Oriental Thieves in Tokyo Shoes Theft Tales
A Cincinnati Inquirer piece lauds Tokyo police for exhaustive surveillance and recounts Japan’s shoe thefts, suicides, and prison life. It describes thieves stealing lacquered wooden footwear, a shoe-switching scam on a busy street, and the penitentiaries near Tsukiji with humane conditions.
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Tokio
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Japan
Russia
Paris
Kawazoye
Yokohama
Montana
Tsukiji
America
Europe
Mississippi
Miss Boulevard
Chicago
The Damascus Blades and Their Elusive Craft
The famous Damascus blades known for keen edge hardness toughness and color play baffled makers for centuries. Early notes describe intricate surface lines and prismatic sheen while modern efforts by Breant and General Anosoff claimed to produce similar steel about fifty years ago.
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M. Breant
General Anosoff
Chicago Herald
Prince of Wales Weighs Guests at Sandringham Palace
London correspondent reports the Prince of Wales weighs arriving and departing guests at Sandringham. Guests are weighed on arrival and the morning after departure, with weights recorded in a guest book and autographs added. Latest entry shows Salisbury at 252 pounds.
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London
Prince of Wales
Sandringham Palace
Salisbury
Remarkable Color Disorder Trials Davenport Woman
Miss Hrpecarpe Whittleborn of Davenport Iowa suffers a strange skin color change spreading from yellow to saffron copper across limbs and face without skin disease. Doctors puzzled by the rare condition note the woman remains otherwise healthy and may end with a dark olive complexion.
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Hrpecarpe Whittleborn
Davenport
Iowa
Miss Whittleborn
Orp
Pueblo
Col
Alexander Colmenly
Big Tex
Tennessee
Mill Springs
Zoilikoffer
Appomatox
Insane Asylum
Maljean
Marseilles
Far East
Red Sea
Aden
Suez
Drews
West Orange
Valley Road
Youne Baker
Milan
Ind
Joshua Cottingham
Miller Sutton
Lethonia
Holmgren
Eacle Rock
Oil City
Tidioute
Pennsylvania
United States
Sturgis Cali
Bare Butte Valley
Elk Creek
Diverse 19th century notes on clergy, industry and travel
A mosaic of brief items discusses Dr. Lys near Ben ETE ER and a life review, early licensing, church circuits and legal figures. It surveys Australian wool finance, Salt River Valley agriculture, a Greenville Alabama snake in a milk bottle tale, New Zealand meat trade ships, circus attendance by Indians, naval debate on battleships versus cruisers, and a Washington memorial note.
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Arizona
James B
Salt River Valley
California
Coum
New World
Greenville
Ala
Walters
New Zealand
Morayshire
England
New York
Brooklys Yard
Gallant French Official Provides Passport to Lady
The Paris Figaro relays a tale of a frontier town mayor who, under new rules, issues a passport for a wealthy, vainly attractive lady despite her slight facial disfigurement. His courteous glossing of the defect highlights his refined conduct and courtesy.
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Paris Figaro
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Tims
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