Old Livery Tale and a Dinamite Express Rescue
An old loree narrator recalls two vivid vignettes from farm and rail. In one, John Henry-like daring on a moonlit night ends in a fragile partnership with Fairfax White. In the other, a freight pusher sample tells how a dynamite runaway nearly wrecked a track before a brave switch saving lives and yielding a hog shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry
Kingdom Come
Night Express
Moses
Savd
Cambria County
Pete
Billy
N. Y
Rats in Mines and Their Unseen Underground World
Article recounts how rats were brought to Comstock mines from California, thriving underground where no cats deter them. They rapid breed, survive extreme temps, feed on miners scraps, warn of cave ins, and survive mine shocks. fires and aging work shape their bold, prolific presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock
California
Engineering Journal
Yawning as Treatment for Throat Complaints
A reader is told of using repeated yawning to relieve sore throat and pharyngitis. The piece cites M Naegeli of Ermatingen, claiming rapid relief and possible stoppage of pharyngitis when started early, and notes yawning can be induced by auto-suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naegeli
Wuld
M. Naegeli
Ermatingen
Moose Versus Hunter Tactics and the Moose Migration Tale
The article explains moose behavior, noting deer often return to prior areas while moose move on when alarmed. It discusses scent, hounds, and the challenges of still hunting, including how white hunters pushed moose away through hounding. It mentions Adirondacks mink Brown's Tract and a 1850s disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Woods
Maine
Canada
Adirondacks
Brown's Tract
New York
Saranac
The Rise and Fall of a Russian Noble Lineage
A famous Russian family declines from a pastry cook turned general and prince who aided Peter the Great, through exile and military glory, to a last member living abroad. The piece traces wealth, power, and the distance from reformist currents in Russia. It contrasts wealth and kinship with enduring social divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maden
Mentchikoff
Peter the Great
Mentchixof
Catharine
Peter I
Siberia
Alma
Gortschakoll
Ilis Son
Wasted Sympathy on Capri’s Fatal Edge
A Cer nian tourist at Capri rescues a girl in danger but returns to find her still poised on the cliff. A German man believes he saved her until an artist, hidden nearby, reveals the model’s pose was for a sculpture. The tale ends with the man walking away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Capri
Comers
Lovely
Erman
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Hiram Brown
Hiram
Aentimental
Fairfax White
Fairfax
Bella J'e
Henry Lack
Henry Parly
Puck
Hill
Greman
Corrmaugh
Cresson
Cain
South Fork
Washington Star
Harpers Bazar
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