Mystery of Herr Keller’s Death In Lucerne Unfolds
In September 1816 Herr Keller chief magistrate of Lucerne disappeared while walking home with his two daughters. His body later washed ashore and a doctor cited a fatal fit. Rumors of foul play grew as chronicles of the heimatosen gang surfaced, led by John Wendel and Jo Pfyffer. A trial ensued with confessions and reversals ending in Wendel’s execution, eradicating the gang two decades later.
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Herr Keller
Lucerne
Salesia
Hildegarde
Reuss
Hlildegarde
Keller
Liberal Party
Switzerland
John Wendel
Nafels
Heimatlosen
Klara‘Wendel
Klara
Herr W Keller
Joseph Pfyffer
Leodgegar d’Orelli
Ultramontaie Party
Klara Wendel
d'Orelli
Pfyffer
Wendel
Wendels
Driving a Bargain in a Small Town
In an Indiana town a wagon of 20 dozen brooms at 20 cents each trades for $48 with a grocer who pays half cash and half merchandise. The grocer offers $24 worth of goods at cost in exchange, prompting the broom maker to select $24 of brooms at cost or equivalently cash.
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Indiana
The
Christian Herald
Pat's Wake Joke In Strange Town Ends With Flea Wake
A traveler Pat arrives, rents a room, asks if fleas are present. The landlady mentions one truth telling flea. Pat is bitten all night, then declares the landlady's flea is dead, noting every flea in town crowded the room at the wake.
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Pat
Electrolysis Egg Boiler Demonstrates New Cookery Device
A novel egg boiler uses electrolysis to heat water into steam. Four eggs cook over one and a half teaspoons of water, and the current automatically stops once steam forms.
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