The Red Dwarf in Transvaal Diamond Times
In the Transvaal Leydenburg area a four foot dwarf captured with the chief’s wives joins Kimberley diamond fields. Despite a clever booking as a diamond searcher, Zulu inspector Dingaan frames him with a sneezing test, producing a diamond and sentencing him to flogging, leaving the dwarf banished and destitute until diamond merchant Mr. Meyer inquiries spark an unlikely reversal.
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Hom Teward
Crocodile Valley
Leydenburg
Transvaal
Red Dwarf
Kimberley
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Dingean
Dingaan
Meyer
Sneezing dwarf and diamonds in a mining tale
A dramatic recounting describes a dwarf named Cecil Meyer endowed with a peculiar sense or divination, able to detect diamonds by touch and sneezing when near them. The tale covers trials, an overseer, native workers, a Zulu constable, and a mining community shocked by sensational demonstrations, ending with Meyer’s notoriety and a riot looming over the test.
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Mr. Meyer
I. D. Bs
Red Dwarf
Cecil Meyer
Kind words heal hearts and lift spirits in old notices
A collage of quotes from small town papers extols kindness as the greatest earthly blessing. A Branberry Herald remark condemns indifference to aging parents. A Breckenridge Bulletin decries keeping children from school. A Mound City Jeffersonian wedding anecdote shows one guest uplifting a gloomier companion.
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Earth
Mound City
Jeffersonian
B. m
Eight Points of the Law Sporting Chance Says London Standard
A correspondent signs as So-and-so recalls lawyers discussing a case and lists the eight points of the law. The eight factors cited are a good cause a good purse an honest and skillful solicitor good evidence able counsel an upright judge an intelligent jury and good luck. If you have all eight in your favor you have a sporting chance of winning.
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London Standard
New Two Passenger Record at Le Mans
Wilbur Wright, the American aeronaut, made three flights to set two passenger records at Le Mans on September 28. He first flew solo for 1 hour 7 minutes 11.8 seconds over about thirty miles, then with Tissander for 11 minutes 3.4 seconds beating the passenger flight record, and finally with Count de Lambert covering about 3.5 miles in 6 minutes 15 seconds as his third trip of the day.
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Count de Lambert
His Steady Occupation and the Slum World Charity
A London Chronicle conversation explores the large scope of a profession in the slum world. A lady philanthropist is approached for charity by a well known figure, illustrating social dynamics and relief efforts.
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London Chronicle
Fragmentary dialogue from a Victorian-era interview
A clipped exchange with a philanthropist questions a dressed woman about marriage and her husband. She replies in terse phrases, describing him as a regular outworker and implying his work status without clarifying details.
Too Dangerous Aunt Hopsy Views Moving Pictures
Old Aunt Hopsy Garside watches a moving picture show with awe as machines speed people, barbers, and policemen. A car whizzes by in the background, then swerves away. She grips her niece's hand and orders retreat saying it is unsafe to stay.
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Hopsy Garside
Hopsy
Minerva
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