The Hatton Garden Diamond Scam Begins Its Tale
Cornelius Vanderstroom, a hatton Garden diamond dealer, clashes with a one-armed American visitor who claims kin and selects a cache of Pneil and Jagerson diamonds. The deal unfolds with a credit plan using a 100 pound Bank of England note as an introductory safeguard while plans to complete the purchase at the hotel loom.
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Hamlet
Vanderstroom
Cornelius
Tor
England
Bank of Ingland
Hatton Garden
Bank of England
Cornelius Vanderstroom
America
Vianderstroom
Hague
Amsterdam
Hudson
Low Countries
New World
Northumberland Avenue
Afternoon in Hatton Garden Brimming with Prosperity
Cornelius lounges on office steps in Hatton Garden enjoying a successful day. He has sold a batch of diamonds at favorable prices and won a lunch domino game at the Cosmopolitan cafe, feeling confident and content as the afternoon unfolds. A sharp interruption then unsettles his easy mood.
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Hatton Garden
Mr. Vanderstroom
Cornelius
Salmon Migrationand Homeward Habits in Labrador Streams
The article discusses salmon migration up Labrador streams reaching upper pools beyond a hundred miles, with some fish caught sixty miles above tidal water. It asks whether salmon remember childhood spots, positing each fish has a preferred river section. It argues many eggs never hatch and notes rapid, long-distance travels observed with digested prey in the stomachs.
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Labrador
Restigouche
Courageous Sailors in Samoa Storm of 1889
The 1889 Apia harbor hurricane wrecked ships including the Trenton Eber Nipsic Adler Vandalia and Calliope. Calliope narrowly avoided collision while Trenton, rudderless, drifted toward Olga and Vandalia. cheers for Calliope and Vandalia followed as Trenton sank with flag raised, all men saved at dawn.
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Apia
Samoa
Trenton
Eber
Nipsic
Adler
Vandalia
Calliope
America
Olga
An Unmixed Blessing for the Church
The text extols the church as an unmixed good offering life now and to come. It promises counsel, pure motives, lofty aims, consolations, and hope while noting multitudes’ indebtedness to it. The blessing comes only if individuals earn it by consecrating themselves anew and strengthening what remains.
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Church
Powers the Sculptor and the Vermont Visitor
The story recounts Hiram Powers in Washington carving animal likenesses, including a panther in Central Park. A persistent Vermonter intrudes on the studio, ignoring pleas to sit or leave, and is finally asked to move aside with a sharp remark as the sculptor resumes his work.
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Story of Powers
Hiram Powers
Washington
Green Mountains
Central Park
Vermont
Mr. Powers
He Got the Cloak by a Drunken Kazi in Sary Hissar
A Khojah Effendi in a village near Constantinople stole the drunk Kazi of Sary Hissar’s gown while the judge slept in a vineyard. The Khojah wore the cloak to the public tribunal where the Kazi questioned him. The Khojah disclosed the incident and offered to return the cloak, but the Kazi denied ownership.
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Sary-Hissar
Constantinople
Mehkemeh
Khojah Effendi
Kazi
Khojah
An Odd Profession In Vienna Throat Hospital
Frau Gelby, a nurse at Dr. Schnitzler's Throat Hospital in Vienna, advertises as a living teaching organ. Students observe her throat to view vocal cords and perform delicate experiments, including painting the airway and removing a bead with forceps as practice. People travel from across Europe to study her remarkable technique.
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Frau Gelby
Europe
If Two Worlds Should Meet
A historical clipping ponders a collision of worlds at 1000 miles per minute. It cites top thinkers and an eminent scientist noting heat would vaporize ice equivalent to an ice planet about 150000 miles in diameter, turning both worlds to vapor on impact.
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St. Louis Republic
Fishing Through the Earth in Colorado Crust Lake
The Chicago Herald describes a subterranean Colorado lake with an eighteen inch soil crust. A corn field yields thirty bushels per acre on black marl. Harvest workers pull long fish through the earth by drilling holes, and the crust collapses when a rail is driven through it.
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Colorado
Chicago Herald
The Flourish Of Gulch City And Mineville Banter
A Western city rivalry fuels a witty exchange between an Eastern visitor and a Mineville resident. The Mineville man predicts surpassing Gulch City in five years with steady confidence. The tale closes with a quip about angels and white gowns.
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Mineville
Gulch City
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Cape
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de Barty
Corny
Matilda Yana
Jonildr
Chant
Holborn Circus
Viaduct
Hyde Park Corner
Proom
Arizona
Pneil
Jagerfontein
London
Eva
Powers
New York ‘Times
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