Mosul and Nineveh site loom in looming political clash
Mosul stands on the Tigris and overlooks Nineveh ruins as England and Turkey contend over Mosul. The city, gateway between Aleppo Bagdad and Persia, has risen, fallen and risen again, with Tamerlane Saladin and later powers shaping its fate. The Mosul vilayet covers about 2000 square miles, mostly east of the Tigris, and remains a historic crossroads.
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Nineveh
Mosul
Tigris
England
Turkey
Aleppo
Bagdad
Persia
Tamerlane
Saladin
Vilayet
Ibg
Tigria
The Age of the Nine-Story Man in The New Era
The St Louis Globe-Democrat argues future presidents and great minds will emerge from apartment houses nine stories high not log cabins. It predicts lofty monuments to heroes will be a towering urban cradle whereRestriction s against large families fade and beginnings no longer matter.
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United States
Theodore
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Improved Disinfectant Soap Development in Austria
Austria reports a new disinfectant soap using silver lactate in water with a gellifying agent to create a safe, non corrosive product. It can sterilize instruments disinfect clothes and gloves, and is usable in cosmetics. Sold as solid paste or liquid for dentifrice and mouthwash.
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Austria
Automatic Steering Gear Takes West Indies Voyage
The first American passenger ship with automatic steering gear completed a successful return voyage to the West Indies. The Instrument uses a gyroscopic compass to regulate rudder control and can be set to respond to minute course deviations, with a noted example of one sixth of a degree.
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West Indies
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Ptolemy Speaks From the Past in Thebes Findings
Thebes hosts demotic papyri discovered by Pennsyl vania University scholars filling a historical gap from BC 908 to 246. The documents illuminate Ptolemy Philadelphus reigns and tax practices, suggesting ancient sources may educate modern readers on national generosity and civic spirit.
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Ptolemy
Thebes
Upper Egypt
Pennsylvania University
Ptolemy Philadelphus
Saandel
Maude and Molly Discuss A Husband's Salary
Maude questions commercial art and Molly responds with a blunt remark about a husband’s salary. The dialogue highlights gender and wage expectations in a small scene.
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Maude
Sarah
Ste
The Parting Shot Henter on mele bace
A fragmentary dialogue centers on shooting from a mule with Sam and Yeerah debating whether it can be done. The garbled text suggests a stray, possibly humorous exchange about life and a mule. The piece reads like a clipped caption or stray quotes from a larger scene.
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Henter
Filer Highway District Board Adjourns Meeting in 1923
The Filer Idaho commissioners reconvened at 2:00 PM to read and approve the prior minutes. Payroll for the first half of April 1923 totaling 03 was audited and ordered paid before adjournment. Arthur E. Anderson signed as Secretary Treasurer, with H J Weaver presiding and L G Hill also present.
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Filer
Idaho
Board of Commissioners
Filer Highway District
H. J. Weaver
L. G
L. G. Hill
Bond and contract elections for American Falls Reservoir District
The American Falls Reservoir District in Idaho schedules two elections. On May 12, 1923, voters decide bonds totaling 2.7 million dollars and whether to enter a contract with the United States for construction and storage benefits, with polling staffed by appointed precinct officers across Bonneville, Bingham, Power, Jerome, Gooding, and Elmore counties.
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American Falls Reservoir
United States
American Falls
State Commissioner of Reclamation
Idaho
Board of Directors
Twin Falls
Boise
Board of Dictectors
Bonneville
Bingham and
Power
Joseph Sebrock
American Parls
Thomas Blackburn
Springfield
Sherr Maxwell
Jerome County
BK. C. Gleason
Jerome
M. W. McCauley
Ida Percy G. Fairman
North Side Canal Company, Ltd
Gooding County
W.L. King
Wendell
John L. Taylor
F. L. Dorman
W. i
Gooding
Elmore
Snake River
M. Roberts
Bliss
Walter R. Burkhardt
Blix
R. B. Thorpe
Twin
Twis Park
Cinet
Filer
Twin Palis County
Towmalt
Palis
A.D
W. FP. Alworth
Real estate transfers and deeds from Twin Falls area records
A compilation of property transfers and deeds including Sheriff Garwood’s several parcels and multiple buyers such as Richardson Thos Arrate, F E Wheeler, May W M Lambing, J B Scott, T L Bingham, Nellie B Williams, and G B Smith. Transfers cover blocks and lots in Twin Falls, Olden addition, East Twin Falls, and adjacent subdivisions with values ranging from $1 to $5451. Includes mentions of parcels in Lincoln School addition, Blue Lakes area, Twin Falls Co-Op and related street names, with various purchasers and grantors tied to 19th and 20th century conveyances. A miscellaneous note references a Brookville Record quotation about a woman’s role.
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PF. Slack
Twin Falls
J. Garwood
Jones
Richardson Thos. Arrate
Ostrander Lbr. Co
H.C. Dickerson
Bickel
F. E. Wheeler
Lena K. Stoker
Olden Addi- Hon
Buhl Students Win Commercial Contest at Local High School
About 100 contestants participated in the lat district high school commercial contest held in the Buhl high school auditorium Saturday. Prizes were awarded across typewriting shorthand bookkeeping and penmanship with winners from multiple towns including Twin Palls Gooding Kimberly and Oakley. The event was directed by Miss Brewington and organized by B. B. Byrne of Dublin with additional performances by the Buhl commercial department.
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Latrict High
Buhl High School
Saterday
Bubwit
GooAing
Pella
Oakley
Kimberly
Cinchona Forests Supply Most Quinine Worldwide
A fragment notes that cinchona forests in a country yield the larger share of the world quinine supply, highlighting the region's pivotal role in the global pharmaceutical trade.
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Java
Fragmentary note on Crewe Grows Rapisty Cress growth
Fragmented OCR text describes Crewe Grows Rapisty Cress as the quietest growing of Mants under perfect conditions. Mentions planting timing and references passion, power, and transformation, but text is garbled and incomplete.
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Crewe
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Melatire
W. BE. Kilborn
BE. Kilborn
Inter- Mountain Fe Inc. Co
Nellie BE. Williams
Helen Allen
Ekastlawn
Sub- Giviston Ean
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F. Green
Ada May
Penn Pate
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E.G. Driskell
G. Heeder
Sperry
F. Meyer
Brookville Record
Jerome K. Jerome
Seniorsin
Gertrude Walter
GEM Theater
Joey Wright
Christopher Penny
Major Tompkins
Tompkins
Vivian
Hussy
Jape Samuels
Harry Larcom
Mise Kite
Percival de Hooly
Tweedie Hart
George Stasis
Sharpe
the Stranger
Myrtle Dexter
Wilma Noh
Herbert Deal
Prnew
Leahee Margaret Chastnen
Edith Ushers
Winfred Martineare
Huret
Mae Griges
Helen Hiltiker
Maedh Beeman
John H. Blass
Prop
Buhl
Edgarine
Barbara’ Rose
Bubl
Nellie Pierce
Zelda Wright
Twin Palle
Bernice ‘Wellmer
Charles Perry
Gowding
Raymond Duncan
Alice Dean
Barbara Regs
Mildred Kingery
Mabel Jensen
Henry Lacy
Bubi
Kenneth Springfield
Durham
Tre Cot Ieee
Eee
Namie
Popular Mechanics
Curry
Minstrel
Musgrave Bros
Arthur L. Swim & Co
F. C. Graves
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