Irish Ghost Ab Becomes a Ten Pound Prank
In Moyne County Ireland during November 1916 Jack Boyd, a New York soldier on leave from France, is approached by two locals John and Pat offering ten pounds to retrieve a skull from an abandoned abbey guarded by a spectral warning. After a tense midnight raid he shoots the skulls, only to learn the whole episode was a staged prank by John and Pat who reveal the mirrors created the eerie lights and reward Jack with ten pounds.
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Ireland
Jack Boyd
New York City
Jack
France
Moyne
John
Pat
Foreign Terms and Phrases Glossary Snap
A compact list defines French and Latin phrases with English meanings. Entries include A merveille Wonderfully to perfection and Coup d etat A sudden stroke of policy or revolution, plus Nom de guerre a pseudonym and Fiat justitia ruat coelum Let justice be done though the heavens fall.
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Egrets Watchmen Uncle Sam Mobilizes In Florida
The article notes a long standing guard detail of game wardens in Florida Everglades protecting egrets during nesting. It recalls a bootlegger era when plume trade decimated the birds and left young to starve, with the bootlegger nearly extinct now giving the egret a chance to survive.
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Sam
Florida Everglades
Living Tailor's Dummy Stares Down Public In Prague
Rudolph Nedvidek of Prague earns a living by standing still as a living tailor's dummy. He spends hours practicing to hold a pose for up to three hours in shop windows or on a cart as it is drawn through streets without moving a muscle.
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Rudolph Nedvidek
Prague
Rudolph
Wealth That Fades And The Value Of Character
The passage contrasts material riches with inner wealth. It quotes Seneca on enduring fortune with equanimity and highlights character, gentleness, and helpful living as the true sources of lasting satisfaction for oneself and others.
After Edward VIII of England Who Follows the Throne
The piece lists royal succession after Edward VIII with the Duke of York and his daughters Elizabeth and Margaret Rose first, followed by the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent, then Prince Edward the infant, then Princess Royal Mary and her son Viscount Lascelles in eighth place.
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Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
Prince Edward
Royal
Mary
Viscount Lascelles
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