Sinai and Moses Revered Across Ancient Sands
A vivid travelogue traces Mount Sinai and the Forty Martyrs range, detailing Mount Musa, Ras es Safsafeh, and the Monastery of Si al al, its monks dwindling yet guarding sacred texts. It links Moses reception of the ten commandments to enduring religious traditions and regional history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Mount Sinai
Israel
Ras-es-Safsafeh
Ras-es- Safsafeh
Peninsula of Sinai
Red Sea
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Akabah
Jebel Serbal
Jebel Musa
Mount of Moses
Jebel Katerin
Jebel Umm Shomer
Eusebius
Jerome
Cosmas Indicopleustes
Lepsius
Ebers
Justinian
Mount Silal
Trasurer
Jebel’ Mousa
Wadi ‘el
Bear's House Bear Myth From Matoti Hill South Dakota
A Cheyenne legend tells of a hunter who marries an Indian woman who guards a bear as her sacred totem. After promising not to hunt bears, the husband breaks the vow and unknowingly kills his wife, believing the bear attacked their wigwam. the hill is named Matoti or Bear's House to mark the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne River
South Dakota
Bear
Public concern prompts county official to speak out
District boarder tensions rise as a farmer resists declaring political convictions while the Washington Star notes that boarders from all parties are present, signaling a mixed community stance on public matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coun Tessel
Politica
Washington
Star
Novel Winter Ice Game Described by Swedish Paper
The Swedish paper details a winter ice game using two poles fixed in ice with a rope between them and rings mounted on spring steel A devices. Players race between the poles catching rings on spears while skating and passing a base line, with an umpire to enforce fair play and handle disputes.
NEAT WINTER EVENING TRICK
A party explains a card vanish and reveal routine. After shuffling, a spectator picks a card and notes its position from the bottom. The performer makes that card appear at a chosen position like eighteen and counts to reveal the selected card by name.
Riddles and Puns From a Vintage Page
A collection of light hearted wordplay and double entendre riddles. Jokes touch on brandy scruples trains and marriages with playful misdirection and punning conclusions.
Boys lacking training linked to crime and vagabondage
A Chicago Juvenile Protective Association study of 1328 boys confined in Cook County jail in 1911 shows only three had a trade and 66 began earning by age fourteen or earlier. Most were placed in any available work, with 721 in unskilled roles and few pursuing skilled trades like machinist.
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Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago
Louise de Koven Bowen
Cook County
New Winter Game From Pennsylvania Man
A Pennsylvania inventor created a tiddle de winks like game using a flat box spread with cardboard animal cards each showing a value and fines. Players flip pieces with two disks of different sizes and aim to land them in the box to score or subtract fines, with penalties for missing and optional rule variations to raise difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Lost ball found on the links by boy
Tommy brings home a golf ball claiming it is lost and says he saw the man and his caddy searching for it, prompting Mr. Traddles to question whether it was truly lost. The exchange appears in London Opinion.
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Tommy
Mr. Traddles
London
Surgical Lore and Definitions of Minor and Major Operations
Quotable lore contrasts minor and major operations with a jibe on bills and heirs. A judge’s quip frames minor as a patient paying willingly while major hinges on settlement by inheritance.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Loja
St. Catherine
Sinai
Asia Minor
Canaan
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Constantinople
Konia
Aftum Kara-Hissar
Acroenus
Sidel Battel el
Jochebed
Amram
Waa
Nis
Prinas
Midian
Egypt
Desert
Netghbors Nilés
Juvenile Protective Association
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