Night and the Dawning of a Final Love
Ronald Cray, head of the engineering department in New Mexico, shelters Helen Ware a hunted woman who killed her brutal husband. In a city murder trial, Helen confessess only when the true killer, the murdered man’s wife, is revealed. The verdict spares Helen, allowing Ronald and Helen to marry and start anew in the West.
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Jim Syrett and Polly Raymond story of fate and love
A dying man named Jim Syrett tells of a lost romance with Nellie while his friend Bill, a widow Polly Raymond, and her husband Tom cope with illness and grief. Polly recalls a dream of Jim choosing her fate, as a child is born with a birthmark matching Jim’s memory, linking past love to present hope.
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Bear Visit During Mackenzie River Survey Diary Entry
A diary from a northwest Canada topographical party on the Mackenzie River recounts a bear encounter while camped on an island. The bear intruded as they awaited a boat south, the cook shooed it away with a backhand slap and joked that bear meat was tougher than bacon.
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New York Times
Parachute Headgear Claim for Early Fire Escapes
A 1870s era invention described by Popular Science Magazine features a parachute attached to headgear for escaping burning buildings. The inventor claims safe jumps from any height with landing cushioned by rubber overshoes absorbing the impact.
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Popular Science Magazine
Baker and Poet Jean Reboul Born in 1766
French baker and poet Jean Reboul, born 1766 in southern France, retained his baking work despite fame in Paris. He told Alexander Dumas that from five in the morning to four in the afternoon he was a baker and from five in the evening to midnight he was a poet.
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Jean Reboul
France
Paris
Alexander Dumas
Reason for Ancient Faith in Mistletoe
The article discusses ancient Celts and the mistletoe as a sacred object. It cites Frazer’s Golden Bough on why the mistletoe held magic, with Druids cutting it from oaks and using it in potions for fertility and healing.
Discovery of World’s Largest Human Skull in South Africa
Cupper's Weekly notes the largest human skull found in South Africa measures 8 and a half inches long with a 122 cubic inch capacity. It argues quality over quantity of brain, citing that a small skull can house a superior brain with many convolutions, comparing an elephant and an ant to illustrate intelligence does not track with size.
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South Africa
Cupper
Undiscovered African beasts Native reports describe ape and cat threats
Java dispatches mention the ngoloko an enormous ape and the nunda a colossal cat preying on men and cattle in Africa. A bear ape man called the sedopak is described as tall with long hair walking upright and swinging by its arms to hunt men, though it has not been captured or shot.
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Africa
Java
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