The Idol of Diamonds Hidden in a Philadelphia Stable
A paste diamond eyed idol found in a West Philadelphia stable concealed a stash of precious stones worth over 600000. A foreigner named Kaffo claimed the treasure, recounting a South African tale with Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato, detailing how lightning and crime led to the hoard and its perilous journey to the United States.
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Philadelphia
Lancaster Avenue
Cecil Rhodes
Barney Barnato
Kimberly Tights
Hunt
Ontil
Europe
South Africa
Cape Colony
Kimberley
Kaffo
Philadlephia
Hire i. Ile
How Jews First Came to America in Early Settlement
Prof Richard Gettheil of Columbia University surveys Jewish migration from 1492 expulsions through early American colonies. He details Marranos fleeing Iberia, Jewish financiers aiding Columbus, and the first settlers arriving via New Amsterdam and Rhode Island. The piece notes evolving rights culminating in 1777 and 1819 and highlights Maryland and Rhode Island as contrasting paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Gettheil
Columbia University
American Jewish Historical Society
New York Evening Post
England
Israel
Edward I
United States
Isabella
Spain
John VII
Portugal
Italy
Turkey
Netherlands
Holland
Hamburg
Europe
West
Cromwell
Amsterdam
Menasseh Ben Israel
Trpiland
Jathers
Haly
Asia
Whitehall
London
Columbus
Louis de Santangel
Valencia
Contador
Aragon
Ferdinand and
Luis de Torres
Alfonso de la Calle
Bernal
Marco
Tabaca
Inquisition
America
Gaspar
Pedro Alvarez de Cabral
Mexico
Peru
Portu
Brasil
Surinam
South America
Cayenne
Curacao
West Indies
Ferdinand
Jamaica
American
Dutch West India Company
New Amsterdam
Jacob Barsimon
Ile
Catarina
Cape St. Anthony
Cuba
Recife
Brazll
Jacques de la Motthe
Peter Stuyvesant
New Netherland
Brazil
New
Itate
Abraham de la Simon
Schepens
New York
Maryland
Jacob Lumbrozo
Baltimore
Richard Cromwell
Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Williams
Newport
Longfellow
Jeremiah
Babylon
Muscogee Club Healy Fined in Sabbath Tipping Case
Columbus Georgia December report states Muscogee Club president pleaded guilty in superior court to keeping a tipping house open on the Sabbath and the club was fined $100. The indictment arose last summer with trial delayed until the recent day. No Opium in Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
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Columbus
Muscogee Club
B. R. Palmer & Bons
Athens
W. J. Smith & Bro
Fin
Young Rawlings Protests Life Sentence in Murder Case
Leonard Rawlings, recently sentenced by Judge Mitchell to life in prison for his complicity in the Carter children murder, was taken today to a state convict camp at Babcock Georgia. His farewell with his mother and sister at the railway station was poignantly described. He has insisted he would rather be hanged than serve life and asked attorneys to seek a sentence that would allow execution with his father and brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Leonard Rawlings
Mitchell
Carter
Babcock
Rawlings
Mansion Fire Ends In Tragedy Near Eatonton
Early morning blaze in the vacant James L Reid mansion near the Eatonton courthouse destroyed the building and its contents. Occupants Robert Rell his wife and John Coleman the half brother narrowly escaped while Robert Reid and his wife perished in the flames. Only scant remains were recovered.
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Eatonton
James L. Reid
Court House
Robert Rell
Robert
John Coleman
Robert Reid
Forty-Eight Mips of Corn Whiskey Tragedy in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama on December 11 a Black man named Bill Thompson drank forty eight drinks of corn whiskey to disrupt a saloon. He died shortly after the fortieth eighth dram. The mayor ordered the saloon closed and will prosecute the proprietor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bill Thompson
Letter of unclaimed mail with one cent due
List of unclaimed letters at the Athens postoffice requiring an extra one cent postage. Males include Benton Dave Buck J Myutt P D Carter W F Gude Flamel R Height W M Henry J W Hirschman Sam K Huff J F Jackson John Johnson Allen R Kellar W H McAfee J W Me Williams Dr William Miller 8 A Mannally Roy O Rourke W A Rucker Charles Scott J T Smith GC A Smith Royal W Wages R Wagnon Fred Watson W B L Whitehead A W Williams Arthur Williams P G Williams Witherspoon Master W W Wills C T Females include Barnett Miss Maggio Barnett Miss Sarah Bergen Miss Gussle Clemon Miss Elisa Colbert Mrs Emma Cobb Mrs Daniel Cummings Mrs Jane Duncan Miss Octavia Edmond Miss Margaret Green Mrs Stella Griffeth Miss Blanche Gresham Mrs Suo Hart Miss Ella Johnson Miss Martha Little Mr Emily Matthews Miss Mary Minter Miss Mattie Parham Miss Josephine Young Miss Jennie Young Miss Nellie Garbutt Ireraath Elsie Miscellaneous B G Middleton Co
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Athens
Dr. William
Miller
Mannally
Roy
O’rouke
W. A
Rucker
Charles
Scott
J. T
Smith
GC. A
Royal W
Wages
Wagnon
Fred
Watson
W. BL
Whitehead
A. W
Williams
Arhtur
P. G
Witherspoon
W. W. Wills
Barnett
Maggio
Sarah
Bergen
Gussle
Clemon
Elisa
Colbert
Emma
Cobb
Daniel
Cummings
Jane
Duncan
Octavia
Edmond
Margaret
Green
A Fearful Fate of Piles Cured by Arnica Salve
Masonville Indiana resident Harry Colsom testifies to Bucklen’s Arnica Salve curing piles with bleeding itching and protruding signs. The ad promotes the salve as best for cuts burns and injuries, available at H.R. Palmer & Son and W.J. Botth & Co. cre gists.
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Harry Colsom
Masonville
H.R. Palmer & Sona
WJ. Botth
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Rose Tly
Kent
Blood Haim Co
Tanta
Foley
George H. Picket
San Prancisco
Cal
Poley
Naval Academy
Sagres
Henry the
Maestre Jaime Ribes
Mallorca
Jafuda Cresque
Ie Jueu Buscoler
Jacob
Levi Ben Gershom
Abraham Zacuto
Joseph Vechino
Zacuto
Abraham Ibn Ezra
Seville
Vechino
Salamanca
National Follet Co
Paris
Tenn
HEALY
Tippling House
Young Rawlings
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