Excavation Plan for Herculaneum Begins at Once
The Italian government announces immediate excavation of Herculaneum with Italian funds and foreign expert advice. An international committee was rejected despite Prof Waldstein of Cambridge proposing oversight. The buried city lies 5 miles from Naples, 30 to 100 feet deep under lava, preserved after volcanic eruptions in AD 79 and 472, revealing Roman life and artifacts once hidden by modern Villages.
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Ronne
Herculaneum
Itallan
Waldstein
Cambridge
University
Pompeii
Naples
Mediterranean
Hens stolen at Madison Square poultry show in Connecticut
multimillionaire Manning Maxwell Moore bought six fancy hens for 30 each at Madison Square poultry show. within 12 hours they were stolen and killed. Sheriff William S. Ritch traced prints to Polish farmer John Velgoz, who confessed after feeding evidence showed the birds had whole wheat feed. If convicted, Ritch earns a 50 reward.
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Greenwich, Conn
Moore
Manning, Maxwell & Moore
Madison Square
Round Hill
Egypt
William S. Ritch
John Velgoz
Velgoz
Ritch
Volgez
Connecticut
Darling's Twenty Seventh Baby Hailed in Amityville
Oscar L. Darling of Amityville, 64, seeks a name for his twenty seventh child. The mother jokes she might name him Darling Darling as others laugh at the tally of offspring. The family is cited as the largest in the state with 16 children from the first wife, 12 living, and 12 more from the present wife, 10 living. The couple notes they may delay the christening until a fitting name is found. Visual proof earth revolves to be shown at Columbia University, where a 91 foot pendulum will be used in February to repeat Foucault’s Paris experiment from 1851.
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New York
Oscar L. Darling
Amityville
L. T
Darling
Darling Darling
Mr. Darling
Smith
Flushing
Mrs. Darling
Coumbia University
Harold Jacoby
A. Mitchel
Foucault
Paris
Pantheon
Columbia
St. Paul's Chapel
University
Paul
A Heroic Cure for Smoking Ends in Quiet Victory
A narratorial aunt recalls a couple's odd cure for tobacco, driven by Margaret's plan. Paul quits after watching Margaret imitate the habit, then pretends to relapse to convince him to stop. Margaret smokes a pipe to persuade him, but both abandon tobacco, ending with two years of sobriety and no further smoking.
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Margaret
Jane
Paul
Pie
Graphic Battle Picture in Lew Wallace Autobiography
Excerpt presents a vivid Civil War battle vision describing a bugle signal front advance and a ferocious yell. It contrasts the sunrise of courage with wolves-like cries and chaotic flags as the speaker recalls the old Vandal philosophy of courage born in terror.
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Lew Wallace
Butcher’s Inference
Emperor Francis Joseph meets a village butcher while touring. The emperor asks for directions to an inn and the butcher asks about recognizing the Kaiser. The monarch claims he has shaved him often, provoking the butcher to realize he is speaking to the court barber.
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Francis Joseph
Sheriff Sale Notice Mills County Iowa 1908
The Clerk of Iowa notes a judgment dated February 5 1908 in favor of A J Howe against Ila Gilleard for 13 21 plus costs 3 60. The sheriff will offer Lot T Block 16 Glenwood City Mills County Iowa for sale to the highest bidder in cash at the west door of the courthouse in Glenwood on March 11 1908 between 9 am and 4 pm commencing 10 am. Dated Glenwood February 5 1908. L G Linville Sheriff Mills County.
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District Court
Mills County
Towa
P Sain
Bower Bros
Etla Giffard
Iowa
Glenwood Clix
Court House
Glenwood
L. G. Lanvelle
C. E. Dalton
F. J. Wallace Lumber Co
Ella Gilleard
Glenwood City
L. G. Lingslua
Per. E. Dalton
District Court of the State of
A. J. Howe
Ila Gilleard
L. G. Linvinue
Stills County
BE. Dalton
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Mills County Tribune
W. F. Bill WN. T. Bradway Publishers
Glennwood
Glenwood Mails
Closas
W. S. Elliott
Northeast Corner Square
Buth
Glenwood, Iowa
F. M. Shriver Surgical and Mechanical Dentist
Dyar Block
Northwest Corner Square
Theo, W. Ivory
Dahl H, Otis
Ivory & Otis
Attorneys At Law
W. F. Meyers Merchant
Mickelwall Building
F. K. Meyers & Son Carpenters Contractors and Uilders
Chas. W. Rathke
Opera
North Side Square
Amos Dean
Carpenter & Contractor
A. H. Winkler & CO. Real Estate, Loan and Exchange Agts
Dean Block
P.O Glenwood
North Side Bauare
Glanwood
Singer Office
Mickelwail
The
Advo Collection Agency
F.G. Day
Hon. W. 8. Lewis
Talaphone
Milla Counnty National Bank
Glenwood State Bank
W. M. Bainb Bank
Room
Carter Block
Tore Bros
Cannon
Saigon
Tone
Jamaica
Tone Ghothers
Des Moines
Llionaire
Oscar Darling
Child
England
Haglano
Edward
Eante
Sheriffs Sale
Tribune
Lou Hmoulu
Pal
Dndor
William Benmaite
Coleman St
Lonte
Germina
Rama
Motion
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