Origin of chess traced to ancient wars and legends
The article notes chess likely originated from chaturanga in 90s BCE India, spreading via Persia and Arabia to Spain and western Europe. It suggests the game illustrated warcraft, with Arab legend crediting a Brahmin tutor to a young despot, and Greeks attributing it to Palamedes during the Trojan siege.
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Chaturanga
India
Per
Arabia
Spain
Europe
Palamedes
Troy
Atlanta
Crocodiles for the Thames Suggest River Cleanliness
The British Medical Journal argues crocodiles are valuable river sanitarians and could help purify rivers and lakes. It proposes placing vigorous crocodiles in our rivers with eel supplies in reservoirs to solve water purification issues and improve public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
British Medical Journal
Two Hundredth Gay Lora Que Supper Draws Notices
John Hare marked the two hundredth performance of The Gay Lora Que by hosting a supper at the Garrick club where lively speeches followed. Comyns Carr declared critics should be shot on first nights, while Joseph Knight quipped that he sometimes wished he had been shot before entering the theater.
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Roland
Oliver
John Hare
Garrick Club
Comyns Carr
Lyceum
Joseph Knight
Temper ance Drink of 1837 From a Diary Page
A Louisville Post excerpt recalls a temperance hot weather drink recipe from 1832 written by a woman. It instructs boiling six quarts of water with hops ginger and sugar, then straining and bottling while hot or aging in a cask, ready to drink when cooled at modest cost.
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Louisville Post
Hungarian immigrant builds business in six months
A Hungarian watchmaker who called America a good country wrote to his birthplace friend detailing quick success. Weeks later he received a letter offering watch, clock, and jewelry services at No. Avenue B with terms like repairs, good prices for old gold, diamond setting, and weekly installments.
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America
Sigmund Barney
Avenue B
Rebuke to Hypocrisy and Kruger Pajamas Tales
A compiled excerpt notes Sir Algernon West recalling Lord Orford rebuking the Norwich Bible Society for hypocrisy over charitable and religious acts. The London Globe recounts a tale about Mr. Kruger returning from England with pajamas, frightening Tante, who quips about sleeping clothes and veldtshoen.
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Algernon West
Norwich Bible Society
Lord Orford
Dom Paul
London Globe
Kruger
England
Tante
Mr. Kruger
Bonfire of Music Sparks U.S. Customs Action
Washington Post notes rural France vivid and orderly, contrasting Paris with provincial life. Kansas City customs prepare a bonfire of sheet music published in Canada and imported into the United States in violation of copyright laws.
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Kansas City
United States
Collectors of Customs
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement proclaims One Minute Cough Cure swiftly cures throat and lung troubles in minutes. It claims to prevent consumption, ease harm ailments, and is described as pleasant to take attributed to I. H. Myers.
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I. H. Myers
Annie E. Gunning
Tyre, Mich
The Girl with the Hammer barn shingling feat
A Maine farmer’s barn long unshingled due to infirmity sees a surprising repair by his daughter returning from normal school. Her work is praised as equal to town standards, with no finger injuries. Also includes an advertisement note for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve claiming pile cure and skin disease relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
Philippines
Klondike
Bangor
Notice on cemetery gate warns dogs not admitted in any language
A multilingual sign at Rio de Janeiro cemetery gates forbids dogs except when led by the owner, with a humorous English rendering of the rule. The clipping also cites dubious medical claims from Mrs. Ro Churchill of Berlin Vermont about DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve curing sores and endorses a pile and skin disease remedy by I. H. Myers, warning against counterfeits.
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J.B. Clark
Peoria
DeWitt
IH. Myers
Rio de Janeiro
Tals
Ro Churchill
Berlin
I. H. Myers
Rag Heap Infections Prompt Newton Health Regulation
Newton Mass boards report rags piled in homes spreading contagious diseases and issue a ban on rag heaps. Ads note One Minute Cough Cure claims to instantly help croup and many throat and lung ailments, with testimonials from I H Myers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health of
Newton
Mass
Water right for sale on Fort Lyon Canal
For sale one first class water right in Fort Lyon Canal with easy terms. Buyer may contact C. B. Truman. Also note DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver purifying pills by I. H. Myers. Seven words in ad describe health remedy and advertiser.
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Fort Lyon Canal
C. B. Truman
DeWitt
I. H. Myers
Warm Welcome Preacher Plans Hell Message
A Colorado Springs clergyman announced in notices he would preach on Hell and Who Will Be There, closing with a warm welcome to all. A medical ad promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a rapid, harmless remedy for coughs and colds, claimed to relieve hoarseness, croup, bronchitis and pneumonia, with promise of immediate results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Hell
H. N. Williams
Gentryville
Ind
I. H. Myers
Adjudication of Water Rights in Bent County District 7
In the District Court of Bent County Colorado the matter concerns priorities to the use of water for irrigation and domestic purposes in Water District Number 7. The case records address allocations and claims among stakeholders within the district and set forth court actions to resolve competing rights and usage timelines.
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County of
Bent
State of
Colorado
Amity Land & Irrigation Company
Great Plains Water Company
Greatins Water Company
Amity Land and Irrigation Company
Amity Canal
Arkansas River
Lamar Canal Company
Lamar
Ar Canal Company
Hyde Ditel
Fixde, Ditch Company
Bed Rock
The
Rock Mutual Ditch Company
Pet & Corporation
Manvil
Manvil Canal, Reservoir and Improvement Company
M. R. McCauley
Graham Ditch Company
J. A. Pierce
Supreme Court of
State of Colorado
Condi
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Frank Kreybill
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Lamar Union Hotel
Hasty
Goodale Block
Doctor Fewees
J. W. Bent
Samar
Contorapo
Goodale Building
J. K. Doughty
Lamar, Cotorapo
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
H. Myers
Pharmacist
St. Louis
Great Republican Paper of America
Globe-Democrat
Home Journal
Globe Printing CO
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Lamar Register
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