Petra the ancient city of trade and ruins in Arabia
A fragmentary reminiscence traces Petra’s glory from Roman era Arabia Petraea to decline after Rome’s power waned. It recalls rediscovery by John Lewis Burckhardt and the perilous journeys to visit Petra, once famed for wealth and carved rock tombs.
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Trajan
Petra
Arabia
Petraea
Flouriah
Rome
Lewi Thomas
Asia Magazine
Persia
India
Egypt
Palestine
Syrian
John Lewis Burckhardt
Turekhardt
Cairo
Jamshyd
Thomas Lawrence
Child Who Caused a War in Assam Returns Home
Mary Winchester, abducted as a six year old in the Assam Lushai incident, has been found alive. The Lushals urged chiefs to keep her as their leader while British officers intervened. Upon rescue and return to Elgin, he town rejoiced with a holiday, and Mary had earlier met Queen Victoria.
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Mary Winchester
Assam
Mary
Elgin
fouiHles
Morayshire
M. BP
Moray and
Nairn
House of Commons
Queen Victoria
Lushals
Manna Molecule Found In Bees Honeycomb Study
The United States Bureau of Chemistry reports discovery of melezitase, a form of sugar linked to manna in the Bible. Bees in central Pennsylvania colonies fed on it during a wet season, leading to crystallization that proved lethal to many bees as they could not digest the substance.
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United States
Federal Bureau of Chemistry
Vennsylvania
Man Leads In Enduration
A short, provocative note praising human endurance and stamina. It contrasts human resilience with animals and comments on diet air and disease. It asserts humans can surpass all horses in a 500 mile race and outlast other creatures in prolonged effort.
Remarkable Animal Exhibit of a Strange Platypus Creature
An unusual creature resembling a platypus is described as having a beaver like body and tail with duck like web feet and bill. It has teeth, no external ear, acute hearing, and eggs like a turtle. A specimen is on exhibition at the National Museum in Washington.
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Australia
Washington
Farm Notes on Crops and Land Values in 19th Century Debate
The piece discusses recent rains boosting corn and cork crops, forecasts lower corn prices around a dollar a bushel, and questions whether land values can stay high. It notes credit tightening, money stringency, and election effects, then shifts to the Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown where GC P Mars is suspended for four months for misconduct. The Board of Control cites sanitary issues and possible funding shortfalls affecting operations.
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State Board of Control
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Whitehill
GC. P. Mars
Mars
District Court
Willett
Board of
Board of Control
Imposal Bis
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Wend
Hamilton
West Side Square
Glenwood, Iowa
Fackler’s
Bly
ArIcans
Glenwood Granite Works
Illinois
Peaches
Glenwood Depot
Glenwood
A. J. Wolfe
National Giant
Carl Buch
North Side Square
Goodrich
Kemp & Evans
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