Trip from Luxor to Khartum Reveals Nile Deserts Life
A National Geographic style traveler notebooks a southbound ride from Luxor to Khartum. He describes stifling heat in a small Nile boat, saffron deserts, and desert Arabs, with sights of Philae and Omdurman. The journey ends in Khartum amid Ramadan festivity and dervish dances.
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Egypt
Khartum
Nile
Luxor
Shellal
Haifa
Kitchener
Mohammed Ahmed
Omdurman
Sahara
Mecca
Philae
Isis
Aswan
Antony
Cleopara
Cleopatra
Gordon
Gordon Hotel
Mummy faking: a prevalent Egyptian souvenir scam
The police report a brisk trade in faked mummies sold to tourists as pharaohs or Tutankhamens. Merchants decorate recovered slaves’ remains with gilded scarabs and amulets, sometimes rewrapping with stained linen, yielding profits up to thousands of dollars while natives burn bones for fuel.
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Cairo
Egypt
Brooklyn Bridge
Ireland
Rameses
Aminhotep
Steeple of St. Peter’s Church Tacoma Aged Landmark
Tacoma's St. Peter's Episcopal Church preserves an ancient steeple formed from a giant tree used as the core of the tower. The timber dates back to before Columbus, with the 48 foot cut and the church built around it after Tacoma was chosen as the Northern Pacific terminus. The opening service occurred in August 1873, and a bell arrived after a Sunday school request, now rung atop ivy covered towers.
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Tacoma
Wash
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
America
Pacific Northwest
St. Peter's Church
Northern Pacific
Morris
Theodore Hosmer
Philadelphia
Farmer Saves Shoe Then Finds Pocketbook with $50
Detroit Michigan report details Brown City area farmer Garwood Lanzeman stopping to salvage a horseshoe amid mud to spare a motorist a puncture. He uncovers a mud buried pocketbook containing fifty dollars.
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Detroit
Mich
Garwood Lanzeman
Brown City
Lanzeman
77 year old man regains sight after twelve years
London and James Donaldson a 77 year old man who had been blind for twelve years suddenly recovered his sight. The first person he saw was his son whom he did not recognize due to balding. The loss and return of sight occurred without warning and without clear explanation.
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London
James Donaldson
Donaldson
Brothers Estranged Six Years Meet in Jail
Two real estate brokers Thomas M. Davis and Harry Davis, estranged for nearly six years, were placed in adjoining cells at Mays Landing jail for contempt of court. Tom Davis faced contempt, perjury, and election law violations. Harry Davis was held for contempt over $50 weekly alimony.
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Atlantic City
Thomas M. Davis
Harry Davis
Mays Landing
Tom Davis
Paola Kansas Booms With Shallow Oil Wells
Paola Kansas sits atop one of the world’s shallowest oil fields with more than 1200 producing wells in Miami county. The field lies about 450 feet deep and prices and profits draw many locals into oil and gas speculation. Back yard wells, local maps, and colorful anecdotes illustrate a long running boom driven by small investors and daily household energy use.
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Paola
Kan
Miami County
Post Office Oil Company
Kandy
Herman Miller
A. W. Christie
W. H. Morehouse
David McCullough
Alaska Salmon Exports Top Vital Territory Wealth
Alaska’s salmon exports reached 610,750,038 dollars, far surpassing mineral wealth and topping all exports since 1867. In 1925 more than 25,000 people worked in catching and canning, with investments around 55 million dollars.
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Washington
Alaska
North Pacific
Russia
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Fisheries Navy Prepares to Patrol Alaska Coast
The Bureau of Fisheries plans a 55 armed vessel navy with 88 small tugs to patrol the Alaska coast from Kodiak Cook Inlet Chignik Afognak and Ketchikan. The fleet aims to curb fish pirates and poachers as millions in canned fish flow from the region.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Alaskan
Bureau of Fisheries’ Navy
Kodiak
Cook Inlet
Chignik
Afognak
Scotti Becomes Citizen After Opera Career
Antonio Scotti, the Italian baritone who has sung with the Metropolitan Opera for twenty seven years, is to become a citizen.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Antonio Scotti
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Sudan
Halfa
Columbus
Farmer
Man
Bureau of Fisheries
Navy
Scotti
Bey
FOS
Dee
Postum Company, Inc
Annales
Castor
Fletcher
Bugville
Peterman
Peterman’s
Éhumans
Pifth Ave
Indianapolis Cancer Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
W. A. Moeller
E. 6Th St
Waterloo
Iowa
Underwood
Sherwood Manufacturing Company
Paterson, N. J
Winnipeg
POR Saleerman
Randorff Mann Fex and Fur Farm
R. 2
West Burlington
Hartley
Court St
Bangor
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