Haunted House Burglar Recalls Mirror Monster Night
Nathan White Howe recounts a 19th century burglary in which a house with a taunting haunted house sign and a darkened interior led him to confront a mirror apparition. He describes climbing trellises, searching for silver, and being trapped by a mirror illusion before police arrived and he served five years.
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Tye
The Preadamites and De la Peyrere in Early Thought
A fragment discusses Isaac de la Peyrere and his Preadamites theory proposing two creations of humanity. It notes his belief that the first race united both sexes in one being and that Adam arose in a second creation. The piece mentions his followers and the eventual decline of the movement.
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de la Peyrere
Adam
Adwa
Alexander
Tribal adornments and railway signal fashion in old chronicles
A fragmentary 19th century prose piece notes Zulu ear ornaments carved from bone and worn as practical draagment, a native boy’s propensities, and contrasts it with foreign railway workers using red neckties as emergency signals. The tone mirrors scattered, curious ethnographic musings.
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Savanen
South Africa
Towas
Wrofian
Bour
Wecktiex
Eve Wold
Italy
Friuet
Germany
England
Minneapolis Jourga
Kentucky Names and Nicknames Through History
The text traces Kenturks's Names Kentucky as the Corn Cracker State Blue Grass State and Dark and Bloody Ground. It notes the corn and blue grass associations from early settlement belts and the region's historical role as a contested battleground between northern tribes and southern mountain peoples before white settlement.
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Kenturks
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Georgia
Planets With Three Suns
In Gamma’s solar system planetoids receive continuous daylight with three suns. When one sun wanes another rises, keeping the world in constant light. Each sun glows a distinct color red yellow or blue.
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Gamma
Illogical Memoir On Pricing And Quality In A Restoration
A fragmented reminiscence discusses pricing quality and consumer satisfaction amid a faulty product line. The narrator mentions two quantities bought, one good and one poor, and notes mixed reactions from customers about value and price.
Longfellow verse on affection and returning springs
A fragmentary quotation reflects on affection not serving the rich and the cycle of love returning to its source like rain. The lines speak of tears and the fountain feeding itself, suggesting renewal through nature.
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Longfellow
Ancestors Traced by Genealogist in London Turmoil
A London gossip column reports a genealogist offering to trace lineage for a hefty fee, charging a thousand pounds to keep findings quiet. The piece notes secrecy and the premium placed on hidden family histories in high society.
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Jones
London
Valley anecdotes reveal rough childhood scuffles and humor
The passage recalls a rough home scene where a boy is whipped with a beard while a splinter in a thumb adds to the hardship. O W Curtis notes that local heroes in Valery seem petty, but truth would dull the poetry of neighbors.
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Valery
O. W. Curtis
Varicocele Treatment Offer by Local Specialist
A physician advertises cure for varicocele and related male vitality issues. He invites men dissatisfied with other treatments to visit his office or use correspondence to learn a curing method, promising safe, quick, and permanent results with affordable charges. He claims thousands cured at home and offers a free consultation.
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Keereey
Dr Pierce’s Medicines Proclaimed Safe Honest Composition
The advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Family Medicines as clearly labeled and tested, claiming no alcohol and ingredients from native medicinal roots. It argues glycerine preserves potency, highlights the Golden Medical Discovery for indigestion and catarrh, and urges buyers to insist on known composition amid dealers pushing substitutes.
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Dr. Pierce
Nature
Pierce
Sages
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