The Solitary Aris on the Dike
Two NY criminals named the Hilaker and the Crab stumble upon a floating workshop and its coldly efficient artisan master and his leopard Astarte and cat Nox. The pair intrude, see skeletal displays and exotic beasts, then flee across the marsh as the smith quips that they mistook his ark for Charon's boat.
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BASONS
New York
historney
Newark bay
Hilaker
Brest
elvil
Nox
Astarte
Asia
Syria
Astarto
Hades
Charon
Darkness
Night
Rock Scylla and Charybdis Referenced in Straits Lore
In the Strait of Messina off Italy the rock Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis symbolized perils of navigation. The tale inspired the Latin saying about avoiding both dangers, noted by Kangas City Star.
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Scylla
Strait of Messina
Italy
Kangas City
Varying Power of Light Illuminating Engineer’s Table
A writer lists brightness values for light sources in a table. Sun 800000 candles per square inch. Modern searchlight 400000. Open electric arc 80000 to 110000. Oxy hydrogen heliot lamp 5000. Moon 2. Blue sky 2.
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the
Illuminating Engineer
Street Car Idyll in a Spring Romance on a Car
A springtime surface car ride turns into a flirtatious encounter between a naive actress and a dapper man who pretends to be an artist. Conflicts erupt over lies about acting and painting, leading to a playful reconciliation as they walk into town together.
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North pole
Peary
Shehind
jook
sot
J—J
Nat
Institute
Garden of Eden
Early French Presidents Named Louis Napoleon and Adolphe Thiers
The text notes Louis Napoleon as the first president of the Second Republic in 1848 and Louis Adolphe Thiers as the first president of the Third Republic in 1871.
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Louis Napoleon
France
Louis Adolphe Thelra
Louis XIV Named Louisiana For Mississippi Country
In 1682 La Salle named the vast country watered by the Mississippi after Louis XIV, king of France, honoring the monarch.
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Louisiana
La Salle
Mississippi
Louis XIV
France
Perfume Preferences Split by Natives and Europeans in Egypt
Perfumes and toilet preparations used by natives of Egypt are described as the cheapest, while European residents prefer goods from their own countries, highlighting a clear division in scent choices.
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Egypt
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Squirrel
Fitch and Mandel
Charmeen
Poiret-Sheen
Everngam’s Denton
diSudd
A. STEWART
JOURNAL Office
DENTON NATIONAL BANK
DENTON, MARYLAND
Capital
Federal Reserve System
Automobile for Hire
C. A. CARR Denton
MARY A
Denton Auto Co
P. R. Fisher
Prop. Denton, Md
ARIS
By E. C. WEEKS
Short Story Pub. Co
Yorick
Fle
Thuman
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