The Winthrops and the Floating Room Mystery
An unnamed narrator recounts a tale of Stanley Winthrop, his sister Marion, and a haunted apartment room. Winthrop fears a death omen tied to the room while his sister conspires to prove the superstition false, culminating in his sudden heart failure and death on the couch by the window.
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Pacherlas
del Trent
Walter
Dover
Brauley
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Maynard
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Eye Strain Ties to Historical Figures Across Time
The text notes George M. Gould linking eye strain to human misery, suggesting it indirectly fed De Quincey s opium habit Carlyle s morbid conditions and Browning s headaches and vertigo. It proposes printing books in white ink on black paper as a potential way to reduce eye strain.
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George M. Gould
de Quincey
Carlyle
Browning
Edison Scheme to Harvest Billions in Gold from Low Grade Gravel
A report outlines Thomas Edison’s plan to extract gold from low grade quartz gravel beds in California New Mexico Arizona and northern Mexico using air blasts to separate heavier gold from lighter gravel and sand. It also notes a separate Valley Iron Works experiment in St Paul Minnesota claiming to produce high quality steel from titaniferous ore with vanadium and chromium enhancing strength.
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Thomas A. Edison
Ile
Fornia
New Mexico
Aviezona
Mexico
Edie Son
Conyigors
Valley Iron Works
St. Paw
Minn
Titanic
Minnegots
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Grand Rapids Ser. CO
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Grand Rapids Wagon Works
Mackinnon Mfg. Co. Manufacturers