Pauline's Pendant Mystery at Masterton Priory
In Masterton Priory Pauline loses a diamond pendant. Aunt Priscilla discovers Lady Masterton moved Pauline's room and handed a packet to a brother. Carter reveals the case is a family quarrel. The pendant rests in Pauline's wardrobe drawer as reconciliation heals old wounds.
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Paulines
Lady Masterton
Pauline
Scotland Yard
Paulie
Priscilla
Carter
Nevil
Masterton
Nev
Australia
Miss Precilla
Gianard
Sir Nevil
Prisey
Sir Wevil
The Myth of a Criminal Class
A critique argues there is no distinct criminal class but a punished one. It claims anyone can err and be judged by society, noting newspapers show many wrongdoers who are not labeled as a separate group. The piece from Everyone's Magazine questions the idea of dividing humanity into good and bad hosts of crime.
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Everybody's Magazine
Childhood's Worst Terror Exposed By Large Study
A survey of 1,500 children in the American West ranks thunderstorms as the greatest fear in childhood, followed by snakes, strangers, darkness, fire, and death. Rats and mice frighten girls far more than boys, with ratios of 75 to 16. Boys' fear wanes after age fifteen, girls after eighteen.
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America
No Stage Murders in Turkey Drama Censorship
Turkish censor bans stage murder to curb evil influence. Plays suffer as killers are removed mid scene and return to sing their death songs from the wings.
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Turkey
Why Politicians Disagree. Asylum superintendent on inmate unity
The superintendent of a large asylum for the insane states that crazy people do not act together. He argues that if one inmate attacks an attendant others see it as not their concern and merely observe. Only when two or more inmates collaborate would they be on the road to recovery.
Freak Newspapers and Odd Innovations Across Europe
A French magazine surveys unusual prints such as Madrid’s Luminaria with phosphorus ink for night reading and Regal printed on non poisonous dough sheets. It notes Le Bien Etre’s failed pension promise, La Monchoir the handkerchief paper, waterproof seaside papers, and Norwegian papers whose tough sheets become rope cues after reading.
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Madrid
le Bien Etre
Courrier Des Baigueurs
Bather's Courier
la Naivade
Norway
Illinois inventor improves drummer's case design
An Illinois man solves bulk and awkward handling of drummer's sample cases by placing an inner cell near the top for hand and arm grip. The new design doubles capacity while allowing the case to be carried as easily as a conventional suitcase, avoiding leg interference from a bottom bump.
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Illinois
Havana Cabbies and Roads: Cuban Transport and Change
Havana cab rides cost about 15 cents for a continuous trip while old style cabs charged one to five dollars. Drivers earn 6 to 10 dollars daily. Across Cuba, motor car owners find paradise as road building expands hundreds of miles of smooth routes. The country’s distinct charm may fade under outside capital and immigration.
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Havana
Cuba
Pressure on Water Column Limits Suction Lift
Theoretical atmospheric pressure can push water up a tube to about thirty four feet. No pump can create a perfect vacuum above the water, so water cannot be raised more than this by suction. A pump removes air from the pipe and atmospheric pressure outside pushes the water up into the partial vacuum beneath the pump valve.
Steering huge links by extra propeller wheels
Engineers propose methods for steering massive ships in narrow channels. The article describes transverse tubes with propeller wheels to push water across the hull and additional water jets or propellers to aid turning. A vessel example features four movable propeller wheels in recesses at the ends, operable together or in reverse as needed.
Jumping Horse Clears Canyon To Save Cattle
A California cowboy leads his bronco to calm a stampede near Beaver River by circling a plateau four miles long and two thousand feet deep. The horse repeatedly leaped the canyon edges, saving many steers while searchers found a dozen cattle killed after tumbling into the gorge.
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California
Leadville
Beaver River
Little Snake
London Strand
Buying Hand in Corea Land Purchases Demand Patience
A Japanese investigator notes land buying in Corea varies with purchaser skill. Hasty purchases offend owners and provoke opposition. Choose a district and settle quietly or send an agent, signaling intent. Coreans treat land deals as mere money transactions, prompting offers to sell as patience grows a large tract can be acquired cheaply over years.
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Corea
Disappearing Bark Cloth Industry in Africa
The article notes the decline of bark cloth made from the bark of the brachysterin tree in Uganda and parts of East Africa. Natives strip bark from 15 inch trees, pound it with stones, and pull fibers to form six by ten foot sheets. The cloth is weak and losing ground to cotton cloth as civilization advances.
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Uganda
East Africa
Danish Table Manners Traditions at Family Meals
Danish and German households observe a post meal greeting with children saying Tak far mad and visitors shaking hands with hosts. The custom extends to the ending of the evening meal with all participants standing, greeting neighbors, and blessing the food with a blessing phrase in German.
Nine and the number nine in language and lore across eras
A whimsical survey traces the prominence of the number nine in myth, folklore, proverbs, and games from ancient times to Elizabethan England. It notes nine rivers, nine worlds, nine heads of the hydra, nine tailsors, and phrases like nine lives, plus customs using nine objects in healing and ritual.
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Thur Iedoors
la Dorset
Marneil
West
Perth
Rafera
Nina Pire
Nies
Cererapales
Hagliah
Nias
El'zahbeth
Cate
Heywood
Taft In a Train Wreck Near Spr Kan
Kansas City august 28 pass train 201 on the St Louis Francisco railroad carrying Taft was derailed near Spr Kan. A switch flew after the engine and baggage car passed. The mail car derailed and dragged 900 feet. Passengers were shaken but none injured. Secretary Taft aided in reassuring timid travelers.
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Taft
Kansas City
St. Louis Francisco
Spr
Kan
Tait
Jersey Divorce Surge After Law Change
Trenton August 28 The new divorce law taking effect January 1 has sparked a flood of petitions in the court of chancery. Since January 1 there have been 700 applications, far exceeding the 1005 filed for the entire previous year.
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Jersey
Trenton
Court of Chancery
Nere
Five new yellow fever cases reported in Cuban city
Washington dispatch from Chief Surgeon Taylor at Marianao Cuba reports five new yellow fever cases in Cienfuegos none in military camps and all camp cases are convalescent.
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Cuba
Washington
Cienfuegos
War Department
Taylor
Marianao
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