Jewels of Seti II Wife Spark EgyptHeritage Debate
Ancient jewel findings near Thebes stir Egyptology circles with claims the pieces belonged to Queen who wed Seti II. Experts from London and Cairo weigh significance and possible links to Exodus era rulers. Artifacts destined for Cairo museum, not Britain, amid scholarly debate over Egypt’s biblical era. The report also recalls Seti II’s obelisks and a family quarrel anecdote.
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Assoun
Set 11
Pharoah
London Daily Mail
Wallace Budge
British Museum
Theodore M. Davis
Valley of the Kings
Thebes
E. R. Ayrton
Quibell
Des Antiquities
England
Egypt
Cairo Museum
Rameses II
Seti II
Moses
Joseph
Seti
Heliopolis
Thames Embankment
What is Washington pie in this old debate
An anecdotal discussion from a newspaper piece on a pastry called Washington pie. Readers from Boston New York Brooklyn debate whether Washington pie is a layered cake a Boston cream pie or a fruit pie with apple pulp sherry filling. The piece ends by asking what Washington pie truly is.
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Washington Pie
Boston
Washington
Brooklyn
Diplomat's Wife A Favorite In Washington Society
The article notes Mme. Luis Pastor wife of Don Luis Pastor, first secretary of the Spanish legation, as a popular figure in Washington society. It recalls her origin as Constance C. Lee from the Virginia Maryland Lee family and her courtship before marriage in a true love match.
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Mme. Luis Pastor
Don Luis Pastor
Washington
Mme. Pastor
Constance C. Lee
Lee
Virginia
Maryland
Testing Linseed Oil for Paint Safety
How to detect adulteration in linseed oil and white lead used in paint. Methods include observing iridescence on a black surface to spot kerosene, smelling corn and fish oils, and testing with a blow pipe. National Lead Company offers free instructions and supplies at Woodbridge Building New York.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Thrifty Pyrenees Giant and His Frugal Life
Senor Firmin Arrudi of Sallent the Spanish Pyrenees stands seven feet tall and toured South America earning over $3000 in a year. He retired to his native village after saving his money, married, and now lives on interest.
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Seno
Firmin Arrudi
Sallent
Senor Arrudi
South America
Washington to Spanish Style Home of Don Luis Pastors Wife
The piece notes Mme Pastor’s daughter now shares an American home with her husband the first secretary in a Spanish aristocratic tradition. It highlights the meticulous White House guest lists and cites Senator Gallinger as unofficial editor for spelling and phrasing in Senate bills.
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Eyond
Legation
Mme. Pastor
Don Luis
Washington
America
Spain
White House
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
Granite State
Senate
Expensive Havana Cigars and Other Notables
An article notes Havana's large eighteen inch by six inch cigars priced at five dollars each. It also catalogs various products and quotes on topics from eye salves to teething syrups, while advertising home purchases on crop payments in the Red River Valley and a tent and awning business in Minneapolis.
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Red River Valley
Minnesota
S.J. Burchard
Manhattan
St. Paul
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promises Quick Foot Relief
The advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful and smarting feet and ingrowing nails. It claims it makes new shoes fit easily and relieves sweating feet, selling for 25 cents with trial packages available and urging no substitutes.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors received several last week patents reported by Lothrop Johnson, patent lawyers at 911 Pioneer Press building St. Paul. Names include C. H. Bach Brooks Minn for a matches and stoppers composition M P Elgen St. Paul Minn faucet T V Garlock Custer 8 D table for cheesecutters M S Haling Weaver Minn tele graph transmitter C E Lange Erskine Minn stacker R E Peick ert Dumont Minn penholder J F Pokermey Hutchinson Minn rack for farm wagons. The notice ends with unrelated ad copy and quotes about conscience and navigation.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minn
C. H. Bach
Brooks
M. P. Elgen
T. V. Garlock
Custer
Haling
Weaver
British eight barrel rapid fire gun with cooling chamber
A new British rapid fire gun shown in Popular Mechanics boasts eight barrels in two four barrel tiers and can fire 460 shots a minute. Its key feature is a patent cooling chamber that prevents overheating during continuous operation.
Eye Ear Nose and Throat Specialist Dr Rindlaub Run In Politics
A Fargo specialist Dr J H Rindlaub comments on a political split within a party describing factions. He warns the breech cannot be healed and notes the discord among differing party members.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Miller and Holmes Ad Promises High Cream Prices in St Paul
An advertisement from Miller and Holmes of St Paul Minnesota boasts top prices for cream and cash daily. It also includes a brief line about tar and a quote on the beauties of poverty seen from afar.
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Milton Datcy CO
St. Fant
Miller & Holmes
St. Paul, Minn
Office in the Cloudup skyscraper dialogue
A brief underground joke exchange mentions an office in the new Cloudup skyscraper with a twist about dropping down from the seventh story beneath the sidewalk in Chicago.
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Stubb
Cloudup
Pess
Penn
Chicago Daily News
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Leesburg Woman
A Leesburg Virginia woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of feminine disorders. She urges other sick women to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass for guidance as the remedy is promoted as a standard historical cure for female troubles.
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Lydia WK. Pinkham
Maude F. Forgie
Leesburg, Va
Lydia EK
Pinkham
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Luia Pastor
Washington Star
Ik, Lys Pastor
Havana
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Winslow
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Minneapolis
Crescent Creamery Co
Europe
Heaven
Avex
Anakesis
Tribune Bidg
Buukle
EdGar M. Kerenr
Ouray Idg
Washington, DC
Washington, D. G
Ester
Wasulagion
Thompson
Samuel Ptcher Pamplin
the Centaur Company
Castoria
Bears
Drugglete
Lear Oni
W. L
Vberae
Woodward
Grain Commission
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