Balkan war clouds and social qieces mix in Silver Messenger
The Silver Messenger from Shallis Idaho surveys global and domestic curiosities. It notes jokes from a New York man, Lipton’s American Cup status, and various pithy toasts on politics, theater, and daily life. Scattered items include war news, aviation humor, and social trends with a playful, satirical tone. It mentions Balfour, the Mullah, and Russell Sage while hinting at broader world affairs and local leisure pursuits.
Fragments on Wealth and Art in Roaring Mirthful Tone
In a rambling, humorous monologue a speaker resists riches despite repeated temptations. He riffs on stock schemes, roguish openings, and the pull of easy money, contrasting frugal longing with flashy opportunities. Essays on Roosevelt, art critique, and social quirks punctuate a comic meditation on money, marriage, and the modern life.
The Girl With the Yellow Hair and a Wounded Trance
A traveling entertainer known as The Girl With the Yellow Hair captivates a rough Western audience with singing and dance. A disturbance prompts a tense reunion as Rose, Elizabeths mother, flees with John Demming to care for a dying child, revealing complex past ties and a confrontational newcomer Rachel Downes.
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Security safeguards protect De Beers Kimberley gems
Description of a fortified De Beers strongroom in Kimberley South Africa. Thick concrete walls burglar proof door multiple locks keys kept by several officers two or more keys required for access burglar proof wagon locks protected by separate keys electric alarm and two armed guards. If signals lapse an armed force will arrive to prevent any burglary.
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Why Many Young Men Fall into a Rut of Eased Ambition
The passage blames young men who settle into a routine workday, avoiding extra effort or seeking opportunities beyond their duties. It notes clerks’ comfortable, genteel lives and lack of ambition, urging them to strive beyond fixed hours and duties to gain employers’ approval.
On the Sixth Day in an Arc Lone Dream
The passage portrays a shifting cosmic surge as life awakens then yields to a timeless, dark fear. A rush of creation and the beauty of nature contrast with an overwhelming horror, ending as a shadowy force seizes the moment and alters existence.
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Birth statistics on multiple births in England from Lancet
The Lancet cites England figures for multiple births noting one in eighty births as twingy attacks, one in 6400 for triplets, one in 612000 for quadruplets, and one in 40 580 000 for quintets. A recorded case describes a woman bearing seven successive triplets.
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Royal Geographical Society gains Livingston voyage compass
The Royal Geographical Society announces the acquisition of the compass used by Dr. David Livingstone on his first Zambesi expedition in 1856, the historic navigation instrument linked to that early exploration.
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