Rich Assassin Ruler of Nation Across Three Continents
In a National Geographic Society bulletin a sweeping history links the Ismailis to the famed Assassins. Hasan Sabbah founded Alamut and trained fidais who were drugged into paradise then sent to slay rulers. The Aga Khan now leads over a million Ismailis with Paris and Bombay as centers.
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Millionaire Sailor Robinson to Become Midshipman
Millionaire sailor GOB Donald Robinson, famed for lavish shore leave and large parties, is set to become a midshipman and sail for Germany on an American battleship. He is the son of Henry M. Robinson, a leading wholesale florist. He joined the service in 1926 for training and health benefits.
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Tremblers Shake Sins Out of Souls in Veresti Romania
A new sect in Veresti Romania gathers followers led by a patriarch to chant and then tremble on the floor. adherents believe the ritual shakes sins from their souls as part of devotion and cleansing.
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Veresti
Romania
Doubles Sunday Measure Reidsville Egg Claim
In Reidsville North Carolina J Yates reports an industrious barred rock hen that lays an average egg six days a week and a special five ounce two yolk egg on Sundays for good measure.
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Mock wedding prank wraps up six long lovers
In a tabloid tone tale, Jack Day and Elaine, a socially connected couple not yet wed, learn a staged mock ceremony planned by friends would go too far until Day reveals they actually wed in New York the previous day. The group, including Prescott and Lorimer, had devised a theatrical ruse with a minister and a fake chapel at Grimes’ home. Elaine and Jack react with surprise and humor, while the gang contemplates the implications of their joke.
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Flaine
Folwell
Country Club
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Unks
Jack Day
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Nadine
Zgang
Bill
Jaine
Justice by Ordeal in Ancient European Traditions
The Celts in Ireland the Germans before Christianity and early Slavs used ordeals to prove innocence. Accused could stay unhurt during trial by walking on red hot plowshares or carrying a red hot iron nine feet. The latter was typically chosen by nobles.
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Ireland
Punctual Prisoner Escapes Verdanouva. Returns on Schedule
A prisoner at Verdanouva penitentiary near Brescia escaped leaving a note promising to return at seven. He kept his word reporting for work that night. A guardian blamed for the lapse was tried and sentenced to 75 days in prison and three months' public office privation.
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Verdanouva
Brescia
Washington Star
Emerson on Knower Doer Sayer trio in thought
The piece reflects Emerson citing three perpetual companions in all thought: the Knower the Doer and the Sayer. He assigns each to love of truth love of good and love of beauty noting they reappear under many names across systems. The trio remains equal across beliefs.
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Sayer
Jove
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
War on Rats Expands in Jalisco and Michoacan
Mexican agriculture agents battle a rat plague in Jalisco and Michoacan. Farmers report enormous traps and a single night capture of 50,000 rats in a trap half a kilometer long.
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Mexican Department of Agriculture
Jalisco
Michoacan
Song sparrows sing many tunes reveal species traits
Nature Magazine notes a song sparrow may have up to twenty distinct songs, each as its own claim to property. Yet all such tunes share features that identify the singers as belonging to that species and no other.
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