Count Berchtold Implicated in Brunn Train Plot
In January 1914 Count Berchtold is targeted aboard a Prague to Brunn train amid Balkan tension. Doctor Mattei, with allies Bunsen and an unnamed diplomat, stages a staged shooting to enable a covert operation revealing Berchtold’s defection risk and a crucial Albanian plot. The climax occurs in Brunn as Berchtold is treated and the forged threat is exposed.
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Europe
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey
Germany
Russia
Serbia
Bosnia
France
Morocco
Great Britain
England
Sir Edward Grey
Dresden
Berlin
Count Berchtold
Vienna
Herr Thyssen
Munich
Herr von Gwinner
Leipzig
Ernst von Heydebrand
Franz
Thyssen
von Gwinner
Brunn
Foreign Office
Devonport
Dover
Brann
Prague
Bohemian
Hussars
Doctor Mattei
M. Max Bunsen
St. Petersburg
Mattei
Rome
Vatican
Quirinal
Bunsen
Embryo Machiavellis
Ishmaels
M. Bunsen
Albania
Italy
William of Wied
Tripoli
Aviona
Durazzo
Engel
Saint Therese Hospital
Mr. X
Berchtold
Berch
Berehtold
Mattel
Matteim
Pig shaving anecdote tied to Salmon P. Chase tale
A Youth's Companion recounts how Salmon P. Chase as a boy kept an Episcopal bishop uncle’s boarding school chores and pig task by shaving a pig with his uncle’s razors after failing to bridle bristles with hot water. Lincoln told the story once to cabinet. Chase reportedly lacked humor, and the president did not repeat it.
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Salmon P. Chase
Ohio
United States
United States Treasury
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Chase
Didier
Lincoln
Chase
Ravages of Rust on Railways and Bridges
The article notes heavy metal loss from rust on railways, estimating over eighteen tons daily for one system. It cites the cost of painting bridges like Forth at about £1,000 per year and describes constant repainting work due to weather. It discusses factors causing rust and the quest for rustless metals.
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Forth Bridge
Dangerous jellyfishes and their stings across seas
The common jellyfish on British shores can cause painful experiences for bathers with orange and blue species less common in local waters. Philippine medusae described by S. F. Light show tentacle stings that cause swelling, blisters, cardiac and respiratory issues, and severe pain. Palawan natives report possible fatalities. Sugar solution ingested and vinegar applied externally are used as remedies.
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S. F. Light
Palawan
Mother's Responsibility Sermon on Anger and Health
A Mother's Magazine note cautions mothers to avoid anger envy and revenge as violent thoughts allegedly affect physical health. It claims angry nursing mothers can poison their infants and trigger abscesses tumors cancers and other lesions in the child.
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Mother's Magazine
Seats of the Mighty in Three-Legged Chairs
A quotation notes ancient custom where disputants philosophers priests and sibyls during oracles were seated on three-legged chairs, reflecting ritual posture and authority across traditions.
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Doctor Mattel
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Count Berchthold
Herman Thyssen