Likeness of Augustus Found in Tivoli Hall Relic
In Tivoli near Rome archaeologists uncover an Augusteum hall and a marble head of Emperor Augustus. The votive statue, dated between 31 BC and AD 14, shows a lifelike aged likeness believed to be the only surviving portrait made during his lifetime.
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Rome
Tivoli
Tibur
Ian Augusteum
Augustus
Alessio Valle
Tong
Augustus Caesar
B.C
A. D
Nales
German Cadet Led 300 Spies to Enlist in US Army
Former Captain John Willet, born Hans Willers, revealed in New York that he and about 300 German cadets were sent to the United States in 1914 to join the American army as officers. He admitted stealing 86,000 from his unit at Camp Sevier after the Armistice and deserting, later telling investigators of German espionage plans and treason potential in Washington. He was taken to Fort Jay on Ellis Island and later married an American, opening a mail order business under Crawford.
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New York
John Willet
Forty-eighth
United States Infantry
Hans Willers
United States
Willet
Cap Sevier
Fort Jay
Governor’s Island
Forty-eighth Infantry
Sidney P. Kowell
Francis Hatch
Germany
Buck
Albany
France
Camp Sevier
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Crawford
Love of Music Traps Robber of Poor Box
Jacob Katz aged 24 was arrested after entering Emanuel Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. He emptied the poor box of $8 and played the organ, becoming so absorbed he forgot his location. Pastor Rudolph Nieder nearby notified police.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Katz
Katz
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Rudolph Nieder
Ore totals 50 000 000 tons shipped from Duluth docks
The season’s iron ore shipments reach about 50 million tons with 47 707 372 sent from head of the lakes and remaining 30 000 tons to depart from Two Harbors and Ashland docks. All docks show a 7 700 060 ton rise from last year’s 40 067 850. In Brockton mass shoe shortage leaves fifty children unshod and unable to attend school.
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Duluth
Minn
Lakes
Duluth and Tron Range
Two Harbors
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Ashland
Wis
Hawaiian Honeymoon Dream Delayed Then United By Profit
Marian Wetherby mourns on a Hawaiian lanai as her guardian uncle blocks her romance with Jim Callendar. A note reveals Jim’s plan to outbid rivals and buy into the Laurens pineapple plantation. They marry after the voyage with plans for a Hawaii return and a honeymoon in San Francisco.
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Marian Wetherby
Marian
Jim
Henry C. Winthrop
Mono Iulu
Esonia
States
James Eliot Callendar
Callendar
Edgar
Wailoa
Sam
Winthrop
W. Laurens
Oshu
Tovsan
Dolla
Fesonta
Pacific
Watlon Road
Laurens Pineapple
San Francisco
Hawaii
Touched By His Generosity
Janet confronts her husband Sammy after spotting him at Goshen's pawn shop with a package. He explains he donated his old suit to a needy man, sparking Janet's awe and reaffirming her affection despite a prior loan of $2.
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Sammy
Goshen
Janet
Peculiar Diplomatic Homes Mark U S Mission Abroad
Terressa Long notes in the World's Work that the U S minister’s residences include Bangkok Pekin and Morocco rather than London Paris or Rome. The Pekin legation stands out as substantial and well placed, financed by Marines who occupied the Beijing site during the Boxer rebellion of 1900 and have maintained influence since.
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United States
Terressa Long
London
Paris
Rome
Bangkok
Pekin
Morocco
Congress
China
Archeological Department Created in Palestine
A new Palestine archeological department will preserve antiquities and coordinate reports of interest from all local societies. Delegates from these societies will be attached to the service, and the high commissioner appeals for active participation.
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Palestine
Archeological Societies
Autopsy Note Misunderstood In Plain Speech
A reader explains an autopsy as a dead man requesting doctors to cut him up to learn the matter behind his death. The explanation uses a misspelled phonetic style to depict common misconceptions about autopsies.
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Mike—Fayther
McLubberty
Force of Habit at the Right Place Petunia Store
A distressed customer Austin Akinside laments chronic dyspepsiloquacity and digestive woes while describing worsening health. The store proprietor RNansas City Star quotes him as the exchange ends with a brief shop inquiry.
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Austin Akinside
Bresta
Petunia
Rnansas City Star
Biting Remark Defined as a Sharp Comment
In this historic aside, a biting remark is described as something you throw into a person's teeth. The text also muses that happiness lies in mind and contentments rather than external trappings.
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James FE. Callendar
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Absorbine, JR
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