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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1903
Page
1
In vivid anecdotes the author recalls spectral encounters from Scotland and beyond, from a green lady in Fife to a monk in a cloister and a Highland ghost granting geographical lessons, linking hauntings to family homes, war memory, and the Black Watch.
Varieties at Paterson New Jersey notes a man named Firman described as having two hearts. Born around 1808 he was found to have a double heart during enlistment exams. An X ray photograph shows a unique heart formation observed by Paterson physicians.
St Petersburg police report a secret society whose members vow self-destruction at age 30. They immure candidates in vaults during solemn ceremonies and claim life lasts 30 years while longer life harms others. Police halted a tragedy in progress as numerous victims are said to have fallen to this superstition with branches in Kiev and Odessa.
An elderly farmer at a remote Alfreton area farmhouse awoke to a noise and fought a burglar on the stairs. He cut off a scalp fragment and later identified the suspect by hair in court with the witness confirming the hit.
A 1910s description notes eccentric stage management in Japan with a man in black revealing a corpse and a revolving stage. It mentions audience members lounging for long performances and Japanese smoking habits using tiny metal bowls and fine tobacco resembling blonde hair.
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