Tramps Use Cipher Trails Across States
An interview with a Planter recounts how a jailed Cincinnati burglar known as Appetite Bill followed a partner down the road using marks carved on fences and posts. The method, involving a square and triangle, led to a Houston reunion after the partner’s release. The tale, from the New Orleans Times-Democrat, notes similar cipher trails observed in other cases and argues the practice is a curious, largely unreported aspect of tramp life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Houston
The
Eternity
William Sparks
Bill
Cincinnat
Ovid
Tex
Sparks
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Stony Brook
Strange prophecies and curious lore in old times
A collage of historical prophecies and legends shows Molay’s fate before execution and a sequence of royal and ecclesiastical doom. It also includes notes on butterfly pockets, Maori fairy tale stars, a quip about advertising, a joke about a playwright and audience, nicotine myths, South American horse gaits, and a witticism on love and money.
The Damsel of One Dimension in Verse
A fragmentary poem praising a slim, youthful ideal over fleshly display. It contrasts a genteel radiance with fuller forms and hints at a refined beauty lacking grotesque exaggeration, presenting a lyrical focus on slenderness and dainty charm.
Turned the Tables Surprises at East End House Lunch
A woman staged a lunch surprise for a visiting friend but forgot fruit, delaying shopping and letting the guest cook the meal instead. The tale, retold in Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph, contrasts intentions with outcomes. The column also notes Crème: premonitions of death and a Bronx Zoo sparrow scene, with readers urged to ponder telepathic impressions and childlike philosophy.
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Prises
Éast End
Atald
Sade
Pittsburg
West Ninety-sixth Street
Zoo
Bronx
Marion
New York Tribune
Snow Fleas On Snow Like Dark Patches Of Life
The piece describes snow fleas as real tiny insects that swarm on thawing snow forming black patches or dark gray fields. William Hamilton Gibson notes patches two feet across moving like shadows, with anecdotes of a snow crust field peppered with millions. The text cites moss and lichens as their habitats and comments on rustic beliefs about their celestial nature in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hamilton Gibson
Boston
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Tramp
Pat
H. F. Hedge
Clement V
Philip IV
Molay
Templars
Rienzi
Hiens
Nanning Koppezoon
Netherlands
Wishart
Cardinal Beaton
St. Andrews
Philadelphia Times
Cansell
Piri
Neko
Tane Tha
Chicago
John Knapp
St Louis
Bright
Knapp
Denver Post
Catholic Standard and Times
Ups
Lancet
Somerville Journal
Tia
Camille Vlammarton
Nouvelle Revue
M. Flammarion
Mammarion
Ordova
Eos
Ramsey County of Abstract Company
Zunich
Dr. Jones
Devils Lake
N. Dak
Cowan
Cor & McClory
P. J. McClory
Attorneys
Devils Lake, N D
Maglone
Magez
New York
Prectioss
Bétake
United Stater Land Office
North Dak
MM. T. Brennan, Chas. D. Kennedy
Brennan & Kennedy
W. M. Anderson
Norte Dar
J. 8. Thoe&Co
Devils Lake,n. D
Townsend & Denoyer
United States
North Dakota
Henry Morller
Draduste
University of Christians
Norway
Morller
Devils Lake, N. DB
Fourth Street
Farrington Avenue
Devils Lakh
HENRY HALE _sells
Wm. H. Brown & Co
Bartlett
NEY & Sec
Barnett
Prios
Gern Wader Cahraion Seret Farm
Saaretm Mers Salvation
Bri
Onewash
Casper Scratass
EastiFourth St
Devils Lake, N. D
Grand Forks
N.D
Tha Tellon
D.G. Duell
Ramsey County
N. D
Dents Lake
Witneasee
Viet Abram ‘Calot
Charl Calot
Ole M Mandt
Robert Wallace
Tola
E. H. Kent
Hoglater
N. Dos
Myron King
Seid Land
Vis
Michael Shes
Rickleburg
Patrick Shea
Thomas McBrierty
Starkweather
Ole Serumgard
Register
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