Idol God Unearthed Beneath Forgotten Palestinian City
Dr. Melvin G. Kyle reports a limestone serpent idol found beneath layers of Israelite and Canaanite remains at Kiriath Sepher, near Othniel’s captured city. The discovery supports an early Canaanite serpent cult and fixes the city’s destruction era around 1275 B C, differing from other estimates by about two centuries.
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Pioneer Clock Maker Jerome Becomes Cabinetmaker in Connecticut
Waterbury historian notes Chauncey Jerome's rise from renowned clock maker to cabinetmaker. In 1816 he faced poverty, bought a house, and earned $85 finishing the interior of the old Fenn homestead, a three story building with 27 doors and a white oak floor still intact today.
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Fenn House
Mouse Preserved in Birmingham Gas Pipe During Renewal
A perfectly preserved mouse with whiskers intact was found in an iron gas supply pipe in Cannon Street offices, Birmingham. The rodent entered when premises were erected and the pipe connected to the meter, coal gas sealing its fate and preserving the body for thirty years.
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Cannon Street
Birmingham
England
First electric streetcars and lines in North America
The early rapid transit era saw Van Depoele build the first electric trolley cars used in Chicago in 1888. Electric lines followed in Cleveland and Kansas City in 1889. Canada showcased its first electric streetcar at Toronto in 1885 and opened its first line at St Catherine’s in 1887. The United States opened the first all electric line in September 1885 from Baltimore to Hampden, Maryland.
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Kansas City
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Toronto
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America
Une
Daltimore
Tampden
Wanderer Protests Lace Gift Match On Park Bench
A shabby man recounts his eleven year quest to match a lace when his wife sent him out with a present. An elderly observer offers sympathy and shares seven lace pieces from his own pocket, underscoring the tale of enduring longing.
Diet debate ends in unlikely tale of grass versus beef
Frank Arnold of Walnut Park recalls a joke from the Los Angeles Times about a rich man who has his stomach removed and a sheep's stomach grafted. After a swift recovery he asks for grass, not beefsteak, highlighting the absurdity of the diet quarrel.
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Frank Arnold
Walnut Park
Los Angeles Times
Fish Headstones and Their Curious Purpose in Fish Heads
The white stone like objects inside fish heads have puzzled observers. Local boys prize them as luck pieces while scientists debate their role. Some propose a link to auditory faculties others to the static sense for balance in water. The stones are mineral and dissolve in weak acetic acid, show growth rings, and may help age fishes.
Imagination Turns Cod Liver Oil Into Brownie Play
A Hygeia Magazine tale by Ralph Demaree follows a boy named Tommy who turns cod liver oil into a game. His father likens it to bottled sunshine and imagines brownies living in the brown bottle, making the after meal routine merry and forgettable.
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Ralph Demaree
Hygeia
Tommy
Food for Thought Heartbroken Wife and Absent Minded Husband
A young wife laments her husband’s absent mindedness after breakfast. He leaves a tip on the table and misreads gestures, jokingly provoking concern. A friend suggests habit, but the wife notes odd moments when affection or misread cues surface in everyday exchanges.
Family desserts spark playful tomorrow joke
The family enjoys dessert at table. The father jokes about taking tomorrow's share now while Jean, the only child, eyes the last cake piece and counters with a day-after-tomorrow quip.
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Father
Jean
New York Leads All in Orgy of Wasting in America
John Bakeless argues in the Morum that New York epitomizes American waste, linking fast growth, rapid construction, and lavish consumption to a national tradition. He says the metropolis surpasses all others in land use, height, business, and speed, making it the most wasteful city in the world.
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New York
America
Rome
John Bakeless
Three Good Reasons for Study of Greek
A rough, moneyed man insists his son study Greek for three reasons: it’s hard, the boy won’t want to, and it’s no good anyway. If he learns it, he proves he’s got some stuff. The tale, attributed to Edward Durfee via Scribner’s Magazine, ends with a moral about learning.
