Deaths of Fiction Villains A Grim Gallery Across Authors
London Standard surveys how novel antagonists meet grisly ends from watery graves to falling from heights. Dickens to Conan Doyle, Haggard to Fosco, are cited with deaths by ice, poison, or structural doom, highlighting sensational fates in classic literature.
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Dickens
Quilp
Distorted Dwarf
Rogue Riderhood
Ralph Nickleby
Gashford
Jonas Chuzzlewit
Uriah Heep
Squeers
Lattimer
Dickns
Lytton
Gawtrey
Paris
Anthony Hope
Stanley Weyman
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Wilkie Collins
Count Fosco
Gagool
Rider Haggard
King Solomon’s Mines
Curtis
Living Rock
Foulata
Svengali
Scott
Templar
Fleet Street
Goldsmith
Thornhill
Olivia
Wakefield
Harrison Ainsworth
Saint Paul’s
Gilbert
Cricket chirp rate links temperature to heat
The text notes that cricket chirp speed hinges on temperature with 60 F yielding 80 chirps per minute and 70 F yielding 120. A one degree rise adds four chirps per minute. Below 50 F crickets stop chirping. It then claims forest outputs surpass all mined metals and even the combined wheat and cotton crop in annual value.
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America
Aragon Elects Its King In Humble Oath Form
An old Harper's Round Table excerpt describes Aragon's historic royal election. Freeborn inhabitants claim equality with the king and vow to elect Don Philip on condition he preserves their rights, threatening removal if he fails.
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Aragon
Kingdom of
Philip
Harper’s Round Table
Asbestos Tales Stir Doubt in a Restaurant
An elderly man at a restaurant spins a tall tale about asbestos from Charlemagne’s era to Benjamin Franklin and Sir Hans Sloane, claiming long history and uses. A skeptical companion challenges the story while the debate ends with a proposed bet and no wager.
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Charlemagne
Asbestus
Benjamin Franklin
England
Bloomsbury
London
Sir Hans Sloane
British Museum
Immigrant wealth averages by nationality report
The New York Tribune cites Statistica showing German immigrants as the richest in this country with $52.50 on average. The English follow at $52, French $47.25, Belgian $45, Irish $15, Russian $12.50, and Italian $10. The paper notes Italians may send more money home than others.
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New York Tribune
Eight nationalities vote tally figures debate
An east side alderman boasts about eight nationalities voting in an election. A reporter suggests Americans as the missing eighth, prompting a humorous exchange about the tally. The brief exchange captures a moment of local color in Detroit.
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East Side
Detroit Free Press
Forests of Stone From Ancient Earth to Desert Rock
A Chicago Tribune excerpt describes coalfields as ancient buried forests turned to stone. It notes Greenland palms preserved under ice, an old submerged Lincoln County forest, and a desert Arizona forest turned to onyx jasper and agate. An axe mishap amid a fallen pine shows fossil wood may become stone.
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Greenland
Arctic
Indies
Lincoln
Norfolk
Arizona
Chicago Tribune
True Manna of Scripture Described From Sahara to Persia
The article explains the true manna as the thallo phyte known as Canona esculenta and Lichen esculentus. It details its discovery names, geography from Sahara to Mesopotamia, physical traits, collection timing, preservation, taste, and traditional Arab use including a gelati nous paste.
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M. Chastrey
Sahara
Algeria
Ousseh-el-Ard
Persia
Arabia
Mesopotamia
Chaambra
San Francisco Chronicle
Treating Leg Fractures in Young Birds
The article explains simple home remedies for leg fractures in young chickens and pet birds. Clean and wash the wound, apply antiseptic cotton, use elder wood splints with glue and linen thread, and keep bandages for three to four weeks. For canaries, substitute elder splints with cardboard and shorten bandage time to two weeks.
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Canaries
Waillr Swimming Feats Among Kaffirs
A Kaffir boy can ford a shoulder high stream using a heavy stone on his head for balance. With a companion lifting the stone, the weight helps him stand against swift currents, a trick to endure tide and flood.
Language quirks and moral proverbs in reminiscences
Lady Dufferin notes how learned baboo speech diverges from proper English in her reminiscences. She quotes a pathetic twist of fate in a sentence about tit for tat and cites a Somerville Journal idea about tuning forks mirroring sound.
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Lady Dufferin
Electric Bitters Cited As Cure For Female Diseases
George D. Williams of Manchester Michigan recounts freeing his wife from years of illness by two bottles of Electric Bitters. He says the remedy quickly cures nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headache backache fainting and dizziness. Guaranteed every bottle 50 cents. Sold by D C Prader Druggist.
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George D. Williams
Manchester
Mich
D. C. Prader
Remarkable Recovery Reported After Consumption Cure
Mrs. Michael Curtain of Plainfield Illinois says a month of treatment failed to help her lung condition. A druggist recommended Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. After six bottles she regained health, does her own housework, and feels as well as ever. Free trial bottles at D C Prader Co's drugstore. priced 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle, guaranteed.
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Michael Curtain
Plainfield
Ilinois
King
D. C. Prader & Co
Floraplesion
Eer
Franklin Hart
West 32d St
New
One Minute Cough Cure and Wise Sayings Parade
A collage of ad copy and quotes extols One Minute Cough Cure from D C Prader & Co. It touts safety and efficacy for coughs, croup, and lung troubles, with testimonials and humorous quips about doctors, ministers, and everyday life.
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D.C. Prader & Co
J. Scheer
Sedalia
D. C
D.C
C. Prader & Co
D. C. Prader & Co
Advertising salve cures various skin ailments with guaranteed refund
Salvable claim of a universal salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all eruptions. It promises perfect satisfaction or money back. Priced at 25 cents a box and sold by D C Prader & Co.
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D. C. Prader & Co
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