The Lost Atlantis and the Myth of The Fast Atlantis
Sailors tell of a vast white city rising from the sea with domes and minarets. The legend places Atlantis between Europe and America, dating to Solon and Plato. Three powerful kings united to conquer Europe, but the Athenians won a decisive battle. After earthquakes and floods, Atlantis vanished beneath the sea.
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Atlantis
Europe
America
Solon
Egypt
Titer
Plato
Lincoln’s Walnut Dilemma Echoes through Time
An anecdote recalls President Lincoln stepping to a door to face a crowd of children. Asked what was wrong with the boys he quips that the world is at fault. He explains that he has three walnuts and each child wants two, capturing his trademark humor.
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Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Juror Excused Over Itch Before Court
A lank juror seeks excuse from duty claiming a private illness. The judge refuses private disclosure and presses for a public answer. The juror reveals he has the itech, prompting the clerk to scratch him from the jury.
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Itech
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Lincoln’s shoulder rides by a father and sons tale
The Literary Digest notes Abraham Lincoln commonly carried his children on his shoulders while walking through town. A younger boy clung to his coat tail as the trio drew attention in Springfield. Neighbor Roland Diller recalls the scene and its lingering chatter.
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Lincoln’s
Literary Digest
Springfield
Roland Diller
Sea Bluffs Erode Under Severe Winds In 1899 Gale
Wind driven sand and salt spray wear away headlands and gravel layers the same way a sand blast does. Exposed surfaces develop pits as violent winds erode structures. A single night in 1899 transformed the Truro life saving station windows into ground glass.
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Int
Ward at Work and Monument Whispers in a Doctor’s Quip
A physician driving past stonemasons at work calls out about finishing gravestones with In memory. The mason replies that if someone is ill he will treat them first and then continue, implying more monuments may follow.
Heat from Cold Water Splits Molecules For Power
The text explains that electricity decomposes water into hydrogen and oxygen and that recombining the gases releases intense heat. It notes lime light as a familiar example of this phenomenon.
Danish Wedding Ring Customs
Danish brides receive a plain gold band on the left hand third finger as an engagement ring. On the wedding day the groom moves the ring to the right third finger to symbolize marriage.
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Denmark
Remedy for Rheumatism with Sulphur Soaks
An aged home remedy advises rheumatism sufferers to sprinkle sulphur into socks worn at night. The claim is for rapid absorption through the feet and a universal belief that sulphur cures rheumatism.
Civilisation by Chemistry and its many roles
A summary of how chemistry underpins civilization across industry war medicine lighting ink tanning oils and food preservation, noting sulfuric acid as central to many processes and chemicals enabling fertilizers medicines fuels pigments and preservation. The piece stresses both destructive and creative impacts of chemistry.
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Saturday Evening Post
Leaked Gas Pipe Quips Highlighted in Baltimore Tale
A Baltimore wife fears a gas leak and wakes her husband in a morning fright, then the couple jokes about fixing the leak with a bucket before bed. The excerpt also notes dog populations in France and various countries, listing ratios per thousand residents and national totals.
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Mrs. C
Baltimore
Mr. C
State Lands Leased Over 1.5 Million Acres
The report details vast land leases totaling more than 1.5 million acres under state control. Annual revenue from these leases amounts to 173,221 dollars, reflecting significant public asset use.
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State Land Office
Chateau County
Fergus County
Rosebud
Beaverhead
Broadwater
Cascade
Chateau Eevee Eece
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge Eacce
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Granite
Jefferson Epeseece
Lewis & Clarke
Madison
Meagher Eee Neces
Missoula
Park Tore Revease
Powell
Teton
Valley Yellowstone
University
Eee Jee School of Mines
State Normal School
Agricultural College
State Reform School
Teat Reees
Deaf and Dumb School
Ereedse
Soldiers
Supreme Court decision on cattle trespass and fencing duties
The Helena Record reports a Montana supreme court ruling in a case where cattle died after drinking poison on land owned by another. The owner may lack liability if not fencing, with emphasis that un-fenced land may excuse casual trespass, while cattle cannot legally pasture on another’s land. Justice Pigott writes the opinion with Milburn concurring in part.
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Supreme Court
Fred Beinhorn
L. Griswold
Milburn
Justice Pigott
Montana
Notable Figures and Historical Bits in Brief
A collage of biographical notes mentions Chicago mayor Carter Harrison as author of an autobiography, Oklahoma Governor Ferguson photographed after twenty years, Apache chief Geronimo seeking citizenship after ten years’ captivity, Clowry rising to Western Union president from early messenger work, and British editor Lord Rosebery debated as Liberal Unionist. Additional items note General Lloyd Wheaton’s Philippine popularity and Edward Tuck funding a free Paris hospital and prior DartmounD gifts.
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Ferguson
Oklahoma
Geronimo
Robert ©. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Joliet
Joubert
Cronje
de Wet
Delarey
Richard Burton
University of Minnesota
Lothrop Publishing Company
Boston
London Spectator
Lord Rosebery
Liberal Party
Lloyd Wheaton
Philippines
Edward Tuck
Paris
Dartmoud College
Tuck
Curtain calls signal busy theatre season ahead
Henrietta Crosimson’s Rosaling boosts As You Like It audience interest. Mrs Leslie Carter stars in Belasco’s Du Barry attracting large crowds. Wayne Elis develops a play featuring Annie Oakley. Camille Warville returns to stage in a new opera next season. Eleanor Robson appears set for Parthentt and Rosalin. Maud Fealy signs two year leading woman contract with William Gillette starting April 17. Laura Burt sails to England to appear in The Purple Lady while husband Harry Stanford joins Henry Irving Lyceum company.
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Henrietta Crosimson
Rosaling
Leslie Carter
Belasco
du Barry
Wayne Elis
Annie Oakley
Rule Shot
Camille Warville
Eleanor Robson
Parthentt
Rosalind
Royal line notes and arts and projects across courts
Prince George of Prussia aged 76 as oldest Hohenzollern, a famed poet. Princess Charles of Denmark a skilled wood carver who carves pipes for husbands and cousins. Emperor Menelek plans telephone links to Italian overseas colonies via Eritrea with harsh penalties for wire cutting. Prince Albert of Flanders heir to Belgium, visited the United States for three months in 1888, born 1875, married 1900 to Duchess Elizabeth, with a son born last year.
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Prince George
Prussia
House of Hohenzolern
Princess Charles
Denmark
Menelek
Abyssinia
Ersthrea
Prince Albert of
Flanders
Prince Albert
Elizabeth
Charles
Bavaria
Gleanings on Arms Ownership Population Growth and Parks
The Argentine government owns field guns 346 mountain guns 226 siege guns 36 howitzers 42 total 650. In cities over 100000 population less than 23 percent own homes. Venice has grown by 50000 in 25 years and now holds 174000 people. American city park areas rank with New York and Philadelphia leading a list of ten cities.
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Venice
Queen of the Adriatic
Park Area
New York
Philadelphia
Bowton
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
San Francisco
Baltimore
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Cincinnati
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The
Montana Trading Co
O. M. Lanphear
Montana Trading Company
WM. Christie
Nien
Spaulding Sunsery and Oxacitano Co
Spaulding, Inc
Stors
France
England
Germany
Sweden
Russia
Turkey
Helena
Carter Harrison
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