Fire losses tally across multiple properties and grain
Fire report lists total losses for residences barns and a mill associated with LaRue Miller Co. Insured values include German American Norwich Union and Fire Association among others. Notable losses include George Withney W Coburn Frank Cockburn branches Fox LaRue Miller Co grain and warehouse stock. Total estimated loss 816,650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branchflower
Fox’s
LaRue-Miller Co
C. C. Gibney
K. P
Marie Pattie
Commercial Union
Prosser & Scrumgard
Budde
Hanover
LaRue Miller Co
Phoenix
Will Building and Machinery, Fire Association
American Insurance Company of North American
Grain, Fire Association
German American Insurance Company of North American
Peter Haley
F. T. Fox
SOME INDIAN MAGIC. QUEER FEATS THE FAKIRS PERFORM IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
A reporter describes Indian fakirs performing daylight tricks near the Grand hotel Colombo. Tricks include a copper coin through the teeth to boil water in an empty jar, a dead cobra reappearing, and a boy being lifted by eye cups. The display, in sunlit plain air, challenges explainable magic and stirs debate on hypnotic power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Acientista
Michael Meyers Shoemaker
Herrmann
Kellar
Grand Hotel
Colombo
Sleep and the Dominant Idea Rule of Awake Time
A historical account on sleep control by fatigue and habit cites battles and torture as examples of sleep overriding wakefulness. It discusses dominant ideas guiding waking moments, the brain’s lower centers performing complex actions during sleep, and how daily routines or alarms influence awakening across individuals such as sailors, doctors, and soldiers. The piece notes ongoing scientific debate about why sleep occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Nile
Carpenter
Damiens
Paris
Birma
Lastory
Acre
Sir Edward Codrington
Bia
Lord Hood
Towlon
de. Andrew V. Ree
Harper's Mage Pe
Do Not Band Together Says Veteran Detective
A seasoned New Orleans detective argues criminals do not form gangs or tightly organized societies. He asserts burglars work solo or in pairs, and even pickpocket rings operate by small units, emphasizing that criminals betray each other to curry favor with police and avoid collective risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orst
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Peculiar Reactions To Wounds Among Soldiers
A New York Telegram account notes varied responses of a dozen soldiers when wounded in battle. Some continue fighting despite injury, others faint or tremble, while some cry out or appear shaken though the wound is minor. Case histories include officers hit simultaneously, one riding ten miles post amputation, another becoming maniacial, and a third dying from shock without external blood loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegram
Origin of the stump boat in South Seas use
The article notes the stump boat as an original water transport, observed among South Sea Island natives who paddle from a root seat. It recounts how a tired savage found a log afloat, leading to primitive propulsion, and includes a humorous lost and found column remark. It also speculates on vitality inheritance and longevity across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea Islands
Men of Science
Boston Transcript
Shared table customs under Louis XIV era and quotes
In Louis Quatorze era France the table used one huge dish and everyone served themselves with bare hands. By the mid sixteenth century a single glass served the whole table. The quote notes that people miss opportunities far more often than opportunities miss them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Quatorze
France
First Glance in Fifteen Years Shocks War Survivor
After fifteen years in prison and captivity, Cusai sees his reflection in a mirror for the first time upon release by General Kitchener in Omdurman. The sight reveals a ruined, hollow-eyed man, prompting tears and a flood of memories of loss, hunger, and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cusai
Cuzzi
Kitchener
Omdurman
Adders Swallowing Eggs Astonish Paris Museum
A group of native adders from the upper Kongo country, sent to the Paris Museum of Natural History by Father Guilleme, swallow duck eggs whole. The tiny snakes, rarely longer than 28 inches, use backward-slanted bones in the neck to pierce the eggs and drain the contents, ejecting the shells afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of Natural History
Paris
Father Guilleme
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Fire Demon Abroad
George Withney
W. Coburn
Frank Cockburn
John Daoley
Pierce
Mansheoter
John Dailey
Norwich Union
Jane Hsie
Reid
Grain
Orion
London & Lancaster
London
Merciat Union
R. Daeley
A. A. Withey
Dwelling
Lancaster
F. W. Cockburn
Associa
Tion
Hd. Hovey
American Fire
Queer
Fife
England
America
Ostend
Chicago News
Philadelphia Press
Hulott’s Magazine
Adders
Profesor
William James
Scribner’s
Wales
Britain
Scotland
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