Nick Carter Stories No. 139, May 8, 1915: The Pressing PerilCarter, Nicholas (House name)
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Nick Carter Stories No. 139, May 8, 1915: The Pressing Peril
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals; Popular literature -- Periodicals
The mystery surrounding the disappearance three years ago at St.
Augustine, Fla., of John B. Mooney, of Mooney Brothers’ Company, was
cleared up when his son, Edgar J. Mooney, of Cleveland, Ohio, received
word from Miami, Fla., that the upper portion of a human skeleton, which
is thought to be that of J. B. Mooney, had been found in the stomach of
a shark caught near there this week.
In 1912 the elder Mooney was in bathing at St. Augustine when he
suddenly disappeared in the surf. It was thought that a strong undertow
had carried him out to sea, but it is now believed a shark seized him.
Interesting New Inventions.
The “bicycle built for two” about which there used to be a song was
followed by the motor cycle carrying two passengers. This has now been
improved upon. The newest kind has two chair seats, one behind the
other, instead of saddles.
To save neckties from the wear and tear of pinholes, a scarfpin has been
patented that clips on the edge of a tie.
In the interest of cleanliness, an Iowa inventor has patented a wire
frame to hold a milk pail up from the ground.
A Frenchman has invented a machine for dealing cards that is said to
make misdeals impossible.
A microthermometer has been invented that is so delicate that it is
capable of registering sea-water temperature changes to one-thousandth
of a degree. The instrument is intended to enable ship’s officers to
detect their approach to icebergs.
A novel wrench that will hold a nut of almost any size is made of a
single piece of steel, the handle being split so that the jaws are
sprung together as a strain is applied.
Snake Poison Fails to Cure.
Rattlesnake venom as a cure for epilepsy proved a failure in official
tests conducted by the State of Kansas. A report filed in Chicago by
Doctor M. L. Perry, superintendent of the State Hospital for Epileptics,
at Parsons, notes the effect of the venom on six patients at the
institution who received the treatment for two months.
“In two cases there were more attacks than before; another was
unchanged, and one patient’s condition grew so alarming that the
treatment was discontinued in two weeks,” the report says.
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The Nick Carter Stories
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