Murder Fiend in Southend Gets Two More
In Southend a murder spree frightens the city as a bookkeeper is killed and a deputy sheriff is wounded. Reporter Haden and editor Farnum race to confirm the culprit while an ambulance and a later hospital stay heighten suspense as a midnight extra reveals a dramatic capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southend
Haden
star
the News
Farnum
the
News
Burke
Roswell
Jaden
Albert Haden
Allen road
Carson
Hardy
Fish
extra
Farnam
phanthams
Bird Songsters Not of the Same Family
William Lyon Phelps notes in Scribner's Magazine that English blackbirds are thrushes, not true blackbirds by American naming. He explains our thrushes and robins share musical talent, while Europe’s robin is a warbler. The piece clarifies regional naming differences and musical ability across families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lyon Phelps
Scribner’s Magazine
Phelps
Europe
robin
England
Ohio State Journal
Musical Blues and the Value of Blue Notes
A musician explains that blues arose from mixed chords and unintended discords. Discharged players who overused blue notes are noted, while modern blues value grows with more of these suggestive sounds resembling animal and train noises.
Oslo's enduring old town roots amid Christiania ties
A historical note recalls King Harold founding a town in 1048 named Oslo on Oslofjord’s eastern edge, later burned in 1096. Despite incorporation into Christiania, the old Oslo never vanished, with citizens retaining ancient privileges and their coat of arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Christiania
Oslo
The Fly Flew
An art critic ridicules a painting by claiming the artist lacks technique and understanding. He critiques form in trees grass and clouds and laughs at a supposed fly painted to catch attention. The fly then departs mid-critique, ending the gallery moment.
Ah Wong Born Tired a Smuggler of Fortune
A long comic tale follows Ah Wong, an American jail substitute who repurposed jail time into a booming criminal hospitality career. Born in Canton and smuggled to Boston, he invents a crime career by taking the place of others for money, ending with a lavish escape aboard the Peking bound for Hongkong and an arranged marriage awaiting in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Mall
Peking
Hongkong
Maine
California
Ah Wong
Canadian
Canton
America
Boston
underground railway
China
Sam Chin
house of correction
hall
Sum Chin
New York
San Francisco
Denver
Providence
Yee Get
Philadelphia
United States
Early petroleum extraction from water and first oil well
The text traces early oil collection by skimming surface oil at Point Creek Kentucky where settlers used canals and poles to stir sands yielding up to 200 barrels yearly. It notes the 1854 Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, its failure, and 1887 Seneca Oil with Drake drilling Oil Creek’s first deliberately drilled well. The well reached 69 feet before tools dropped into a crevice and struck oil, yielding 25 barrels daily for a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Creek
Johnson county
Kentucky
George
Pennsylvania Rock Oil company
Seneca Oil company
BL. Drake
Oil creek
Pennsylvania
The Wise Raconteur at the Club Conversation
Two men discuss storytelling tactics at the club. One notes a peculiar gleam in a listener’s eyes signals inattention as the listener plans the tale he intends to tell next. The exchange blends humor and insight into oral storytelling etiquette.
Pinchbeck alloy and its use in cheap goldlike jewelry
Pinchbeck, an alloy of copper and zinc named after its London inventor who died in 1782, was used for cheap jewelry that looked like gold but weighed less and lacked resonance. Typical composition is 85-90% copper with 10-15% zinc, sometimes tin is added. the term pinched can refer to anything counterfeit, as in Trollope’s line about pinch deck days.
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London
Anthony Trollope
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DENTON NATIONAL BANK
DENTON, MARYLAND
Federal Reserve System
Preston Hardware and Auto Company
Canning house
Automobile accessories
CARL R. DEEN
Hourglass
HAMILTON
ILLINOIS
R. C. JACKSON
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
GREENSBORO, MD
BH. JS. WRIGHT
OPTOMETRIST
CHARLES H. STEELMAN
North 3rd St
Denton, Md
JOS. H. ROCHE
Goldsboro
Aid
6th street
Jay*Alao
GEORGE E. CULVER
T-4
Denton
aredale
TODD
Mobs
Denton Volunteer Fire Co
Caroline county
Ridgely BusLine
Denton P. O
Ridgely
Denton Auto Company
Greensboro
DENTON BUS CO
F. W. TUNNELL & CO. INC
North Fifth St
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Geo. Johnson
T. Olin Ford
Marydel
JOURNAL Office
Short Story Pub, Co
courthouse inn
Fisk
city hall inn
police
walt
Allerbout de
Norway
JAMES D. ELLSWORTH
Short Story Pub. Co
Pinchbeck
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