Murder links shine on London swindler Monson case
Alfred John Monson, arrested in London, faces accusations tied to a web of life insurance schemes and murders. Tangier events involving Herbert Birkin and Callan surface as police examine debts, conspiracies, and a high society circle.
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Serance
Alfred John Monson
London
Monson
Dudley Ceril Hambrough
Andisroe
Hambrough
Seether
God Hambrough
Tangier
Africa
Owen Callante Fon
Herbert Hirkin
Birkin
Atte
Callan
Tooney
Tilionaire Nottinghae Lace
Wanem Clift Maston
Grost
Birkis
Hertert
Owen Callan
Bristol
Callas
Vallan
Conte
Dirkin
Thal Thirkin
Will
Sara Lewis
Herbert Birkin
Bis
Honaire
Life Interest
Scotland Yard
Unarmed Dakota man fights bull in pasture tale
Carey Voll of Dakota County recounts a Sunday morning encounter with a Durham bull that charged across pasture to gore him. He describes dodging, grabbing the bull by the tongue and horn area, hanging on as the animal reared, bucked, and finally flung him, ending with Voll regaining footing and escaping with injuries.
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Big Barham
Carey Voll
Living Figures in Fiction and Their Real-Life Muses
The piece discusses how many famous writers based fictional characters on real people from their social circles. It cites Thackeray Dickens Scott Bulwer and others, noting how figures like Sherlock Holmes and Mrcawber echoed living individuals and how authors reacted to such likenesses among friends and rivals.
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Thack Feray
Dickens
Tennyson
Scott
Dra
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Dosle
Leigh Hunt
Harold Skinpole
Thackeray
Bulwig
Han Bulwer
Murleries
Catherine Hay
Sng
Andrew Archdeline
Archfeline
Ruish
Grabstreet
Shaniel Hawthorne
Charlotte Pronte
Shirey
Byron
Alfred de Mussi
Mme de Stac
Jane George Eliot
Tulliver
Don Mith
Fieldiginal
Tom Jones
Joe
Bell
Michael Angelo
Dryden
Pope
Cibber
Byron Heavy
Bulwer
George IV of
Enad
Timon
Marryat
Peter Simple
Macrice
Eustace Com- Browning
Wordsworth
Napoleon III
Whittier
Daniel Webster
Talleyrand
Alfred Decapade
Italy
Mrs Gore
Mra Troll
Lady Morgan
the Perkunt
Artillery Curiosities of Ancient Siege Weapons
A sweeping tour of historic artillery and siege innovations from Malta’s rock-hollowed defenses to early cannon found in Mexico and Iberian theatres. The piece highlights odd contrivances, famed makers, and the peculiar Manila streetcar asides, with notes on crews, weapon specs, and social observations of transport and safety practices.
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Henry VII
Bosca
Paris
Carisle
France
Azabip
India
Baroda
Burton
Malta
Brydon
Chinal
Usumuacinta
Mexico
Cortes
Coutla
Tatasso
Exhaustion from rapid muscle work tied to oxygen and carbon dioxide balance
The text explains that intense muscular action increases oxygen demand and carbon dioxide production, causing exhaustion and possible autointoxication. It cites the heart and respiratory muscles as affected, with the hunted state illustrating a fatal limit to sustained effort. It also notes unrelated items about a Zoulou the orangutan and a Chinese street comparison.
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Ren
Popular Science Monthly
Fragments Hint at Early Mining and Power Trials
A garbled wartime style notice hints at an experiment in a Philadelphia coal mine using electric locomotives and pumps. It mentions savings over steam pumps and a Scranton mine, with figures suggesting cost per period and a mule powered baseline. The text is patchy but implies early adoption of electric power in mining.
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Scranton
Quote fragment from Cleveland victim of humor
A terse spoken line attributed to Cleveland is presented as a humorous aside about survival and appetite, mentioning mule meat as a provocative thought experiment without additional context or supporting details.
