Johnston's Bold Card Trick on a London Train
John ston recounts a Chicago style card ruse used aboard a London to Warwickshire train. He hands a deaf and dumb card to a fellow passenger to steer conversations, triggers a mistaken accusation of pickpocketing, and ends with a comic escape as Scoble and his niece misread the scene and laugh off the alleged wrongdoer.
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Johnston
Chicago
Warwickshire
Scodle
Boston
Willesden Junction
Abe
John
Greencroft
Johnuston
Seoble
Faust
Fragmented Pall Mall quote on marriage and auntie Scoble
The excerpt recalls a narrator’s walk home with a woman, facing an astonished aunt, and staying a week at Green Croft. On leaving, the speaker is furious at marriage, calling Mrs. Scoble aunt to signal triumph by implying the so called stupid man has prevailed.
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Greencroft
Harvest Years Ago and Modern Harvesting Changes
A reminiscence contrasts 1847 wheat field work with cradle and early hand raking to modern self binder harvesting. It recounts early wages, eight to twelve hour days, and contests to be the best cradler, plus vivid scenes of labor, feed, and a boy’s perspective on progress. It also notes industrial poison dangers with cyanide in a distant workroom and workers attracted to its deadly fumes.
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Pennsylvania
Efteh Erader
Cearly
Bata
Invest
Wallace
Scotch Blood in Cherokee Nation Reveals Old Ties
A feature traces Scotch immigration after Culloden into Cherokee history, noting figures like John Ross and families such as Adair, McNair, Duncan, and others who shaped Cherokee councils and relations with the United States. It highlights cross cultural ties and enduring influence across generations.
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Culloden
Georgia
Indian Territory
John Ross
United States
Russ
Adairs
Adair
McNair
Grand River
Duncan
Seetch
Jocks
Scotell
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
World’s Deadly Poison Factory in London Described
An English suburban factory behind warehouses houses a dangerous operation. Visitors must avoid touching surfaces and breathe cautiously. The Interior notes a pure anhydrous acid poison produced there, a rare cenier laboratory substance. A discoverer died from its fumes. the text mentions dangerous chemical preparations and prussic acid formation.
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England
London
Cenier
Dew point and frost formation and other science notes
The passage explains condensation and frost when dew point reaches 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. It describes a French water bicycle with giant rubber wheels and paddles, then discusses gold hue variation by origin, Klondike and other gold colors, and alloying. It notes the anticipated Leonid meteor shower around November 16, 19th century reported predictions, aluminum in cooking utensils and potential health effects, and ends with the horse’s hoof as a complex natural mechanism with 4,000 elastic laminae acting as springs supporting the animal’s weight.
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Klondike
Ural Mountains
Lenoi
Europe
United States
Germany
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Ms Foot
Seable
Toa
Scoble
Mr. Johnston
John Calvin
New York
Cfr Cle
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