Motor sled with fast travel and no return to shore
A fragmented description of a motor sled that travels as fast as a toboggan with no possibility of returning, detailing a large frame, engine, and steering mechanisms. The piece notes a speed of about 7 miles per hour in calm seas and suggests that 100 mph may be possible under favorable wind and water conditions, referencing Marine and various names.
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Arirn
Marine
Monory
Ulm Mid
John Feebeglan
Radiographs of Oysters Reveal Pearl Inside Mussels
A detailed account describes using X rays to detect pearls inside freshwater and marine shells. Japanese and European researchers, including Dr Dubois and John Salomon, examine radiographs to identify pearl bearing oysters at Tamaris and Marseille, where shells are scanned, pearls valued, and nonpearls returned to the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Lyon
Sfax
Tamaris
Roulon
Linnean Society
Palais de Mer
Calonruka
Marseiles
Dubas
John Salomor
Sim
Dubois
Ceston Aml
Ceston
Tyantou
Tim
the & Ray Room
Inas
Salomon
Cribbing and wind sucking among racehorses explained
A detailed account describes cribbing wind sucking gnawing and pawing habits in thoroughbreds. It explains how riders use bits and straps to deter wind sucking and notes that cribbers can ruin form and defeat races. It discusses stall walking and pawing as common misbehaviors with prevention ideas and notes these issues cross many bloodlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Stall walking and ropemaking in horses described
The article details restless stall walking in horses including methods used to quiet calm such as rabbits or bricks hung from the stall ceiling. It describes stall walkers like Beldamo and the rope maker who binds bedding to a leg and the danger of flank grabbers. It notes castings caused by halter shanks and training to untangle as a cure.
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Ward
Horce
Beldamo
Leamington
Razy Onottin
Alsie
Bane
Doctor Cragy
Alabama
Birmingham
Clor
A Real Fish Story About a Lost Coin Mystery
An Oak Park man wintering on Florida's west coast recalls a strange tale from two winters ago. While fishing he dropped a ten dollar gold piece overboard, the fish swallowed it, and the line broke. The next year a large fish yielded a coin and other change totaling 64 cents, matching the day’s legal interest on the lost gold piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Florida
Plorida
A School of Laughing in Mulan and Its Global Laughs
A fragment describes Filming haa dust opened in Mulan and a school of laughing led by Mr Noe. It details ten lessons to cultivate musical laughter, noting varied national laughing styles from German to Viennese, Belgian, American, and French patterns, with Brussels as the city that laughs most.
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Noe
Mulan
Marguerite m
Faust
France
Brussels
Madrid
Paris
Grafting San Jose scale on carp debated by farmers
Percival Hoban reports a method to graft San Jose scale onto carp to kill the pest, claiming diseased fish die and fertilizer from carcasses adds value. Local agriculturists plan to seek expert opinion as the idea spreads.
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Philadelphia
Hoban
San Jose State
San Jose
The Wanderers Who Cant Come Back and Exile Trails
A long feature on the Lonesome Trail of exiles across the U S Mexico frontier. It follows wanderers who lose citizenship, the hardships of crossing borders, and the emotional pull of America. The piece also examines thieves bankers, cons, and how criminals finance crime with saloon keepers and lawyers guiding their fates. It closes with cases of expatriates and notable criminals like Alfred Goslin and their unusual finances.
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United States
el Paso
Argus
Canadian Express
Fahit
Society Islands
Bankers for thieves. A portrait of crime’s backer network
The article profiles thieves bankers across New York, detailing how saloonkeepers pawnbrokers bondsmen and clubmen act as fuel and finance for crime. It explains their roles safeguarding funds aiding bail and supply tools while maintaining influence to shield criminals and keep splits to fund future depredations.
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New York
Breadway
Jachne
Cooper Union
Jimmy
Bdck
Gambiig
Bables Practice Said to Strengthen Himalayan Children
Among Himalayan tribes a custom places bables on a bed of stones with a water stream playing on the head deck from March to November. The icy water is believed to make children strong and cures for many maladies are claimed. Children remain under water for hours, often asleep, as one woman supervises several.
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Himalayas
Circumstantial Evidence in a Pie Fight Echoes Crime Talk
A long rambling reminiscence uses circumstantial evidence to compare a jury’s verdict with a child’s pie mischief. A Connecticut style grocery drummer and a Pomona passenger tale trigger memories of justice and a comical kitchen mishap ending with a playful family quarrel.
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Dechanice
Newark
Les Pen
Fevastanen
Areit
Akphail
York
Rmison
Wren
Ramgard
Toa ii
Neil
Mehr
Ihngman
Ben
Suarez
Uncle Sam
Mexico
Abuani
Atlas Range
Virginia
America
Atlas
West Side
Walker
Connecticut
Benig
Raines Law
Ing
Noel
Eitye
Alfred Goslin
Gostin
Gualir
Chieves
Dave Cheir
New Terk Press
Hieves
Sotorious
Bables
Louis Ge
Pomona
Ohio
Title Church
Reb
Bob
New Jersey
Bob m
Jimmy Jones
Ma J
Pilman
Mare Tord
Gui
Ada
Falm Beach
Apy
Brauglan
Fims
The
Timtor
Paulaborg
NSJ
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