Library Treasure Opens Window on Nippur Archives
Professor Herman V Hilprecht of the University of Pennsylvania reports uncovering a library of 17000 tablets from the temple of Nippur dated no later than 2280 B C. Excavations over a decade reveal a vast Babylonian collection as the temple's library nears full exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman V. Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Babyon
Nippur
Hilprecht
Univrsity of Pennsylvania
Babylon
Ippur
Babylonia
The Hard Work Cure by Dr Pye Smith
Dr Pye Smith told the British Medical Association that hard work and steady labor cure many nervous ailments. He argued regular labor prevents prostration worry and brain tension often linked to gambling and stress. He praised hard work as healthy, long life in those who toil, noting the remedy is cheap and easily followed.
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Pye-Smith
British Medical Association
Hero of Amur Lieutenant General Grodekov defeats Chinese along Amur
Lieutenant General Nikolai Grodekov, commander of Russian troops, earns acclaim for leading forces that repelled Chinese advances along the Amur River. The account notes Grodekov's decisive actions and strategic impact on the border defense. An unrelated mention labels an undertaker in Hinesbury, Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikolai Ivanovich Grodekov
Amur
Tough German Plague Bacilli Survive Varying Conditions
Dr. M J Rosenau of the U S Hygienic Laboratory reports plague bacilli show resilience across temps and materials. Experiments on crash wood and pine indicate drying, room, and dark conditions affect survival days, with mice dying after exposure durations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Rosenau
United States Marine Hospital Service
New York
India
Germany
Dogs Thinks and Sparrows Tap for Food in Odd Tales
The narrative recalls Herr Steiner Brunner of Hotel du Glacier in Meiden where two dogs saved their master after an avalanche by guiding rescuers to the site. A red sparrow at Riverside Street taps for crumbs, then returns to nest. A crude barometer uses an inverted oil flask. a frog in a water jar is said to signal rain. Mead area plans a Salt Lake road across the lake with two treaties and seven to eighteen miles of reach.
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Dege
Steiner Branner
Steiner Brunner
Meiden
Turtmannthal
Herr Brunner
Beeen
Spitz
Herr Bruner
Hotel du Glacier
London News
Riverside Street
Lewiston
Germany
Switzerland
Growing Oranges The Profitable Yet Demanding Crop
The article explains orange and lemon farming in California as profitable but labor intensive. It notes costs per acre, irrigation, soil tillage, and annual fertilization. Typical yields and prices are given, with December to June ripening and year round picking for lemons. A North Ontario example reports $7800 to $10000 from ten acres plus fertilizers, with cooperative packing and expert wrapping details.
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California
North Ontario
Pe ru na Promotes Essential Duties of Women
A period ad-like paragraph extols female virtues and the mother’s role in home care and education. It portrays the world as weary and in need of rejuvenation and recommends Pe-ru-Na as a tonic to restore vigor and balance.
Pe-ru-na and Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisements
An old advertisement page promotes Pe-ru-na as a universal remedy for women addressing inflammation and catarrh in the body. It also markets Allen's Foot-Ease as the cure for swollen feet, burning sensations, sweating, corns, and bunions with a free sample offer from LeRoy, N. Y.
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Alten
Allen
Atl
Ad- S Otmated
LeRoy
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Foreign words pronunciation rules for English readers
Broad guidance on pronouncing foreign words in English covering Latin German French and Italian basics. It explains vowel counts syllable structure nasal vowels and silent final consonants with examples and mentions specific words and translations. It also includes ad segments about flying machines and various household health products and light social exchanges.
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Wahgener
Wagner
Peek
Vinci
Wooster
Ladies Home Remedies and Teasers in One Page Ad Bundle
A jumble of early 1900s ads and quips for health aids and household goods. The page features Allen’s Foot-Ease powder claiming shoe comfort for women, Piso’s Cure for cough, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Primley’s California Fruit Gum, Parker's Hair Growth claims, and light humor quotes about domestic life.
Pale Weak Women Pale Weak Women
A brief column notes letters from women published in this paper state the truth about a medicine. The pieces emphasize ongoing public discussion and concern shared by female readers.
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Sayee
Capt. Hackney
United States Infantry
San Francisco
China
Richard Comba
Orient
Hackney
Powers
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Taylor
Waldersee
Countess von Waldersee
America
Prince Frederick
Schleswig-Holstein
Austria
Prince of
Noer
Princess of
Miss Reade
Count von Waldersee
Europe
Waller
Tientsin
Canada
War Department
A. Eugene Harding
Marine Corps
Lieut Harding
A. E. Harding
Quincy
Illinois National Guard
Harding
5Th
Illinois
Col. Culver
Taylorville
Frederick Smyth
Atlantic City
N. J
Smyth
Recorder Smyth
Galway
Ireland
United States
John McKeon
McKeon
Marine Court
Bir
John Crampton
Sanctuary
Hinesbury
Nexdore
Pepprey
Philadelphia Times
Paris
Aeperian
Ore
Indianapolis
Fr. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville, Mo
Dartington
Aus
Denver
Leago
St. Louis
Peoria
Misuri River
G. Ww
Vallery
Nerai
Colosso Oy
Missouri River Point
Chicago
Intermediate
Kansas
Indian Territory
Rebecca
Clara
Julia
J. W. O Bates
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Primley
Parker
Harm Bateau
Leta
Lydia E. Pinkham
N. FM. B
Kira
Mewan
Milwantee
Lewehardt
B.D
Lincoln
Seb
S. Haswatt
Colo
Evoilis
Exclusive Sheep Commission
E. Burlingame 4 CO
Colorado
Lawrence
Weaver, Cole
Jose Tun Wres
Joe PR
Henny
Security
Carter
Sone
Peet
Core
Perety
Denver Directory
Letter Street
Arapahoe Street
Palage
Eudelity
Sessors
E Meek Trunt & Bag Co
Curtis & Stevenson
Cbampe St
Wyoming
17Th St
Enone
J. H. Montgomery Machinery Co
ST. Mary’s Academy
Notre Dame
Indiana
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
St. Mary's Academy
Gawant
Fon Lacey
J.D. Best & Sons
Whalesale Grocers
Colm
Agi Nchester
Mat Uester Repeating
Aresco
Yaron
Coma
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