Intriguing Iron Strong Box from Naples Monastery Find
Los Angeles Times describes a battered iron sea chest bought by F. B. Allen of Los Angeles. Recovered from a Mediterranean shipwreck during a 1258 Spanish Armada storm, the box features a hidden spring mechanism, a dummy keyhole, and a complex lock hidden beneath rivet heads. It was found among curios in the Muteo monastery on Naples hills.
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Allen
Los Angeles
Italy
Mediterranean
Sears
J. Allen
Jnh
Straits of
Essing
Mr. Allen
An Muteo
Naples
Pirates
Los Angeles Times
Heat in Death Valley Almost Beyond Belief
Heat in Death Valley described as the continent’s hottest place with a record 134 degrees. The region lies between the Amargosa and Panamint mountains in eastern California. Summer drought dries wet cloth in half an hour and requires frequent drinking to survive. Local ranches use irrigating ditches, and corrals are shielded from hot winds. one man reportedly survived multiple summers by sleeping in water.
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Death Valley
Amargoga
Panamut Mountains
California
Adventure Magazine
Furnace Creek Ranch
New Ideas in Mental Tests for Children
The article describes classroom mental tests for elementary students using pictorial problems like the Portuguese maze and cube sequence tasks. It notes the tests gauge temperament and mind, assign scores, and derive mental age, with findings of sex differences.
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London
Old Age Reverenced Among Eskimo Tribes
Old people are held in high esteem among Eskimos. Their counsel guides household work, with elders repairing tools and lamps. In scarcity, meat and oil are shared. widows and orphans receive priority. Mutual kindness binds the community as widows and orphans are welcomed into relatives’ homes.
Egyptian Tumbl In Thebes Links Proverbs To Amenemopel
A Western Thebes tumbl in Egypt is said to provide evidence that the author of the Book of Proverbs drew on an Egyptian named Amenemopel who lived centuries earlier. A side by side comparison of Proverbs 1 passages shows striking similarities in wording about ear, heart, tongue, and wisdom.
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Thebes
Amenemopel
Stains on Glass Oven Door Warn Cleaning Steps
When the oven door darkens and hides the food, use baking soda as a cleaning powder. It acts like soap and restores brightness to the glass.
One Man's Get Rich Quick Scheme Warns Many
A Washington Star saying notes that a selfish get rich quick dream by one man often becomes a poor scheme harming many. It quotes Uncle Elen on the risky nature of such schemes and the broad impact on others.
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Uncle Elen
Washington Star
Wandering Jew: A Chronicle of Old Legends
The article surveys enduring legends of the Wandering Jew, recounting variants about Kar tapilog, the doorkeeper, Pontius Pilate, Ahasuerus, and a cobbler. It notes repeated cycles of transience every hundred years and mentions German and French traditions and Eugene Sue’s popular tale.
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Kartaphilog
Pontius Pinto
Jesus
Ahasueracrus
Pilate
Millie’s new teacher troubles speech at school
Little Millie, moved to a higher grade, returns home and tells her mother that the new teacher is nice but difficult to understand because Alle says she has a predicament in her speech. The exchange highlights a charming misunderstanding in a child's view of language.
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Millie
Alle
Monk Man of Learning Roger Bacon the Admirable Doctor
Roger Bacon a Franciscan monk born in 1214 or 1219 is hailed as the era’s greatest philosopher. His Opus Majus around 1265 was first printed in 1733. Accused of black arts, a 1278 Franciscans council jailed him in Paris for ten years. he died in Oxford around 1292.
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Roger Bacon
Paris
Oxford
Kansas City Times
Dust-Free Air Questioned by Nature Magazine
The article states no dust-free air exists in nature and only filtered lab devices can produce clean air. It explains that from ground level to high atmospheric regions every cubic inch contains dust motes. Near the surface dust comes mainly from soil, while upper air receives meteoric particles and volcanic eruptions eject vast amounts of dust high into the atmosphere.
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Nature
Nature Magazzine
Significant Words The two blefest words in language
A compact reflection on yes and no as the heaviest words in our language. The quote contrasts surrender and denial, gratification and character, attributed to Theodore T. Munger.
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Theodore T. Munger
New England Confederation Formed for Common Defense
In 1048 the colonies of Massachusetts Bay Plymouth Connecticut and New Haven formed a union called the New England Confederation for common defense against the Indian and other foes.
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Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth
Connecticut
New Haven
New England
Mt Pelee Volcano Ravages Martinique City
Pathfinder Magazine notes Mt Pelee, an active Martinique volcano, with major eruptions in 1762 1851 1902 and 1906. May 8 1902 eruption hurled a 1000 foot rock from the crater dome destroying St Pierre killing 25000 to 30000. Fall 1902 eruption damaged Morne Rouge killing about 2000.
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Mt. Pelee
Martinique
West Indies
France
St. Pierre
Morne Rouge
Pathfinder Magazine
Invoices Misrouted Angers Merchant
A missing invoice clerk arrives late and finds his employer already at work. The enraged merchant confronts Jones and insists the invoices were made out to the wrong recipients, prompting a tense exchange about the timing and routing of the documents.
Hester English Frenchwoman with celebrated calligraphy
Chicago Journal notes Hester English a Frenchborn calligrapher lauded in Elizabethan and Jacobean times. She married Bartholomew Kello at forty, bore a son educated at Oxford who became a minister at Speckshall Suffolk. many of her works survive in libraries and private hands.
