Giant Indian Skeletons Found Near Martinez Treasure Rumor
Reports say a buried ancient Indian cemetery near Martinez yielded seven foot plus skeletons and skulls to UC anthropology investigators. Locals recall a legend of a vast gold treasure tied to the chief and crowds delay sewer diggings. Eight years ago a San Francisco curator called Concord finds valuable.
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California
Ferry
Martinez
Cal
Anthropology Department
University of California
William Altman
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Concord
Shells and obsidian beads found at Big Eddy relic site
Six inch sea shells unearthed near The Dalles Ore at Big Eddy lie with Indian skeletons and show possible ear ornaments. Obsidian spear and arrow beads, finer chipping, mark centuries of activity, says D L Cates city recorder who notes trails behind Big Eddy and long salmon runs drawing Indians there yearly.
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Big Eddy
Dalles
Ore
Atlantic
Pacific
California
D. L. Cates
City Recorder
Cates
Columbia
Photography a Centenary of Images Through Time
The article recalls photography’s 100 year rise from Niepce’s 1820 crude plate to Daguerre’s 1839 breakthrough and the rapid spread by 1850, noting how the art evolved from early silver plates to today’s motion pictures and the speed of modern civilization.
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Monroe
White House
Niepce
Daguerre
Thut
Sudden Death Mentioned in Chicago Door Company Letter
A New York life insurer received a communication from Dahlstrom Metallic Door Co of Chicago. Dated November 16, 1920, the letter urged insurance as a safeguard with a reply noting a sudden death and indicating actions like returning the letter and postcard, keeping blotter, and noting inability to forward.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company
Chicago
Dahlstrom
Homes That Preachers Come From
The Georgia Methodist Conference Notes in the Atlanta Constitution report that in the Methodist denomination 6 to 7 percent of preachers come from farmers' homes and 1E-8 to 9 percent from preachers' homes. In southern Presbyterian denomination 47.7 percent come from farmers' homes and 18 percent from parsonages. In Presbyterians of the United States 33 percent come from farmers' homes and 15 percent from parsonages.
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Southern Presbyterian
United States of America
Georgia Methodist Conference
Atlanta
First to Lead or First to Fall in History's Spotlight
The text argues that historical glory often rests on being first to do something significant. It cites Columbus and the Pilgrims as examples of firsts that garner lasting fame, and notes Harvard’s status as the first American learning institution. It concludes that those who initiate widely grown endeavors become immortalized.
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Adam
Eve
Christopher Columbus
America
Massachusetts
Harvard
United States
Columbus Dispatch
Profligacy Puffs Fire with Bills in Royal Court Tale
A historic tale traces a courtier Count Rantzau lighting cigars with bayless bills during the reign of Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark. He rivals Dr Struensee and wins Sophia Livernet of the royal ballet, faces banishment, hosts lavish balls, and ends in a duel in France after years of melancholy and daring escapades.
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Caroline Matilda
Nmark
Count Rantzau
Sophia Livernet
Royal Ballet
Rantzau
Dr Struensee
Juliana Maria
Sophia
France
Roger Clap’s Words to His Children in New England
Capt Roger Clap, an early Dorchester settler and Castle Island captain, urged his children to value heart and faith over prior comforts. His Memoirs, begun around 1676, were published in 1731 after editing by Thomas Prince.
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New England
Capt Roger Clap
America
Dorchester
Mass
Porridge and Nation in a Scots Toast
A travel note contrasts porridge in Scotland with oats in England and oatmeal in the United States. The piece muses on national dishes, clan stereotypes, and memory triggered by a Canadian stop at Scotia Junction with Edinburgh imagery.
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Tweed
United States
Canada
Scotia Junction
Edinburgh Castle
Forth Bridge
Mean Advantage Audience In Recess At Banquet
A public banquet program notes a recess before the next speaker is introduced. The chairman refuses to name the guest speaker until attendees return from the break.
Heart Pain Misconceptions and Sensory Nerve Roles
A Saturday Evening Post piece explains that the heart itself has no pain nerves. Pain in heart disease arises from reflex connections to surface nerves, with true heart pain linked to exhaustion and chest tightness rather than the heart muscle. Attention is urged for recurring sensations, especially after meals, smoking, or exertion.
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Stanley
M. Rinehart
M. D
Saturday Evening Post
Cat Triumph in Imperial Tale From Lady Sei Shonagon
A centuries old Japanese anecdote tells how a favored cat avoids punishment as the emperor’s dog Okinamaru is banished after a disruptive chase. The tale, cited by St. Adams Beck in Asia Magazine, ends with the cat comforted in the emperor’s lap while the dog is exiled.
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Sei Shonagon
Japan
Wiyobu-no Ototo
Okinamaru
Sel
Dog Island
St. Adams Beck
Asia Magazine
Law Wondering Woman Denied Marriage License in Mons
A Belgian paper reports a woman in Mons denied a marriage license for lacking name age and birthplace thus lacking legal existence. The tale parallels Mahony who was deemed legally dead after a physician pronounced him dead, later revived, and later murdered. the court ruled he could not be killed as he was legally dead.
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Mons
Mahony
Book curation as civilizing force and public duty
The passage argues that books serve as granaries of knowledge and civilizing influence. It asserts the duty to examine and explain which publications aid learning and progress and which harm it, deeming such discerning work essential and noble while condemning the misuse of power.
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Hubert Howe Bancroft
And then does he tell God
Pop Moore explains weather forecasts to a child by describing charts instruments and telegraphic reports. The youngster asks if the weather man tells God, prompting a thoughtful moment about how predictions are learned and shared.
