Mystery of Trevino House Haunts Mexican Estate
An 1890s Mexican legend recounts the Trevino estate near the City of Mexico where a series of killings and disappearances around a haunted house sparked legends of a powerful killer. American and Mexican witnesses describe two men murdered and a later frame of attacks, with reenactments by Hale Peters and others. A final chilling account of a Scotch American investigator visiting the home ends in a missing man and unresolved murders.
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Charles B. Lewis
Mexico
General Trevino Estate
Revino
France
Trevino
Hey
Mexico City
New Alway
Hale
Charles Peters
Peters
F Peters
Eters
Theore Peters
Issas- 2
Boston
Assassia
Plonder
McGregor
Lengthening a Ship by Inserting a Midship Section
The North German Lloyd line reports growing success with lengthening steamers by cutting a vessel amidships and inserting a new midsection. The Preussen, 300 feet long, 45 wide, and 30 deep, was separated by 68 feet and rejoined with an inserted 68 foot section using hydraulics to extend its length.
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North German
Lloyd Company
When Cucumbers Turn Deadly and Delightful Dishes
A peculiar note on cucumbers warns they are most indigestible when raw even to vegetarians. Pickled they become agreeable relish and aid to digestion. Stewed or baked they transform into a flavorful, appetizing dish.
Paper making lore from Verbal Messengers to Papyrus
A historical overview of human writing materials from stone to bark and papyrus, detailing early signaling limits, portable substitutes like lead and hides, and the shift to paper. It contrasts Egyptian papyrus production with the Chinese method, noting the Chinese process as more of a manufactured craft.
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Egypt
Paper Makers’ Journal
Did Her Best Message From Dying Patient Reach Him
The Indianapolis Journal recounts a telegram where Kate writes I am dying to see you but ten words ran out. Eight hours later the messenger arrives at the house to find Kate on the piazza reacting to the urgent summons.
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Karr
Kate
Indianapolis
Journal
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