Quarantined Child Finds Fun in Isolation Tale
A child under quarantine revels in being confined at home, making noise and imagining adventures while noting that vaccination failed. The excerpt contrasts this viewpoint with a new crime narrative opening in Nilus, where Herbert Wright reports his father John T. Wright’s death and a murder investigation begins in the Bayou Woods.
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Bayou
Wright
Nilus
Doctoring in Ireland Aesops of Irish Medical Wit
Michael MacDonagh notes Irish simplicity in medical matters with anecdotes. A laborer swallows a whole box of pills. a wife says the lid hasn’t come off yet. A dying man is deemed to be dying by inches, yet lives six feet three in socks. An Irish patient breathes easier after a thermometer is placed under the arm.
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Tommy Smith
Sadie van Buskirk
Chicago
Inter- Ocean
Michael MacDonagh
Mike
Dale Betther
Neighborly Neglect Sparks Grim Barn Tragedy
In the Midlands a farmer driving to market spots a neighbor hanging in a barn doorway. He reports the scene in town but notes the body is not yet cut down. The grim find underscores rural indifference as he delays action.
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Midlands
Jarvis
London Glube
Science and Industry Glimpse New Inventions and Effects
Lord Rayleigh notes film of oil on water may be as thin as one twenty fifth millionth of an inch. Pinos presents a hydroscope enabling deep sea viewing from ships, possibly negating submarine danger. Bubble therapy in neuralgia and injuries uses air injected under skin to relax nerve ends. Langley and Graham Bell kite designs show lifting power behavior with weight. Helberger reports electricity deterring soil insects, electrified circles forcing insects to surface.
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Nilus
Gazette
Irving Warde
Herbert Wright
John T. Wright
Cotton King
Lord Rayleigh
Signor Pinos
Mediterranean
Dr. Langley
Graham Bell
Hugo Helberger
Munich
Pungent Paragraphs and Witty Exchanges in Papers
A collage of humor from newspapers features lines about heiresses keeping money, sharp financiers, and a jailhouse quip about bigamy. Quick jests reference debt, trade, and punctuality with crisp, bite sized setups and punchy punchlines.
Getting Close to Nature by Kearton Photographers
Richard and Cherry Kearton publish a new England edition of The Natural History of Selborne with photographs of birds, animals, and insects. They use camouflaged hides in stuffed animals, artificial rock hollows, and grass colored clothing to approach subjects without alarm. They capture nests, feeding behavior, fish, dragonflies, beetles, and even snakes in their natural settings.
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Richard and
Cherry Kearton
England
Gilbert White
Selborne
White
Farmer Slogan Ad Seeks Orders and One Cent
An old advertisement urges farmers to send their order and a single cent to The Mai. The terse notice offers no further details about products or deadlines.
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New York Tribune Farmer
New York City
the Tribune Farmer
the Mail
Warren
Mai
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