Rats As Sentinels Convicts Train Rats To Warn Jailers
An Ohio sheriff recalls how Foster and an accomplice used trained rats to signal guards. The plan failed when a midnight vigil by Sheriff Ryan led to their capture and a threat of rat trap and poison prosecution. The tale highlights clever criminal ingenuity and a dramatic jailbreak attempt.
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W. B. Ryan
Ohio
Ryap
Catalogs
Cleveland
Fostee
Ryan
Foster
Ake “Abrame
Abrams
Hoe
Foeter
Cerwin
Columbus
Uchimbue
Ryah
Boye
0Gheriti
Feri
Posters Pal
Tha Shexitt
Porter
State of Ohio
Cuyahoge County
Ieveland
Sir John Moore The Brave Soldier Died On The Field
The fragment recounts Sir John Moore's death after battle, his line about dying as he wished, and the dramatic burial at Corunna. It notes the wounded Estré and Moore's engagement to Hester Stanhope Pitt’s niece, with a reference to Wolfe’s lines. The tone imitates a late 18th century imperial narrative.
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Moore
Estré
Soult
Gorvan
Colonel Anderson
Anderson
Stanhope
Sid-De-Camp
Hester Stanhope
Pitt
Mocue
Corrua
Salici
Wolfe
Buble
Whistle Deafness Stirs Railway Surgeon Debate
A fragment from a 19th century dispatch discusses railway workers hearing loss and whistle deafness. It notes tests for locomotive engineers and coal mine workers, remarks on courtroom scenes, teachers, and odd letters from correspondents in London and Austrian contexts.
Photography and the Decline of Art Standards
Joseph Ponnell argues photography cheapens art by favoring cheapness over craft. He laments the shift from engraved illustrated books to magazines like The Strand and The Sketch, noting pressures on artists and a diminished role for original design. He acknowledges photography's use in illustration and historic recording but questions its replacement of traditional artistic values.
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Critlc
Blas
England
Strand
Sketch
Cne
Ark
Piranect
Selon
Joseph Ponnell
Contemporary Review
Whistling at Whewell and a Cambridge tribute
Dean Farrar recounts a Cambridge scene when Dr. Whewell faced a sudden silent Senate House then was greeted by a long, heartfelt cheer. The crowd’s reaction followed the death of Whewell’s wife, drawing tears from the great scholar as undergraduates showed rare sympathy.
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Whewell
Trinity College
Cambridge
Dean Farrar
Stubborn Richard Skips Revival Sermon for Comfort at Home
Dialog shows Richard preferring stay at home over a dull revivalist sermon by a Reverend Gephenin. Susu challenges his preference, noting the preacher’s popularity. The exchange hints at social habits, smoking taboos, and odd beliefs in a New York paper clipping.
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Richard
Susu
Gephcnin
Population figures and industry in Teeland di tats
The article notes Teeland di tats population at 73 117 and describes emigration patterns before S80. It states 85 percent rely on roarsing elie and cattle while 15 percent depend on fishery. It mentions Glasgow, Manchester and Finnham as leading European industry hubs.
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Teeland di Tats
Fishagy
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Borat
Stringer
Eurgeotie
J. KK. Matson
Chicago
Heuthern
United States
Saale
Jeney
Mir
Lenden Globe
the Town Site Company
E. UW
E.W. Hazard
Privstee
Payn Site
Cooper
Iowa
BANK
Robert Scudene Man
IXO
D. Mater
Agst
Yasmies
Sheldon & Claerbout
Studebaker and
LaBelle Wagons
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Schoeneman
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W. DL Schoeneman & Sons
Linding
Lunding
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Tali Wlowsen
Joao and
Gert
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J. B. Chase
Hull, Iowa
Fisses Knewel & Cassidy Millinery and
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Paul
Bull, Gang Fame
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Ol Preight
Soirg West
Ned Preiths
Dar
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Art Penro
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Attorn
J. A. W. Perkins
Plyyellige Anefl Rog
A P. Owens
Pioneer Drug Store
Bingo Goade
Glasgow
Manchester
Finn
Ham
Sioux
Guy
Northern
Ole
Northwestern Iowa
Murider
En i Pars
Sioux Guy
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