Abnormal Birds and Armor Plate Furnace Details
The text notes birds nesting near a ground fault, with three cases of danger and mentions why broods are rear. It also cites a Pittsburg Telegraph feature on armor plate furnaces at Homestead Pennsylvania, detailing movable floors and a crane setup to handle heavy plates. The tempering process uses an oil tank with crude petroleum fish oil and resin, heating the plate to 99 100 degrees before cooling and annealing.
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Benent
Bret Scise
Homesteat
Pittsberg
Gunpowder in powder mill process described by superintendent
The San Francisco Call quotes a power mill superintendent detailing smokeless powder manufacture. He explains gun cotton and nitro glycerin may be used with binders to reduce violence, describes a doughy mass pressed into ribbons and dried, and notes nitroglycerin is not used for sporting powder. He adds fine cotton is sourced mainly from Georgia and fumes affect shooters.
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San Francisco
Remarkable Name at Sea Captains Contract
A New England sea captain signs a shipping contract and the official notes the odd inscription “Name in full.” The captain shows the heading and writes a bizarre line about “Through Much-Trilulation We Enter Into the Kingdom of Heaven Clapp.” When asked his childhood name, Captain Clapp explains he was called “Trithy” for short by his mother, in a tale of humorous self reference.
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New England
Heaven
Clapp
No clear article headline present
Fragmentary OCR text discusses American and British market signals during wartime, with mentions of New York, the United States likely winning the war, and citizens increasing wealth while government expenses rise, though overall clarity is poor.
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London
New York
United States
Notable relics and figures from a distant era page
A collage of brief mentions covers a range of figures from history and letters. It notes a Northwestern University marble bust for Frances Willard, reflections on John A. Abbott and other educators, and assorted anecdotes about European royalty, writers, and scholars. The piece blends biographical sketches with scattered historical tidbits and opinions.
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William J. Bryan
John C. Shaffer
Evanston
Ilc
Northwestern University
Frances E Willant
Independence
Kan
Walter Grindlay Simpson
Scotland
Rotert Louis Stevenson
Trotter and Pacer Pace Line of 2:17 Times and Sires
The report highlights pacers Spalding 2:17 and Arlington 2:24, with Freestone Cal. driving club involvement and Bow Bells 2:19 owned by May Overton of Nashville. Belmont Philadelphia races featured nine pacers in 2:22 class, most wearing hopples, while Gold Leaf and Pamlico 2:10 are noted as speed contenders. International purses at Trios mention Miss Della Fox 2:14% and uncertainties about future turf appearances.
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Spalding
Freestone
Cal
Belmont
Philadelphia
Hopples
Gold Leaf
Lord Russell
Pamlico
Umerlane
Walter Winans
Brighton
England
Jack Bowers
Little Abner
Europe
Bravado
Miss Bowerman
Autrain
Eddie Hayes
Della Fox
Novelty Glass and Silver Vases Featured in Jewelers Circular
The Jewelers Circular highlights new items including giant mass of waster glass showers in light red and brown hues, silver vases with tall slender plain surfaces, openwork vase rims, and a patriotic belt of shield shaped pieces linked in muted gold. A cat glass lamp with silver plated burner and tall pyramid arch completes the display.
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London
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Iic
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Mopwen
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Burchell
Cam Reginald
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Horas
Rockter
Miunter
Douglas Raymond P
Clowis
Ascland Yant
Herter
Uist
Manila
Joseph Earl Stevens
McChure
Zoulou
Bit
Hito Tad
Zou Tou
Edgar
Tee
Sara
Tane New Forker
Cleveland
The
Northwest University
Yale
Austria
Cuie
Richart W
Tndiana
Washington
Congress
Tyler
Eaton
Gladstone
Eaton Fair
Principe
Prince Frederic
Order of the Holy Cross
John Aabu
Pope Leo
Ammon Fowler
Brooklyn
Toyota
Lemaitre
M. Lemaitre
Trotter and
Pacer
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