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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1885
Page
4
A letter exposes a pact of love and betrayal as Sir Richard Fordyce confronts a doomed romance. Greengraves reveals a fatal scheme linking a danseuse, her jealous husband, and a deadly crime, ending with a shock as the lover dies and the widow collapses.
In a London mansion Sir Richard Fordyce dies amid scandal as Lady Fordyce confronts a detective with a letter about Hester Partridge. Craven, the loyal admirer, confronts her over past schemes and a hidden diamond, then departs humiliated after a violent confrontation.
In a fog shrouded street an attempted struggle ends as a man named Cuthbert Craven is crushed by a descending train. The scene unfolds with shouts and a deadly stumble on greasy flagstones as the engine bears down.
Six months after a house revisitation in Fulham Lane Mr. Greengraves finds the long lost diamond hidden in a Bible near a safe. He hurries home with the gem but loses it en route and never learns its fate. The narrator notes the jewel’s loss may not have brought anyone luck.
Scientific American reports a theory by M. Houzeau director of Brussels Observatory about a small outer planet near Venus possibly an escaped satellite. The idea revives earlier hints of Venus having a moon and notes observations from 1740 to 1764 with no confirmed satellite. Neith is named for the mysterious goddess Sais.
A New York Graphic account describes Nelson Morris of Chicago, a major cattle shipper, securing Jersey City cattle yards and bonds to enable the Erie Road to ship cattle to New York at $1 per car for a year. Morris allegedly profited about $600,000 while aiding the road’s expanded monopoly.
An old Isle of Man custom, hunting the wren, survives with a legend of a fairy concealed as a wren to escape a knight. On the anniversary, witches of the island pursue wrens and keep their feathers for luck against drowning. After Christmas, boys roam with a caged wren, pluck its feathers, and reward donors for its song.
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