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Scribner's Magazine
Enormous Brazilian spiders terrorize London Zoo visitors
Two of the largest bird eating spiders from Brazil, nearly two feet across with three quarter inch fangs and hairy bodies, arrived at the London Zoo. One spider is docile while the other defends with a stance that raises front legs to bite. Its fur can shed stinging hairs that cause painful skin irritation.
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London Zoo
Brazil
Explorer Dr Hamilton Rice Seeks Air Mapping Aid
Dr Hamilton Rice, South American explorer, says much of the world remains unmapped and air transportation will greatly aid the task. He cites using a hydroplane and radio gear to map 600,000 square miles in Brazil and Colombia. Rice advocates exploration courses in colleges.
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Hamilton Rice
Brazil
Colombia
Doctor Rice
U S to Teach Indians Modern Farm Methods in Rosebud
Charles Graves leads five federal directors teaching modern agriculture to Indians in Arizona Oklahoma New Mexico and South Dakota. Headquarters set at Rosebud South Dakota with plans for a man in each agency. Graves aims to form farm chapters and engage members in corn, garden and livestock projects plus 4-H club work for youth.
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Rosebud
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Arizona
Oklahoma
New Mexico
South Dakota
Charles Graves
Indian Service
Sells Watches Without Works on New York Streets
A NYC watch vendor in City Hall park hawks German silver watches claimed as reliable timepieces for $0.25 each. The faulty, nonopening cases tick only visually and the second hand is painted on. Despite warnings, crowds buy, netting the seller over $1 per minute before gullible buyersChronicle notes gullibility as an urban trait.
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City Hall Park
Wall Street
Lower Broadway
The
New Yorker
Napoleonic Loot Art Sold in America
Paris reports that forty eight Napoleonic paintings taken from Belgium and Holland towns are being sent to the United States for sale. Once part of General Haquin's collection, the works were valued at about 1,000,000 dollars by a panel including Dr. W N Rakint, Despar met Vitz-Gerald, and Benri Gervex. The Master’s Art gallery of New York purchased them after Mme Gloyanont sold the pieces last year.
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Paris
Belgium
Holland
United States
Haquin
Mme. Gloyanont
Master's Art Gallery of New York
New Sugar Found in Dahlia Juice by U.S. Standards Bureau
The United States Bureau of Standards reports a new sugar isolated from dahlia tuber juice. About 92 percent of the juice is levulose or fructose, while 8 percent remains mysterious. Stripped to a crystalline form, the unknown sugar rotates polarized light to the right, unlike fructose, suggesting a previously unseen sugar.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Standards
Berlin Ranks Just Behind Los Angeles in Area
Berlin now covers 37 810 hectars or 216 801 acres making it the second largest city by area after Los Angeles. London and Paris are far smaller in comparison with populations of 7 500 000 and about 8 000 000 respectively.
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Los Angeles Seriin
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America
Berlin Statistical Bureau
Los Angeles
London
Varis
Travel Schedule and Local Notices from Dahlonega Printer
schedules show buses between Dahlonega and Atlanta with departures 7 45 A M and 7 30 A M from Dahlonega and 8 45 P M from Princeton Hotel, plus a 4 P M return. notices urge debt settlement by 20th, claims against Lumpkin County due by 29th, contact B F Anderson and J F Surron, and advertise Princeton Hotel bus station at 17 North Forsyth Street with Fred Jones.
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Fred Jone Dahlonega
Talk In Your Telephone Telephony Tip
A telephone user may not hear the distant party clearly because the distant speaker directs the conversation away from the mouthpiece. The transmitter concentrates sound when spoken directly into it. talking at or near the device reduces clarity. Danyo nka GA TELEPHONE Co.
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Danyonkga Telephone Co
Left Handed Terms Come And Go In English Dialect
The excerpt surveys regional slang for left handed people in Britain. It notes terms heard in villages and schools such as Wacky in Evesham Watty near Redditch Neggy and Kefty listed by Elsworth in West Somerset Word Book. The piece highlights diverse local labels and vernacular usage.
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Redditch
Neggy
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Elsworthy
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