A New Method of Torture
A detachment of twelve infantrymen was sent to the Luzon islands in the Philippine Islands to regulate natives. They found a larger resistance than expected, and the mission deviated from its official aim as the troops encountered stronger pushback than planned.
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Ligatesas Winward
Pinfantry
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Deadly assault ends with planned execution at sea shore
An armed mob overwhelmed a force of fifty with gold arms and ammunition. They forced Winward toward the sea as they debated a grisly death by drowning yet ultimately restrained, deciding to bury him in the sand to await the incoming tide. The would-be executioners drank to dull the horror before proceeding with the plan.
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Trew
Americus
Belogucarhe
Aif
Eer
Dia
Wintvard
Winward
Descent From Death and a Desert Sleigh
A harrowing recounting of a buried man saved by a steely effort as locals drink at a tide of violence. It follows Winward’s struggle to survive and overturn his attackers drowning them in the sea. Also described is a French army corporal’s light cross between auto and air travel, the desert sleigh designed to skim over dunes with an aeroplane propeller.
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North Africa
Sahara
Desert
Adda
Fostman
Te Babby
Vial
Almers
D. C
Cigar BF
Phillips
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Meat Made From Malt In Belgium By Biront Synthesis
Belgian chemist M Biront produced a meatlike substitute from malt proteins. The process uses industrial residue from malt grist, washed and treated with sulfuric acid and lime to yield a paste resembling meat in texture and taste. Doctors in Brussels tested the artificial meat with satisfactory results.
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Belgium
M.biront Anserts
M. Bitrout
Brussels
Alaskan coal fields and Pacific coast coke supply
The Alaska coal fields were developed to supply coke to smelters and foundries on Puget Sound and along the Pacific coast including Portland San Francisco Los Angeles and other markets. Most coke used on the coast was imported from Germany or Britain, with some from the United States.
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Alaska
Smoltera
Puget Sound
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific
United States
Germany
Eratota States
Cougar Roams Near Marblemount Ranch in Roof Scratches
Otto Newby and family on a ranch two miles down the river from Marblemount Washington awoke to thumps and scratches on their cabin roof. A cougar leaped from high ridges onto the roof and scratched for minutes before vanishing. Tracks in the snow the next morning confirmed the visitor. The weather and heavy snowfleeing mountains drove the wild cat into settled valleys in search of food.
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Otto Newby
Marblemount
Wash
Ingenuous Critics and The Aspiring Novelist Mentor
An aspiring writer recalls college days as editor of a university magazine and his aim to craft literature with delineated character not plot. He notes a critic guiding him toward high bred characters and discusses an encounter with a reader who seeks his book for its moral and reasoning.
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Elien
Willy
Ric
Humanizing Novel Within a Story About Family Strife
A reader discusses an author’s work, declaring the narrator’s own story the most humane. She recalls characters Edith Effingham and Miss Effingham, critiquing high society life and the book’s portrayal of family and class, while hoping for a more intimate continuation.
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Edith
Effingham
Miss Effingham
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