Three Centurions of Second Augustan Legion Unearthed Hoard Found
Archaeologists revealed the names Quin taus Aquila Vibius Proculus and Vib dog Severus as three centurions of the Second Augustin legion. A floor cache contained 230 silver coins, likely from the soldiers military chest. Some troops were ordered north to aid Hadrian's wall works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustin
Quintaus
Aquila
Vibius Proculus
Vib
Severus
Quintini
Viblus
Untimely End to Lives of Brave Adventurers
A historical lament notes the fates of early American discoverers and expeditions. It catalogs the deaths and downfalls of figures like Columbus Roldin Bobadilla Balboa Cortes Pizarro and others, highlighting constant assassinations and executions among bold adventurers.
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America
Columbus
Roldin
Bobadilla
Ovando
Les Casas
Ojeda
Encisco
Nicuessa
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Narvaez
Floral Barometers Predict Rain and Sunshine
The text describes marigolds and the scarlet pimpernel as sensitive weather indicators. Closed blooms in the morning signal rain, while the dandelion closing suggests a fine day ahead. The pimpernel is nicknamed the poor man's barometer due to its rain sensitivity.
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Essager
How Hailstorms Form in Rising Air Currents
Hail stones range from one eighth to one half inch, formed by upward air columns. Hail, like rain, results from vertical circulation. drops condense in cooling air and grow until heavy enough to fall. Each drop rises and falls at least once.
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Hall
Electron count in atoms affirmed by physicists
Scientists of today state there is evidence that every known atom contains a definite number of negative electrons equal to the positive electrons. Examples include lead with 82 protons and 82 revolving electrons, zinc 30 and 30, helium 2 and 2, sulfur 16 and 16, platinum 78, gold 79, radium 88, and related cases.
Magnetic Poles and Their Global Positions
The text defines magnetic poles as the points where magnetic force lines are vertical. It states the north magnetic pole at 70 degrees north, 97 degrees west, and the south magnetic pole at 72 degrees south, 153 degrees east.
First Milk Bottle and Butter Origins
A Burdette Service note traces how the earliest milk bottle used goat hide, openings tied to prevent leakage, and suggests butter was first made by accidental churn during desert travel. It outlines the long evolution from crude churns to modern motor-driven creamery equipment.
Room for Improvement in Education and Media Standards
A critique of public culture argues that education fails to produce an intelligent populace. It condemns tabloid journalism, sensational radio programs, and small book sales as signs of waning literary and civic standards, urging reform.
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Fmall
Woman's Home Companion
Brief history of ancient and modern republics
The text traces origins of republics from ancient Mesopotamian and Greek city-states to modern examples. It notes Athens as a leader among Greek democracies, Carthage and Rome as brief republics, and medieval Italian and German cities forming republics. San Marino and Switzerland are highlighted, with commentary on variability of popular sovereignty and late widening of suffrage in the United States.
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Athens
Carthage
Rome
Italy
Germany
San Marino
Switzerland
American Cyclopedia
United States
Early Mennonite Settlement in America 1662 to 1694
A historical note recalls Mennonites arriving in America around 1662 led by Pieter Cornelius Plockhoy who founded a Delaware colony with 24 followers. English forces dissolved the settlement in 1664, and Plockhoy and his wife later reached Germantown in 1694 after years of wandering, finding a home among Mennonites.
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America
Pieter Cornelius Plockhoy
Delaware
Plockhoy
Amsterdam
Robert Carr
Prockhsy
Germantown
Hopi Snake Dance Revered Intermediary for Water Blessings
A fragment describes Hopi Snake Dance rituals in arid Arizona, featuring rattlesnakes used as intermediaries between prayers for moisture and the gods. The ceremony is depicted as deeply devout, with showers often accompanying the dance and spectators getting drenched atop mesas and roofs.
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Arizona
Louise R Marshall Do
Ste At
Brey
King Arthur Knights Counted at About One Hundred Fifty
The article notes that while the legend of the Round Table exists, it is believed that about 150 knights are involved in the myth or story.
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King
Arthur
Gasless Sunday and the electric car dispute
During World War I conservation efforts a gasless Sunday led to a confrontation at a southern camp. An MP halted two women in an electric car, insisting it used gas and demanding where their trolley was, prompting a sharp exchange.
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M. P
iIt
Pacific Tower and Light Bulletin
Moon Over Poles Rises Continuously Weeks at a Time
The Naval observatory reports that at either pole the moon stays above the horizon for about two weeks and below it for about two weeks. At the Arctic and Antarctic circles the moon sometimes does not set or rise for a few days each month, otherwise it rises and sets daily. In winter the moon is generally above the horizon when full and below it when new, with the reverse in summer.
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Naval Observatory
Arctic
Antarctic
Fuel for Smoking Meat Guidance from Agriculture Dept
The Department of Agriculture recommends green hickory or maple wood smothered with sawdust of the same material as the best fuel for smoking meat. Hard woods are preferred to soft woods, and resinous woods should be avoided due to potential flavor issues. Corn cobs can substitute hard wood, juniper berries or fragrant woods may flavor the meat, and a slow fire with 70 to 90 degree heat is advised.
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Department of Agriculture
Celebrity arctor snubbed as note leads to fixed seats
An unnamed celebrated actor leaves a theater to be pinned with a crimson carnation by a pretty girl. He later receives a note requesting two seats. He replies with a grim smile that all seats are screwed down after personal investigation.
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Arctor
Where There's Smoke Junior Wonders at Mom's Breath
A young child on a cold morning misinterprets his mother’s breath as smoke and exclaims he must have swallowed a piece of fire. The moment captures a toddler’s literal view of winter air and loving observation.
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Junior
Ancient dice origins span civilizations and eras
Herodotus notes that during famine the Athenians played dice while the kings fought. Dice and bone games arose in antiquity and spread through the Orient, with dice found in tombs across Egypt, Greece, and the Far East.
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Herodotis
Atys
Egypt
Greece
Oyster Cultivation Becomes Major U S Fishery
Herbert F. Prytherch of the United States bureau of fisheries says the oyster industry now ranks as the nation’s most valuable fishery yielding about 73 000 tons annually. It employs around 65 000 people and is practiced along all seacoast states from Cape Cod to the Rio Grande and from Puget Sound to San Francisco.
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Herbert F. Prytherch
United States Bureau of Fisheries
United States
Cape Cod
Rio Grande
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Probate Notice in Bristol for Last Will of Peckham
Bristol Probate Court cites estate of Peckham late of Bristol. James Magee secretary announces execution of last will and appoints sale or distribution. Public notice requires appearance by interested parties before the seventh day at 10 o clock A. M. in Bristol for probate proceedings.
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Drobate Court
Bristol
Peckham
John W. Church
Probate Court Notice in Bristol Phoenix
Notice from the Probate Court of the Town of B dated June 5 1930 for Alfred Earle M Esters and related matter in Bristol. publication required for fourteen days once a week in the Bristol Phoenix. clerk John Church signs.
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B ‘Une
Alfred
Earle M
Pala Ristol
Bristol Phoenix
John. Church
Notice of Sale in Bristol Court Proceedings 1930
Public notice records a court action in Bristol ward involving the Down Clerk's office and Mary Marien. It states a petit for a dower and the sale of property to satisfy a deficiency, with a hearing set for July 1930 at 10 oclock A M in the court room and a fourteen day publication requirement in the Bristol Phenix.
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Maid Te Town
Ced
Mary Marien
Sion Preivas
Bristol
Bristol Phenix
John W. Church
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Hershey’s
White Bread
RED Circle Coffee
Eight O’clock
IONA
A &P
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