The Ball told in letters and court cases from London Tit-Bits
A letter narrates a Hungarian invasion scare and flirtatious ballroom night with a bold officer, a rose, and a torn loyalty as battle sounds interrupt. The piece shifts to explain perjury definitions and curious legal points on burglary and false pretenses from a London Tit-Bits discussion.
Points in English Law and Unusual Criminal Anomalies
This excerpt surveys oddities in criminal law, noting items that cannot be stolen such as corpses and ferae naturae, and explains that attempts to steal an empty pocket can still yield a conviction. It also questions trespass notices as legally ineffective and clarifies forgery and perjury concepts with practical examples.
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Frederick Pollock
Origin of the Swastika in Native American Art
The symbol, often found on moccasins and buffalo robes, marks paths or trails and abundance. The cross and swastika forms appear across many tribes and continents, with varied meanings from Morning Star to numerous other signs, suggesting independent development rather than direct intercommunication.
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Outing Magazine
Common house fly named top enemy and disease spreader
The New York American on December 18 1907 declares the common house fly a major enemy of man and a premier disseminator of disease surpassing the mosquito. It notes that Wilsons Fly Pads kill many times more flies than competing products.
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New York
Wilson
Marriage customs in Northern Nigeria described
The piece explains polygamy as customary to share housework and ensure survival. It notes men marry by paying gifts, with little formal ceremony among Ahiaras Onychas Obuwus and other inland tribes. Higher bride counts signal wealth, and cross-tribal capture is mentioned as a cheaper option.
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Geographical Journal
No, my wife has a new maid
A quip from the Houston Post plays on aging and marriage with a joke about a wife and her new maid.
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Houston Post
Crow Monarchy Rides California Train Line
A California crow guards the morning train from San Francisco to Siskiyou. Perched in a pine near Hornbrook, the bird signals the 7:30 passenger train No. 14, nabs scraps tossed by riders, and regally soaks in the journey to Siskiyou at 8:45 as the train nears its royal meal.
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San Francisco
California
Hornbrook
Crow
Siskiyou
Cal
Fireless Locomotive Advances In Industrial Safety
A fireless locomotive represents a new stage in steam power evolution. It operates near a local boiler base, using stored steam to avoid fire and smoke, highlighting safety and cleaner operation for industrial sites.
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James Watt
Watt Memorial Building Opens as Nautical School
The James Watt memorial building opened June 1 on Watt’s birthplace site. Two stories in eighteenth century Scottish domestic style house, to teach navigation and marine engineering. Watt’s lineage includes a mathematician grandfather and a father who was a builder and instrument maker. Watt’s son James powered the Caledonia, the first steamship to leave an English port.
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James Watt
Watt
Watts
Thomas
James
Shark fishing off Honolulu described by Washington Herald report
The Washington Herald recounts Honolulu shark fishing as a popular activity via Greorge T. Wilson's account. Fishermen use small launches, dead horses, harpoons or hooks, and large rifles to battle eight to fourteen foot sharks near the harbor.
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Honolulu
Greorge T. Wilson
Washington Herald
Largest US Bills and Their Rare Denominations
A historical note explains the biggest circulating notes in the United States, including the $10 000 United States note and the $10 000 gold certificate. It cites limited quantities, counts by type from a 1908 treasury report, and mentions common smaller notes, with a warning to beware of imitation bills.
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United States
Treasury
National Bank
Cabby Refuses Ride Then Teases Onions Joke
A London cabby tells an elderly woman she cannot be driven to Trafalgar Square and adds a humorous biting remark about onions, ending the encounter with a light taunt.
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London
Trafalgar Square
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