Liquid Gold Promise in Persian Legend
A Philadelphia News excerpt presents a mythic tale of a peasant who drinks a mystical draught from a radiant chalice. The potion restores youth, health, and peace, likened to sunbeams turning gold and blessing its mission with divine providence for the suffering and hopeful alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia News
D. Kelly
Congress
Phila
Trv
Victor L. Conran
Luth’n Observer
Chas
W. CosHine
D. D
Rochester
N.Y
Pen Nixon
Inter-Ocean
Chicago
W. H. Wortamweros
New South
New York
Jupor H. P. Vrooman
Quenemo
Kan
Many A. Livermone
Me . Mans
E. C. Keron
Philadelphia
Blandfore
Dorsetshire
England
Jaco SeAze
Bowral
New South Wales
Sheriff Jacks Buckshot county tale of Ransom violence
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt recounts Sheriff Jack narrating Buckshot county’s brutal feud driven by planter Robert Ransom. Ransom hunts and kills black laborers after a North born couple raises slaves, arousing fear and complicity as juries withhold indictments. The piece frames Ransom as a hunted, misunderstood figure amid a countywide moral conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powderville
Sheriff Jack
Buckshot
Jack
Buckshot County
Bob Ransom
Ransom
Robert Ransom
de Andi
New England
Wallace P. Reed
Atlanta Constitution
England's Iron Grasp and Burton's Legacy in Africa
The essay argues Africa drives global power, detailing Heligoland cession to Germany and Britain's Zanzibar protectorate. It praises Henry M. Stanley while highlighting Sir Richard Francis Burton's bold explorations, hardships, and neglected later life as the world builds Africa’s imperial map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Heligoland
Egypt
Asian
Syria
India
Hannibal
Rome
Spain
Alexander
Cambyses
Antony
Napoleon
Cetewayo
Gordon
Africa
Europe
America
Germany
Stanley
Victoria
William
Zanzibar
Central Africa
North Sea
Burton
Helixoland
Helstein-Gottorp
Elbe
Count von Moltke
England
Berlin
Great Britain
Bggot
Cape Colony
Madagascar
Soudan
Congo
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Henry M. Stanley
Livingstone
Otip
Lake Tanganyika
Oxford
Indian Infantry
Bombay
Mecca
Elshedinah
Berberah
Harah
Monument to Jeannette Arctic heroes planned by Naval Officers
Naval officers plan a fall dedication at Annapolis for a monument honoring those who perished in the Jeannette Arctic expedition. The cairn design includes a granite base, bronze anchor, and an 12 foot cross, with a tablet bearing the dead's names and frost etched inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeaanette Vietina
Annapolis
United States Navy
Melville
de Long
Lena River
Jeannette
Lieut
George P. Colvocoresses
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Peppers
Taylor
Edwin M
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Philadelphia Record
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Speke
Tanganyika
Nile
Salt Lake
Kingdom of
Dahomey
South America
Trieste
Lady Burton
Camaeus
Miss Arundell
Wardour
Frep C
Dayton
Nza
Frank Fraundfelter
Easton
Texas
Woolwich
de Linsia
Wry Street
San Francisco
East Hiatt
Aml Wa
Broadway
Butte City
Montana
Levi Strauss & CO
Levi Strauss
Zal & Hin
T. W. Poindexter & Sons
Montana Street
Dillon, Montana
General Merchandise
Dillon Brewery
Jos
Montana St
R.C. Halliday’s
Dillon, Mont
Staudaher & Gilbert Wholesale and
Dillon Jewelry
Gan
L. Kupfer
Dillion
Bent
Howard
Elgin Watches
Rockford
Nopates
Ozmanlis
Tae Isexual
Bare
Prompt
Belf
Lucas Ave
St.louis
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