Strangely Varied Tales From A Wide World
A digest of odd incidents and curiosities includes a chicken’s loyal companionship after its master leaves for college, self harming to avoid work, a Budapest nurse and river tragedy, horse theft by bleaching aided by a nurse, and a catfish-feeding duo at Atlantic City. It also recounts shipwrecked Hugh Williams tales, a mines accident saving by a dog, birth frequency curiosities, a Maine dam water phenomenon, a Bellevue Hospital death, Maine shipbuilding data, and two deaf daughters of London’s Lord Mayor.
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Budapest
Hungary
Worms That Eat Steel Shock German Railways
The German government investigates a two centimeter gray worm that gnaws iron rails. Officials report it drills through steel, secretes corrosive liquid every ten minutes, rendering rails soft and rust colored. The creature reportedly devoured thirty six kilograms of rails in a fortnight.
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Cologne
Hagen
Relic trade and a boastful Burke of Jefferson Davis hair
Charley Howard recalls Burke the old bookstore man who boasts of possessing relics including hair from famous figures and battlefield ribbons. Burke explains relics have value only to what buyers will pay and recounts a misdirection with bullets on Kennesaw battlefield as proof of novelty draw.
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Charley Howard
Burke
New Orleans
Mr. Burke
Jeff Davis
George Washington
Kinnesaw
New Instrument Inspects Horse Larynx Through Nostrils
At Vienna Military Veterinary Institute Professors Polanski and Schindelka unveiled an instrument enabling larynx inspection by mirror via the horse nostrils. The device uses a small electric lamp and requires only three handlers. The method allows simultaneous nostril and larynx examination, aiding diagnosing horse diseases.
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Vienna Military Veterinary Institute
Polanski
Schindelka
Vienna Institute
London Telegraph
Ten Cent Lodging on Canal Street in Chicago
A reporter visits a 10 cent lodging house on Canal Street near Union Depot to verify the famed cheap rooms. He finds a dim hall, a long table with stew, a dormitory of barking beds, and a night of noise, drink, and loud storytelling before brief rest.
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France
England
Chicago
Canal Street
Union Depot
Palmer House
Bouillon
Madison Street Bridge
Killarney
Ganymede
Fragmented obituary style notes from mixed bar scene
A fragmented account describes mourners near hearses and a widow leaving the road. The text mentions a bar crowd, a pleasant goodbye, and scattered recollections of a funeral procession with detached scenes and unclear chronology.
Bus Brady Took to Ova Reported 1 Percent Value
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a bus Brady used to reach Ova with a stated value around 1 percent. Details are unclear but reference to transit and a percentage figure are present.
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Brady
Ova
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ILE
Correspo.dent
M. C
London Lancet
Batesville
Ark
Sorrel
Sue
Simcoe
Pentance
Nicholas Lane
West Jersey
Atlantic City
N. J
Nick
Menai
Straits
Hugh Williams
Isle of Man
Thames
Liverpool
Leeds
Gabbriel Mi
Fraser River
British Columbia
Neil Black
Cariboo
Mills
Michigan
Boston
Maine
Livermore Falls
Joan Spatlding
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Fie
Spaulding
Rappahannock
America
London
Henry Aaron Isaacs
Philadelphia
Grand Army
Bea
Cheayo
Tiase
Bi Tae
Ners
Sasvat
Svemiy Gari
Relie
Voitee
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