Mystery Train Tragedy Deepens in Morals case
Mrs Broadhurst rouses to a terror as Walter remains missing after a deadly railway crash on the same train he was to board. The Manchester Observer lists the victims including George W. Bent of New York. investigators push to confirm Walter’s fate while the family holds hope of his safe return.
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Marsh
Bessie
Mra Tyson
Mrs Bent
Widdon
Walter
Mr. Broadhurst
Southern
Nellie
Inlaw
Mrs Broadhurst
Mr Ormrod
Manchester
Mra Broadhurst
Gulby
Manchester Observer
George W. Bent
New York
Walte
Balanc
Mrs Broadh Sage
Electric Insecticide Demonstrated by Ground-Driven Dynamo
An engineer from Monaco reports field tests using a 110-volt dynamo mounted on a cart to send current into soil. Metal wheels and copper brushes deliver a ground spark that instantly destroys insects within reach, offering a method to eradicate pests without harming crops.
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M. Emile Guarini
Europe
Monaco
Odessa
Lokusejowski
M. Guarini
Unclear fragmentary text on coral and tobacco use
Fragmentary passage discusses precious coral used in jewellery from the Mediterranean and Italian coasts. It then shifts to tobacco consumption by Dutch, Belgian, American, and UK populations with various annual amounts and rankings.
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Mediterranean
Italy
United States
France
Spain
United Kingdom
Artificial India Rubber and Synthetic Prospects
The article notes the strong demand for natural rubber and the limited success of substitutes. It discusses early attempts at synthetic rubber from isoprene and turpentine, acknowledging the ongoing hope of producing real rubber in the laboratory and the commercial interest in new supplies.
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India
The Love Carrier Lea Mystery Unfolds
A South American lover uses a laurel magnolia flower to hide a message. He pulls petals to write a motto with a pencil, sends the flower to a young lady, and after hours the writing appears clearly in the water stained leaf. The process reveals the romantic ruse and its timing.
Korean boys wed young to be treated as men
The passage notes Korean boys marry early, sometimes at age twelve, to gain adult status. Once married they outrank bachelors, even grey-haired men, while unmarried men often remain single due to lack of funds or fate. Men are considered children until marriage, though some indulgence is shown to them.
The Marriage Knot in Brahmin India
The article explains how marriage in Brahmin communities is arranged by purchase with bidders vying for the bridegroom. The groom leads his daughter to a new master after a formal vow and the tying of a tassel and ribbon knot. The knot symbolizes a legally binding, indissoluble marriage as Brahmins do not recognize divorce.
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India
Lesen the Tall
A Field of Carnations blooms in California ranches
An ex-banker turned carnation grower near Santa Monica built from two acres to twenty thousand plants on about twenty sores. He aims to cover 200 sore ranches, with year round blooms and daily picking. He irrigates biweekly, uses horse cultivation, and notes fungus as the main foe.
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California
Santa Monica
Gourd Signalling Among Savages Prefigures Wireless Telegraphy
A traveler notes Basuto use of dried kid skin gourd drums to send messages between villages. A signaller’s drum transmits a coded system heard 5 to 8 miles away, with corps members on duty decoding for chiefs and distant villages. He cites Boer War use and claims messages traveled miles before field telegraph reach.
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A. Pr
Lenoten
Mwaye
Rideout
Cone Village
Sen
Clergy Adviser Urges Duke to Listen to Supplicant
A nervous petitioner asks clergy for help to obtain aid from the duke. The clergyman urges the petitioner to visit the duke in person, noting the duke may be too proud to hear from someone of the petitioner’s standing.
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Lsbouer
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