The Great Pyramid of Egypt Revisited in Figures and Fact
The pyramid dates back over five millennia and surpasses all ancient and modern structures in mass and scale. Original height near 480 feet, base side 764 feet, cubical content about 809 million cubic feet weighing around 6.84 million tons. If built into a city of 22,000 houses or laid in a one foot by one foot line, it would stretch about 17,000 miles. Herodotus cited 100,000 workers for twenty years, a figure many scholars deem plausible.
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Eegypt
Herodotus
Woman seeks singer for party in concert agent’s shop
A woman enters a concert agent’s to hire an entertainer for her first party. She asks for a singer and names a price of seven shillings sixpence. The agent corrects her, saying she likely wants a muffin-man.
Cowardly Promises and the Duty to Love in Marriage
A reflection on breach of engagement and gender double standards. The piece argues men who marry out of duty show cruelty, while women faced with unloving husbands deserve release. It condemns staying in loveless marriages and endorses breaking engagements at the altar if love has faded.
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Ufe
Inin
Wireless swimming and radio lessons sweep the U S
A correspondent reports wireless use spans hotel comfort to class instruction. Shoeshine stands, vans, and trains spread radio to entertain and inform. A diver described sea creatures from the Atlantic bed via microphone. Wireless lessons for swimming may reach thousands of holidaymakers next year.
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America
Carmen
United States
Atlantic
New Jersey
Rm Swimming Bath
Thouzanda
The Wonderful Worm in Yorubaland Life
Earthworms, despised by man and birds, fuel agriculture by casting soil to the surface in Yorubaland West Africa. Observations show 62,200 tons of soil cast per square mile annually. In thirty years soil to two feet deep is treated, providing ventilation and drainage. an acre holds about 200,000 worms acting as tiny mills grinding soil finer than machines.
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Yorubaland
West Africa
Bride Hunted Groom Ends In River Flight
After a church wedding the bride pursues the bridegroom as they cross a river by ferry. A sudden cry erupts when the groom falls overboard. The bride screams to save him while her father reassures her. The groom swims away.
Mystery Explorer Jenkins Mistaken Identity
Crowds surround a man hailed as Jenkins the great explorer, but local chatter reveals a misidentification. A second speaker notes that Jenkins did not attend the same expedition, and that the man being asked about is Picking who claims school ties to Jenkins.
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Jenkins
Bungaboo
Picking
Warner's Safe Cure Sold in Original and Concentrated Forms
Chemists and storekeepers offer Warner's Safe Cure in original bottles priced at five shillings and a cheaper concentrated non alcoholic form at two shillings sixpence per bottle.
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Warner
Start to get well with HEAN NERVE NUTS tonic
Start to get well today by taking HEAN'S TONIC NERVE NUTS a nerve food and tonic in tablet form Invaluable for neuritis breakdown intommia anaemia and kindred ailments NERVE NUTS cost 3 shillings per box or six boxes for 17 shillings 3 pence at all chemists and stores.
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Hean
Jealous Husband Hears From Medium About Arabella
Alphonso, a traveling salesman, seeks a spiritualist to learn what his wife Arabella is doing at that moment. The medium claims she is looking out the window and expects someone, then adds she will kiss him when he enters. The husband reacts with anger and vows retribution as the scene ends.
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Alphonso
Arabella
Trogue
Father Teaches Bobbie Humility Through Foundational Skills
In a simple father child exchange, a father urges Bobbie to start at the bottom to learn well, while Bobbie asks if swimming could be the starting point, highlighting practical advice about building skill from basics.
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Father
Bobbie
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