The Wiysterious bird of Viant Pelee voyage tale
A woman seeks help from a mysterious sorceress after her fiancé Tom McLaren sails from New Orleans to Rio de Janeiro and vanishes. She learns of a perilous journey, weathered storms and a fiery Mont Pelee eruption seen later in Martinique, while Tom recounts visions of a dark bird and near-disastrous voyage.
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Tou McLaren
New Orleans
Rio Janeiro
Lex
Tom
Ile
Caribbean
Kitty Kelly
Trinidad
rotary
Bahamas
Pio Janeiro
Srinidad
Santo Domingo
Martinique
tropics
St. Pierre
Pelee
Mont Pelee
Web of the Spider Uses of its Silk by Beebe
C William Beebe notes in the New York Post that spiders weave webs with myriad uses beyond catching prey. He describes silk production, web construction, flight lines for ballooning spiders, and aquatic spiders carrying air bubbles, highlighting the ingenuity of these eight legged creatures.
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spider
epiders
C. Wlliam Beebe
New York Post
Abroad Oddities and Napoleon's Tomb Echoes
A fragmentary column notes curious abroad happenings and oddities. It recalls a cosmetic shop scene in Manover street, a Parisian tomb scene at Les Invalides with amber glass light, and a brief meditation on the purse’s invention alongside biblical travel guidance.
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Napoleonis
Chapel of the Invalides
Paris
Napoleonies
Popular poet turns up in unexpected verse
A light exchange highlights a famed writer's absence from recent works and the crowd’s fond speculation about his continued influence. The dialogue hints that despite silence, the poet remains highly popular among readers and critics alike.
Aborigines of Africa Kattee or Vaalpens Study
Scientific American discusses the Kattea or Vaalpens as a potential aboriginal people south of the Zambezi. The piece notes their small stature about four feet, pitch black complexion, habit of living in ground holes, rock shelters, or occasional hotels, and lack of arts or weapons. Communication is via barter and gesture, with a language distinct from Bushman and Bantu. Each family group is led by a headman chosen for merit rather than heredity.
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Africa
Zambezi
Transvaal
Limpopo
Queer Marriage Custom of the Mijis Tribe
The M JL t tribe along the Limpopo reportedly requires a groom to wear a reed dress for three months of seclusion before marriage. The bizarre garb, tied with grass, appears to deter early nuptials, and mounted police faced resistance when photographing Benedicts among the tribe.
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Limpopo
mounted police
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The People N ational Bank
Denton, Maryland
JOSEPH W. BERNARD
FRED. R. OWENS
ORMOND W. DOWNES
Castliier
BENNETT TODD
Teller
WILLIAM H. NUTTLE
Joserh H. Bresaxn
Greensboro
Frep
R. Owens
Denton
ALBERT W. Sisk
Preston
Robert Jakre L
Goldsboro
Thomas L. Day
Ridgely
ALBERT G. Towers
Frank P. Covey
Pau Hosincer
Henry T. Nutive
Andersontown
WILtard C. Topp
Williston
H. Cray Hoans
Hobbs
B. F. Jackson
HE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK
Caroline
eaton
ORMON
W.OWNES
Lorain Steel Range
Nuttle Hardware Company
Maryland
JAMES T COOPER
Undertaker
Cooper
Pesience
Main street
M. K. FRANTZ
PRODUCE COMMISSION
TERMINAL MARKET
PHILADELPHIA
DENTON NATIONAL
Capital
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
T. C. WEST
CASHIER
Viant Pelee
Lucy
Ihe
black Samus
Sam Lathrop
tim
Sarah
oie
bincek
WEB OF THE SPIDER
Commerce Street
South Holliday St
BALTIMORE
J. HARRY ROSE
Manover street
Ceell
M. ‘Toupet
colffeur
Pall Matt Gazette
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