Monster Snake Encounter Stuns Traveling Salesman
A Missouri tale from De Kalb County describes a traveling salesman who halted his team near Grindstone Creek after a log across the road. He approached with a revolver, found a monstrous twenty five foot snake, fired but the shot missed, and watched the creature vanish with churning water. The man believed the serpent swallowed a victim and left a cryptic note. The incident, relayed by the Maysville Mo Herald, was called the most thrilling in DeKalb county.
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Grindstone Creek
Tom
DeKalb County
Maysville
Mo. Herald
Telepathic Bond Across the Mutiny Vision
A young wife in India felt loneliness and grief for her distant husband during the mutiny. She dreamed of a kindly elderly man who comforted her with a kiss. Later at an Calcutta party she recounted the vision and her husband friend claimed a matching dream of consoling and kissing her.
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India
Calcutta
Blackywood
The Japanese Flirtation Method Described
A San Francisco Call feature notes progressive Japanese social manners as L. J. Bruce recalls from the Orient. A suitor trails a pretty girl, pays an elderly woman to carry a message, and after being vetted by a chaperon may finally address the girl. The process emphasizes discretion and gradual entry into society.
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L. J. Bruce
Orient
San Francisco
Eel eggs mystery blocks government import
A New York Sun note says applicants ask Washington fish commission for eel eggs to stock ponds but are routinely refused because no one knows if eels lay eggs. If needed, one can buy young eels by the pail and raise them for markets in about three years.
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Fish Commission
Washington
New York Sun
Watch a Man's Hat and Manners Evident in Courtesy
A Cape May Wave note observes how tempera tous men signal respect by bowing or lifting the hat to ladies, while a busy man only touches his hat slightly. A showy man makes a grand gesture with air and distance, and the polite man combines bowing with a genteel hat lift.
Life on a Lightship and its Rough Routine
The article describes life aboard a lightship with early dawn wake calls and a routine of lamp cleaning and maintenance. Crew shifts, watch rotations, long deployments, and the harsh, seafaring life lead many to leave after short terms while longtime sailors endure the dangers and loneliness. Gustav Kobbe notes in Century.
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At& A.m
Mave
Gustav Kobbe
Doors for Coffins Story From Pecos Cattle Days
A New York World cor respondent recalls a Pecos region cattle baron who supplied wooden doors for neighboring cowboys to use as coffins. Doors were given thrice, then refused to prevent endless coffin requests after deaths in the lawless timberless land along the Rio Pecos.
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Maude
Rio Pecos
New York World
Why Dentists Use Gold for Filling
A dentist explains that gold is used for fillings not to raise bills but because gold can weld while cold. Silver resists mouth acids but cannot form a strong bond. The expert notes gold foil sheets press together so firmly they cannot be separated, underscoring gold’s value to dentistry.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
London Music Guild Proposed for Illness Cure
A proposal in London calls for a Music Guild named The Mission of St. Cecilia to treat illness using music. The plan envisions lady vocalists and violinists performing in an adjoining chamber, avoiding the sickroom to prevent patient fits of temper. Source notes recall David playing the harp for King Saul and Saul’s javelin incident.
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London
St. Cecilia
David
Saul
Philadelphia
Signs of a rebellion in my domain in New York flats
In a New York apartment house the janitor, scarf tied, cigars smoked, and daughter at the piano, notes signs of unrest. Madam reports a gale on the third story, visitors on the fifth until 10 10 last night, and a baby born on the sixth this morning. She warns to notify the sixth to vacate for Monday or risk becoming a tenement.
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New York
Chopin
Madam
Crane
New York Times
Her Occasional Treat at a Washington Social Gathering
A Washington Post clipping recalls a casual gathering at a prominent official's home where a witty hostess, famed for her outspoken style, says anger can be a personal treat to speak her mind. Her husband comments it is a pretty common sentiment among her.
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Washington
Washington Post
Invention of Spectacles Cited to Bacon and Boinia
The St Louis Republic notes Roger Bacon credited with pointing to glasses aiding vision. It claims spectacles were invented in 1280 by Alexander Boinia, a Pisa monk who died in 1813, highlighting a long history of eyewear and its impact on humanity.
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Roger Bacon
Alexander Boinia
Pisa
St. Louis Republic
Novel Compound Engine Cut Coal Use on Locomotives
The high price of coal on Mexican rail roads has prompted a new compound engine design. The high pressure cylinder sits inside the low pressure cylinder, saving about 25 percent in coal consumption with only a small added weight.
Recognized the Trousers and the Tailor’s Veiled Vanity
A young Manhattan man, William Van Twiddles, seeks recognition from an autocratic tailor who measures his status by a strict deportment scale. After days of nods and cold stares, the tailor finally recalls the wearer by his unique pants, leaving Van Twiddles puzzled and humored by the fashion drama.
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William van Twiddles
van Twiddles
Nan
Los Taller
Manhattan Beach
Autocrat
New York Recorder
The Brave Bedcarrier Falls in New York Scaffolding Collapse
A hodcarrier crushed by falling scaffolding on a tall New York building is carried bleeding and dusty to a shady spot as heat drains the city. A passing doctor confirms a fatal skull fracture and he predicts the man will die before sundown while his foreman and crew carry on with the day’s work.
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New York
Country children recall Glen Falls visit in vivid vignettes
A dozen youngsters share impressions from a two week stay at Glen Falls. A red haired Irish boy describes vast green countryside with silent streets and distant birds, while others recount cows, horns, milking folklore, and their host country’s simple charm.
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Glen Falls
Vermont Fossils at Mount Holly and Charlotte Findings
Vermont fossils include a 140 foot whale skeleton found in Charlotte in 1849 during excavations and elephant tusks unearthed near Summit station Mount Holly now housed in the state capital. The site lies about 150 feet above sea level and sixty feet above Lake Champlain. A Hartford Times note also describes a method to spread concrete underwater using a wooden pipe and controlled lifting.
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Rutland
Central Vermount Railroad
Mount Holly
Summit Station
Vermont State Capitol
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Lake Champlain
Hartford Times
Large Family Reaches Twenty-Nine Children in Missouri Farm Hold
The Parker family near New Hartford is described as the champion state family with twenty-nine living children. Robert Parker and his wife manage the entire crop. The eldest at forty-nine is married on an adjacent farm, while the other twenty-eight are single and reside at home. Only one girl among them, and births include a single first child followed by four triplets and the rest twins.
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Champion
New Hartford
Robert Parker
la Plata
Home Press
Engagement Ends After She Says She Disremembers
In Pitigburg Bulletin a discussion turns to a breakup after one party asks a simple question. The other answers with the unusual word disremember, prompting the speaker to flee the scene and end the engagement.
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Jack
Jerry
Pitigburg Bulletin
Tionesta Valley Railroad Time Table Southward and Northward
The schedule shows southbound and northbound trains with times between Sheffield Brookston Barnes Wolf Run Junction and Sheffield Junction. WPA lines connect at Sheffield with P and W Railroad. Jerry Crary, Supt, Sheffield.
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Tiong
Sheffield
Barnes
Brookstone
Shefield Junction
Enc Junction
Sheffi
Wolf Run Junction
Brookston
Wolf Run
Sheffield Junction
P.& .R. Reand
Jerry Crary
Shefield
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