Remarkable Hawaii tale of a murderous plant encounter
A Belgian naturalist in 1867 seeks a rare wandering plant on Mauna Kea. He and an aged Hawaiian native explore a canyon, uncover a bone-strewn circle around a foul central pit, witness a luminous fog, and survive a terrifying encounter with a seaweed like giant fern mass and a kobold hissing strike, ending with a warning from Pili.
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Mauna Kea
Hawaii
Pili
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu Advertiser
Change on a Bob Tailed Car
Two well dressed colored men ride a night line car toward South Sansom Street at 1 am. Jim pays with a half dollar, Jake loses it in the fare box and endures mockery. A reporter and a dapper passenger are mocked for their fares as the conductor quips about ten cents due. The Philadelphia Record notes the scene on the car.
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Sansom Street
Jim
Jake
Twelfth Street
Traction Company
Philadelphia Record
Disgusted Dreamer Hunted for Payroll Theft
A city policy worker used dreambook aided by mince pie and Welsh rarebit to turn dreamt numbers into bets. He netted 331,700 from falsified books, enriching colleagues while plunging his employer into losses. Now he sits jailed awaiting fate.
Wonderful Insect Vitality in Frigid Winters
A St Louis Republic note cites experiments showing milkweed butterfly larvae survive 68 degrees below zero then thaw quickly and return to activity. It also claims Arctic butterflies and Alaska Greenland mosquitoes remain unusually vigorous, highlighting mysteries of insect resilience.
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Alaska
Greenland
St. Louis Republic
New Ventilation Method Uses Steam Jet in Pennsylvania Shaft
A novel air current device uses a small steam pipe at the top of a nine foot wooden airway in Pennsylvania. Steam escaping creates a rush of air that replaces a fan, enabling 8,604 feet of cubic air to be expelled from the shaft per minute, according to the New York Telegram.
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Pennsylvania
New York Telegram
Postconcert Praise for a Brilliant Pianist
A London Globe critique hails a young pianist as wonderful after a concert praising his handling of accessible passages with evident difficulty, reflecting mixed but overall admiring tone from the press.
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Bravissimo
London Globe
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Amazon
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WM. Ayres & Sons
Philadelphia
Jae Serre
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America
PISO
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Maine
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U.S
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C.a.snow &Co
Patent Office
Washington, D.C
L. D. Wetmore, Pres
M. Beecher, Cash
Warren County
Ireland
Europe
Myron Waters
G.N. Parmlee
D. L. Gerould
P. Hall
H. A. Jamieson
Y. Davis
P. Johnson
A. Hertzel
D. Brown
G.n.parmlee
A. T. Scofield
United
E. C. West
Siegfried & Co
Warren
Cail
Save
Srecrried & Co
Wyman & Davis
Welers
Carver House
Hickory ST
Struthers
C.&e.bartsch
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Diamond
Warre
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Ehern
Warren Savings Bank
Hazeltine
Pres't
O W. Beaty
T. G. B. Ensworth
O. W. Beaty
M. B. Dunham
L. & Wood
Chas
BH. Nove
James Clark
L. BR. Freeman
Charles W. Stone
F. H. Rockwell
A. J. Bazeltine
Iere Sheridan
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Ls, Johnson Co
Boston
Masa
Chase
Lap
Th. C.chase & CO
Boston, Mass
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Geo
Davis
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