A Forgotten Engagement Reunites Lovers in a Well
Marjorie Crandall waits in Happy Valley for the fiancé who vanished after promising a year’s delay. Black Jim is captured in a well on the Crandall farm as Marjorie feeds the prisoner and guards the property. Harry, lost but determined, finally surfaces with a repentant tale and a racing car dream, insisting he kept the engagement date.
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Census History Shows Long Gap After Empire Decline
The article notes a long interval with no census after the Roman empire, blamed on medieval beliefs about divine anger. It details early Babylonia practice, Greek and Roman routines, and a failed 1753 British bill revived in 1800, with the 1801 census marking the start of a long series.
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Roman empire
register general
Great Britain
David
Judah
Israel
British museum
Confucius
house of commons
house of lords
Christian Science Monitor
Monument quote sparks disagreement over statue meaning
A debated exchange features Senator Sorghum asking about monument meaning while another speaker laments futile public praise. The dialogue hints at public memory overshadowing the statue's subject and the challenge of lasting significance.
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Senator Sorghum
Eight Qualities for Success Named by Engineers
Fifteen hundred members of the American Society of Engineers answered a question on the eight qualities essential for success. The ranked list favors character judgment initiative resourcefulness ability to handle men enthusiasm industry and technical training. The piece of testimony suggests the man first the engineer second.
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American Society of Engineers
mmen
Speeding in the Year 1834 in New York Streets
The New York Sun recalls early motor era woes with road burners and fined drivers. Stephen Colvin of the Samuel W Seely line paid a $10 fine for fast driving and another $10 for furious driving after a later arrest. Van Kuren faced a $10 fine, refused to pay, and was committed to the bridewell.
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New York
sons of Jehu
New York Sun
Stephen Colvin
Samuel W. Seely
Andrews’ Dry ‘Dock
Justice Hopson
Ald. Fickett
Van Kuren
Colvin
Why Japan Is Named Japan And Nihon Origin
The article explains that the English word Japan and the Japanese Nihon come from the Chinese Yih-pen meaning sun origin, a label for Japan east of China. It notes Nihon was adopted around AD 670, Yamato was a native designation, and Portugal likely influenced the English form Japon leading to Japan.
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Japan
Nippon
Nihon
The Hindu baiicutter and his many duties
A Hindu barber, noted for vast duties in India, announces births, shaves heads at funerals, officiates at weddings, and accompanies rites without a shop or shopfront signs. He travels with a small bundle or bag, performs ear and nose piercings, and serves as a busy performer of many life events.
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baiicutter
India
Discovery of Augustus era inscription at Cyrene unearthed
Dr Oliverlo an Italian savant reports excavations at Bengast in Cyrene have uncovered a marble block eight feet long. One face shows a Greek inscription of over 100 words translating a letter from Augustus on governance of Cyrenaica revealing financial and judicial conditions of the period.
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Oliverlo
Cyrene
Africa
London Morning Post
Bengast
Berenice
Hesperides
Lethe
Big Tree as Reservoir in Central Africa
In central Africa the bao bab tree with trunk diameters up to 40 feet holds rainwater in a natural top cavity. Arabs hollow out baobabs and store water during rains to cover dry seasons. Cisterns reach twenty feet high and eight to ten feet wide, providing drinking water and irrigation for melons.
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central Africa
Curious Child Rearing Customs Across Cultures
A blunted 7th-Bits note surveys infant care in diverse cultures. It describes the Babes Buried In Sand in Guinea with the infant buried waist-deep, the Uttle Lapp kept in a shoe cradle filled with moss, and a Chinese baby tied to an older child who continues play unaware of the burden.
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Guinea
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