Haunted Houses Beyond Known Laws of Physical Science
Italian criminologist Lombroso reports in Annales des Betences Paychiques on two cases of apparent psychic phenomena at Turin houses. Unseen forces topple cups, rattle bells, cause bruises, and move objects for eight months, with witnesses and repeated investigations yielding no natural explanation.
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Fretessor Lombroso
Pire Fetet
Bignor Pavarino
Pescatori
Turin
Walla
Bava
Mignott
Little Deed of Kindness From Two Young Men
A seven year old newsboy is aided after a stray rusty pin injures his foot on Colborne Street. Clerk Jona Flannery and another youth clean and treat the wound, provide antiseptic, and send him to buy medicine with a note. Their act sparks gratitude and a lesson in charity.
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Ear Yonge
Rewsboy
Jona Flannery
Lorne Campbell & Co
Flannery
Colborne Street
Newaboy
Tle
Name Change Proposal Sparks Rainy River Rename Effort
The Fort Frances Times notes a movement to rename Rainy River to the Queen River, arguing the current title misleads outsiders toward umbrellas rather than crops. It cites rainfall as light, crop prospects poor, and a low death rate as evidence of local weather strength, urging government action and wider advertising to publicize the proposed change.
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Kenora
Rainy River
Queen River
la Riviere Reine
Fort Frances
Montreal Tickets and Royal Enclosure Message
A fragmented note mentions Montreal tickets for the Royal Enclosure Ascot for self and daughters, with Miss X named in a communication from the American ambassador. It cites a London Globe parallel about state control of geography and a Duke of Newcastle remark on Newfoundland.
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Royal Enclosure
Ascot
Montreal
London Globe
Duke of Newcastle
Newfoundland
Sland
Sympathetic Ink and Copper Chloride Formula
A historical note describes sympathetic ink made from copper chloride. Writing on paper remains invisible at room temperature and becomes a yellowish mark when heated, revealing the hidden text or drawing. The description emphasizes the chemical principle and practical use for concealed writing.
Curious Japanese Lacquer Craft and Timber Trade
A brief note on Wamamee lacquer from Japan describes lacquer as a durable tree sap coating that withstands alcohol and boiling water. It states lacquer trees are felled at forty, yielding about eight barrels per tree, and mentions Japan restricts foreign access to lacquer secrets.
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Japan
The Sands Dee Poem Cleansing Cattle Tale
The poem narrates a dramatic sea drama where a woman calls cattle home as the western tide rises across the sands of Dee. A boatmen crew brave roiling foam to row her to her grave beside the sea while the memory of her voice endures across the shore.
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Dee
Charles Kingsley
King Edward and Balmoral life in late tale
The piece discusses King Edward’s life at Balmoral and preference for Sandringham Windsor and London. It references royal travel, Balmoral’s mood, and the prince’s fatigue from expeditions. A humorous aside mentions a canary and a medicine ad closes the excerpt.
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Edward Ace
Sudey
Buckingham Palace
Jockey
Walen
Deckers
Fie
Stich
Edward
Balmoral
Mer Kanes
Sandringham
Wintsor
London
Placer Abrena
Gasser Coe
Iwi
igsieGn
Preserve Youth by Active Mind and Varied Life
A 19th century style exhortation argues for keeping the mind active to delay aging. City life offers more varied experiences than rural life, with work followed by leisure. It praises Holloway's Corn and reflects on age, pain, and the relief of using the remedy.
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Guntey
Ancient sun dial carved from yew and box bushes
In Wentworth Castle England a unique sun dial survives from over two centuries ago. The dial uses a yew tree as a pin and closely cropped box bushes for Roman figures and borders. It remains in good preservation and compares well with newer sundials in time-keeping.
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Wentworth Castle
England
Minards Liniment and Kellogg Dysentery Cord Ad Claims Relief
An early advertisement promotes Minards Liniment for neuralgia and a Kellogg Dysentery Cord for quick relief from dysentery and cholera symptoms. It touts broad cure claims for summer ailments and teething, promising rapid relief from indiscretion effects and warnings against fear of cholera with a bottle on hand.
