The Gibbs Family: A Madcap Bohemian Household
In a vivid portrait the Gibbs family hosts visitors with talking gibberish, puzzles, palmistry, and theatrical antics. Belle, Jack, Nell, and others transform a quiet evening into a loud, bohemian showcase, where wit eclipses sympathy and festivity masks underlying social fatigue.
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Gibbs
Belle
Bere
Pantering
Rossetti
Damosel
Peggy Babcock
Shakespeare
Gibb
Mr. Gibb
Jei Gibb
Beggar Buys Car For 150 In Trade Affair
A blind peddler from Nite Pa selling shoe strings and pencils entered a local auto dealer and asked for a small car. An old tradeable runabout was available for sale. After a test ride, the car was offered at 280 dollars. The buyer had 150 dollars and accepted the deal, obtaining the vehicle.
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Nite
Remarkable Affair at Belgrade Villa Thunderstorm
A villa near Belgrade was struck by a fierce thunderstorm shortly after a lightning conductor was installed. The owner, who survived the event, offered wine to the workers and shared a drink with them. He died that night from alcoholic poisoning, while the estate residence was destroyed.
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Belgrade
American model posed as Queen Alexandra for Abbey painting
Miss Jovelyn Converse of Eau Claire Wisconsin served as the model for Queen Alexandra in Edwin Abbeys large painting The Coronation of Edward VII She wore coronation robes and posed as royalty while Abbey and painter George Story prepared the work The engagement to a painter prince helped her entry into this royal commission with Buckingham Palace involvement.
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New York
Alexandra
Edwin R. Abney
R. Alt
Jovelyn Converse
Wisconsin
Mr. Abbey
Edward VII
Miss Converse
Buckingham Palace
Westminster
Buelkingham Palace
Hogland
Eau Claire
Wis
Henry Edward Converse
New England
Oliver Wendell Holmes
prince—Eifa Toum Bey
Egypt
Hifia Toum Pasha
George Story
Story
Abbey
Queen Alexandra
Misa Converse
Glass Coffin by Dr Becker in Beeville Texas
Beeville Texas inventor Dr Il G Becker unveils a glass coffin or casket crafted from chemically treated leaded glass. The bottle shaped casket uses a vacuum seal and an ancient Egyptian preservation formula to create a preserving gas, with a claim the body will stay preserved forever.
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Beeville
Tex
Il. G. Becker
Egypt
Becker
Lost Adulis temple and sun shrine unearthed near Zula
Reports describe the ancient city of Adulis buried beneath Eritrea's sands near Zula. The Italian excavations reveal a massive pyramidal sun temple with no doors or habitable chambers, alongside Christian houses from the fifth or sixth century A D. Fragments of reliefs and inscriptions indicate dedication to the sun.
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Tarth
Zula
Eritrea
Red Sea
Adulis
Tury
Mesopotamia
Chatiea
Relic of Marshalsea Remains Near London Bridge
A fragment of Marshalsea Prison linked to Dickens Little Dorrit persists near London Bridge on the south bank of the Thames. The relic is hard to locate amid narrow courts and rough district inhabitants who misdirect visitors toward saloons while seeking favors and liquid refreshment.
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Little Dorrit
Marshalsea Prison
London Bridge
The
Thames
Istrict
Marshalsea
Angel Court
Freak Potato Resembles a Hand Near Agsta Italy
A photograph shows a recently dug potato near Agsta Italy that resembles a hand with swollen fingers. The piece notes such freak potatoes are rare and mentions Dickens era Marshalsea prison stones nearby, with references to Little Dorrit and Bob Sawyer.
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Agsta
Italy
Hungarian archaeologist locates Porolisum in Transylvania
M Duday supervising digs near Zsibo Transylvania uncovers the site of the ancient Roman city Porolisum. Brick houses stand intact with small regular rooms and a large theater. The archaeologist estimates Porolisum once housed about 30,000 people.
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M. Duday
Zsibo
Transylvania
Porolissum
Oldest Coin Found in North Syria Changes Money History
A 2700 year old pure silver coin unearthed by a German archaeologist in north Syria bears an Aramaic inscription for Panammu Bar Re rub king of Sechamol dating to 800 BCE. The discovery shifts credit for earliest coinage from Lydians to Semitic Arameans two centuries earlier.
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Syria
Panammu Bar Rerub
Sechamol
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By Marion Hill
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Jack
Jack Will
Lexer Demain
Lord Byron
Byron
Nell
Ben
Heith King
Evelyn May Converse
Evelyn May Conversa
the Sun
Dickens
Marshalsea Place
Bermondsey
Marshalsea Jail
Mayrshalsen
Charles Dickens
Micawber
Lant Street
Boro
Bob Sawyer
Plukwick
Iinmeneg
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