Buried Plunder Recovered by Thieves After Jail Terms
London Tit-Bits reports on ex convicts who hide stolen wealth and keep it after release. A man once jailed for embezzling 70,000 pounds said to have found a fortune via a brother's death in Australia. A forged check scheme buried 15,000 pounds under Soho flooring. loot later moved to Essex marshes and vanished.
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London
Britain
Seah
W. Sas
L Saray North
Hoxton
Australia
Sereo
Soho
Essex Marshes
Stoves of the Middle Ages and Northern Europe
The stoves of the middle ages and Roman era in Germany and Scandinavia were brick built with porcelain faced tiles and often reached up to a room’s full side. Winter use spread couches and blankets over them as heat substitutes for beds, with heat conducted through flues to chimneys.
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Germany
Scandinavia
Disillusioned greetings on street corner scene
A passerby notes two well-dressed young women approaching from opposite directions. Instead of refined chatter he overhears a chirpy slang greeting, "Wot you chawin', May," highlighting a clash between appearance and speech.
Venice Canal Vendetta Recounts by Don Las Decorated
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment recalls a Venetian canal scene where ladies discuss an imagined vendetta. The exchange features Mrs ee and Mr Codding with facetious tones about Italian decor.
Pure air cures many ills and prolongs life say experts
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes concerns about breathing vitiated air in crowded places and explains that organic impurities, not just carbonic acid, threaten health. It cites Dr. Chaumont on respiration and water loss, and warns readers to ventilate spaces to avoid stale air hazards.
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Gtk Ae
de Chaumont
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Curious Bindings Show Extravagance in Old Books
A 17th century catalog advertises a Latin Apuleius Golden Ass bound in the skin of a Jerusalem ass with hair still on. Another item features a Jeffery Hudson book bound in the silk waistcoat of Charles I, illustrating lavish bookbinding trends and public ire at excess.
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Cata
Apulein
Jerusalem
Jeffery Hudson
Charles I
The Limit In Boston Story From a Bank Clerk
A Boston bank clerk recalls his father in a neighborhood vignette about children noting parents bad habits. The children discuss smoking, swearing, drinking, and reading Cicero as a clever quip wins a small prize in the unit.
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Boston
Pop Concert Sparks Row Over Moonlight Sonata
In a Harper's Weekly item a man loudly disrupts a pop concert while an orchestral performance of Moonlight Sonata plays. He passionately declares love to his companion, then clashes with another audience member demanding the music be heard.
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Fair Maiden
Harper’s Weekly
Troublesome Tales of a Household
A man recalls a beloved confidante who shares her troubles. Years later he grows weary of endless stories about every servant and worker in the household from morning to night and night to morning.
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