Water Diviner in India Claims Successes and Skepticism
London reports a Bombay Presidency appointment of Major Pogson as water diviner amid criticism. Of 53 wells sunk on his recommended sites in Ahmednagar Sholapur and Bijapur, 47 yielded water at the predicted depths, four failed, and two remain undetermined.
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London
Bombay Presidency
Legislative Council
Ahmednagar
Sholapur
Bijapur
Presidency
Bombay
Pogson
India
Major Pogson
United States
England
Althoit
Loidon
New York
J. Timms
Oxford
Ordnance Survey
A. H W. Church
Royal Society
Tthru
Moses
Sinai
Water sense sharpened by practice and use
A concise note suggests water sense has value only as a sharpened tool for the man who uses it, implying utility lies in application rather than inherent worth.
Milk Wagon Driver Injured in Crash
M. E. B. Cross, of 242 Hogle Street, the milk wagon driver, was seriously injured early this morning when his wagon collided with a car driven by D. L. Smith at Fifth and South streets. Cross suffered a deep cut above one eye and was taken to his home by city ambulance as the milk spill and runaway horses caused chaos.
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M. EB. Cross
Hogle Street
Cross
D. Ll. Smith
Fifth Street
Fifth
Water divining with arms and twig among Cornish peasants
An old Cornish farmer uses only arm movements to locate water before resorting to a hazel twig. He swings and swims his arms to feel the groundwater and then employs the twig to map the exact course and depth, reflecting a belief that all men possess some water divining gift.
Judge Makes Erroneous Prediction Regarding Lawyer
A court is cited with a misjudged forecast about a lawyer's career. The text also includes an ad heavy with medical claims for a prep that purports to cure numerous ailments and promises refunds. The fragmentary prose mentions morphine use and gall stones with references to Maya’s and medical procedures.
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Maya
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Ferguson
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Dan Oil
Ase Papo
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CIA
Lee
Milady
Magnolia
Sinclair
New Fall
Woodbury
Ae Ben Hur
Whiting
Fashion’s
Dresden
Hallowe’en Party Goods
Hallowe’en
Uli Bua Ey
Dennison Sect
Cash and Carry Grocery Dept
Campbell
Libby
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Shumway
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