Ancient Luxury and Art Prices in Tacitus Era Wealth
The text catalogues Nero and other Roman elites’ lavish gifts and art purchases, citing figures for jewels, paintings, statues, and large sums paid to artists. It notes aristocrats like Lollia Paulina, Pallas, M. Scaurus, Attalus, and Apelles, and asks where their vast wealth ended up, amid a focus on ancient riches.
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Nero
Lollia Paulina
Agrippina
Papp
Lollia Pallas
Aggrippina
M. Scaurus
Nicias
Attalus
Aristides
Munson
Elatus
Cesar
Timomachus
Athens
Ajax
Appelles
Alexander
Diana
Ephesus
Ptolemy
Aratus
Melanthus
Pambilus
M. Agrippa
Cyzicus
Campus Martius
Pantheon
Lucius Mummius
Greece
Bacchus
Mummius
Apelles
Isocrates
Virgil
Sophus
Vitellius
Mercury
Averni
Gaul
Zenodorus
Diademenos
Polydelitus
Tiberius
Aselius Sabinus
The Nameless Drifting Boat and Lost Hearts
A drifting boat with no oar or sail mirrors aimless lives cast on Life s stormy sea. Once a gallant craft, it drifts without harbor or purpose, its crew souls scattered by winds, longing for guidance and a steadfast anchor.
The Daring Rescue of Thomas Henry Kavanagh at Lucknow
A detailed account recalls Colonel Thomas Henry Kavanagh, a Civil Service officer, who led a risky disguise mission to guide a spy through Lucknow during the 1857 siege. He crossed the Goomtee with his guide, escaped enemy lines, reached Sir Colin Campbell, and alerted the relief force while aiding the Residency garrison. His wife was wounded, and he became a celebrated hero for his bravery and leadership in the relief.
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Thomas Henry Kavanagh
India
Cawnpore
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Kavanagh
Sir Colin Campbell
Lord Clyde
Kanoujee Lal
Alam Bagh
James Outram
Goomtee
Dilkooshah Park
Colin Campbell
9Th Lancers
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Sir Colin
Canal Opens to Navigation in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania canal is now open for navigation. The long Arctic night measures 145 days. The Ware House cook earns $1 800 annually. It is often planned to be lit by electric light. One cord of thick wood weighs 2368 pounds.
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Pennsylvania Canal
Ware House
Athens funeral rites unfold for a sixteen year old girl
In Athens a sixteen year old girl lies on an open bier carried by six youths to her grave beneath Mount Hymettus. Greek state funeral customs unfold with white lace scarves, flower garlands, banners, and a royal and church procession. King George attends with the Patriarch and bishops as a brass band plays a solemn dirge.
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Asia
Athens
Europe
America
Acropolis
Llissus
Mount Hymettus
Delegeorges
George
Tenant Removes in Part from Leased Dwellings and Fixtures
Legal guidance explains what a tenant may remove from a dwelling before lease expiration including movable fixtures, cupboards, shelves, coalbins and trade structures while noting that permanent annexations and certain gas fittings may stay with the property. A recent Marion incident details a barber shop assault by a delirious man.
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Thayer
Valley of the Jordan as agricultural paradise and Dead Sea wealth
The text envisions the Jordan valley as an immense hot house for crops including palms cotton indigo sugar rice and fruits with wide soil diversity. It highlights Dead Sea wealth via chlorate of potassium petroleum and lignites and discusses climate aiding wine oil silk and various trees. It also covers hair loss causes and historic observations on baldness linked to headgear in 1806.
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The
Jordan
Gilead
Europe
England
Dead Sea
Maxims for a virtuous life to carry in your pocket
A list of practical aphorisms advising self control honesty and temperance. It urges keeping good company speaking truthfully avoiding debt and intoxicants and living within income while submitting to steady work and prudent savings. The tone is admonitory and offers a weekly read of the maxims.
Eden Oasis in the Mountains Beyond the Sea
A travelogue describes reaching a valley oasis called Eden at about 5000 feet, rich with vineyards, fruit, and old walnut trees. Arabs crowd the camp in curiosity while visitors, including two women, share demonstrations of watches, gloves, and a repeater, amid sunset views and lively reception.
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Eden
Eve
Asiam
Mrs. E
Halil
Actress Wed By Planter Overstage Romance
A famous actress visiting Louisville aroused a planter's long aversion to marriage. He proposed, she asked for ten more years on stage and tobacco habits, leading to a comic exchange. He balked at leaving the stage, demanded his tobacco, and departed after the talk. The actress never saw him again.
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Louisville
Veracius
Wells of Oldwuidon and London Wells Lose Favor Over Time
The piece notes the decline in reputations of holy wells including St. Bride's Well and the public drain of its water. It recalls a June 19, 1821 rush to bottle water at Westminster before the coronation of George IV and says wells faded from rustic life yet linger in place names like Tideswell and Bakewell.
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London
St. Bride’s
St. Bride’s Well
St. Bride’s Parish
George the Fourth
Westminster
England
Tideswell
Bakewell
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