Serpent Tales from Africa by Mounteney Jephson
A. Mounteney Jephson recounts Africa adventures with venomous serpents and pythons while in Equatoria and Ceylon. He describes horned viper habits, puff adder danger, boa and python strength, Dwarf consumption of snake meat, and Emin Pasha era events including a puff adder chase and spitting cobra behavior.
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A. Mounteney Jephson
Stanley
Equatorial Africa
Occidental Hotel
San Francisco
Examiner
Africa
Ceylon
Jephson
India
Jueen
Cleopatra
Bruce
Equatoria
Duffle Station
The
Nile
Emin Pasha
Emin
Gordon
Eimin
Double Bill printing error creates mixed denomination note
A BEP printing mistake produced a two in one bank note with a three tens and one twenty on one sheet leading to a ten face with a reversed twenty back. The misprint surfaced months later in Newark and is now held by Howard Bailey of Newark after circulating through Mutual Benefit Life Insurance.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
First National Bank
Washington, N. J
Bank of Washington
N. J
Treasury Department
Treasury
General Meredith
Meredith
New Jersey Bank
Newark
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Howard Bailey
New York Herald
Thirty-ninth Street
Ninth Avenue
New York
Peter Murphy
Peter
Detroit
Nick
Harry Prince
Prince Black
Prince
Prodigy Micajah Bagwell in Forsyth County Ga. Four year old music wonder
A four year old boy near Oak Grove Schoolhouse Forsyth County Ga. Micajah Bagwell outshines adult prodigies by leading singing and sight-reading music. He reacts to out of tune notes and is deeply enthralled by piano. The report also notes other curiosities from around the world and local stories of remarkable abilities and oddities.
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Oak Grove
Forsyth County
Tom
Micajah Bagwell
Bagwell
Micajah
A la Farge
III
Dora
Lincoln Hamline
Creole Values Clash Over Ancestral Furniture Worth
In New Orleans a debate over heirlooms reveals Creole women clinging to ancestral furniture amid poverty. A dying woman’s prized bed and an ebony buffet illustrate luxury tied to memory, while a dealer boasts of upcoming bread purchases and a king’s daughter offers money for burial costs.
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Chartres
Charity Hospital
Banja
Lionaire
Sui
Watercress and Onions and Their Health Qualities
Watercress and onions are described as nutritious plants with iron uptake in muddy streams and blood purifying properties. Onions' odor is from volatile oil. methods to reduce it include parsley coffee milk and boiled onions. Raw onions aid digestion and may help colds. boiling and water changes reduce odor and keep onions white. Chicago Herald notes dated June 7.
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Chicago Herald
Georgia Folklore Gossip From the Atlanta Constitution
A fragmentary Georgia folklore note from the Atlanta Constitution recounts rural superstitions. It mentions ebb and flood tide cat eye directions, a death omen from a crowing cock, potato failure in darkness, a child born at full moon predicting a boy, and various household omens.
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Shane
Angus
Atlanta Constitution
New England Holds About 1 Western Farm Mortgages
Regional financial survey notes that New England reserves are largely invested in Western farm mortgage notes. The data highlight cross regional lending patterns and the concentration of farm credit across the United States.
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New England
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Queer Serpents
Stanleys
Minsk
Moscow University
Law
Siberia
Ellen Cleary
Philadelphia
Daniel Cleary
Whitt
Quay
Saegerstown
Miss Quay
Brussels
William Hester
Spring Hill
Penn
Hester
New Castle
Mr. Hester
Youngstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
M. K. Myton
Huntingdon
Mauritius
Corea
Bombay
Kallies
Pomerania
Bellringer
Babitz
Bohemia
Deutsche Zeitung
Eule
Georgia
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