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Pop Moore
Longe
Pop
Talked With Monkey King From Huang Shan
A third degree Buddhist disciple from the Huang Shan region describes a home for tigers wildcats wild horses goats boars and a panther like animal with bristly skin He cites two classes of monkeys the ordinary brown type and a tailless white breasted white faced variety He claims the Great White Monkey King towers over twenty feet tall with ten foot arms four tusks and a voice that shakes the earth He says he saw the creature twice once at a distance and once within fifteen feet attended by five smaller monkeys who listened respectfully as the king muttered and walked off.
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Buddha
Yellow Mountains
Huang Shan
Greed Worse Than Poverty Says Dr Aubrey Inton
In Leslie's Dr Charles Aubrey Inton argues fear of poverty fuels thrift yet greed worsens social ills. He asserts poverty is sometimes a Christian virtue while greed corrupts human nature and drives destruction, hindering lasting peace.
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Charles Aubrey Inton
Japanese Marriage Customs and Go-Between Role
The article describes traditional Japanese marriages arranged by elder couples acting as go-betweens. A mutual preliminary report leads to a neutral meeting of families and the couple. If accepted, a second meeting confirms the match, and a binding pledge is made with exchanged presents.
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Japan
Boffi
Few Japanese Marry for Love and Eyed by Others
The piece cites Juli an Street in McClure's claiming in Japan marriages for love are rare. It notes Japanese youths seek arranged matches and that Japanese girls envy Western notions of love marriage. It contrasts Occidental ideals with Japanese views and suggests Americans see such love as risky.
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Julian Street
McClure’s
Japan
Nut Sunday Confuses a Thirsty Episcopalian Boy
Not In His Calendar. Little Dickle, an Episcopalian, reads the closed drug store sign with thirst. He notes a new church holiday Nut Sunday instead of a usual Sunday and mocks the absence of Melchizedek style relief for his craving.
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Dickle
Puzzled husband weighs truth over divorce for wifes baking
A husband writes from Seattle that his wife’s domestic science experiments ruin meals and upset his stomach. He contemplates telling the truth or letting her proceed with divorce and a life insurance claim, joking about a second husband with an iron digestive system.
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Greene M. Farley
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Shrines Beyond All Price in Sacred American Landmarks
Newel Dwight Hillis reflects on historic buildings as eternal teachers and shrines. He cites Independence Hall, Mount Vernon, Gettysburg, Faneuil Hall, Old South Church, Lincoln's Home, and Plymouth Church as priceless symbols shaping American civilization.
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Plymouth
Jerusalem
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's
England
Lke
United States
Independence Hall
Mount Vernon
Gettysburg
Faneuil Hall
Old South Church
Lincoln's House
Springfield
Old Plymouth Church
Newel Dwight Hillis
Mexicans Are Great Walkers in Monterey Concerts
A Monterey scene shows Mexicans as renowned walkers, with a weekly three-night concierto drawing Americans and transients to watch. Locals, youths, and chaperoned elders stroll the plaza while couples circle in opposite directions, creating a vivid street theater.
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Europe
America
Plaza
Monterey
Tampico
Giant extinct Tasmanian rhinoceros like monster discovered
Curators of Launceston and Tuscanian museums present to the Royal Society of Tasmania a near complete skeleton from pleistocene beds of Tasmania. The creature was as large as the biggest rhinoceros and shows a skull suited for warfare with at least one horn. Evidence of battles appears in damaged and repaired collar bone and snout bones.
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Launceston and
Tuscanian
Royal Society of Tasmania
Tasmania
Embroidery Through the Ages in Ancient and Modern Times
Embroidery has ancient roots, with mummy garments in Egypt and biblical motifs described as embroidery. The art peaked in the early middle ages, faced regulation in Greece and Rome, and reached high refinement in England where skilled workers adorned the wardrobes of nobility.
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Egypt
Greece
Rome
Dreams and Freud clash over truth in dreams lecture
In Milwaukee Dr William J Durant argues dream truth exposes repression behind morality. He says dreams reveal primitive impulses, civilization suppresses pugnacity and sexuality, and monogamy is a social strain while hypocrisy underlies polite civilization.
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William J. Durant
Columbia University
Milwaukee
Durant
Freud
Wireless survey aims to fix South West Australia boundary
The plan uses wireless telegraphy to determine the 129th degree longitude between Greenwich and Sydney by synchronized time signals. Observatories worldwide join Lyons France and other stations to refine Earth's longitudinal division with cross continents, inviting US and British cooperation as an initial step toward a full Australian survey.
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South
Australia
Greenwich
Betwen Greenwich Observatory
England
Sydney
Lyons
France
United States
Cost of Caste Recalled by Hungarian Immigrant in World’s Work
A Hungarian immigrant recalls life in Budapest and the shift to New York describing a banker’s routine, a flakker carriage, the subway ride, and social life tied to caste. He notes nostalgia for Magyar hospital life and the press of income realities shaping family choices.
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Budapest
Flakker
New York
Sir Hoyds
Magyar Hospital
Bertalan Barra
Long for Good Old Days at Columbus Circle Statues
Two youths pause by Central Park’s Columbus Circle statues and reflect on cold water and lost simple pleasures. They contrast wartime prosperity with grim future business prospects and yearn for the warm, simpler days they remember.
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Columbus Circle
Central Park
Traffic Motoring Quip Sparks Fine Sale Joke
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip as a traffic policeman accuses a motorist of fifty mph. The motorist asks the judge for written confirmation and a duplicate copy to exploit after paying the fine by attempting to sell the bus.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Pays to Shake Up Golf
On a farm near Spartanburg experiments with dynamite craters in fruit trees show five times higher yields than trees in normal holes. Cotton and corn also benefited as land previously tilled by others yields excellent results.
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Spartanburg
AES Wat
Mef
Expt Oelven
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