Old Time Detective Work on Witchcraft Dreams and Trials
The narrator recalls evolving detective methods from torture to the third degree and recounts a 1790 Bradford Massachusetts case. James and Robert Thorpe confessed to murder after dream testimony and beech tree evidence, amid lingering belief in dreams. The town celebrated their apparent salvation as suppression of due process occurred.
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LT Seldon
Tory
James Thorpe
Pardon Winston
Bradford
Massachusetts
Robert Thorpe
James
Winston
Thorpe Brothers
Abner Twitchell
Robert
Xouth
Aoman
Whiston
Taddey
Thorpe Hovs
Lange
Hat Shapes Echo Buildings Across Cultures
A noted architect notes a curious link between hats and architecture. He compares Hawaiian grass houses to the native hat, turbans of eastern church leaders to Jewish high priests, and Gothic spires to the hennin headdress, suggesting fashion and form may mirror contemporaneous structures across cultures.
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Ile
Hawaiian Islands
Public Led by Convention Essay on Art and Perception
An essay excerpt discusses how convention shapes reception of art in books pictures and music. It argues readers resist new reality due to habitual expectations and uses contrasts such as blue snow versus conventional white to illustrate perceptual bias. The fragment cites William Lyon Phelps and reflects on dialogue and social agreement.
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William Lyon Phelps
Relieving Monotony on Train Speeds Record Run
An observer notes speeds on UK railways to ease long journeys. He records 78 mph on a downhill Chesterfield to Stockport run, 70 mph on Penrith to Cartisse, and states 60 to 70 mph is common on main lines. He warns amateur observers need not chase times above 15 seconds for a quarter mile.
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Midland Railway Company
Chesterfield
Stockport
London and Northwestern Railway Company
Penrith
Cartisse
London Mail
Re creations of a Physician Excerpt on Virtues
The excerpt describes medicine as an entrancing subject demanding virtues. It calls for gentleness toward violence, equanimity toward ingratitude, fortitude toward insults, and silence toward slander. It asserts the physician lives by the Golden Rule and endures misunderstandings without resentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Stuart M
Chisholm
Echo location by arc light beams studied at university
Experimenters at the University of IUinoig have made echo testing precise by directing arc light beams through an auditorium and noting deflections from walls and pillars. They compare light paths with hissing sounds to confirm results and use curtains to reduce troublesome echoes. Saturday Evening Post.
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University of Iuinoig
Saturday Evening Post
Rural Press as Farm Ally and Public Pillar
Peter Radford urges farmers to use the rural press, pulpit, and schools to shape agricultural policy. He argues local papers study local problems, counter city scandals, and guide rural progress by highlighting farming needs, legislation, education, and co operation. The piece stresses advertising’s role in spreading modern farming tools and uplift.
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Cural
Farmers Need Local Leaders For Community Lifts
The farmers seek personal leadership beyond political figures seeking support from local industrial, educational, and community leaders to drive practical improvements.
The County Fair Mechanical Department Spotlight
The county fair grounds reveal the mechanical department as a congress of mental giants in mechanical science. Inventive farmers and workers of iron and steel tell the story of progress, showing how inventions like the sickle and cotton gin extend life, economy, and labor efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Farmer Radford on Woman Suffrage
The speaker argues that the home and motherhood are the cradle of civilization and that women should not bear political duties. He warns that involvement in government and political gossip would divert women from domestic duties and weaken social ideals.
Rural social centers for farm youth and education
The piece argues for organized social centers on farms led by cultured adults to entertain and instruct youth. It emphasizes attractive farm life, the schoolhouse as the social unit, and education developing the mind, with ideas on legumes and soil health to improve farming.
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Dudley
Whe Ui
Lowa
Nomiere Chimece Trou
Wurder
Robert Mierpe
Tran
the Rural Press
Peter Radford
National Marinera’ Union
the County Fair
Navona Larmers' Union
Farmer Radford
Way & Hughes
D. A. Palmer
B.J. Welch
J. H. Houger
A. E. Burns
H. T. Boarts
Harry Flickinger
J. Rutledge
J. E. Coalmer
A. F. McCullow
L. Bence
Indiana
Blacklick
Plumville
Daytonckers Point
Creekside
Homer City
Livermore N Campbell, Rossiter
Dixonville
Geo. H. Lum
Indiana Dye Works
Levine, Prop
Indiana, Pa
Penna
Middleman
Rose Point
Rose Point Stone & Lime CO
New Castle
Steving
Philadelphia Street
American Union
Hils Building
Ernest Stewart
Frank Tt. Gilmour
J. C. Gilmour
William G. Gilmour
Tate
Milirsville
Frank T. Gilmour
J.C. Gilmour
Blairsyile
Tan
FEDER
Capital A
Los Gh
Cherry Tree
Arctics
Geo. D. Leydic
North Sixth St
N. Sixth Street
Judea
Peterson & Company
Henry H. Steving
Henry H. Steving & Son
M. Edith Steving
Ladies & Children
Automobile Service
Philadelphia &I
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