Novel wedding cake for British Palestine high commissioner’s son
The American colony in Jerusalem presented an elaborate 8 pound wedding cake to the son of Sir Herbert Samuel and his bride Hadasen Grasovsky of Jaffa. Decorations recount historic scenes of the Holy City while a satirical note from the New York Evening Post comments on barbering and artistic labor.
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Jerusalem
Herbert Samuel
Palestine
Hadasen Grasovsky
Jaffa
Remarkable Incanity Record at Ashford Inquest
At an Ashford England inquest Whdlt Goll was said to have killed himself by placing his head on a railway line before an approaching train. His wife was in an asylum rendered insane by air raids. He had two brothers one of whom had died by self harm. Goll left a note noting family and money worries.
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Ashford
Kent
England
Goll
Walnuts From China and Miscellaneous Fragments
A jumble of excerpts mentions Chinese walnut culture and its village impact, misquoted phrases about missionaries, and stray dialogue about a wedding and a robbery. The text wanders through odd lines including remarks on crops, fertilizer, apparel, and a theater critic’s remark on an actress’s physiognomy.
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China
Items of interest from Albany 1790 era miscellany
A terse summary of scattered notes cites Albany ranking as seventh in the United States in 1790, a Berkeley five-dollar bill found and ruined by 280 people, King John and the Magna Charta, baby tanks for agriculture, women students at Kansas State Normal school funding study, earthquakes in Chile exposing hidden Andes heights, swift river currents and tankey rivers, Miss used for gifts under ten, sea nettles stinging timbermen, the Amazon valley as a large undeveloped region, and various references to mining metals, family trees, and notable figures such as Mrs. Dimon, Charles Sumner, and Lord D'Abernon.
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Albany
United States
Berkeley
Cal
King John
Kunsia State Normal School
Chile
Andes
England
Amazon
CHERSO as Adriatic Helgoland A Dalmatian Island Profile
The piece sketches Cherso near the Adriatic head, likening it to a potential Helgoland, with Lake Vrana, rugged geology, Bora winds, and sparse springs. It traces historic ties to Istria under Austrian rule, notes Morlachia region links, and describes traditional Morlacchian dress and dowry customs.
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Plawa
Aidriatic
Wea
Lusky Ain
Cherse
District of Columbia
Te Adriatic
Flume
Lulu
Juge-Stavia
Cherso
Helgoland
Lake Vrana
Crow's Lake
Smergzo
Dalmatian
Istria
Lussia
Veglin
Lussi
Tabriz Persia's capital city rich in history and trade
Tabriz, capital of Persia, hosts about 200000 residents and sits in a wide valley along the River Aji. Once a major Persian trade hub before Caspian port shifts to Astara and Resht, the ancient city is famed for its healthful climate and legendary origins tied to Zobeideh.
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Tabris
Persia
Zobeideh
Miurnn-al- Tashid
Tabriz
Zobeiteh
Caucasus
Caspian Sea
Astara
Caspian
Resht
Bine Mosque at Mons in Ruins with Fifteenth Century Origin
The fifteenth century Bine Mosque at Mons is in ruins, its ark or citadel rising as a brick building with massive walls and a 120 foot tower. Tabriz historically conducted over half its trade with Russia, importing cotton and woolen fabrics, sugar, and tea before wartime disruptions.
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Mons Bine
Tabriz
Russia
Digging Into History With Pick And Shovel
A clay tablet deciphering may extend record history by a thousand years. National Geographic notes archaeologist Albert Clay reveals a code by a Hammurabi era scribe, suggesting early civilizations possessed advanced writing and libraries.
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National Geographic Society
Albert T. Clay
Doctor Clay
Ancient Library Finds Across Mesopotamia and Hammurabi Code
The Ashurbanipal library at Nineveh and later temple and school libraries at Nippur Sippur Larsa Babyl on Krech reveal centuries of texts from the third to fourth millennia B C. Large archives emerge at Tetlo Nippar Drehem Joka and Ur. Hammurabi's Code, dated around 2000 B C, organizes laws on an irregular stele, offering a window into ancient Babylonian daily life.
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Ashurbanipal
Nineveh
Nippur
Sippur
Larsa
Babylon
Krech
Tetlo
Nippar
Drehem
Joka
Hammurabi
Hammerabl
Posen the Experiment Station for Kultur in Prussian Polan history
In the early partitions of Poland Prussia sought to Germanize the Posen region. Frederick the Great framed a military surround tactic. Despite Polish prosperity Polish culture persisted amid German settlement efforts and suppression of Polish language in schools. A commission was formed in 1884 to buy land for German settlers as the policy failed to yield a strong Prussian impact.
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Posen
Germany
Prussia
Poland
Frederick the Great
Polish Losses and German Colonization in Posen Territory
The text describes repeated German appropriation and colonization in Posen over 15 years, with Poles remaining predominant. It notes school protests, language and religious instruction disputes, arrests of parents, and punitive measures including anti-Polish laws. It presents population, resources, and industrial outputs of Posen, and references the Kartowitz incident as part of the ongoing oppression.
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Posen
Poland
Germany
Lebt
Popis
Pps
Heaton
Prissian Piermnent
Teves
Maryland
The Czechs and Slovaks A Portrait From History
A nationwide view of Czechoslovakia and its people traces a 1500 year struggle with Germans, describes Bohemia Moravia and Silesia, notes the Slovaks’ spread from Moravia, and portrays Czechs as musical, curious, independent, and steadfast in faith yet wary of dogma and force.
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Czechoslovakia
Sbablinom
Germany
Austria-Hungary
National Geographic Society
Alea Hrilicka
Bohemia
Europe
Baltic
Adriatic
North Seas
Danube
Elbe
Moravia
Silesia
Hungary
Ancient Uses of Fire and an 1787 American Organ
A museum loan highlights early American organ craftsmanship built in 1787 by Joseph Bowen. The note in the builder’s hand shows sale to John May and the instrument’s origin.
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Wes Heen
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburgh
0. CO. Kramer
Worgan
John May
Prominent Western Man Praises Tanlac
George W. O. Logan of Peabody Kansas, a leading Middle West stock dealer, says Tanlac restored his health. He gained thirty-five pounds, improved digestion, and his wife found relief from indigestion. He urges others to try Tanlac and notes his full recovery after six bottles.
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Tanlac
George W.O Logan
Peabody
Kansas
Middle West
Tantae
Delicate Discretion Cites Caution Over Holiday Style
A fragment hints at a confidential note about not using the form Merry Xmas this year and avoiding naming article X in holiday coverage. A girl is described as seeing nothing wrong in missing the right man, reflecting social discretion.
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Herbert C. Hoover
European Relief Council
Bush Docks
Brooklyn
Council
Joi
New York Evening Post
Queenie
Prospect Park Zoo
John Harman
John F. Gillespie
John O'Brien
Kiel
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Minerva
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Prometheus
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Joeseph Bowner
Sears
Stent
Boston
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Auto
National Safety Council
America
Isundry
Cortland Bleecker
New York
Garfield Tex
Zeke Yawkey
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Parson
Zeke
Peare
G. W. Logan
Peabody, Kansas
Beleans
Bellans
Yomi
Gorsesugn
SPOHN
Os Bettie
Spoun Medical CO
Goshen
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