Auction Sales Notice and Dewey Biography Offer
Auction sales mention last season county bills printed by Frexonr Eacre and promise better work this season. A notice in the Eacre is highlighted as inexpensive. Advertising agents wanted for The Life and Achievements of Admiral Dewey by Murat Halste: a noted naval work with over 500 pages, halftone illustrations, offered by The Fem Company Caxton Building Chicago.
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Admiral Dewey
Murat Halste
Itelong
Muscrat
Chance of
Fem Company
Fd Floor
Caxton
Chlesgo
Buried Treasure Saga Shapes Court Fight in Ohio
A Jackson Ohio petition reveals a court battle over half of a treasure said to be buried on a South Atlantic island. Captain Charles A Henderson allegedly hid £173 320 in gold and notes after a voyage with William H Summers. Summers Jr seeks one half, claiming he is the captain’s son and rightful heir.
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Mayne Reid
Robert Louis Stevenson
Howard F. Summers
Jackson
Ohio
Charles A. Henderson
Henderson
South Atlantic
Tate
Summers
William H. Summers
Baltimore
Rio Janeiro
South America
Tristan d'Acunha
Trenderson
Man of War
Ches
Vori
Lark
Rlak
Cape Colony
Laura K. Fine
Philadelphia
Cape Hatteras
Laura IK. Fine
Flenderson
New Orleans
Southern Yacht Club
Rover
Claude Thompson
Gulf
Thompson
Slummers
Captain Henderson
Young Summers
South American
Summers, Jr
Wetherson
Cement of the Ancients in Ancient Water Conduits
Chemical analysis of cement samples from Ephesus and Smyrna water works shows similar composition. Major constituent is carbonate of lime with 2 to 8 percent organic matter. A blend of two thirds quicklime and one third olive oil hardened readily, indicating ancient cement composition.
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Ephesus
Smyrna
Full Possession of His Faculties
An anecdote states Sir John Lubbock refused chloroform before a subgent operation. His friends urged sedation, but he declined and replied that he would prefer to be present for the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lubbock
Fia
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D. H. Patchen
Ekacie
Lockamire & Bergman
Hall & Son
Robert F. Rose
America
Chicago
Unity Building
DR. S. C. Wolfe
Southwest Corner Public Square
Angola
Fremont
M.S. R’y. Air Line
Hillsdale
Fort Wayne
T&d
Assy
Waterloo
A. M
Ft. Wayne Ranch
Edhotors
Encyclopaedia Britannica
City and
Knauss & Dewey
Fremont Eagle
China
Teru
Europe
Australia
Louisiana
Wee
BROS
Apple of Commerce
Champion
Delicious
Kieffer
Elberta
Stephen
Fowler
Woop
Powers & Wood
Reeves Jewelry Store
Ind
Bank of Fremont
Indiana
Busan Bay
G. Babu
Genere
Emory G. Melendy
Votary Public and
Bakutrenont
Fremont, Ind
John G. Yeagley
D. N. Young's Barber Shop
Steger
Steger & CO
American Detective Association
Ascoc’n
Indianapolis
Conan
Scientific Aumerican
New York , CO
Broadway
New York
St. Washington
Peewee Lee Kma
Mozico
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