Trial by Ordeal in Siam Historical Note on Fire and Water Trials
The account describes old Siamese justice using fire and water ordeals. It details two fiery trenches tested by accuser and accused with daily foot checks, then water immersion with poles and a diving test watched by hundreds. A cockfight omen and priestly charms accompanied the ritual, reflecting a transitional era in justice.
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Europe
Siam
Ernest Young
London Tatler
Persian Gulf
Baffled the Indians and Grinning Into Matrimony
A noted Harper's Weekly tale recounts an Apache ambush of a guarded army safe with $8000 that withstood fire, flood, and blasting for months before being found intact. It also recounts an 18th century English custom of grinning for gold rings, ending with a cobbler's wedding ring ceremony and a quip about testing refrigerators.
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Harper’s Weekly
Coleshill Heath
Warwickshire
Addison
Jones County Supervisors Proceedings 1911
The minutes from August 7 and 8 1911 record bids rejected for the steel tower and water tank at the county home and resolutions on relief reporting, Beatty settlement, electric line permits for Anamosa Oxford Junction, road improvements, and a Cascade highway purchase funded jointly by Jones and Dubuque counties with Cascade city.
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Anamosa
Murfield
Kinn
Hale
Thomsen
Noyes
Clinton Bridge & Iron Works
Des Moines Bridge & Iron Works
Board of Supervisors
C. J. Murfield
T. J. Finn
J. K. Hale
C. J. Marfield
Alexander Beatty
Jones County
Iowa
Joseph Beatty
Independence
Jonas County
Towa
Alex Beatty
Thomson
Monticello Electric Company
Anamosa Axtford Jct. Light & Power Co
Oxford Junction Light & Power Co
General Assembly
Oxford Junction
33Rd General Assembly
Oxford Milla
Wapsipinicon River
Kown
Zinn
Main Street
J. W. Glenn Et al
Rome Township
Rock
C.J. Marfield
Herman Ricklefs Et
Scotch Grove Township
T. &. Supple Et al
Clay Township
Finn
Cascade
Jones and
Dubuque County
City of
The Burglar’s Umbrella Use Story
A London Standard report describes a burglar’s umbrella that conceals a rope ladder and hooks for entering upper-story windows. The device includes a telescoping stick, rope ladder and a narrow foot-wide rung design enabling entry with minimal exposure.
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London Standard
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C.J. Murfield
Thomas
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Louis Gardner
Monticello
Tiebor
Lavallees
America
ARNO
Wahlund-Tekla
Lavell
Francisco
53Rd. Regimental Band
Cedar Rapids
Uamouth
E. G. Hicks
Fred W. Koop
J. W. Doxbee
Atilorney
Lovell Block
Lowa
W. A. Mirick
South Cedar St
Fred Puleston
Eilers & Bolton
DR. A. M. Maurice
Lovell
J. E. Bateman
W. First St
Monticello, Iowa
Just
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad
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