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Hester English
James I
Bartholomew Kello
Oxford
Speckshall
Suffolk
Chicago Journal
Spectrographic test distinguishes real and Japanese pearls
Monochromatic X-ray spectroscopy can tell real pearls from Japanese cultivated ones. The crown center in Japanese pearls forms a moon-like figure, while genuine pearls show a distinct series of rings. The simple structure of real pearls contrasts with the double structure seen in Japanese grown pearls.
Ultra Violet Rays Peak When Sun Is Overhead
The article notes that in May June and July sunshine carries maximum ultra violet rays as the sun is overhead and the atmosphere offers less shielding, while earlier and later months experience weaker UV since sunbeams strike the earth at a slant.
Wood-Carved Deer Exhibit in Bath Maine
A pair of wood carved deer over a century old are on display in Bath Maine. The artist crafted the figures with meticulous detail including the ruffled hair along their backs, reflecting notable patience and skill.
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Bath
Maine
Limit to Her Anger Engagement Ends in Indignation
In the exchange a woman confirms the engagement is off and recalls her explosive reaction to the news. She tore off her engagement ring and flung it onto her right hand signaling a ruptured engagement and held fast to anger over his actions.
Would-Be Librarians Not Up in History
A group of about thirty would-be librarians in Cincinnati publicly vented about the public library position, yet only eight passed the written exam. Candidates offered humorous misreadings of history figures and literary works, mixing misstatements with playful “high office” clues, referencing Marcus Polo, Henry Clay, and Madame Curie.
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Cincinnati Public Library
Sleepy Hollow
Kentucky
Marco Polo
North Pole
England
Henry Clay
Madame Curie
Christian Science Church
Robinson Crusoe
Robert Louis Stevenson
Christ
Ananias
Pathfinder Magazine
Lotteries Have Firm Hold on All Italians
The Detroit News notes Italy treats the weekly lottery as a national passion. Italians choose five numbers from city lists of eight elites, believing any order can win. Buyers can simply enter a ticket at a local agency and back a hunch, as permutations affect no outcome.
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Italy
Detroit News
Honest choco late test on Paris taxi ride
A Paris driver tested fare honesty by placing chocolate on his taxi seat. Only two of eleven passengers disclosed the package, a sergeant bound for Morocco and a milliner's messenger girl. The driver lamented the scarcity of honest people.
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Paris
Morocco
Milner
Can't All Be Vegetarians
The author argues there are reasons why vegetarianism cannot feed or clothe the world. Meat supplies concentrated nourishment and animal products like leather and wool are necessary for coverings and tools, implying humans must consume animals for vitality. The piece frames vegetarianism as suitable for poets but not for vigorous men.
Public trespass joke from Devils Glen anecdote
An American visitor ignored notice boards at Devil's Glen private side and was confronted by an irate landlord who demanded why he trespassed. The muttered exchange ended with the American exclaiming he knew the glen was devilish but not that he would meet the proprietor.
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Devil’s Glen
Scott
Devil's Glen
London Mull
Mural of Nikko Monkeys Teaches Mind Your Own Business
The Three Wise Monkeys Mizaru Mikazaru and Muzuru appear in Nikko tomb mural. The legend marks a moral lesson to mind one’s own affairs.
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Nikko
Japan
Mizaru
Mikazaru
Muzuru
Lightning Sparking Forest Fires Outpaced By Lightning
The text notes that lightning striking trees typically splinters wood or strips bark as steam forms. Most times the tree is not ignited, yet forest fires started by lightning outnumber those from all other causes combined in many regions.
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Nature Magazine
Rough Stuff in London Mall Ends in Tragic Romance
Fragmentary verse describes a turbulent romance in London Mall. A man pursues a conflicted partner with costly gifts, marriage, temper clashes, and passion. The pair cycle through affection and cruelty, ending with an implied, unhappy union.
Dangerous Experiment Ends With Wakeful Outcome
Mr and Mrs Author hire a new nurse to mind their children for the evening. The wife discovers the nurse reading just before bedtime and asks who gave her the book. The husband replies that he did and admits concern that she should not fall asleep.
Not Even One Honest Man in French Village
A village priest story from France shows villagers eager to honor him with a barrel of wine for his birthday. Each wine grower pours water into the barrel, assuming others will bring the wine, leaving the barrel and the priest with only clear water.
British Farnes Islands Handed to National Trust
The Farnes Islands off Northumbrian coast are given to the National Trust as a bird sanctuary. The 16 isles span 80 acres with gulls in three species, terns in four, coots in three, cormorants in two, and two waders plus one duck species. Notable is the re gente tern, now rare in Britain, making the Farnes a premier breeding site for sea fowl.
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Ferne Islands
Northumbrian
England
National Trust For Preservation
Farneslands
Scottish Isles
Britain’s Constitution and its foundational principles
The constitution of Great Britain is an accumulation of statutes customs and decisions that underpin many free systems. Key elements include Magna Carta 1215 petition of rights habeas corpus act of settlement franchise laws and government accountability practices. The sovereign may accept minor gifts but not substantial ones without ministerial advice.
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Great Britain
John
Sand Feet for Clowns Stilts Description
Clown stilts use sand filled feet to add height and balance. Hickory poles are widened at the tops with straps, bottoms tapered and shoes filled with sand, allowing clowns to walk on heels beneath wide trousers. Popular Mechanics Magazine describes the apparatus.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Proclamation for Maryland Amendment to Article 4 Section 31-A
The document records a 1924 Maryland proclamation proposing to add Article 4 Section 31-A to authorize Baltimore officials to increase judges salaries by additional annual sums, with a permanent protection against diminution. It details submission to voters at the next general election and the voting process, signed by Governor Albert C. Ritchie.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Baltimore
Supreme Bench of
Supreme Bench
General Assembly
Said Ltd
Albert C. Ritchie
Jin
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