History myths debunked on signatures and drafts
The Library of Congress manuscript division confirms no July 4 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence and notes Lincoln drafts of the Gettysburg Address differ from the delivered speech while most signers added their names later and immortality followed.
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Sidon the Ancient Phoenician Metropolis and Its Rise
Sidon, once a dominant Phoenician city, fell under Egyptian and then Assyrian rule before becoming a Roman province. Greek influence shaped its history as it shifted from island harbor to a peninsula. Sidon’s seafaring Sidonians propelled Phoenician power, founding Carthage and expanding across the Mediterranean, with artifacts now in the British Museum and Constantinople.
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Longest World Tunnels Map of Historic Feats
The Detroit News lists major tunnels with lengths including Alberg six and three quarters miles under the Alps, Gunnison six miles in Colorado, Hoosac four and three quarters miles in Massachusetts, Mont Cenis eight miles between Italy and France, Croton water tunnel thirty three and a half miles, Freiberg mines drain tunnel three hundred fourteen miles, St Clair two miles linking Sarnia Ontario and Port Huron Michigan, and Strawberry tunnel in Wasatch mountains fifty miles.
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Mont Cenis
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France
Croton
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Sarnia
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Ark of the Covenant described and historic path noted
The Ark of the Covenant was the sacred chest Moses built to hold the tables of the law. It measured four and a half by two and a quarter by two and a quarter feet and was covered with gold. Carried by rings on its corners, it stood in the holy of holies in the tabernacle and later in Solomon's temple, though its final fate remains unknown.
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Weighing Ice at Home
A simple method to estimate fire block weight using length by breadth by thickness in inches divided by 30 to get pounds. For example a 10 by 10 by 9 block weighs about 30 pounds and a 10 by 10 by 6 block about 20 pounds. This helps detect short weight.
Courage in Difficulties Bravely Overcome
A compact meditation on facing hardships. It argues that faint-heartedness yields difficulty while courage conquers it, claiming adversity builds strength as it is bravely faced.
Imitation Pearle Pearl Production Process
Imitation Pearle describes making a fake pearl by inserting a piece of mother of pearl into a pearly oyster shell and leaving it in place for several years to form the imitation pearl.
Marriage Season in India Affects Currency Rates
The Detroit Free Press notes that India's May marriage season exerts an adverse effect on exchange rates. It explains that dowry and streedhat ornaments allocated to brides boost silver demand, prompting bankers and exchange dealers to prepare for increased silver currency needs before the lavish tomasha feasts.
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Detroit Free Press
India
Must Know Diamond’s Grain In Rough Stones
The article explains diamond grain alignment parallel to octahedral faces. Rough stones are sorted by size and inspected for perfection. Large stones receive close flaw checks. if flaws exist, cleaving may split stones to improve market value. A cleaver studies grain, marks the diamond, and uses a tool to split along the grain.
Why of Jayhawkers origins in Kansas history
Wilder's Annals of Kansas traces the term jayhawker to Pat Devlin’s foraging in 1856 Osawatomie and Col Jennison's Free State soldiers. The label spread to Kansans as jayhawkers while pro slavery foes were dubbed Border Ruffians.
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Kansas
Pat Devlin
Free State
Osawatomie
Pat
Ireland
Jennison
Charles R. Jennison
Missouri
How Physicians Get Rich
Jones, not a hypochondriac, jokes about his diet while talking to himself about fried foods doughnuts wine and coffee. He visits a doctor to confirm whether his digestion is harmed and if he truly needs medical services.
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Heat detector aids night trench defense in No Man's Land
In a paper to the American Physical Society S. S. Hofman describes a heat registering device using a thermopile at the focus of a 14 inch parabolic mirror linked to a D'Arsonval galvanometer. The system detects a human heat source at 600 feet and could guard trenches and enable short range secret signaling.
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No Man’s Land
American Physical Society
O. Hofman
Valuable Knowledge From W Faber Quote
A compact quotation from W Faber about guarding inner treasure kindness and generous living. It urges giving without hesitation losing without regret acquiring without stinginess and replacing inner happiness when lacking.
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W. Faber
Fewer Cutworms Reported on Indiana Farms and Gardens
Indiana farm and garden pests show fewer cutworms this year says state entomologist Frank N. Wallace. Destruction by robins and repeated cultivation of plots are cited as reasons for the decline.
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