Unburying Herculaneum Aims To Reveal Ancient Life
The project to dig from the tufa over Herculaneum and Pompeii seeks Italian-directed excavation with foreign financial support unofficial. If carried out, it promises insights into first century Roman life through uncovering manuscripts, statuary, and grand houses once buried by Vesuvius.
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Herculaneum
Pompeii
Stablae
Vesuvius
A. D
Waldstein
Cambridge University
Tnompartiag
Heremaneum
China tightens drive to end opium use in ten years
The government advances strict regulations to halt opium. Cultivation must shrink by one tenth yearly and usage is banned. Ground for opium must be repurposed, private consumption curtailed, and officials urged to lead abstinence. Morpine imports end as measures push the trade out within a decade. Public sentiment, fed by Chinese press, is expected to strengthen the crackdown.
Corrupt Trade in Uniforms Suppresses Respect for Army
A report notes corollaries to efforts to enforce respect for the United States army, highlighting corruption in Lauvenworth Kansas where secondhand clothing sellers profit from soldiers’ gear. Officials flag a strong effort to curb such traffic and emphasize the government view that these acts undermine military discipline.
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United States Army
Lauvenworth
Kain
Seini
New York
Fragmented OCR Hints of Historic Dinner Tales and Voices
Fragmented text mentions Prange Jones and Aum trig emperor, a dinner for President Paure, and a famed French artist piloting white ivory dish removals. It references a Nashville American comment on mortgages for auto ban wheels and a Brooklyn Eagle remark about verbose wording.
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Prange Jones
Aum Trig
Paure
Gaois
Nashville
Brooklyn Eagle
Featucky couple eschew trial marriage after 44 years
A longtime couple known as Featuckys pledged their lifelong commitment and declared they would not seek a formal trial marriage to resolve questions about their relationship after 44 years together. The report notes their stable union and decision to remain as they are.
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Min
Burglary tale turns to romance in Mrs Pritchett home
In a small town tale, Mary Pritchett posts a personal ad seeking a companion for farm life. A burglar steals John’s clothes but returns them in a curious twist, prompting a meeting with the man who wore them. She calls it a secret worth pursuing, and a potential marriage.
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Mary Pritchott
Miss Pritchett
Sue
Sue Stubbs
Slater
Mrs. Stubbs
Misa Pritchett
Mra Stubbs
Mary
Botha
Herald
Mary Pritchett
John
Tringom
Hove
Ferushal
Mzan
Miss Pritehyett
Tarbell Tariff Series Opened With Hostile Tone and Questions
A critical summary of Miss Ida Tarbell’s Tariff in Our Times begins, noting a hostile stance toward the American protective tariff and questioning the depth of her historical handling. The writer faults lack of preparation, possible partisanship, and calls for more careful editing and fact-checking.
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Ida M. Tarbell
Standard of Company
Misa Tarbell
Fathers of the Republic
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
United States
Tarbell
Calico Duty Claim Corrected by Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star is accused of a gross misstatement claiming the supreme court requires a double duty on imported calico. The actual ruling concerns only fancy figured weaves, not printed cords, and does not raise calico prices. The decision affects only specific high end fabrics, not general calico or gown costs.
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Kansas City Star
Supreme Court
Man and God's Promise in Eden Lessons and Notes
Recovery of Eden era themes shows man placed in a blessed garden with work and family, then tempted by the serpent. The piece maps consequences of sin, including shame, fear, moral decline, toil, death, and banishment, and closes with notes on temptation and ultimate victory through Christ. It also cites Dr. J. G. Keith struck by lightning twice as a human interest aside.
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Eden
Devil
Satan
Jesus
Neutesch
Gol
Adam
Ain
Robertson
Enoch
Moses
Elijah
Thele Eden
Jeanas Christ
J. G. Keith
St. Louis
Leadville
Cal
Colorado
Keith
Mystic Nine and the occult force in a single numeral
A foreign professor of occult science claims fortune telling via the number 0. He asserts that any nondecimal product with 9 has digits summing to 9, cites examples like 9 times 2 equals 18 with 1 and 8 summing to 9, and expands to larger numbers illustrating digit sums that align with multiples of nine. The text ends noting a vast amusement in the gimmick.
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Agen
Funny Book Causes Laughter Across Commuters
A train car erupts in laughter as a young woman reads a humorous book. Passengers from various seats share amused glances and wide grins, the reader departing as the mystery of the book remains.
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Gero
Vast Wealth of the South and Its Power Potential
The article argues the South has coal oil natural gas and vast water power, with over 3,000,000 available horses for electricity and heat. Development could cost 200 to 250 million dollars, matching 6,000,000 workers in effect, enabling interurban electric lines and Swiss-like skilled manufacture in Southern mountains.
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Great Britain
Germany
Pennsylvania
Switzerland
Postum Cereal Co. assures purity under Pure Food Law
Postum Cereal Co Ltd guarantees all Postum Cereal Grape Nuts and Elijah's Manna sold by any jobber or retailer comply with the National Pure Food Law of June 30, 1906. Wording notes the company’s pledge against adulteration or misbranding with signatures of C. W. Post and notary dated December 15, 1906.
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Congress
Postum Cenran Co
Lip
C. W. Post
Hattle Creek
Mich
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