Dumping War Munitions Into Sea Off Sandy Hook
New York report says authorities seized thousands of weapons after the Sullivan Law’s start on September 1. 1500 revolvers valued at $11,000 and over a hundred rifles valued around $3,000 filled a police property room. A historic sword and various blades, blades, and weapon parts were also confiscated and dumped at sea.
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York
Central America
Sandy Hook
Commissioner War
Property Bureau
Bunker Hill
Turtles from Wisconsin Ship to Philadelphia for Delicacy
Wisconsin fishermen ship 125 live snapping turtles weighing 1,229 pounds to Philadelphia to compete with Baltimore terrapin. The animals, caught in Missiontop sloughs, are stored in a cellar through winter and sold when prices rise, fetching as high as eighteen cents per pound live weight. W. T. Allen is the consignor.
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Philadelphia
Missiontop
Mr. Allen
Allen
Laws Home in Two Dividing Property ENVER
James W. Ponder faced arrest after a divorce decree exposed his self devised plan to split all household property. Neighbors witnessed a bizarre split ending with a burned wagon and a loosed horse, as a risky scheme to balance house, barn, and land failed before police intervened.
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Enver
James W. Ponder
Tare
Ponder
Oldest Known Con Man Jerry McLean Nabbed in Chicago
Police at Central station held 84 year old Jerry McLean, blind and palsied, after he lured victims with ads for a touring companion and California work paying 25 dollars weekly. He boasted of long cons across cities, claiming $50 to $90 from each victim, and recounted a past of crime from Castlebar, Ireland to the United States.
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Jerry” McLeen
Central Station
Jerry
California
Monacher
Aspin
Aldenhovel
Bishop
McLean
New York
Willet
Evans
Jackson Hotel
West Jackson Boulevard
South Halsted Streets
Castle Bar
County Mayo
Ireland
America
New Orleans
Beauregard
Fort McHenry
Bilas
Freddom
Famous Swords of Spain and Toledan Craftsmanship
The article traces Spain's legendary swords from Toledo through ninth century mastery, detailing espaderos guild systems, royal duties, and the Basque iron source. It describes tempering methods using Tagus water and river sand, cooling with sand, and finishing with sheep suet, highlighting the Moorish link and a Toledan craftsman named Julisa El Moro.
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Spain
Cicero
Toledo
Alhambra
Espaderos
Castile
Expaderoa
Madrid
Mandragon
Palameus
Tagus
Julisa
el Moro
Granada
Poabdil
Harper's Ws
Amateur Photography Pastor Visits Parishioner in Dark Room
A pastor calling on a parishioner in a single room club house is greeted by a red lamp and a strong odor as the host warns to hurry and not spoil the plate. The visitor discovers the host’s identity, revealing a shocking scene in a sensational city room.
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Black Hand Society
Indianapolis News
Perfect Hand Measurements and Nail Archage in Art
The piece discusses a seven inch hand standard for ideal sculpture, noting variations that still fit proportion and beauty. It emphasizes arching of nails from index to little finger and nails that are narrow and lengthwise straight as key aesthetic elements.
Fashion in canes and crook handles rise in New York
The Cane and Umbrella Manager of a large New York concern notes a shift in cane styles from straight knobbed handles to crook shapes. He cites crowd conditions on subways and elevated trains where a crook handle hangs at the arm for easy access, making it a durable favorite for years to come.
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S Cane and
New York
Brown rat supremacy over Black rats across history
A Brooklyn Museum encounter with a black rat on a carved wooden totem prompts a concise history of rat species. The piece traces the black rat’s spread from Europe to America, the Hanoverian origin of the brown rat, and the brown rat’s dominance over the black rat worldwide, noting current small black rat populations only in Vermont and parts of New Jersey.
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Alaska
Brooklyn Institute Museum
Brooklyn
Panama
America
Europe
India
China
Hanover
Browning
Hamelin
Poland
England
Vermont Hills
New Jersey
South America
Lamprey Nest Building Displays In Clever Spawning
The lamprey eel shows surprising nest making prowess. When spawning time arrives the fish leave coastal water and swim to the bottom where two eels construct a nest from stones. They haul stones in their mouths and form a heap several feet tall, often lifting large stones by gripping and carrying them together.
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Spriver
Cat and chickens form unlikely friendship in yard scene
A curious tale shows a tabby cat with a fondness for chickens. Chickens, after initial fear, cuddle on the cat's back as the cat lounges on a warm summer day in the yard.
Lanthorn Sprats and Social Weavers in Africa
A curious note on lanthorn sprats, small crustaceans that cling to sprats and emit light at night, with a dramatic image of a head entering the victim’s eyes. The piece then describes Africa’s social weavers, birds that form umbrella like grass canopies on trees by weaving dense roofs, while pairs maintain individual nests.
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Africa
Radium Monopoly Questioned by US Geological Survey
The US Geological Survey counters a claim of a world monopoly in radium led by Austrian mines and government. It notes radium is now produced in Sweden England the United States and Australia with small deposits in Colorado and other places. Overall world supply is tiny and value is speculative while radium banks rent tubes to physicians at high daily rates.
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Ashington
Austria
United States Geological Survey
W. L. Loownle
Carlsbad
Geological Survey
United States
Sweden
Kolm
Wales
Colorado
Australia
William Ramsey
Ancient Mummy for National Museum CARTERS
A newly opened Abydos tomb in Egypt yields a Twelfth Dynasty mummy of a woman with bead necklace scarabs and preserved dark hair. Washington plans to exhibit this relic with a growing American collection, aided by scientists and investors seeking Egyptian treasures for national and city museums.
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Carters
Theodore Roosevelt
National Museum
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
British Museum
London
Abydos
Egypt
Barnum
Shishak
Jerusalem
Rehoboam
New Ailment Currencitis Hits Treasury Clerks
The treasury reports an outbreak among woman clerks, creating an emergency room in the basement treated at about five cases daily. Miss Iva Eichelberger led investigations with new medical equipment, revealing the disease stems from glare of gold and silver. green eyeshades spread as awareness grows, yet the ER remains.
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Treasury
Iva Eichelberger
Miss Eicheberger
Misa Etchelberger
Wilmeth
Hichelberger
Ironworker Drops Hammer From Munsey Building
An ironworker on a Munsey building beam near Fourteenth street and Pennsylvan ia avenue dropped a heavy rivet hammer. Judge J A Groner and Judge R A Wade were walking nearby when the hammer fell, struck the sidewalk, bounded into the street and broke in two, spooking a worker who asked if they were harmed.
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Munsey
Fourteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. A.C. Groner
Norfolk
Benning Sand and Gravel Company
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Lanthorn
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British India
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