A Tale of Porto and the Devil's Sentry Box
A veteran officer recounts the haunted sentry box at Fort San Cristobal in Porto Rico. An American soldier recalls a night of temptation to desert then escape, and the story of disappearances tied to the devil's box. The piece notes Porto Rico's historic defenses and Port El Morro's unique surrender to Americans.
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The
Miliary Service Institution
Arthur P. &. Arde
Coast Artiller
Port San Cristofl
San Juan
Porto Rico
Wille
Fort San Cristobal
Spantah
Gabe
Hyde
Port el Morro
The Printer Who Learned Sanskrit Through Hard Labor
The tale recounts Max Muller correcting Sanskrit proofs with a printer who, though paralyzed, learned about 506 type symbols to handle Rigveda printing. The printer’s intuitive corrections arose from his hands and routine, not scholarly doubt, revealing a remarkable human machine blending skill and persistence.
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Max Muller
Evory
Muller
Efe
Muler
Artemus Ward
Bureau
St. James' Gazettes
The Bird Clown A Queer Kind of Fellow the Yellow Breasted Chat
A historical wildlife note describes the yellow breasted chat as a remarkable and elusive clown of the woods. It details its wary behavior, nest placement, and the challenge of observing the bird without startling it, including patient creeping and long waits near its nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Catbird
St. Nicholas
Peculiar Accidents and Aerial Miracles Across History
A serialized account recounts remarkable falls and near misses involving climbers, balloonists, and parachutists. It notes Mae el and her daughter surviving a 1200 foot fall, Mt Whymper’s miraculous escape, a Chicago tower collapse scare, and Charlie Woolcot’s parachute disaster in Venezuela. It ends with Mr Wise’s balloon incident, the craft turning into a parachute and the explorer surviving a violent crash.
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Mae
Zermatt
Grotser
Whymper
Aineet
Aut
M. Pervile
Oxtin
Chicago
Charlies Woolcot
Venezuela
Woolcot
Wise
Mr. Wise
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Woman weighs box on subway scale in New York
A subway passenger sets a narrow polished oak box on a weighing machine at a station to learn its weight. She drops a penny and notes the box weighs ten pounds, then leaves with a smile and boards a train.
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New York UN
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Ras
Trowell
W. W. Mann
Orange Avenue
Fort Pierce
Florida
H. P. Kiblinger Automobile
Yuag
W. P. Underwood
Fort Piereili
Atlantic Coast Line RR
A. W. Fritot
Frank C. Boylston
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Jacksonville Flor
Blue Ribbon
Cincinnati
Jacksonville, Fla
Bond
Guckenheimer
North Carolina
Laurel Valley
Paul Jones
Lewie
Harper
Cascade Tennessee
A. Blum
Monogram
Blunt
Blum
Sheridan Club
Chas. Blum & Co
W. Bay ST
Fred Fee
Reliance Life Insurance Co
L. Lowry
Tampa, Fla
Steve Wood
H. R. Howai
Pin Cave
Trowe
EC Miller
CH. Munch &Co
Fort Pierce Drug
Ad Arnold
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