Strange Tales of Fakirs Ghosts and Oddities Across Seas
Boston travelers in India witnessed a fakir drop a decapitated figure from a rope act before a 1000 spectators and photographed the illusion. The mind’s eye, not the event, appeared in photos as the crowd recalled the scene. The vignette leads to notes on memory influence and several odd historical anecdotes.
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Boston
India
Calcutta
Bostonians
W. Oakes
Foxcroft
Maine
Willimantic
Bowerbank
Maine Woods
Sebec Lake
Oakes
Samuel Weston
Stephen Weston
William Oakes
John Oakes
Paris
Evreux
Normandy
Neubourg
Lehuby
Mme. Lehuby
Pennsylvania
Mark Twain as a Reporter and a Hoax
The passage recounts Mark Twain crafting a sensational hoax about a gruesome murder at Dutch Nick's station on the Carson River. It notes California papers copied the tale and Virginia City papers condemned it as cruel and idiotic hoax, with Twain defending it as fiction despite readers recognizing implausible details.
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Mark Twain
Dutch Nick’s
Carson River
Empire City
Carson City
Pete Hopkins
California
Pacific Coast
Virginia City
Enterprise
Siskiyou
San Diego
Mark
Dutch Nick's
Nick’s
Imate
Sanitary Aspects of Bread Making by Cyrus Edson
Dr Cyrus Edson NY City Health Commissioner explains yeast raised bread risks from germ contamination. He warns dough hands and long raising periods invite disease germs, advocates Royal baking powder as safer leavening, and urges home bakers to switch to non yeast methods to prevent illness.
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Cyrus Edson
M. D
New York City
Thoreushly
Gossila
NoTs
Edson
Royal Baking Powder Company
New York
Stiniyat
How to Pronounce Gerrymander Confusion in Massachusetts and Canada
The piece notes differing pronunciations of Gerrymander across regions. It cites Massachusetts tradition using a hard initial and explains that English, Canadians, and The Century Dictionary favor a hard first syllable or treat the word with a hard y sound.
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Massachusetts
Arson of Erin Mood Sparks Streetcar Scene
An Irishman chants celebratory slogans on Decoration Day in a street car incident. He insists every man is for his own country, arguing with a conductor and another passenger. The scene mixes playful pride with tension as the man asserts his loyalties amid a crowded city setting.
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James Mullless
Lake Titus
N.Y
Mulless
Moira
A Beccar
Lee, Mass
Boston
Providence
North Adams
Mass
Alameda
Cal
Erin
H—I
New York Times
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San Nicholas Island
Santa Barbara
Honey Long
Honey
Greencastle
China
Pekin
Carmen Pi
Helen Keller
Prof
Graham Bell
Washington
Mr. Ruskin
Baiaino Sr
Panions
Pat
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