The Lighthouse Keeper on Bishop's Rock Mystery
An island lighthouse keeper Ziegler fears the sea and faces a fatal Christmas eve. He disappears after logging a 3:40 entry, presumed fallen into the sea. His wife later reveals a linked schooner wreck and a vow to protect their son Leopold.
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Leopold
Frau Ziegler
Ziegler
Bishop’s Rock
Peopte
Joe
Lghthouse
Heo
Frederick
Umbrella mix up ends with double possession
A Mrs Smith in a department store finds she owns two umbrellas after a stranger asserts the other belongs to her. The dispute ends when she realizes she carries one umbrella in each hand and yields the second. Rose Pastor Phelps Stokes cites a New York address about dishonest finance and a thief joke.
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Mrs. Smith
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor
New York
Smelt Run Draws Crowds to Sandy River
Smelt surge up the Sandy River in a column from the Columbia, the first good run in eight years. Hundreds collect with nets and buckets, handing out wagonloads of fish as Farmara arrive daily from distant districts to stock for picking and smoking. The run may last several days before the season ends until next winter.
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Sandy River
Columbia River
Farmara
Teonsdale
San Francis
Gaseotele
Fox in Japan and the demon fox legend
The text describes the fox in Japanese legend as a powerful black magic user capable of possessing humans and performing witchlike feats. It notes foxes live for centuries, turning white at a thousand years, and the man fox can mimic any person, a fearsome figure knights once swore to exterminate.
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Japan
Europe
Doctor braves Atlantic storm to救救 patient at Innismoer
Dr O Brien of Innismore answered a urgent wire to aid a sick patient on Innismann. Facing a fierce storm his crew sailed a curragh four and a half miles through raging seas, saved the life, and sheltered with trawlers during lulls before reaching shore.
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O’brien
Innismore
Innis Maan
Hat Swap Creates Youthful Look Alike
Jane swaps Easter hats with her teen sister Ann. On first street outing in Ann's hat, Mrs Jorking mistakes Jane for her mother, sparking surprise. The tale centers on mistaken age and hat fashion.
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Jane
Ann
Jorking
Pros and Cons of Home Work Debate at English Council School
Fifty girls in the top class faced visitors during an inspection day. The students debated compulsory home work with mothers speaking for and against. When the motion was put, twenty nine voted for obligatory home lessons and fourteen against, with some girls undecided.
Easter Hat Reflects Aviation Crowds and Fashion
Frank Coffyn recalls a London New York chat about a limousine with a sliding roof used at aviation meetings. A girl notes the smart crowd and fashionable frocks, while another questions the plan to remove a new Mester hat amid the spectacle.
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Frank Coffyn
Hydroplane
New York
Indignant Passenger Demands Redress Over Rail Cinder
A passenger cites a ten shilling medical bill after a cinder from a railway engine injured his eye. The railway manager dismisses the claim saying the cinder is their property and offers no remedy, urging not to dwell on the incident.
Ancient sea monster bone found in Scottish garden trench
A gardener at Broomhall gardens unearthed a large bone in a sand bed that may be a vertebra of a whale or sea monster. The find suggests tidal waters extended inland in a remote era, and the specimen is reportedly sent to Lord Elgin's museum for study.
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Broomhall Gardens
Saya
London Globe
Firth of Forth
Orsedus Fied
Lord Elgin
Breombadl
Times explains post office rules on cheap postage for overdue subscribers
The Times notes that post office authorities prohibit publishers from sending two copies of a paper at pound postage to any subscriber who owes more than a year of subscription. This forces the Times to remove names from its list to retain the pound rate privilege.
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Times
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