Giant Cardiff statue story ends in buried wonder
The Cardiff Giant tale recounts how John Henry Hull and partners moved a 2,900 pound gypsum block across miles and a railway detour to New York and Boonesboro then buried it in a well near Cardiff. Residents later paid to view the alleged fossil, while Harvard scholars debated its authenticity.
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Free Love and Human Nature in a Satirical Rant
A fragmented monologue debates free love as a liberty tainted by sin and vice. The speaker mocks idealized affection, comparing humanity to a garden of Eden and noting moral decay, citing sexual libertinism, vice, and the devil as the earliest example of free love.
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Spell and Witchcraft Trial Under Holt’s Recollection
An anecdote recalls Lord Chief Justice Holt presiding over a witchcraft case. A poor woman faced arraignment as a line from a classical poem served as evidence of a spell. Holt questioned the provenance, the parchment line was handed over, and the judge recounts a past ruse where money minded officials let the accused go free. The woman was acquitted amid accusations of bribery and credulous jurors.
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Ex-Empress Enmenio Visits Madrid Mother In Splendor
The ex Empress Eugenio tours Madrid to visit her mother famed for grand hospitality and business skill. She oversees the Montijo estate assets, noted for orderly management uncommon among Spanish grandees. A Scotch birth detail is cited to explain her sharp acumen. An unrelated local incident describes Ephraim Cole Sr. involved in a barn fire accident.
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