Solomon's Mine Alleged Discovery of Ophir in Africa
German explorer Dr. Peters claims to have located Ophir near eastern Lupata Gorge while exploring vast parts of East Africa. He reports ancient Semitic ruins, gold alluvial deposits, and reef workings, with European staff left to guard the site. This finding, if confirmed, would support the theory of an ancient Sabacan empire along the Zambesi and Babi rivers and the biblical Ophir’s mines.
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Peters
East Africa
Imperial Service
Germany
London
Africa
Zambesi
Pungwe
Portuguese East Africa
Mashonaland
Petera
England
Fura
Lupata Gorge
Afur
Thia
Ophir
Tensire
Rerward
Lupata
Inyanga
Sanyate River
Tati
Babi
Dr Carl Peters Claims Ophir Discovery Near Zambesi
An English letter from Dr Carl Peters asserts he has located Ophir and will prove the mines of King Solomon lie in Africa along the Muira river near Sena and Tete. Peters describes the Makalanga people and their gold washing, suggesting a rich ancient treasure and new archaeological insights. The tale blends adventure, biblical mystery, and potential light on long dark questions of ancient man.
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Carl Peters
King Solomon
Ophir
England
London
Peters
Muira River
Zambesiand
Sena
Tete
Macombe
Dr. Peters
Ulia
The Island of Grace and the Indian Kindness
A father leads three children Grace Charlie and Nettie to a river island seeking a new home. After the father drowns in drink a night voyage, Grace and siblings fear Indians but learn their kindness. The trio is rescued by settlers after brief shelter with the Indigenous men who share breakfast and safety.
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Grace
Criew Grace
Charlie
Nettie
Papa
I Grace
Robinson Crugoe
Net~tle
Janes
Pape
Nettle
Grance
Charles
Net~ie
Clock’s Price Sparks Pledge to Guard Timepiece
In a Detroit Free Press exchange a customer asks the price of a French clock and the clerk names 110 dollars. The customer jokes that the clock must be worth guarding its own hands, and we glimpse a light moment in a bustling shop scene.
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Detroit Free Press
Puzzle of Distinct Meanings in Emerious History
A playful puzzle lists ten clues linking homographs or double meanings. Each line pairs two or more senses of a word, such as an important household duty and a weight, a boy's toy and a greater number, a part of a chain and a preposition, and other paired definitions leading to a set of punning answers.
Annette's Housekeeping Troubles
Answer to last week's puzzle style verse about mishaps in housekeeping. Grandma ill asks for mamma, narrator tries to help papa, trips over chair breaking a vase, carer’s carpet shaking, sneezing from pepper, dusting walls with a long brush, and a brown spider interrupts.
Silent tax payer unseen amid pomp and steam
The Washington Star poem laments the silent taxpayer as the essential force behind society. It contrasts grand displays with the unobtrusive worker who funds public goods, noting the machinery of progress would fail without him.
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Washington Star
Vigorou s Measures In Atlanta Sermon Tale
The Atlanta newspaper recalls a tense scene where a minister pressures a holdout parishioner named Bill Green to depart. Amid heated talk the preacher, with forceful resolve, uses a fence rail to compel adherence, reflecting harsh measures in a spiritual eviction.
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Atlanta Constitution
Bill Green
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Ezion-Geber
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Red Sea
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Milesion
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Atta Guidd
Brooklyn
Treas
Annettia
Grandma
Mamma
Son
Printa
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