Ancient Roman Calendar Found in Anzio Plotting Lunar to Solar Reform
A plaster calendar unearthed at Anzio dates between 1683 B.C. and 81 B.C. It follows a 302 day lunar year with twelve months plus a 27 day Intercalary month. The priests could omit Intercalary months, causing confusion. Julius Caesar later reformed it to a 365 day solar year, an event named annus confusionis. The Royal Academy of the Linenhall has published the ancient calendar.
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Anzio
Campagna
Julius Caesar
Julus Caesar
College of Priests
Sosigenes
Royal Academy of the Lincel
Top of the Strawberry Box Bottom Spook
A micro figure tells St Peter he is the bottom of a strawberry box after claiming years of rising higher, yet lacking a soul. The strange exchange ends with the San Antonio Light noting it as a hoax.
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St. Peter
San Antonio
World Busy Viscount Kato Essay on Pace of Life
A traveler cites Viscount Kato of Japan as both nobleman and philosopher. He quotes a remark attributed to him: the world is too full of events. The piece argues we push too hard in vain, urging patience and natural cycles to restore health.
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Viscount Kato
Japan
Osten
Old World
Color Blindness Trainable Through Color Study
A Cleveland News Leader note reports a Southern railway conductor discharged for color blindness later trained to name colors correctly after five weeks of study in colored wool and plants. Dr Brawley reportedly used color study methods to help others overcome the disability.
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Southern Railway
Brawley
Cleveland News-Leader
Mousetracks in Snow and Wreck Receivers Overview
A fragment detailing Prince William of Sweden’s African hunt collecting 1000 mammals 12 gorillas 2000 birds and 6000 insects plus notes on snow mouse tracks at high altitude. Also describes the British Isles coastal Recoiver of Wreck system with appointed regional officers who command during shipwrecks and control salvaged goods.
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Prince William of
Sweden
Royal Museu of
Stockholn
Scientific American
British Isles
Public Health Service urges rural health reform in survey note
Surgeon General Cuong of the United States Public Health Service appeals for better rural health organization. He cites a two year old survey showing only 3 percent adequacy, and reports a rise to 18 percent in the last two years.
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Cuong
United States Public Health Service
United States Public Health Services
Adequate Health Organization
Practical humor in a novelist's son tale
A lady comments on a distinguished novelist's small son who explains that his papa's stories pay the butcher and grocer not for enjoyment. The anecdote echoes a Bryant reminiscence about a daughter who insists poetry is not read but written, reflecting family views on literature.
Mystery car chases witness recalls eerie incident
A Washington boulevard resident reports a small unfamiliar automobile parked at the curb belching smoke and sparks. He says the car suddenly lurched and lurched toward him and then was restrained by three men who ran to help. The witness barely escaped unharmed and remained shaken by the encounter.
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Washington Boulevard
Indianapolis
Brothers in Common Cause in Belgian Rescue Letter Tale
A Belgian man seeking to send a letter to his son, a defender on the Yser, asks a convent for help. Spies threaten action, yet a workingman carries the letter to Furness local contact. The tale ends with thanks to Jesuit Fathers after a twist reveal the superior was the same messenger.
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Brussels
Yser
Renin
Belelan
Furness
New York Tribune
Restoring Ypres Amid War Ruins And Tourists
Ypres rises from devastation with rapid restoration drawing American visitors to the south of France and North Africa. The Cloth Hall gains beauty as a medieval jewel, while locals note the mayor’s proclamation. It warns visitors that Ypres is holy ground and no stone or gravel may be removed to avoid weathering the rebuilt structures.
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Ypres
France
Cuildts
New Color Scheme for Stereoscopic Maps Described
The New York Herald reports a color scheme that enhances stereoscopic depth in maps. Center reds with outer yellows greens and blues make the central square appear raised. reversing the color order makes the center seem lower. The color arrangement is refined by careful conditioning.
