Uncanny Tales From A World Of Oddities And Oddities
A long column of clipped dispatches recounts strange deaths and curiosities from across the globe. A Savannah woman reports her brother James Uhl’s letter about a 17 year old girl found dead with a large bat vampirously feasting on her throat. Other items include a petrified man unearthed near Fresno, a buck named Byron guiding Miss Waterman, and a steer saving a herdsman from a bear.
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Comenius
Savannah
Gia
James Uhl
Alabozo
Epistle
Iis
Childhod
Miss Uhl
Martin Botaxp
North Lyme
Conn
Land of the Living
Lord’s Cove
Belan
Napoleon
Laeken
Ardennes
Ald Oueen
Lavken
Largaret Waterman
Rosy- Oss
Jackson Hollow
Sullivan County
Penn
Byron
Miss Waterman
Waterman
Religion of the Orient in a Philadelphia Times viewpoint
The Philadelphia Times critiques Japanese religious practice as complex and contradictory. It dismisses Shinto ancestral worship, Buddhist influence, and local beliefs as chaotic, with revered altars, spirits, and miraculous stones described in sensational terms and aimed at a general audience.
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India
Philadelphia Times
Death by Diamond Powder Ends A Nobleman's Life
In a tale cited by the London Globe the Maharajah of Insidre vexes his Dewan Shamrao Narain. The dignitary, in a bid to die with elegance, grinds diamonds into powder and ingests them, dying as a storied Indian gentleman of old.
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Insidre
Shamrao Narain
Indere
London Globe
The Military Salute From English Army Origins
The military salute traces its origin to medieval tournaments. Knights passing the queen at the dais shielded their eyes from the rays of her beauty, a practice echoing in today’s hand raised to the brow salute.
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New York Dispatch
Irrigated Nasca Valley Sets Peru's Desert Oasis in Focus
From Palpa Peru to Acadia, Fannie B Ward describes Nasca Valley as a lush oasis fed by ancient puquio irrigation. Deep trenches channel mountain water to vineyards cotton mills and farms. locals weather desert seas and guard traditions against outsiders while Chilean Indians work land, trade, and weave baskets in a landscape of desolation and life.
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Palpa
Peru
Washington Star
Fannie B. Ward
Palna
Nasett
Sierras
Nasca
San Jose
Lomas
Chiica
Lima
Mala
Cordilleras
Sahara
New York Hotels Number and Guest Estimates
A New York hotel trade column argues that with 200 hotels and large occupancy figures, daily hotel arrivals could reach 72 150 in the city. The author extrapolates to US totals, suggesting about 60 000 hotels and 2 2050 daily hotel guests nationwide, based on post office counts and population.
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New York
United States
Stezister
Double faced notes mystify Indianapolis bank cashiers
A detective in Indianapolis found a counterfeit style note on a $20 bill after turning it over revealed a second denomination. The misprint produced one side with $20 and the other with $5, likely due to printing errors that create two different values in a single note. The article notes such bills could have circulated widely without detection.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Oysters with False Teeth From New River
An oysterman William H. Dexter showed a curious find at the Messenger office. Two oysters joined at right angles housed a set of false teeth in the interstice. The teeth and gums are well preserved though likely years in the river. Observers say the oysters are about three years old, and a dentist notes the teeth are of a thirty year old style.
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William H. Dexter
New River
Cedar Point
Ooston
Wilmington
N. J
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Qineer
Packwood
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Fresno
Cal
Cantua Canyon
Yackwood
Econfina
Fla
Hardcastle
Ielf
Behine
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Abraham Crushel
Holmes County
Ohio
South America
New London
William Colfax
Colt Street
Colfax
Polly
Coit Street
Omaha, Neb
Jacksonville
England
Prerniaps
Washington Court House
Wad Underwood
Cincinnati
Ogibashi
Japan
Jinrikisha
Hoshangabad
Armid
Antares
Sechura
Payti
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