The Curious Dead Sea Traveler Experiments and Observations
A writer visits the Dead Sea, tests buoyancy, endures burning saline water, notes high salt content and lack of fish, and recalls Herod’s use of sulfur springs. He profiles Sheik Rashed, a brave local escort, and recounts Bedouin encounters and the practice of paying guards for protection during transit.
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Dead Sea
Mr. Floyd
Jericho
Jordan
Herod the Great
Sodom and
Gomorrah
Jordan Valley
Jordan Country
Kansas City Journal
Sheik Rashed
Earthquake Etiquette On A Roof Between Brigadier And Mackenzie
A tremor disrupts a rooftop rendezvous as Brigadier Shelton quarrels with officers and Mackenzie leads to safety. Shelton later seeks to rebuke Mackenzie for leaving first, but Mackenzie retorts that it is now fashionable to descend first after an earthquake learned in Manila.
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Brigadier Shelton
Mackenzie
Brigadier
Manila
This is America where merit shapes life and justice
The passage extols a vision where letterless workers rise as merchants and laborers become landlords. It champions merit over caste, praising a system where opportunity and right prevail, opposing snobbery with justice as its foundation.
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America
Mining Tale Echoes From Old Burlington
A tourist asks how long a miner has worked the country. The native replies since 1868 and notes he struck bottom in the first year, then stayed there, asking for a grub stake. The exchange captures frontier wit and enduring hardship in a bygone mining era.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Madagascar as a magnetic island claim by Halley
Mons Halley a naval lieutenant stationed at Madagascar says the soil contains much iron and that approaching the island causes compass variations. He suggests Madagascar may be an enormous magnet. Rev Kirkus warns against misquoting a man’s words.
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Mons. Halley
Madagascar
Ericsson's Sun Engine Shown as Useful Power Source
A brief note states Ericsson unveils a sun powered engine promising use where wood and coal fail. The mention hints at potential in harsh or limited fuel environments. The text also poses a question about snoring and sleep order, reflecting light humorous content alongside the technical nod.
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Chicago
Ericsson
The Young Man of the World
A sharp portrait of the city smart young man from a large town posing as cosmopolitan. He overspends, flaunts wealth, and boasts access to celebrities, but ends up broke. After seven years of snubs he may settle into true cosmopolitan polish.
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Chicago News
The Fresh Young Chicks and a June Bug Duel
Two young chicks promenade the garden seeking a free lunch. They spot a June bug and attack it. the larger chick claims ancestry from Puritan stock while the smaller chick mocks wealth as the basis of status. Moran notes the winning aristocracy is wealth.
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Plymouth Rock
Moran
Mono-Poets Debate in Texas Siftings Muse
The writer muses on Mono-Poets who compose a single line of verse and die, contrasting them with the prolific block of poets who flood editors with new effusions. The piece ponders why such scarce one-off poets exist and why many keep sending verses after a single ode.
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Texas
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