Leper Colony at Buzzards Bay Visitors Tour Island
A physician invites visitors to Penikese Island to meet lepers exiled there. The group views cottages, hears about treatment, and learns residents cook and tend their own needs while living under quarantine provisions and pastoral supervision.
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Lother
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Penikese
Stnd
Hillock
Pieuis
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Voss
Wena
Col Pike
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Isabel Barros
Dr. Edmands
Agai
Frank Tina
John Rodstiques
Brara
Penikeso
Vheyr
North Bandwich
Roderiques
Yee Try
Guon Lee
Secrets of the Old World Black Cabinet in Post Offices
The article explains the so called Black Cabinet as a postal spying method used across many European countries. It details how letters are opened resealed and delivered undetected with methods including steam heat knives and slender blades. It notes France Germany Turkey Russia and Serbia as places where such practices have existed and persisted at varying levels.
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Secret Service
France
Napoleon II
Empire
Ministry of the Interior
France 18
Tog Hoth
Germany
Italy
Austria
Turkey
Russia
Servia
Alexander Am Servia
Sgervia
Efhe Peter
England
Death bed Murder Vision Spurs Skeleton Find
A Worcester County mystery from 1860s Worcester Worcester farm finds a human skeleton under an apple tree near Charlton. Albert Knight disappeared with cash and valuables after a trip to Worcester, his son John dying years later alleged a vision of the father finishing what was left unfinished. Knight’s family traces baggage to Worcester. authorities and relatives seek tenants of Burnham farm era to solve the crime.
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Knight
Frank Knight
Charlton Depot
Boston and Albany
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Boston
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Father
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Huggare
Mr. Knight
Burnham
Jacob Rich
Rise of artificial gems changes jewel fashion and markets
A late 19th to early 20th century survey notes New York port imports reach 37 million while natural stones face growing competition from imitation gems. Society debates taste as actresses and high society flaunt paste jewelry yet rely on experts to confirm authenticity amid booming demand.
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Neanly
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