Treasure Legends and the Lost Lake of Guatavita
A long account of buried treasure across centuries highlights Colom bia's Guatavita lake where Indians poured gold into fiber bags for ritual reasons. The piece cites Fray Pedro Simon and recounts legends of vast gold hoards amid Spanish conquest.
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Western Hemisphere
Mexico
Peru
England
Spain
Portugal
Cundinamarca
Republic of Colombia
Pedro Simon
South America
America
Guatavita
Colon
Santa Marta
el Tigre de
Joasco
Hernando Arojas Y Alencon
Jamaica
Tigre
Aroies
Ghosts of Treasure Seekers Across the Caribbean and Beyond
The article recalls mutinies and treasure recoveries linked to the Santa Marta and other buccaneer ships, locating hoards in the Fortune Islands and near Puerto el Principe. It cites plans to recover sunken wealth, mentions Captain Phipps, Drake, Morgan, De Ruyter, and legends of caches in Puebla Mexico and Cocos Island with multiple historic alleged hoards and routes.
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Kingston
Warbington
New York Harbor
Santa Marta
Windward Passage
Fortune Islands
Puerto el Principe
Cape Maysi
Lisbon
Genoa
New York
Nassau
Havana
California
Golden Gate
Mexican
Francis Drake
Piedranegra
Admiral de Pontis
Cartagena
Disney Bay
George B. Boynton
Drake
Morgan
de Ruyter
Brooklyn
Bone
Venezuéla
Corner-forge novel swimming device with fins for speed
Two California men invent a buoyant jacket with back fins attached to the shoulders. The fins swivel and are controlled by cords to the heels. Springs keep them raised until the swimmer kicks, pulling them down to propel the user faster through water than arm and leg effort alone.
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California
Cages for Singing Insects In Tiny Japanese Houses
The article notes singing insects like Soeipiba kept as pets in Japan with cages and a fad growing in Tokyo shops. It questions American interest and compares insect varieties, highlighting the mosquito as unlikely to become a household pet and a pan cricket as a common domesticated example.
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Japan
Tokyo
Tricks With Aeroplane Impress Stage Audiences
Two Swedish acrobats add a somersaulting aeroplane to stage acts. A miniature 3 foot propeller machine, driven by a five horsepower engine, pivots on a 12 foot high girder and somersaults as the acrobat lifts with feet and steers with his right hand.
Street Games for Children
A New York Sun note describes a conservative London Bridge game where girls bounce a rubber ball across flagstones. Players step from stone to stone avoiding cracks, then perform turns, claps, and balancing acts as counts rise like a jacks sequence, with elimination on a misstep.
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London Bridge
New York Sun
How to Read a Logbook Weather Code from Old Text
The excerpt explains a simple logbook weather code used by mariners. Letters denote sky and precipitation conditions with modifiers for intensity, while numerals indicate wind force from calm to hurricane. The system is described as easy with practice and widely used on merchant vessels.
Lesson in Natural History
A playful look at animal behavior with everyday observations. The piece notes how flies climb windows, hens seek sunlit scratch areas, cats and dogs posture by the fire, mice hoard and risk to nibble, and a pencil length snake can be domesticated for food. Goldfish swim, ignore companions, and react to chips.
Most Uncomomal Boy Disturbance Told by Teacher
A teacher recounts a small boy who spoke in a shrill voice and was then found to be in real trouble He cannot sit down because his trousers are wrong The child begs to go home saying he is most uncomfortable and wants to leave the room
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James II
England
Phipps
Puebla
Cortez
Jalisco
Tacuba
New Spain
Vera Cruz
Popocatepetl
Ixtaccihuatl
Orizaba
Cocos Island
Costa Rica
Bonita
Romero
Santa Anna
Revolutionary Fund
Cocos
Gallapagos
Peru
Smalier
Villazon
Campeachy
Santiago de Cuba
Dos Caminos
Havana
Morro Castle
Tmoyist
Eminemce
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Ridgway CO
Wen
Cage
Bugs
London
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