Ghosts of the Guillotine Haunt 19th Century Executioner
Paris remembers Deibler the 78 year old headsman who after 35 years of killings attempted suicide and is tormented by visions of his victims. Doctors label his condition monomania while he clings to memories of Carrara, Marie Chanut, and the severed remains that haunt his sleep.
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Deibler
Paris
Roe
Carrara
Marie Chanut
Algiers
Charcot
Salpetriere
England
Russia
Afghanistan
Yusufzia
Colin Mackenzie
Kabul
The Rattlesnake King of Southern California
Abner Dodge, a rattlesnake hunter living with a 14 year old boy assistant in a log cabin near Lytle Creek canyon in the San Bernardino mountains, runs a small snake farm and sells rattlesnake oil and skins to miners and curio shops. He recalls handling thousands of snakes, shares tales of tracking and scouting, and explains basic fieldcraft and observation learned from years in the hills.
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California
Abner Dodge
Lytle Creek Canyon
San Bernardino
Sierra Madre Range
Abner
New York
San Antonio Canyon
Snake Farm
Arizona
Dan
Blaine
Misunderstood Patriotism From a Civil War Vet
Professor Alfred B. Adams, a New York veteran of the Civil War, recalls a Red River campaign episode. He describes surprising a southern garrison, capturing cotton bales marked C. 8. A. under U. S. A. stencils, and a southern officer’s joke about the United States of American Cotton Stealing Association.
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Alfred B. Adams
New York
Red River
Nathaniel T. Banks
Europe
Banks
Yank
United States of America
Confederate States of America
United States of American Cotton Stealing Association
False Face Cure Masks of the Iroquois
The New York World notes how Iroquois false faces served ritual purposes. Some of these hideous masks are still preserved, reflecting their mysterious traditional use.
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Philis Gleet
New York World
Brazil Eyes Modern Navy Copy From US and Japan
In Rio de Janeiro Admiral Pinto da Luz says Brazil studies the best warship types and plans to copy the United States and Japan. He notes US Kentucky and Japan’s latest cruisers as ideal models and says orders are given to obtain authentic data through Brazilian legations.
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Rio de Janeiro
Pinto da Luz
New York Times
Brazil
United States
Japan
England
Alexandria
Yalu
Cavite
Santiago
Kentucky
The French Workman and the Revolt Dilemma
Richard Whiteing argues in Century that the French workman faces two modern pull factors the state church and reform groups offering bribes for conformity while longing for utopian upheaval He rejects second best and views revolution as the default path shaping modern French history and politics.
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Church
Richard Whiteing
Century
Ainslie's Magazine Poem: War and the Screaming Ball
In verse, Arthur Strings recounts a war where a relentless foe stalks the speaker. The speaker vows and fights to the enemy’s heart, firing a decisive shot that wounds him and reaches the heart of a loyal woman who did no wrong. The poem reflects blame, vengeance, and the cost of conflict.
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Arthur Strings
Ainslie’s Magazine
Mercy Rich Yet Quiet in Colonial Tale
In a Colonial sketch from the Detroit Journal Ezekiel loves Mercy madly yet Mercy insists she does not need his dough she is rather wealthy in her own right The exchange reveals Mercy's independence and status amid quaint colonial manners.
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Ezekiel
Mercy
Detroit Journal
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Lotine
Rattlesnake King
Baden-Powell
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
South Africa
Kashmir
Ene
CC Kon Lumber
Siluomber
Perry Street
Allen
Olmsted
Leroy
N.Y
Mackintosh
Davis
AR Roebuck & CO
Chicaco
Ill
Ac Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward & Coo
Michigan Ay
Madison St
Chicago
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