Excavating Tarquin's Circus Reveals Rome's Ancient Arena
In the Palatine Aventine valley remains of Tarquinius Priscus’s chariot circus endure as the site is cleared. Excavations will proceed with on-site reconstruction as marble reliefs and walls emerge, detailing emperors Aya Caesar to Theodoric and the arena’s vast capacity.
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Rome
Palatine
Aventine
Tarquinius Priscus
Apsolae
Larquin
Augustus
Tarquin
Hich
Julius Caesar
Circus
Caesar
Helipolis
Europe
Constantine
Son of the Great
Sixtus V
Domitian
Virtue in Music and Notable Mentions in Philadelphia
Dr James Francis Conke lists Mussolini Schwab Dawes and Erskine among prominent men who found music a stepping stone to success in Philadelphia. The note frames music as virtuous and influential in social advancement.
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Philadelphia
James Francis Conke
Mussolini, Schwab, Dawes
Erskine
Official US Names Gazetteer Tames Pronunciation Disputes
Washington. The U S Geographical Board prepares a new gazetteer to standardize place names amid widespread disputes. The Mount Rainier spelling battle in Tacoma illustrates controversies over natural feature names and congressional interest. Frank Bond, chair, notes cooperation from many states and ongoing controversies over established spellings.
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Washington
United States Geographic Board
Minnesota Iron Range
Frank Bond
Geographic Board
Waslington
Mount Rainier
Tacoma
Rainier
Congress
Bond
Woman returns to college after eight year lapse
Irene Wellwood resumes studies at the University of South Carolina eight years after leaving Vaossu College. She posts the highest average among sisters in the Chi Beta sorority group and aims to complete a degree. Her husband Arthur R. Wellwood is a Saluda power dam resident engineer. She plans to tour Europe this summer to study French for teaching.
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Columbia, LL. C
Irene Wellwood
University of South Carolina
Chimega
Mes. Wellwood
Arthur R. Wellwood
Saluda
Vaossu College
France May Sell Part of Stamp Collection
France may auction part of its stamp collection. The complete 1845 onward set resides in a government mint safe with three keys held by separate officials. Officials plan to place the main complete set in the National Library and sell the rest to fetch high prices.
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France
Paris
National Library
One Man Ends Panhandling in Brooklyn After 23 Years
John D. Godfrey, long time mendicancy officer in Brooklyn, claims to have arrested about 10,000 beggars in his career and last year 33, with the claim that none of the street beggars he finds are truly deserving. He denounces professional beggars as shrewd and well funded, capable of earning from 15 to 500 dollars daily. The Brooklyn bureau of charities cites his efforts as part of a fiftieth anniversary drive for a 2 million dollar fund.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bureau of Charities
John D. Godfrey
Mendicancy Offcer
Godfrey
Italian Popular Language Course At Smith College
Smith college in Northampton reports Italian as a popular language course among its female students. The department, led by Prof. Margaret M. Rooke, has 210 enrolled, the largest department in the nation aside from the University of California, whose numbers are unavailable. Nine teen sources are offered.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith College
United States
University of California
Margaret M. Rooke
Norwegian Whalers in Antarctic Seas Report Lively Season
A Norwegian whaling fleet in Antarctic waters ended a thrilling season with 41 icebergs sighted in an hour including a massive mile long be 3000 feet high. One stormy gale freed a whale from tow, while another vessel towed two missed catches. One whale measured 125 feet and produced 175 barrels of oil. Total season oil value reached 2100000 dollars. The piece ends with a political quip about noble leaders and fools.
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Antarctic
Castoria Advertisement Emphasizes Soothing Baby Nerves
An early 20th century ad warns against over handling infants and promotes Castoria as a safe, vegetable remedy for colic, diarrhea, and sleeplessness. It claims rapid calming effects, no drugs, and mentions 25 million yearly bottles plus a Motherhood book with each purchase.
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Baby
Chas. H. Fletcher
Intellectual Economy Promoter Tout’s Best Seller Claim
A persuasive salesman touts a book as a best seller while a skeptic refuses to buy it. The dialogue hints at themes of pride, social approval, and a declared sixth sense of glory guiding leaders who enjoy procession-like displays.
Eagle Baldy Forces Hawks to Gift Him Fish at Dresden Mills
Old Baldy the eagle arrives for fishing season at Alna near a pool by an old mill. He does not fish himself, but dives on hawks as they catch fish, stealing the prey and mounting it on a branch. Crows then remove the scraps as the pool sits on John Cate’s property in Dresden Mills.
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Old Baldy
Dresden Mills
Alna
Baldy
John Cate
Kennebec Journal
Wave theory triumphant as final science in 1927 claims Captain Lee
Captain T J J Lee of Mare Island and the US Navy argues that all forces including magnetism gravity and electro dynamics arise from waves in the ether. He states surface tension cohesion capillarity chemical affinity and explosive forces are waves and that atomic internal mechanisms align with the wave theory.
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T. J. J. Lee
United States Navy
Mare Island
Floating Memorial Sailors and Mariners Tribute Sighted
A steamer near the Pacific encountered a boat full of geraniums believed launched on Memorial Day to honor sailors and mariners who died in past wars. The sighting followed a veterans dinner in England attended by two admirals, a father and son aged ninety two and sixty.
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Pacific
Lincoln
Pacific Coast
Veterans’ Club
England
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