Lotus-Eaters and Roman Tunisia A Winter Journey
The article surveys Tunisia under French protection, tracing Carthaginian roots and Roman aqueducts. It highlights Bizerta, Tunis, Zaghouan, and Zaghouan’s Nymphaeum, plus a winter itinerary from Tunis to Djerba via Susa, Kairouan, and Gabes, ending with the Lotus Eaters of Djerba and traveler caution about forgetfulness.
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Zughouan
Carthage
Rome
Zaghouan
Tunis
Zoghouan
Hotel de France
Europe
Eiskra
Algiers
Tunisia
Ras el-Kasa
Gulf of Syrtis
Susa
Kerouan
Thapdua
Julius Caesar
Mahedia
Hannibal
Stax
Gabes
Lambert Playfair
Wings on Oysters by Prof Huxley McSorley Pranks Local News
Sanford visitor Prof Aloysius Darwin Huxley Colum bus McSorley teases a wild hybrid scheme claiming to have engineered flying oysters from incubated oyster seed and flying fish. He boasts future plans to cross swordfish and make self opening oysters while lampooning rivals.
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Aloysius Darwin Huxley
Columbus McSorley
Sanford
L. J
Broadway
Prof. Schneider
Goose Creek
Cam
Bareegat
School of Flying Fish
Peregrine Falcon Feeding Lesson On Scottish Cliff
A British naturalist in remote Scotland witnessed an entertaining peregrine falcon lesson. An old hawk repeatedly drops prey for three hungry young, snatching it away to teach sharing, with each chick taking turns pursuing and catching before the parent divides the spoil.
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Scotland
Siso
Number One
Number Three
Number Two
Drogeny
Harper’s Weekly
Aunt Anne Teaches Children God Makes Everything
Sheldon and Auntie wonder if God makes all things including beds. Aunt Anne explains that God created everything everywhere. Sheldon checks again in churchlike morning calm, seeking certainty about the bedding preparations.
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Sheldon
Auntey
Anne
Algwer
Iowa Miners Face No Pay Rise as 1912 Wages Likely Stand
Iowa miners plan no wage increase for a two year period starting April 1 1912. President R E C Smith of the Iowa Coal Operators Association says wages will align with Pennsylvania and may fall with mild weather and reduced demand. The wage dispute will unfold at state and joint conventions with the United Mine Workers in January and March.
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Dot Moines
Iowa
R E. C. Smith
Iowa Coal Operators’ Association
Pennsylvania
Mr. Smith
Patriots Start Suit Against State Auditor in Iowa
Des Moines reports State Auditor John L Bleakly is named defendant in a district court action filed by the American Patriots a Synternulnurance order seeking a writ of certiorari to compel Bleakly to certify the record of his proceedings. The suit claims he acted beyond his jurisdiction revoking the companys charter. The Century Fire Insurance company issue and suffrage bequests are also noted with related statements from officials and attorneys.
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Carroll County
Roe
Carratt County
Marshal Roe
Muscatine
George Carson
Ben Marks
Council Bluffs
Sue Muscoltine
Carroll
Casson
Counci
Marks Cave
Des Moines
John L. Blealdy
American Patriots
Bleakly
Bia
Knights and Ladies of the Golden Precept
Atte
Knights and Eagles of the Golden Precept
Century
State Insurance Department
W. J. Berry
Edward Davis
Century Fire Insurance Company
Abbott, Edwards and Williams
St. Louis
Iowa
Century Company
St. Paul Fire and Marine
Berry and
Davis
Auditor Bleakly
Mary J. Coggeshall
Naonal Woman Suffrage Association
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Kidney Trouble Cures Promoted in Quack Ad Parody
A parody ad copy mocks “Dr Derby’s Famous Pill” claims of quick kidney and bladder relief. It targets sensational language about rheumatism and pains, rough customer scenes, and a satirical exchange about a 66 year old maid and an extra afternoon off.
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Derby
Mary
Correction on sleeplessness treatment and remedies in old ad
The text notes a correction request to Mr Littlerest Doctor about treatment for sleeplessness and mentions remedies such as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Bromide tablets. It also references a warning about misdirected suspicion, a baby in another room, and society women’s habits, with a comment on money being tight.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Endorsed by Boston Man
Henry J. Goldstein of 1¢ Darton Street Boston Massachusetts credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing a five year rheumatic knee stiffness that once kept him from business. He reports relief after using the medicine and recommends it, noting purchasers can get it in liquid form or Sareataba chocolate tablets.
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Henry J. Goldstein
Darton Street
Boston
Masa
Hood
Mr. Goldstein
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Tuniata
North Africa
Turis
Gibraltar
Bizerta
Bag ‘Hasan
Mustapha
Tuule
Notre Dame de la Garde
Maraeilles
Mediterranean
Bone
Riverta
Goletta
Tunia
Marsa
Tunigia
Italy
Spain
France
Africa
McSorley
Beaford
Hawke
Operators! Association
State Department of Justice
Mary Sefford
Florida
Miss Safford
Safford
Patriots
United States
Ohio Supreme Court
Welker Given
State Lobility Commission
New York
New ‘York
Giver
New York Court of Appeals
Attorney General's Office
Tas
State of Town
Kimball and Wineter
Oskaloosa
Tax Commission
M. H. Cohen
Temporary
State Tax Commission
Cohen
Lewis
Suna
Giagratane Money
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