Ghost Tales Drawn From Farmers and Scholars
A Washington Post source recounts a Hyattsville farmer hearing a ghost in a sunny room where a peddler died. Tales include scientific nods to ghosts and a Tennessee Indian burying ground treasure lure, plus a night organ sound misread as a spirit.
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Washington Post
Hyattsville
Pedder
Men of Science
Hudson
Willim James
Marvara College
American Society For Psychical Research
Boston
Husty
The Horseless Carriage Cost Debate in New York
An essay from the New York Tribune argues the horseless carriage could cost about 1000 dollars, compares running costs to horse teams, and claims long term economics favor motor vehicles. It recalls horse trade practices, coachmen, and veterinary fees while predicting cleaner streets and changed urban life.
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The
New York Tribune
Paris
New York City
New York
Kelly
The Old Maids Club and the Olotutu Mystery
Maury Abatt reviews Zangwill’s clever satire The Old Maids Club and a clever reviewer. The tale follows a beauty who starts a club to avoid marrying the man she loves, while critiques and comic episodes unfold including a mysterious ad column phenomenon called Olotutu and a stock company plan.
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Maury Abatt
Times-Herald
Old Maids’ Club
Replacing Horses with Motors at Rail and Steamer Hubs
A Washington Post story notes the shift from horses to small handler motors in stations and piers as steam declines. A generous woman tried to aid a friend traveling to Pittsburg, but the man tricked her with a bogus ticket, showing a deceitful ledger of kindness.
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Tor
Washington Post
Pittsburg
Mr. Smith
Mra. H
Jones
Sensations of Starvation First Days
Fragment describes early starvation suffering as intense hunger and crav ing while energy remains for the first two days. By days three and four the craving wanes with stomach weakness and nausea, the sufferer desiring food despite reduced strength.
Painful decline describes a patient’s final days
The narration portrays a patient’s rapid deterioration over a week as hunger fades into languor and sickness. Strong imagined sensations of cannibalistic conflict arise within the body while limbs weaken and the mind wanders. The sufferer clings to life, seeking relief without exhausting the body.
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Dimnera
Davhes
Eloquence of Irish Agent Sells London Flats
A London landlord finds flats in a large building finally let after hiring a gifted Irish woman as agent. Her playful blarney convinces applicants by claiming every room is perfectly warmed by sunlight and heat, and that the staircase seems to descend as if one is rising. The charming pitch often secures tenants.
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London
England
Record of Historic Cold Snaps and Riverine Ice Bridges
A compilation detailing severe winter freezes from 1544 to 1740 across Europe. It notes frozen seas and rivers such as the Baltic frozen to allow travel, the Thames and Po blocked by ice, and armies crossing straits with artillery. It mentions wildlife, shipping disruption, and a tragic drowning near Whitstable as ice broke.
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Philadelphia
Holland
Black Sea
Hellapont
Dardenelles
Sea of Marmora
England
Cambridgeshire Fens
Brunnich
Driffield
Baltic Sea
Sweden
Thames
Alps
Baltic
Germany
Europe
Charles X
Denmark
Barcelona
Venice
Tiber
Rome
Bedtland
Seine
Rhine
Hellespont
Mediterranean
Algiers
Strait of Gibraltar
Brentford
London
Arthur Barrett
Kent
Whitstable
Herne Bay
Whitstable Boy Thia
Castoria Remembrance Phrase
When Baby was sick we gave her Castoria. When she was a child she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss she clung to Castoria. When she began Cuikirea she was given Castoria.
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Cestoria
Castoria
Miss
Aia
Casteria
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Aboani
Nene
OLD Maid's Club
Zangwill
Olotutu
Marpee
Sybil
Olotuto
Popsy T
Samuel Pitcher
Oscoon
Lowell, Massa
H. A. Anowan
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Children's Department
Asrren
Mass
Auten C
Surra
the Centaur Company
TI Murray Street
Iron and Steel
the Commonwealth Lumber CO
Commonwealth
Scranton, PA
Dru Ag
Dr. Peal
John H. Phelps
Poarmaaiec Cor
Wyoming Avenue
Spruce Strait
Scranton
Madea
Mar
Corea
Seakon
Royal Medicine CO
Matthiews
Om Ress
Pai
G. Dub
Dimmick
Sean
Pilsener
Bel Bor
Samanand Keabety
Lebanon
Burg
Allentown
Pottsville
Fiadelphie Endymin
Olhausen
Del
Lack
Western
Rand
Easton Treaton
Philadele
TURE
Olson
Puinebaimton
Elmira
Syracuse
Peepreas
Pires
RSCG
Tote
White Haven
Hagheton
Beaver Meadow
Pottsvi
Cranton
Bethlshem
Easton
Reading
Barriscarg Ang
L&w
Phar Scranton
Tunkhannock
Towanda
Elmi
Il & W
Rochester
Buffaln Ra Falls
Yee
Pittaton
R. R
Iman
L. W. Bitter
L. & B Junction
Wilkes
New Yor
Indelphia
Buffalo
Ollin H. Wilbur
G'S. Lee
Pans
Phila
Mnemacher
Delaware and Hudson Ral Road
Hew
Cm Tm
Eos Oor
Erie and
Wyoming Valley
New Torl
Scranton Hiason
Ee i
Jes
Sone
Rae Wee
Providence Park Pisce
Pas
Reishee Eae
Dupont
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming District
Wyoming Ave
Third Nationel Banks
Mullioax Re
Agra
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