerchief, a joke on disguise and gender perception in ancient myth. The line contrasts Greek wit with theatrical disguise in a playful, literary note.
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Achilles
Ulysses
Kansas City Journal
A Dime Novel Reader Quips On Johnny Splitting Kindling
A Washington Herald feature recalls a rattling exchange from a dime novel reader about telling Johnny to split kindling. The dialogue turns on Johnny’s refusal, with a grim line that he would swim in blood before obeying, illustrating a lurid, sensational tone.
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Washington Herald
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