Scuttling for Insurance Fraud Aboard Historic Vessels
A Pearson's Weekly critique traces scuttling as a crime to finned incentives and cites cases from the era. It notes parliamentary bills to curb gambling on maritime perils and details scandals from Cardiff to Lloyd's investigations.
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Seine
Codling
Adven
Brighton Heath
Cnim
Sunny Apy
Fu Dasiandt
Scuttler
Voltrary Jb
O11
Board of Trade
Cardiff
Grecian
Howthmer Tie Sea
Monte Carlo Casino and the Principality of Monaco
A vivid sketch of Monaco and its casino culture at Monte Carlo. The piece describes Monaco as a tiny, tax free state with a royal navy and a grand gambling house. It notes the Foreigners Club entrance ritual and the social mix of rulers, artists, and adventurers visiting the casino.
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Monaco
Monte Carlo
Soviete Des Rains de Mer
Blanc
Ryler
Prince of
Inside the Casino: lights, rules, and roulette ritual
An observer recalls the casino’s guarded entry, uniformed staff, and strict decorum as patrons gather around green baize tables. The scene shifts to electric searchlights, disciplined croupiers, and the humming balance between risk and spectacle amid the casino’s hidden rules.
Gyroscope Balances Workers In High Risk Jobs
A German inventor proposes gyroscopic balancers to keep workers from falling under dangerous conditions. Reports say an American monorail version using a gyroscopic flywheel will soon operate. European tests show ships’ rolling can be reduced by similar devices. Hermann Zoern of New Brandenburg suggests a light frame strapped to the worker with twin hoops spun in opposite directions. A practical test is awaited as safety straps prove limiting.
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Chefs-De-Partie
Controllera of
Dlag
Haserd Aake
Twive Francais
France
Paris
Steicheil
Mme. Steiiheil
Bourréau
Est’ Gupre
Rene Picard
Itali Muensterberg
Agi
Buch
Ee A. Butcher Boy
M. Gonstans
Miniateu
Erin M.cop' Stans
Nev
Bourreau
Wes
Lonige
Adeed
Preas
Hermann Zoern
New Brandenburg
Diver Battle With 17 Foot Shark At Pearl Harbor
Martin Lund, a expert diver, fought for his life beneath Pearl Harbor entrance while wrecking a sunken dredger. A 17 foot shark circled and attacked, Lund stabbed the monster’s stomach, blood drew two more sharks into a brutal, lengthy fight before the wounded shark retreated and he signaled to be hauled to the surface.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Pearl Harbor
Martin Lund
Hia Nfe
Wen
Lund
Pearl Harter
Bund
Jim
Learn Music By Couri At The French National Institution
A Tatler note on musical knowledge by touch describes a blind man learning the form and position of notes at the French National Institution For the Young Blind.
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the Tatler
National Institution For the
Utte Betting Echoes of Brooklyn Handicap Fame
In Butte the Brooklyn Handicap era lives on as old gambling lore. The piece recalls Daly Ogden bets, poolroom intrigue, and the era’s colorful characters. John Daly, a future Senator, is noted among the casino chatter and mining town fever.
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Brooklyn
Frank Maley
Bron McNutt
Sam Martin
Emi’ Hangon
Pool
Monstana
Tke
Brooklyn Bandicaps
Foo
Daly
Imp. Ogden
Peter Brennan
Tom Courtney
Marcus
Ogden
Chi
Courtney
John Daly
Deer Ledge
Butte
Mysterious White Races in Remote Lands Reconsidered
Tales of isolated white tribes in tropical interiors persist in legend but modern exploration shows most stories fade. From Min danao to Oman’s Sheraizi the myths fade as explorers reveal descent from known populations and limited contact. The piece notes Rider Haggard legends, Ankole elites, and Johnston’s notes while dismissing the existence of unknown white kingdoms today.
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Tropics
Central
South America
South Africa
Rider Haggard
Philippines
Mindanao
Mountern
Arabia
Persian Gulf
Muscat
Oman
B. Miles
Miles
Sheraizi
Green Mountains
Paraguay
Thibet
Bokhara
Great African Lakes
Khartoum
Shassa
Kano
Locke
Uganda
Sir Harry Johnston
Ankole
Sir Harry
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Roosevelt
New Orleans
T. R
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Scuttier
Pearson's Weekly
Lieyd's
Lloyd's
Europe
Nts
Ile
Fran
Bourgeaul
Corancez
Bierre
Biierre
Fife
French Guiana
Brie
Weerty
Equatorial America
Foster
Fred Foster
Dr. Rice
Taral
Eaghe
Amerigo
Gideon
Derby
Aras
Tarals
Jock
Ike
Terrel
Clifford
W. Martin
Henry ‘of
Navarre
Walter Clayton
Sir Walter
Sammy Doggett
Rice
Mr. Foster
Rome
Charade
Rampaugh
Blitzen
Ajax
Copyright
Martin
Efe
Henry of Navarre
el Roy
Huston
Matty
Fred
Pri
Anaconda
Couri
Butte News
Mysterious
New York Herald
Eugunsibt
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