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New York
Jlerald
New Name for Galoshes On Campus
Norman Karr son of Prof and Mrs G M Carr of De Puow university overhears talk of bootleggers and misnames galoshes shown by two co-eds, asking if the shoes are the hootleggers his father mentions.
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Norman Karr
G. M. Carr
de Puow University
Sears
Putnam County
Norman
Hos
Poetry Appreciation and a Chautauqua Appearance
A discussion on poetry emphasizes its varied forms and impact on daily life. Edmund Vance Cooke is praised for accessible verse in Im pertinent Poems and Rimes to be Read, with anticipation of his Chautauqua appearance.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Cooke
Self Watering Plant Pot From France Ends Daily Forgetful Husbands
A French invention by M. Pinson uses a double walled pot with a water reservoir and capillary wicks to feed plants. Two to four siphon tubes deliver moisture to the soil, providing a gentle steady supply and a simple way to check if a plant is overwatered by the outer container holding water after 24 hours.
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M. Pinson
France
Noise in Brokerage Booth Echoes Wall Street Scene
A visitor overhears a telephone operator and others plotting finance talk in a brokerage house booth. The chatter touches banks, market strength, steel prices, and a joke about a psychopathic word, with a startled exit noted by the observer.
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Natonal
Yses
Tam
Bellevue
Therll
Turket
lLend
Wall Street Journal
Corn With a Story in Tennessee Graves
A variety of corn grains found in mortuary urns from prehistoric graves in Tennessee. the only other cereal of its kind lies in the West Indies. The Bureau of Ethnology sees this as evidence of intercommunication between ancient North American peoples and the West Indies, suggesting the islands may have been a continuous part of the mainland. Further searches may yield more sustaining evidence.
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Tennessee
West Indies
Bureau of Ethnology
North America
North American
Iron Ore Discovered Near Buenos Aires Argentina
Iron ore has been found near Necochen in southern Buenos Aires Province. Officials say the sizable deposit could enable independent iron supply, with the ore located along coastal sand dunes from Patagonia south to Cape San Antonio. Similar activity surrounds recent petroleum finds in the area, and concessions have been requested for both minerals.
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Argentina
Necochen
Buenos Aires
Republic
Patagenes
Cape San Antonio
Cleveland
News- Leader
Shares for the coming year stocked and equipped
Notice directs details on the shares for the next year including stock, plan and participants. Address W., Denton Journal Office.
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Denton Journal
Ridgely area farms offer rich prospects and fruit emphasis
Multiple Ridgely and nearby Hillsboro farms described for sale range from 71 to 252 acres with varied improvements and fruit potential. Notable options include Farm No. 10 near Ridgely with cow barn and asparagus, Farm No. 18 with poultry and orchard, and Farm No. 15 a 150 acre grain and grass tract near Ridgely. Ridgely hosts a large high school and fruit factories, promising quick berry income.
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Tuckahoe Neck
Fann
Ridgely
Hillsboro
Maryland
Price
Ann
Post Office
Caroline County
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Marydel
Templeville
State Road
Notice of Divorce Suit in Caroline County Circuit Court
Laura V Kennard sues Harvey Kennard in Equity for divorce and general relief. The bill states they married July 23 1907 in Caroline County Maryland and lived there until January 29 1919. she alleges abandonment for at least three years. Harvey Kennard is a non resident. An order on May 11 1922 requires publication in a Caroline County newspaper once weekly for four weeks to notify the absent defendant to appear by June 1922. GEO A DEAKYNE, Clerk.
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Thomas K. Lingfield
Harvey Kennard
Caroline County
Maryland
Circuit Court
Maryhand
Smd
Geo
A. Deakyne
Geo, A. Deakyne
Rat Snap rodent destroyer cakes for farm buildings
Rat Snap the old reliable rodent destroyer comes in cakes with no mixing required. One cake suits pantry kitchen or cellar. two cakes cover chicken houses coops or small buildings. six cakes priced at $1.25 cover all farm outbuildings or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by
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