The Bank Job and a Lawyer's Firelit Escape
In a London firm a disputed 14 000 pound deal ends with Edward Chapman and Arthur Starling amid scrutiny. Starling is robbed and later the chase leads to Blumenthal’s office where a search uncovers the notes hidden in a chimney recess.
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Edward Chapman
Arthur Starling
Starling
Chapman
Leltar
Isaac Blumenthal
Chepman
Bathtridge
Son Weriously
Fegir
Sald Starling
Kreutser
Blunenthal’s
Law Court
New Square Gate
Chancery Lane
The
Union of London
Holborn
Gray's
Scroas
Number Two
Ile
Blumenthal
Bow Street
Sir John Bridge
Sir John
Burnaby
Mr. Blumenthal
Sterling
Old Mosenthal
Hinumenthal
Millionaires in Leisure Hours and the Flat Fish Tale
A braided excerpt blends a poem about rich children with a children's tale where a boy Clarence wonders about swimming stones and meets a talking flounder. The tale follows the flounder explaining how a looking glass caused fish to become flat, leading to a grand party and a clumsy squashing accident that alters the fish’s shape forever.
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New York Mail and Express
Hadeda birds and Dutch children in a quaint sketch
A lively column recounts the Hadeda native to South Africa known for crying Pa Pa Pa and tame house presence. It also notes joyful Dutch children with breeches and caps, and a family tale of Herbert and a baby sister ending in a joking bargain day remark.
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South Africa
Herbert
Baby
Mamma
Christian Register
Why Flounders Are Flat
The passage follows Clarence Beach's curiosity about life near Neptune's palace and his restless questions about the sea realm. He travels from the bottom of the ocean, driven by wonder, and encounters a sequence of strange, new things prompting further inquiry.
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Clarence Beach
Neptune’s Palace
Powerful Dredge Built For Sacramento River Levee Work
A newly built clamshell dredge for Sacramento river levee work features a 156 foot boom and lifts 25 tons of earth per bite. The machine shows the scale of flood protection efforts at the river mouth.
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Sacramento River
Merchants' Fund of Philadelphia Aids Degraded Wealth
A Philadelphia society named the Merchants' Fund Association quietly supports former wealthy merchants in distress. Founded in 1854 to help aged and infirm indigent merchants, it has paid out over 400000 in benefits since inception. In the latest year 43 beneficiaries received 10200, while the fund grows with new accretions to an invested pool.
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Philadelphia
Alexander Pope
Allen
Jay Cooke
N. Parker Shortridge
Lincoln Godfrey
Joel J. Bally
Justus C. Strawbridge
Isaac H. Clothier
John H. Converse
Richard Wood
Merchants’ Fund Association
South Fourth Street
Virtues of the Papaw in Mosquito Defense
Percy Groom reports from China that papaw trees along a river kept mosquitoes away. He observed no insects on the trees while nearby bamboo and banana plants attracted many. After typhoons felled trees, insects increased, suggesting the papaw may repel pests or preserve meat via scent or antiseptic action, possibly due to a volatile ferment.
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Tropics
Percy Groom
Nature
China
Groom
Nuremberg’s Falling Walls and Rich Heritage
The London Daily Chronicle notes Nuremberg’s aging walls once guarded Europe and its burghers wealth. It recalls the 15th century influx of innovations from Nuremberg including watches cannons and tools, with only about a third of towers remaining.
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Nuremberg
Europe
Pius II
the Fegnitz
Albrecht Durer
London Daily Chronicle
Science and Industry Tales of Moon Maps and Comet Prospects
The article reviews accurate lunar mapping by Franz and Pickering, notes changes in crater coordinates with altitude, and cites glacier boring by Blumeke and Hess. It then surveys several 1903 comets including Temple-Swift, D Arrest, Perrine and Giacobini, plus observations on Jupiter’s red spot and its new dusky marking.
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Franz
Pickering
Harvard
Tyndall
Selentiata
Blumeke
Hess
Bavaria
Hintereis
Otzthal Alps
Fce
Alpine Clubs
Temple-Swift
M. Faye
M. Javelle
Nive
D'Arresti
Dr. Spitaler
Vienna
Professor Perrine
Mount Hamilton
M. Giacobini
Nice
Mr. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
N. Y
Winnecke
Pons
W. F. Denning
Jupiter
Denning
Auto Heater Promises Clean Heat On The Move
A Chicago firm markets a new metal auto heater designed for cold feet. It is reinforced and crush resistant, velvet covered, and portable with end handles. A perforated drawer holds a carbon brick heated to drive off gases, producing smokeless odorless heat without flame or dust for roughly fifteen hours per brick.
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Chicago
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Little
Fonditlonaires
Clarence
Flounders
Mr. Flounder
Flounder
Mrs. Flounder
Flounder-Pounder
Mr. Sunfish
Sturgeon
Holland
America
Twee
Kopje
Klontje
Er Bij
Af Ben Jij
Science and Industry
Millatst
Rossetti
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