Rough-keeled snake arrives at London Zoo Reptile House
The Daily Mail reports a new Arborescent snake from South Africa, the Dasypeltis scabra, at London's Zoo Reptile House. The small arboreal non-poisonous snake grows up to two feet, lacks front teeth, uses throat teeth to crack eggs, and swallows eggs whole before regurgitating a pellet. Martha the parakeet is noted as more active in her cage on April 4.
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London
Dasypeltis
South Africa
Martha
Daily Mail
Public Prosecutor Declares Ladies Bridge Parties Criminal
From New York the Daily Mail reports Georgia anti bridge crusade spreading as Cleveland public prosecutor Mahon cites Dalton case where a jury weighs if bridge parties for money are illegal. He calls bucket shops and bridge parties gambling institutions and urges indictments to deter polite gambling. Georgia jury deliberations continue amid intense public interest.
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New York
Daily Mail
Georgia
Cleveland
Mahon
Dalton
Trust No One Even Thy Brother Sir Henry Smith Reveals
In Blackwood May issue ex police commissioner Sir Henry Smith recalls a squire’s hidden past. A maid shared a flattering letter from London, prompting a pursuit that revealed the writer to be the squire’s own brother whose pulpit eloquence hid a family rift.
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Sir Henry Smith
City of London
Blackwood
London
Squirre
Martha's Lady Doctor at Zoo Infant Gorilla Help
Martha the infant gorilla at the Zoological Gardens thrives on egg diet with humanised milk substitute. A lady doctor handles the case and adds rice water to eggs, with daily visits by the doctor and consultations from professors. Dr Chalmers Mitchell says she has the best guidance in the country and is watched continually.
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Martha
Zoological Gardens
Chalmers Mitchell
Zoological Society
Those Wicked Planets and the Earthquakes
The article discusses theories attributing seismic and volcanic disturbances to planetary alignments and lunar attraction. It notes astronomers debunk astrologers while acknowledging that planetary positions may influence earth disturbances, citing events in San Francisco and prior disasters like Mont Pelee and an Indian quake.
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Maunder
Greenwich Observatory
Westminster Ganette
Uranus
Neptune
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
San Francisco
Mont Pelee
India
Sea veteran recalls forty years at sea and Knight Commander loss
A sea veteran recounts a life at sea from 1856 on the barque Birchgrove to steam command vessels. He details the sinking of the Knight Commander by Russian admiral Yegsen and the unanswered compensation claim, noting the Foreign Office pursuit and comparisons with the German steamer Thea. The interview touches on reformers and a desire to return to old ways.
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Knight Commander
Pacific
Yegsen
Durrant
Express
Birchgrove
LOC
Thames
Colombo
Crtw
Liss
Foreign Office
Supreme Prize Court
St. Petersburg
Charles Hardinge
Vladivostok
Thea
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