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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1894
Page
10
A London narrator recounts a mysterious midnight journey to a private house in Hammersmith. A blindfolded inspection of a dead woman at a bedside reveals a tale of love jealousy and a fatal mistake, as the story's eerie dialogue and cryptic clues unfold.
A loyal husband recounts a voyage a forbidden romance and a murder plot born of jealousy. He discloses how his wife Agnes concealed past secrets on a sea voyage and how jealousy drove him to crime. He reveals he himself killed her by misusing poison and later learns her brother caused the misery. He ends by confessing years in India and a final deathbed scene.
In a New York World piece a tired customer requests to see lace as two shopgirls chatter about dresses and lovers. A harsh, contemptuous clerk hints the lace is far away while the customer waits, revealing social tensions and shop life.
A newspaper piece lampoons matrimonial ads and sketches a sensational case from New York involving Winnie Woodward a European educated American lady and matched with a gullible suitor. The column mocks pretentious prospects and recounts the elaborate reply letter promising a quick marriage and draft payment.
An ex army officer describes brutal crocodile hunting in India using babies as bait. He recalls infants tied on riverbanks to lure the reptiles, noting some locals object but the practice increased the sport’s drama and profits.
E Hofer suggests organized tramp communities where professional tramps lose citizenship and freedom. Inhabitants would hoe and spade to earn living, with bans on intoxicants tobacco and strict bathing and attire rules. State and county control would oversee these tramperies.
The ventriloquist Mr Ganthony described an outdoor performance at Raglan with his voice rising into ivy covered ruins. A mysterious voice from the ruins claimed it climbed up that morning to hear the music and vowed not to harm, eliciting loud applause before the boy vanished.
Mr. Soul's expedition claims 220 elephants near Jalpaiguri over four months. He also notes three tigers, a tigeress, a 10 foot 2 inch elephant, a rhinoceros of 9 feet 1 inch, ten feet elephant, five leopards, and six sambus. All elephants sold before departure from Jalpaiguri.
The article recalls the extraordinary case of Mary Hamilton an Englishwoman tried on October 7 1740. It claims she deceived many women into marriage across various ages and locales and was identified as a leading fraudster of her time.
A dramatic scene unfolds with Edward confessing love to Amanda Tenderly as vines overlook the moment. The couple embrace while tension and fear rise, and a chilling cry for help echoes, “Save me Kill him.”
A five man hunting party with two Indians climbed near a precipice in the Sierra Nevada. A bear attacked during lunch. one hunter fell 2000 feet after the bear knocked him. He clung to a fir tree, was rescued with a grapevine rope, and survived with bruises. the bear died below.
Three West Side girls stage a playful gamble using the city directory at a Chicago drug store. They select right hand pages and tally outs as numbers, treating pages like bets while the clerk remarks it is the first time a directory is used as a gambling tool.
A fragment from a likely family quarrel shows Harry accused of taking a large peach while a statement about Doddie as the eldest appears. The remark notes the speaker's denial of fault in the episode.
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