Various Curiosities and Notes From The Register
A jumble of brief items and anecdotes from The Register mentions Eix-Kine Miran joining Jerusalem monastic life, Queen Marguerite of Italy famed as a cello player, camels for New South Wales coach lines, NewrounspLanp humor, and threats of war with France over codfish thefts. It cites editor Abell of the Baltimore Sun's marriage, the coin and slot device in savings banks, the Humphrie daughters Arkansas through Virginia, and Boston women forming a council to depoliticize city schools. It covers a fly-screen lawsuit, papal succession bets, Samoa rights debate, a cockroach with 300 teeth, marriage advice, a Detroit divorce suit over baldness, Rev Dr Cunningham at St Andrews, and lightning fatalities in Britain.
Demagogue novel ready for publication at Toledo Blade
The manuscript of a novel titled The Demagogue by late D. R. Locke Petroleum V. Nasby is found in unpublished writings. It was believed incomplete but is now in publishable form and will be released by the Toledo Blade. Readers anticipate it as a potential Great American Novel.
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D. R. Locke
Petroleum V
Cotton crop in the South could boost regional wealth
A Colum bus Enquirer analysis argues that making cloth in the South would yield about one billion dollars from cotton, keeping profits local to the factor towns. It notes Montgomery’s raw cotton could generate eighteen million if processed locally, with twelve million extra staying with home producers.
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The
Columbus
Too Healthy By Fifty Per Cent. Colorado Tale
A well to do New York couple moves to Longmont Colorado seeking health and loses hope of an heir. After a year in Colorado they have twins but the wife returns home declaring Colorado was too healthful by at least 50 percent.
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New York
Longmont
Colorado
Denver News
My Locks Are Turning Gray Ills of Time in Lake County Ili
A reflective poem traces aging from youthful dreams to duties grown due with lines about gray hair and fading visions. The speaker notes time slipping from June to November and counts the days as Lake County Ili is invoked. The verse contrasts past bright hopes with present weariness, linking aging to duty and decay.
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Lake County
Ili
Night and a Tiger in the Sundarbans Delta
In a remote Bengal house near the Ganges delta a tiger stalks a lone drawing room at night. A brother and servant devise a stealthy plan using netting and distractions to lure the man-eater away, dawn approaching as they prepare to act.
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Sunderbunds
Madrepore
Jone Pass
Tiger hunted by gunfire breaks through lime debris
In a tense scene a tiger lunges near a window as guns ready at the moment of attack. Godfrey fires twice, then another shot from Taimed. The beast reels, tumbles, and dies, measured fifteen feet from nose to tail.
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Ramee
Godfrey
Sweat Wrap Claims to Trim Waist Quickly
A period article promotes a flannel stomach bandage to sweat off fat around the waist. It describes a custom hourglass bandage worn next to the skin under a shirt, covering from hips to just below the breastbone, aiming to reduce waist size through activity and sweating, with a three day case noted.
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Ran
New York
Sten
Pulled Of a Leg At Washington Boots Incident
In a Detroit News item, Corporal Tanner once mocked his servant over artificial legs and boots. When the boy pulled the boot straps, Tanner warned him not to pull his leg off and his leg came off instead, scaring the boy who fled.
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Corp. Tanner
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Corp
Daggett
Tanner
Detroit News
Punctuation curiosity at the bookstore scene
In a Detroit Free Press item a woman asks for punctuation work at a bookstore. She learns marks under a word emphasize it and whispers a literary joke about James placing five marks under the word Dear.
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James
Detroit Free Press
The Awful Work of Artillery and Its Unbroken Front
The article cites Prince Kraft Hohenlohe on 19th century artillery gains, noting that infantry frontal assaults fail against prepared batteries. It describes staged volleys at ranges up to 1,900 yards and 3,800 yard shrapnel reach, with capturing examples at St Privat and general proof that artillery can dominate infantry charges.
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Prince Kraft Hohenlohe
Prussia
Prince Ixraft
St. Privat
Bread from home saves Breton soldier in Geneva hospital
A dying French soldier in Geneva is revived by tasting bread baked by his mother in Brittany. His father brings the loaf to comfort him, and the bread restores his strength. The man recovers and returns home asking to eat the familiar black bread of his mother.
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Ceneva
Brittany
Geneva
Who Me Was At Windsor Castle Party Fracas
A Windsor Castle guest Miss Port hears a mysterious knock name cadence it me the voice. She suspects impertinence yet opens after urging. The king appears unannounced and cautions her to say nothing. Temple Bar notes the uncanny encounter during Mrs Delaney and Miss Port occupancy.
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Mrs. Delaney
Miss Port
Windsor Castle
Temple Bar
Ediths Caramel Dilemma Captures Auntie’s Wry Faith
In a Wide Awake scene Edith emulates a child's sly math as she borrows caramels from a closet plate. Edith confesses taking five instead of four and asks if God knows the exact count, prompting a quiet exchange about mistakes and mercy.
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Edith
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