Vast Potomac flood reveals ancient on island burial site
In Hampshire County an island of about forty acres yielded 300 to 400 bleached skeletons after a flood. Skeletons lay on their left sides with crude bowls and arrowheads nearby. Many individuals reached six to seven feet. some shows copper bands on wrists and ankles. P D Turley reported the find and placed beads and artifacts on display at Moorefield.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Hampshire County
Romney
P. D. Turley
Moorefield
Castoria Slogan Refers to a Familiar Remedy Advertising Line
The text presents an old advertising jingle about Castoria used for babies children and mothers. It traces usage from infancy through motherhood and mentions giving Castoria to children. The line emphasizes repeated branding across life stages.
The Numerals and Their Finger Root Meanings
The article traces Roman numerals from I to IIII for four and argues V arises from a hand symbol. It offers a theory that X represents ten as a pair of man figures with outstretched limbs, noting a possible Indian counting influence and the evolution of hieroglyphics. It ends with an ad note for Downs' Elixir and a sale line for Federares and D. S. Kauffman.
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D. S. Kauffman
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