Lost underwater city near Rovigo discovered by diver
A Pall Mall Gazette report says divers off the Adriatic near Rovigo encountered ruins at 441 feet depth. Walls and streets lay beneath the sea with masonry traced for 100 feet, though doors and windows were obscured by seaweed. Some link the site to the legendary island Cissa.
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Rovigo
Tatrin
Adriatic Sea
Pall Mall Gazette
Bone
Finny the Elder
Cissa
Isirla
Light Reflection and the White Color of Foam
The white color of foam arises when violently agitated liquids mix air bubbles that reflect light at numerous interfaces. Reflections from air and water surfaces render the mixture opaque, producing whiteness. Crushed glass and powdered materials show similar effects, while water filling interstices restores transparency.
Roots and Spiders in a Patchwork of Facts
A miscellany reviews root penetration with grinding earth and acid action on marble, then shifts to Mark Twain and a spider in a Missouri paper, and ends with nursery window safety tricks from Philadelphia press and light humorous vignettes about Mary and a sting in Harvard Lampoon.
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Mark Twain
Missouri
Hin
Brow He Escaped. A cryptic old newspaper fragment
A fragmented OCR reading notes an escaped either a person or object with stray references to society figures and a place called Wipehenge. The readable text is garbled and lacks clear facts or names to identify a specific event.
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Mary
Harvard
Maud
Jack
Ethel
Mamma Dad
Story
Evelyn
Land of Nod
Billy Foster
Daddy
Judy
Tack
Gerll
Gerald
Punch
Taneh
Williamsport
Bloomsburg
Indiana
Point Marion
Indiana, PA
X’he
Stout
Swagger
HUB
Surrey
Thor
Conner Vehicle CO
PENNA
Indiana Dye Works
Levine
Phila
Ninth ST
E Avi
Fien
Vogel Bros
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Hetrick, Wilson & Co
Indiana Roller Mills
Prorietors
H. H. Steving
C. Heber Steving
M. Edith Steving
New Indiana House
Ayo LL
Victor
Peterson
M. E. Cessna
Portland
Plumville
Nationa
Rossmoyne Flouring Mills
Frant Brothers
Propristore
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