Knocks and Scratches Form a Prisoners Message System
A Chicago News piece describes a prison knock alphabet used in Belgorod Russia Siberia with varied knocks and positions signaling letters words and phrases. It details how walls bites nails fists and fingers produce distinct sounds and shapes indicate letters numbers and coded terms.
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Russia
Siberia
Belgoral
Trisugte
Lae
Coar
Belgorod
Germain
Jeunesse
Michael Malkoff
Chicago News
Indolent Cuban Montero and a Wandering Bicyclist in China
Excerpts compare the montero's wealth free life to repetitive labor by others in Cuba with no want. A narrator in China recounts street frenzy as a bicyclist tours Kingan-foo, sparking chaos, alarm squeaks, and crowds fleeing in glee and mischief.
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Montero
Ile
Guajiro
Fdwanl
Wakeman
China
Kingan-foo
Grand Trunk Road
India
Thomas Stevens
A New Standard of Length by Light Wavelengths
Popular Science News reports Michelson and Morley proposing a wavelength based standard of length. Their method claims accuracy to one ten millionth part, using sodium light as a reference, offering a fixed standard reproducible anywhere.
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Messrs
Michelson
Morley
Popular Science News
Quiet confrontation at the dekyards hints at unresolved rivalry
A stylized dialogue implies a tense scene with Gus Slasher unusually silent after a victory at dekyards. The speaker jokes a missing razzer explains the quiet mood, signaling an offbeat exchange without explicit violence.
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Gus
Sam
Chile
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