All Sought Gold Compelling Force in Human History
The piece traces gold as a powerful historic lure from biblical times through the Middle Ages and into the early modern era. It cites rulers, mythic quests, marriage rings, alchemy, and notable figures, noting gold’s influence on religion, politics, art, and science and recounts myths, royal honors, and the demise of alchemist James Price after his failed discovery.
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Magazne
Genesia
Havilah
Solomon
Sheba
Johin
Heavenly City
Jason
Sicily
Black Sea
Philip the Good
Burgundy
Order of the Golden Fleece
Propertius
Marcus Crassus
Venice
Adriatic Sea
Hannibal
Bagdad
America
Pizarro
Peru
Montezuma
Mexico
Cortez
James Price
George IV
Martian Distance and Prospects Captured by 1924 Science
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes Mars will be 85 million miles from Earth in 1924 and 284 million miles at the far extreme. It says proximity offers opportunities for telescopic study and new wireless experiments, while skeptics doubt habitable life on Mars and consider Mars older than Earth with a thinner atmosphere.
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Mars
Earth
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Bethlehem's Main Industry
Bethlehem in Palestine is the center of a mother of pearl industry that supplies beads rosaries inlaid work carvings and miscellaneous ornaments worldwide. United States Consul Addison RE Southard reports this industry is among the Holy Land's few major ones and important to American commerce due to U S raw materials and significant sales to the United States and other American markets.
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Bethlehem
Palestine
United States
Addison RE. Southard
Jerusalem
Holy Land
North
South America
Fragmentary Confession Noted in 19th Century Memoir
A garbled note hints at a rare confession in a memoir once praised for its literary value. The text shows incomplete phrases about Elere and a former pugillade, with a claim that the subject is a better man.
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Elere
Leint
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Donse Brothers
Landlr Auto Company
Old Reliable Eagle
Hartman
Fremont
Agency For the
American Steam Laundry
The
Motor Inn
L. E. Pierce
General Automobile Repairing
Jasper Carr
Chas.geiser Rey
Rile Nal
Kramer Kleaning Works
Lander, Wyoming
Lander Evening Post
Premont County
Rae
Gunne
Hotel Fable Building
Lander
Wyoming
J. Hines
Bates
Bell Telephone
American Press Association
New York City
W.E. Hardin
First National Bank
W . Lander
Josef F. Replogle
Baldwin Block
the Right Way Shoe Repair Company
Poposia Coal
Hudson, Wyo
Noble Hotel
Lander, Wyo
Elecrtic Shoe Shop
P. V
J. J. Atkins
Fremont Hotel
Tohn Downs
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