Deciphering 4000 Year Old Laws Found in Philadelphia
Archaeologists announce the discovery of a shattered tablet at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. When pieced, it reveals many missing Hammurabi code laws from ancient Babylonia dating to 2100 to 2300 B C.
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Philadelphia
Museum of the
University of Pennsylvania
Hamurabi
Babylonia
Suea
M. DeMorgan
Nippur
Arno Poebel
University of
Old Babylonian Tablets Reveal Early Bankruptcy and Interest Laws
A weathered tablet found near Suea and deciphered by Dr. Arno Poebel shows Hammurabi era rules on bankruptcy, interest, and debt. It details that borrowers with movable property must repay and merchants may collect interest, with penalties for compound interest and protections for merchants when profits fail.
Vanderbilts Welcome Baby aboard La Savoie in New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr aged 10 months arrived in New York on La Savoie with parents and nurses on July 20. The infant, listed as Bebe, enjoyed attentive care from Mrs Vanderbilt while the voyage brought landmarks into view. Mrs Vanderbilt, formerly Margaret Emerson, had married and later divorced Dr Smith Hollins McKim before wedding Alfred G Vanderbilt.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Jr
la Savoie
Bebe
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Fisherman Runs Amuck Aboard Mary Near Provincetown
The fishing schooner Mary arrives at Provincetown Harbor after a crewman, John McIntyre of Boston, goes berserk at sea. He overpowers crew, escapes a cabin, and fights on deck before falling overboard and being rescued by a naval vessel. He is jailed and returned to the Mary before landing in Boston.
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Mary
Twharf
Provincetown Harbor
Middle Grounds
John McIntyre
Boston
Provincetown
McIntyre
Lost Sweetheart Sought by Alaska Gold Riches Writer
Walter C. Carter of Tacoma Alaska seeks Annie Fournier Eva Soule, once in this city, asking Assistant City Marshal William H. Medley to help locate her after 20 years. He sent $10 for search costs and promises more. local inspectors have been unable to recall her.
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Fall River
Alaska
Walter C. Carter
Tacoma
William H. Medley
Annie Fournier
Carter
Eva Soule
Far West
Bears Do Rag Time At Franklin Park Zoo
A crowd of 300 to 400 watched six young musicians play mouth organs and sing in close harmony near the zoo cage housing Cora Newton Newkirk Teddy and Moscow. The performers entertained for over an hour and a half yesterday afternoon as the audience enjoyed the unusual street performance.
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Franklin Park
Cora
Newton Newkirk
Teddy
Moscow
Newt
Robert E. Lee
Michael Dineen
Dorchester Avenue
Old Moscow
Dineen
Bears
Social reform speech and a zoo park scene from the era
Descriptive account of a zoo audience reacting to a display of dancing bears and other animals followed by a political sermon arguing that the rich must be ousted from power. The speaker contrasts ancestral independence with present social debt to the wealthy and calls for a just redistribution of wealth.
Rag pickers in New York vote for general strike
Rag Pickers and Clip Sorters Union delegates meet at Clinton Hall in New York to authorize a general strike. They demand a 16 percent wage increase, a 60 hour workweek, and union recognition, with strike plans organized in advance by a 27 member committee.
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New York
Clinton Hall
Clinton Street
Can the Social System Be Changed at Once
Morrison I. Swift spoke at the Humanist Forum in Franklin Union on the topic Can the Social System Be Changed at Once. He argued Americans worship fossil ideas and live in pride of the Declaration while denying its principles, urging immediate reform.
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Morrison I. Swift
Franklin Union
Knights in Convention Opens New England District Meetings
The District Grand Lodge and District Grand Court of New England A C of CG Knights of Pythias held a two day session at Boston area venues with 600 plus attendees. Supreme Worthy Councillor Mrs Ella J Trice presided with W A Harkins expected. events include parades, prize drill, dinners, and a silver cup for the winning company.
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District Grand Lodge of
New England
District Grand Court of
A. C
Knights of Pythias
Ella J. Trice
Jersey City
Grand Court
W. A. Harkins
Baltimore
Boston
W. H. Thomas
P. F. Marshall
St. Paul’s Church
Camden Street
Palm Garden Hall
Northfield
Tremont Streets
Grand Lodge
St. Paul's
Tremont
Massachusetts Avenue
Dundee
Huntington Avenue
Dartmonthh
Columbus Avenue
West Newton
Shawmut Avenue
Ruggles
Westminster
Hammond
Real Revere Hall
Clam Digging Clamps Down At L Street Bathhouse
Bathhouse staff declared a summer campaign to stop clam diggers digging holes on the beach at low tide. Patrick Burke, chief attendant, plans to keep the peace all season. Bathers numbered about 9000 men and 3000 women on a busy day with no accidents reported.
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I, Street
Bath House
Patrick Burke
Beach officials eject men after race riot regime
Police from Station 12 yesterday ejected several men from the beach for failing to comply with the new rules following a race riot weeks earlier. Officers enforced the order and removed the individuals from the shore.
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Station 12
Meet Three Ruling Kings and a Prince
La Savoie of the French line arrived in New York from Havre with a nearly full saloon and slightly ahead of schedule. On board were Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Stebbins returning from a European grand tour and entering the city in notable company.
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New York
Royalty Encounters on Savoie Voyage with Engineers
The party accompanying Mrs. Stebbins met and impressed European royalty during a tour with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Kings and emperors received visitors while the Savoie ministry ship carried notable passengers including Mr. and Mrs. Coudert and others aboard.
Water Rescue Fails to Save River Victim
An unidentified man, about 45, 5 feet 10 inches, 160 pounds, dark complexion and mustache, jumped 30 feet into the Charles River behind the Loose Wiles Biscuit Co on Causeway street. Passersby alerted rescuers. he was alive on removal but died at the hospital after two hours of air pump effort.
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Hey
Revere Beach Draws Record Crowds Of 200000
Weather drew the largest crowd of the year to Revere Beach with an estimated 200000 visitors. Shorefronts from Eliot circle to the Point of Pines filled with people as tide fell. Bathhouse traffic reached 6147 entrants versus 7100 the prior Sunday and officials noted Sunday the third is the peak crowd day. Police logged only three arrests, one involving a wedding ring and a watch. Railroads operated all available cars to handle the surge.
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Eliot Circle
Point of Pines
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Bay State Road
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