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J.D. Kellogg
Shuffleboard's Fading Favor Among Court Nobility
The game of shuffleboard, once a favorite pastime of the royal court, appears to be losing popularity as nobles turn to other amusements.
Fragmented literary criticism on similes and speech styles
The excerpt surveys writers such as Gordon Cumming and Guy de Maupassant, noting tropical imagery and painted mouth comparisons. It quotes critics and poets on metaphor choice, alliteration, and the reception of style, including Western journalists and a debate over rhyme and sport terms.
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Gordon Cumming
Guy de Maupassant
Bel Am Maupassant
George Moore
Agnes Lahens
Agnes
Lange
Peanut Crop Yields Highlight Virginia North Carolina Leads
The text notes an annual peanut crop around 11,0000 bushels with Virginia and North Carolina ahead, Tennessee rising to about 800,000 bushels but lower quality. It mentions a bushel equaling twenty two pounds for ordinary peanuts and includes unrelated medical and cultural observations about soldiers and earache remedies.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Fragmentary note on Shilo purchase price and losses
A degraded line hints at locations Gea Colla and Scetses of the lange apd, then mentions damages and what you paid for Shilo. The legible facts are sparse and names appear garbled, leaving unclear event or parties involved.
Man Seeks Court Admission Then Demands Drinking Water
A Missouri court scene features a fastidious young man who challenges the judge and attorneys. He first drinks water set aside for court staff, then returns with a parchment claiming admission to practice law, asking to drink from the official pitcher. The judge reacts with ire and the moment underscores his audacious conduct.
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Missouri
Temple of Justice
Supreme Court
Pitetier
Lippincott’s
Unlikely theater quips and diner dispute drift
Quoted snippets show a Philadelphia Press riff about forgiving a bad meal and forgetting it, then a Chicago News aside mocking diction as a heroine prepares to fall in a scene. The fragmentary notes hint at stage vanity and a wary customer.
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Chicago News
No Time For Extras at Home
Fragile domestic scene shows Tiny Sister rushing to wake her elder sister Lulu. The elder warns not to delay, while the younger pleads not to delay shaving. A humorous, domestic vignette titled Woman's Home Pormneniae.
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Tiny Sister
Big Sisters
Lulu
Pormneniae
The Greeks Fail to Build Bridges of Size
A fragment notes that the Greeks, failing and with only a glimmering of arch use, could not construct bridges of any size. The remark contrasts their struggles in engineering with other matters.
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Deli Fenius
Earliest Barons Lacked Literacy Beyond Signatures
An eminent English historian notes that among the signatories of a pivotal 13th century charter, none could write beyond his signature and only two could even sign. The observation highlights widespread illiteracy among the noble men of that era.
Homan styles and Rowan stylus as weapon in legend
The Rowan stylus was heavy enough to be used as a weapon and Caeser defended himself with such a stylus against conspirators. It is claimed that the scent of Dowers fades as petals fade but can be restored by placing the flower in sugar solution, reactivating starch formation and fragrance.
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Caeser
Astounding Latin Class Frays at Lesson
A garbled account notes John Jones drowsy in Latin recitation as a professor asks for a verb conjugation. The scene captures a chaotic classroom moment amid a broader, chaotic text including phrases about Mother's Worm Exterminator and a destructive event valued at $3,000,000 linked to a god’s anger and offerings during a fiery episode.
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Johnny Jones
Cammari
Lippincot
Siva
Farm Lands Wanted for Sale in Winnipeg Co.
Improved and unimproved farm lands sought by buyers. Part owners or farmers with farms for sale should write with full particulars to Farmers' Land Co. 58 Tribune Bldg. Winnipeg Man.
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Parton
Farmers’ Land CO
Tribune Bldg
Winnipeg
Man
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