Chapter of Horrors The Mont Famous Outbreak of This Ignorant Folly
A retelling of the Salem witchcraft craze noting the 1692 arrests and trials, the bewitched children, Tituba and others, Giles Corey’s death by pressing, and the end of the hysteria as public opinion shifts away from Rev. Parris and the doomed executions.
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Mont
Giles Corey
Salem
Mass
Samuel Parris
Tituba
Sarah Good
Sarah Osburn
Massachusetts
William Phipps
James I
Martha Nurse
Corey
Rebecca
Hhe
Hale
Beverly
Mr. Parris
Parris
Sudbury
Flying machine critique and juvenile science items
A Contemporary Review article argues real flight needs vertical suspension and safe design. It envisions engines unlikely to fail and calls for qualified engineers to pursue a reliable flying machine. The Children's Column offers experiments, a dollhouse feature, and light humor from Texas and New York pages.
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Maxim Ard
Langley
Mr. Maxim’s
A Handsome Cottage With Modern Comforts For Under 2300
New York correspondence praises a six room suburban cottage described as elegant and inexpensive. Underpinning, red and black brick, slate roof, and interior finished in natural pine and ash with ebony details highlight refined taste. Stained glass, olive green exterior, and value-adding design noted. Cost listed at 2,275. rental and property value implications discussed.
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New York
Imitation Diamond Ring Theft in Third Ave Store
A gray haired woman, Elizabeth Ryan, accuses a imitation diamond in a dry goods shop of larceny after a detective spots a price tag dangling from her lip. The arrest reveals multiple stolen items as she is taken to the station and later arraigned in Yorkville court.
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Third Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
New York Herald
Oestreicher
Sixty Seventh Street
Yorkville Court
Elizabeth Ryan
Long Island City
Elizabeth
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Calonias
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Europe
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