Submarine Life Observer Lets View Sea Colors Up Close
Scientist Aurelio de Gasparis unveils the thalaasioscope, a floating stage with a long lens apparatus that lets observers watch underwater life at great magnification from a safe, mobile platform. The device follows the surface while revealing vivid colors and marine movement in their natural setting.
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Scientife American
KO Aurelio DE Gasparis
Saples University
Floridae
Ufe
Guarding Against Pickpockets From a Sunday Sun Report
A Sunday Sun article explains pickpocketry in Baltimore, detailing local thieves known to detectives, the rise of traveling bands, and the tactics of a stall to snare wallets. It notes that most thefts occur in lightly populated areas and warns readers to guard hip pockets against stealthy hands.
Pickpockets of the world and their sly trades
A Baltimore police profile describes pickpockets as highly skilled, mobile, and varied by age and gender. Masters of stealth, they target inner coat pockets and handbag straps, often following victims from banks or stores. Victims misplace money only after a theft is complete, prompting cautious advice to guard valuables and avoid hip pockets.
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Abe
Plekpocketa
Detective Headquarters
Dips
Baltimore
United States
Europe
Fagin’s
A Dictionary Pillow Narrated By Christian Herald
A speaker recalls two learned women who wrote books and knew French Latin German and Greek. One kept her sleep by pondering word origins, a habit that steadied her during dark anxious nights and toward dawn.
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Tchristian Herald
Wreck and Rescue Tales From Historic Shipwrecks and Tornado
A collage recalls shipwreck horrors from the Mignonette tragedy and Medusa survivors, noting cannibalism, trials, and executions, then shifts to a devastating city tornado. Descriptions cover survivors’ days adrift, rescue efforts, and a later tornado surge with roofs and homes hurled skyward and streets strewn with debris.
Freakish tornado described by Missouri eyewitness in 1899
An 1899 Missouri account recalls a deadly tornado near Kirkville on April 27. The witness describes a funnel cloud roiling across the eastern horizon, forceful winds, and a frantic scramble to save his wife, children, mother, and sisters as the storm lashes their home with lightning and debris.
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Atracken
Kirkville
Wig
Farritje
Begged Ride In Hearse In Funeral Procession
Benjamin Myers, 60, Kansas City Terminal Co employee, was fined $10 in Southside Municipal Court after delaying a funeral on Grand Avenue yesterday afternoon. He claimed chronic indigestion and said he would not care if he lived or died after eating doughnuts. The hearse driver testified Myers tried to join the procession at Twenty third Street, insisting they take him to the graveyard. A 100 minute dispute ensued with laborers and mourners calling police as tensions rose.
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Benjamin Myers
Kansas City
Southside
Grand Avenue
Myers
Twentythird Street
Baseball and Other Stars Pay Compared in Sports
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that baseball players salaries vary widely, but fail to match top theatrical stars like Caruso. It contrasts high pay for famous performers with modest earnings for chorus singers and other essential cast members, suggesting players seek fame to boost earnings.
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Caruso
Anne Russell
Julia Marlowe
Walaries
Ball Pate
Carus
Air brake evolution and Westinghouse influence on rail travel
The piece traces the rise of the air brake from Westinghouse's invention through its development. It notes the 1845 triple valve, 1894 high speed features, and dramatic increases in stopping power from 1890 to 1914, claiming the 1914 brake achieves far greater efficiency and safety than earlier models. It emphasizes the inventor and colleagues' perspective on enduring progress in railway transportation.
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George Westinghouse
Tiliteni
Westinghouse
Modern witches linger in court rooms and lore worldwide
A survey of witch legends and modern cases shows witches still influence law and life. From Massachusetts to Sardinia, courts hear claims of mesmerism, immunity prayers, and gray witches profiting from fear, with notable cases like Mrs. Sarah Bennett of the Adirondacks and Rosa Arturo in Sassari illustrating the era’s enduring belief and fear.
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
John Brand
House of Justice
Great Britain
Scotland
Sarah Bennett
Adirondacks
Utica
N. Y
Hope Township
Sherlock Holmes Outdone in Penn Valley Park Car Crash
In Kansee City, Samuel P. Quarles reports a minor collision in Penn Valley Park after skidding at five miles per hour. A motorcycle patrolman, C. Johnson, tracks a second car by a broken grease cup, locating the vehicle at a nearby repair shop. Quarles, a salesman, heads to the shop with a leaking car.
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Sherlock Holmes
Kansee City
Samuel P. Quarles
Penn Valley Park
Laa
Johnson
Mr. Quartes
Broadway
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Abyssea
Paitin
Owever
Lke
Laval
Wratsa
Sunday Sun
Hte
Snoba
Rottenest Island
Cape. Naturaliste
Australia
Cape
Medusa
Tifteen
Ted
Philadelphia. Ledger
Ork Sun
Margaret Pileon
Grandon
Wis
Merin
Sassari
Sardinia
Rosa Arturo
Sasseri
Newspap
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