Land of Mirages Beck Guided Desperate Travelers to Water
Lew Westcott Beck known as the good Samaritan of Death Valley and his dog Rufus patrol the desert guiding lost prospectors to water with tin signposts. Since a pivotal stage of his life Beck has risked thirst and death to save others, while recording skulls, bones, and vivid desert dangers.
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American
Lew Westcott Beck
Death Valley
Rufus
Geck
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Montana
Big Horn
Nevada
Scotty
Beck
Panamint Mountains
Rufus Less
Rejected Love Message Quotation From Boston Transcript
A fragment shows a rejected exchange where Te-Be asks for a proposal to make the man happiest, while She declines saying she seeks happiness for herself. The line references a Boston Transcript context and a quoted misattribution to Plutarch.
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Boston Transcript
Fighting a Fire in Irkutsk in Primitive Style
A vivid sketch from Siberia describes Irkutsk fire response as depicted by Richard Wright. District watchtowers and primitive engines spark amused awe as horses, torches, and water hogsheads parade to fires. A past mishap shows water wagons returning dry after a captain’s error.
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Siberia
Irkutsk
Mr. Richardson J. Wright
Troika
Maeterlinck
Father Humerous
Two Great Stars Sirius Brightest and Canopus Follows
The meridian photometer shows Sirius seven tenths of a magnitude brighter than Canopus. Canopus, visible from latitudes south of 37 degrees, never rises above the south horizon at 87 degrees north. At 84 degrees 17 minutes, Canopus rises about 3 degrees above the Pacific. It has no measurable parallax, proving the earth’s orbit diameter is beyond detectability.
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Sirius
Canopus
Pacific
Edgar Lucien Larkin
New York American
Uncle Sam origin traced to U S initials
A reader asks how Uncle Sam began as the national figure. The simple explanation is that Uncle Sam is a popular expansion of the letters U S. Albert Matthews argued this in a forty-five page monograph and traced the term back to 1813, with James Fenimore Cooper referencing the initials in The Prairie in 1827.
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Uncle Sam
U. S
Albert Matthews
James Fenimore Cooper
United States
New York Post
Right to the Point on Turf Theft Near Rail Line
A resident obtained permission to remove turf during track excavation on a railway line. The section foreman reported that the man who wanted the earth has got it. The brief exchange notes a busy husband and a caller who could not see him at first due to his feet.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tramp and Woman Debate Fate Amid Wandering Dialog
Dialogue fragments show a tramp and a woman arguing over love and marriage. The tramp laments unrequited affection and becoming a wanderer while the woman derides a suitor as a poor chap. A friend out in Se road notes a different feller. A Cromwell quote closes the excerpt about striking while iron is hot.
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Prck
Spirit of the Air in the Flying Bird Symbolism
The passage extols the bird as a vessel of air spirit, breathing and shining with cloud color, its wings conveying windlike force and voice. It links the bird to divine inspiration, Athena, and Ruskin as a symbol of divine help across centuries, the dove-like messenger descending as fire and speech.
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Athena
Tuto
John Ruskin
Rembrandt An Easy Mark for Reckless Speculators
The Philadelphia Ledger reports that Rembrandt was ruined by speculative ventures rather than jewelry desires. Investigations reveal heavy losses in business and ship dealings during 1640 to 1660, with debts leading to seizure of art and bankruptcy.
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Remig Dt
Devomtents
Municipaity
Amsterdam
Philadelphia Ledger
Origin of Iron Duke explained by ship nickname
The Iron Duke nickname for Wellington arose after a Mersey steamship named Duke of Wellington earned the moniker. His biographer Sir Herbert Maxwell cites this ship origin as the easy transition from duke to Iron Duke, reflecting Wellington’s resolve and energy.
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Wellington
Waterloo
Mersey
Duke of Wellington
Sir Herbert Maxwell
London Chronicle
Power of Desire and a Coin Toss Verdict
A discussion on Lincoln reading limited early in life yet mastering clear expression underscores the power of desire. The piece cites a Kansas City Journal quip about a legal dispute where a jury reportedly settled the matter by tossing a coin after expensive litigation.
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Kansas City Journal
What She Lacked and Smoke Nuisance Snippets
Wigg Il believes Preurich has the best of every thing except manners. Willie Paw asks about the smoke nuisance. Paw answers that the fellow always borrowing watches is the nuisance. Remarks appear in Philadelphia Record and Cincinnati Enquirer snippets.
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Wigg-Il
Preurich
Philadelphia
Willie-Paw
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Land OF
Ile
Robert Louis Stevenson
Plutarch
Oliver Cromwell
Spirit OF the
Rembrandt
Abaham Lincoln
Washington
Lincoln
Malaga
E.C. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Lititz Ind
Vienna
Prof. Fuchs
Philada
Walnut St
Lancaster
Penna
R. R. Depot
Albert Blair
M.E. Fry
Lititz
Poweber A Bey Jina
Rile
L. B
Herr & Son
North Queen St. Lancaster, PA
Samuel Blanc
Parkside
Geo. L. Keath
Justice of the Peace
Brunnerville
Men’s Packard
W. M. Grube
The
Shoeman
East Main St
Lititz, Pa
J.paul Robbuck
N. Dukmn Street
H. Yodur, M.D
Main Sa
Lirrrz
Bell
James C
Brdad St., Lititz, Pa
Orrick
M. Ind
Alonzo Long
Broad Street
Warren
Buch
E. Grant
S. C. Hassler
Aticyion
Rew
Liper Sre
S. Young
Pisnus Ant Organs
Fe, Schnerer
South Spruce St
Lititz PA
Stephen B. Kissinger
W. Marion St
East Main Street
Sturgis
John H. Tshudy
Ritchie
Wagaman Bros
Broad ST
W. D. Fichthorn
Isaac Sarah
Penryn
Ind
Administrator's Sale
Orphans’ Court of
Lancaster County
Williama M. Young
Warwick Township
Lititz Creek
Rothsvile Mills
Millport Dam
Rothsville
Dr. Ferches
Emiline Eshinnan
Simaon Hostetter
Deccased
Barbara Ritter
Isaiah Boeh
Frederick and Catharine Sammet
Mary Fry
Maria Buehtal
Kramle
Clayton &. Young
Young
Charles I. Landim
Aaron J. Tabsiler
Court of Common Pleas
County of Lancasier
Oyer and Terminer
County of
iQuarster
City of Lancaster
Pennsylvania
City of
A. D
Milton Pry
Sheritt
John D. Bair
John BD. Bair
John D. Bear
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