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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1891
Page
4
A bachelor in a London flat endures sleepless nights as valuables vanish from an escritoire. He suspects servants, sets a quiet trap with a purse and prized items, and finally awakens to a silent intruder entering the room as dawn nears.
A narrator discovers missing items from an escritoire believed stolen by a mysterious thief. He confronts a retreating figure only to find the burglar is his own face in the mirror. A medical friend explains sleepwalking and brain fatigue, urging rest and calm to recover. The narrator recalls the August eight event and notes no further losses in thirty years.
A young Scot seeks guidance between two loves, beauty and a cow. His adviser declares marry the lass with the cow, arguing no two women are valued equally to a cow.
Treated as a sensational survey of venomous snakes, fakirs in India and snake charmers in Egypt and Turkey remove venom sacs and seal fangs to render cobras harmless. It covers methods, ancient practices, alleged cures, and the deadly reach of cobra venom in India with ample references to Buckland and African poison lore.
A Pall Mall Gazette report notes Meringen, a Swiss village destroyed by fire, imposes strict controls since 1879. Winds from dangerous quarters ban smoking and lighting fires at dusk, village ovens shut, and shops sell bread amid fears of similar destitution after the latest blaze.
The San José from Panama reports a new vanadium vein discovered in Mendoza Province Argentina. Vanadium, a rare metal used for dyeing and finishing silk and other goods, was previously sourced mainly from the Urals. The find promises to be of great importance to industry and commerce.
A partial rail schedule lists departures from Plainfield and connections toward Newark and Easton. The garbled ink shows times around morning to evening, with notes referencing Plainfield, Somerville, Lake YAR, and Easton routes amid unreadable segments.
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