Night of torture and wrongful confession in Indiana lynching case
In Oxford Indiana in the 1880s hotel keeper George W. King was abducted by masked men who whipped him and hanged him twice to force a confession that he killed Dr Rowe. Rowe later testified confessed innocence. King sued the Horse Thief Detective Company for damages and won a $25,000 settlement and bought a farm near Lafayette where he lived until his death at seventy eight.
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George W. King
Oxford
Lafayette
Ind
Dr. Rowe
King
Rowe
R' J
Rogers
Haggard
Horse Thief Detective Company
Benton
Warren
Tippecanoe
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Louisville
Illinois
Thomas A. Hendricks
Vice
Time in Turkey and Its Chaotic Clocks
Nicholas C. Adessides argues that Turkish timekeeping is erratic as sunset defines noon and hours shift seasonally. He notes widespread lateness among officials, scarce workdays, and religious festivals reducing official activity across the year in the Ottoman Empire.
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Turkey
Council of Ministers
Nicholas C. Adessides
American Magazine
Goethe on Clear Writing and Noble Style
Quote by Goethe stressing that clear thinking precedes clear writing and noble style, highlighting the link between disciplined thought and elegant prose.
The Cabin Boy A Relic Of A Bygone Sea Era
An veteran sea captain recalls how cabin boys disappeared from modern merchant marine after fifty years at sea. He describes strict duties for youths, jokes at their expense, and how current ship design leaves no room for boy sailors.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Power of Habit Strong
A Detroit Free Press quote recalls a woman’s compulsion to check under beds for burglars. She notes the habit persists in any setting even a hotel room with a folding bed, where she still looked beneath before sleeping. She jokes about laughing at herself afterward.
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Detroit Free Press
London In White A Vision Of A White City
A Brit ish Architect admires whitewashing London to create a pristine backdrop for color. He suggests painting the whole city white to brighten the sky and emphasize gold and blue tones, then adding color sparingly.
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London
Keeping Up to Date Story Echoes Past Tale
A housewife voices skepticism that the current tale differs from last year’s account. Plodding Pete responds that after a long period one should show some improvement, implying ongoing effort or change.
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Weill
Pete
Washington Star
Inflammatory Speech Draws Stark Wordplay
A political orator devolved into a rambling address with phrases about a grave situation and an acute crisis. The reporter noted the speaker’s delivery and used the quip circum fox to describe the performance in a light, ironic mood.
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Circum Fox
Being Friendly With The Weather In Daily Life
A meditation on accepting weather and avoiding constant complaint. The author argues climate adapts with attitude, citing urban weariness and wilderness resilience, then shifts to travel prose praising Cairo’s blue mosque tiles and Gamia el Movayad for their art and uplifting effect. Robert Hichens in Century.
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Garden of Eden
Sabin
Lippincott’s
Ibrahim Aga
Lorgia
Etna
Caire
Cairo
Robert Hichens
Kinnik kinic used as tobacco substitute by explorers
A Washington Times report quotes a club member who, becalmed in the Canadian wilds, traded tobacco for kinnik kinic. Guides directed them to the inner bark of the red willow, dried and cut to resemble tobacco, a practice used by Indigenous peoples when real tobacco is unavailable.
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Washington Times
North Dakota
The Blue Mosque of Ibrahim Aga in the Citadel
The Blue Mosque, known to lovers as the mosque of Ibrahim Aga, sits beside a ramshackle street. Its exterior looks rough at first, with striped walls and a small ablution space. Inside the arcade, the vast pillars loom, while the tiles reveal a living blue hue that captivates visitors.
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Ibrahim Aga
Mohammed Ali
Primitive Siamese measures trace weight and volume roots
In Siam a cocoanut shell holds 830 tamarind seeds for liquid measure, and twenty such units fill a wooden bucket. Dry measure uses 30 tamarind seeds per k anahn, twenty five k anahn per sat, and eighty sat per kwien, illustrating primitive origins of weights and measures.
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Siam
The First Slow One and the Initiation Joke
A New York Press snippet recalls a playful moment where a man asks if he is the first to be kissed and receives a witty reply about past initials.
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Clarence
New York Press
Husband’s Love Letters Drawn From Drawer
A bride complains her husband writes beautifully and a witty retort says a drawer at home holds his letters. The exchange appears in a brief vignette from the Manchester Guardian.
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Manchester
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Red River Valley
Minnesota
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Great Northern
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Northern Pacific
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du Chien Sanatorium
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