The Great Auk's Egg Comes Back to Haunt a Pal
A passenger recalls a tale of a mysterious object passed as a great auk's egg. Two jokers buy the “egg” from Billy Muster, fool him with fake value, and lose a fortune as Muster later reveals the egg hid treasure. The tale ends with Muster thriving after a lucky discovery.
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Joe
Billy Muster
Ventire
Clapham Way
Auk
Billy
Muster
Master
Ane
Derby
Clapham
Aunk
Dave
Yankee Blade
Law rules on medical texts and contributory negligence cited
A compendium notes cases on reading medical books for showing disease symptoms, contributory negligence presumptions, and evidentiary limitations. It cites Bixby v Omaha & C B Kd Co Iowa 440 RA 383 and McLenan v Perkins Me 43 Lth A 487 among others, plus remarks on a drowning accident and divorce decree disputes.
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Bixby
Omaha & C. B
King
Belgium Voting Rights by Civil Status Described
Under Belgian law unmarried men over 25 receive one vote while married men have ten votes and widowers with families two votes. Priests and other education personnel have three votes. Severe penalties apply for failing to vote.
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Asmadiman
Inja
Tae
Hit
England
Migiher
Obadiah
Belgium
Palace of the Pope Rome Holy See and its Guards
The Holy See, smallest European sovereign state, includes the Vatican Palace and gardens with two extensions, plus the Lateran Palace and Gandolfo Castle. The pope never leaves the palace limits in protest against Italian annexation, and Papal Guards include the Guardia Nobile, Swiss Guard, Palatine Guards, and gendarmes.
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Holy See
Europe
Rome
Vatican
Vatican Gardens
Kingdom of Italy
Guardia Nobile
Switzerland
Michael Angelo
Palatine Guards
Swiss Guards at the Vatican and Other Ocean of News
The article describes the Vatican Swiss Guard uniforms with yellow black and red colors and various headdresses. It notes the guard's role protecting Vatican treasures and sketches the striking attire. It covers experiments on iron stirrups in fires, Fraulein Wallenda underwater feats, X rays for heart health, trans Siberian trains, Lake Baikal ice crossing, and Hammerfest electric city lighting. It ends with notes on new anaesthetic and perfume-gathering methods and hair thickness variations.
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Vatican
Michael Anggelo
Ats
Michael Angelo
London Alhambra
Fraulein
Elsie Wallenda
Beaumont
Francis H. Williams
Boston
trans-Siberian Railroad
Lake Baikal
Hammerfest
Norway
Scientist links flower color scent to bacteria in Rio study
A Rio de Janeiro scientist reports long research shows flower color and scent arise from bacteria. The germ appears in several varieties and may affect pollination and floral traits. Further work could reveal how microbes shape bloom characteristics.
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Rio de Janeiro
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Bob
the Pope
J. B. Johnson
Washington University
St. Louis
Pope
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