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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
2
Arawn tale recounts Cardinal Richelieu guiding a Dutch envoy in disguise. A friar travels by river and road, endured searches, and finally delivers a concealed waxed paper lump containing the treaty. King of Prussia receives the improvised embassy and learns of the Dutch pact.
An English traveler recounts a South American outlaws tale in which a farmer wakes to muffled sounds as bandits cut a door bolt. A looped thong is used as a makeshift lasso to seize a robber’s wrist, dragging him through the hole while accomplices attempt a getaway. The plan fails when they realize betrayal risks. New York Mall.
A fragment from Seipsie Missionsblatt recounts a maharajah in a frenzy after smallpox disfigurement, killing physicians and desecrating idols with gunfire. The tale shifts to a humor piece where a suitor asks for a daughter's hand and a landlord banters over missing belongings and laundry.
A garbled excerpt depicts a tavern style wager and a street scene with singing and bold talk. The fragment mentions a character called MeSkinner and a double or quits bet, ending with a shouted Ends and a walking departure.
A ship in a stormless sea reported a sudden tremor and a two minute shock that shook masts and cargo. Within thirty seconds whales, cowfish, sharks, and eels surfaced in the oily, lead colored waters. Dozens were stunned or dead, with many dying or sinking as the calm persisted. The behavior remains unexplained as the voyage continued after a twenty four hour lull and a southeast wind.
A physician recounts a case in which a woman sought a poison that would leave no trace to kill her husband and implicate her brother in a crime. A test pill was given to her, leading to a murder plot, an insurance fraud charge, and a dramatic trial with mixed expert testimony. The narrative ends with a confession of misdeeds and a public debunking of the scheme.
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