Priceless Relic Mecca Stone Revealed by Travelers
Reading from Asiatic Quarterly, the Mecca black stone is described as a 6 by 8 inch irregular oval set in the Kaaba wall. Accounts vary from serpentine to volcanic basalt, with a knobby surface of 12 to 15 protuberances. The stone is deeply reddish brown to metallic black, rubbed smooth by countless pilgrims, and a hollow near the center hints at a missing protuberance.
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Temple of
Mecca
Burckhardt
Burton
Caaba
Mr. Bate
Khalifa Hakim
Asiatic Quarterly
Financial caution and urban legends in a 19th century tale
An old citizen warns a youth against banking risk with a Cajun style bribe to bury savings and guard it with a shotgun, illustrating frugal prudence. A second note estimates that about 130,000 bodies are interred yearly within London limits, underscoring mortality data.
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Atlanta Constitution
City of
London
Humorous Scottish Tenants Dinners and Old Beet Sugar Efforts
Amusing anecdotes from Scottish tenants dinners include a guest wincing at ice cream and crying out about a rotten tooth, a farmer misunderstanding omelet as dessert, and a duke recounting a rhubarb joke. The note recalls beet sugar efforts dating to 1747.
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Scotland
Duke of Buceuch
Coal bid notices and land office notices from Devils Lake
Sealed proposals will be received by the board of county commissioners of Raney county North Dakota for furnishing sixty tons of anthracite grate coal weighed on county scales and delivered to the courthouse. Bids due by 12 o clock Monday November 13 1899 with all bids filed with the county auditor. Notice also lists land office final proof dates for settlers William Scott William Mye Sullivan Julius Johnson John McKay James Marks Stephen McClory and Ed DeMare in Devils Lake and Grand Harbor North Dakota with OLE SERUMGARD as register.
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Board of County Commissioners
Raney County
N D
Board of County Commisioner
Emil 8. Eich
County
Aurito
Devils Lake
N. D
Vaid
Devils Lal
William Scott
William Myerhomug Sullivan
Julius Johnson
Devils
Ole Serumgard
Register
U.S. Land Office
N.D
Mantes
Rey
Deville
John McKay
James Marks
Stephen McClory
DeMare
Grand Harbor
Notice of Election for Ramsey County County Commissioner
Notice announces election on the Tuesday next in November for five County Commissioner seats in Ramsey County. Polls open 8 am to 5 pm with precincts 16 Morris two, 17 Webster two, 18 two, 21 Webster two, and 31 Twp 158 range 6. Nominations may be filed with County Auditor by October. Fred A. Barker listed as the nominating official for District. County Auditor stamp confirms date and seal.
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Cotasieionor' A
Ramsey
Volling Placen
Morris
Chysehind
Ool
Dahlen
Board of County Comission
B. A. Sullivan
Ollce
Fred A. Barker
Rainey
N. D
Get
St. Etcu
Azan
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Louis Wain
Madame
Mr. Wain
Napoleon
Sonia XV
City Hack
Monroe Branchflower
BAY View Livery
Sixth Street
Devils Lake, N. D
Standard Oil, CO
W. Egnee
Nat'l Bank
New Fruit Store
Stade & Svee
J. T. Colville
Wm. B. Brown
Jon Bartlett
Haiicut
Pice Bay
Market
Iitead
Sonalfcrop
Acree Ney
Nelson County
Price OY
Dindshak
Andrew Huesby
Dakota
Joe Zunich
North Dak
S. Ero
Fourth Street
Russell & Schultz
Dray and Express
Chautauqua Grounds
Kelly Ave
Cordner’s
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
Broa Wey
New York
East 4Th Street
St. Paul, Minn
Casper Scratass
East Fourth St, Devils Lake, N. D
I. Glerum, N. Dak
John Nimmo
Undertaker
Arnola Ave
White Swan
Heffert
Wright & Stevens
Buffalo Pitts
Minneapolis
Moline
Ramsey County
Crary, N. D
United States
F. T. Fox
Montgomery Ward & CO
Ciichao
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