Excavation to start on buried city Herculaneum
Rome reports the Italian government will begin digging at once with national funds and input from eminent foreign archaeologists. An international supervisorial committee proposed by Prof. Waldstein of Cambridge is rejected. Herculaneum lies five miles from Naples beneath modern villages and volcanic debris, with Pompeii providing a benchmark for Roman life 1800 years ago.
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Millionaire's six fancy hens stolen from show
Greenwich maker Manning Maxwell Moore bought six $30 fancy hens at a Madison Square poultry show. Sheriff William E. Ritch tracked the thief two miles to Polish farmer John Volgoz, who confessed after evidence showed the fowls fed on corn and wheat. If convicted, Ritch may claim a $50 Connecticut chicken thief reward.
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New York Family Names Darling Seeks for 27th Child
Oscar L. Darling of Amityville New York advertises for help naming his twenty seventh child. He is 64 and has the largest brood in the state. The mother, stepmother to 12 living, quips that no one can name all the children. The christening is postponed until a suitable name is found.
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Proving Earth Revolves At Columbia University
Visual proof of earth's rotation planned at Columbia in February by Professors Harold Jacoby and H A Mitchell. Following Foucault's 1851 Paris experiment, a long pendulum will show the plane of oscillation shifts with Earth's rotation, using a piano wire pendulum from St. Paul's chapel dome.
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A Heroic Cure of Smoking Between Paul and Margaret
In a humorous tale a couple seeks to cure Paul's tobacco habit through mutual resolve and a staged smoking lesson. Margaret fuels the plan by smoking to show its futility, then quits publicly with Paul. The ruse succeeds, and the couple remains smoke free for two years.
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Battle field scene from Lew Wallace autobiography
In Lew Wallace's account, a signal begins a slow advance, then soldiers surge forward with a fierce battle cry. Flags flap, banners wave, and dust rises as the young corn is trampled, a fearsome demonstration that underscores a guidance from Vandai philosophy about courage born from terror.
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Sheriff’s Sale Notice in Mills County Iowa 1908
By virtue of an execution from Mills District Court to me I will sell Lot 7 Block 16 Glenwood City Mills County Iowa to satisfy a judgment in favor of Bower Bros against Ella Gilleard. Sale at the west door of the Glenwood courthouse March 15 1908 between 9 AM and 4 PM. Dated Glenwood Iowa February 8 1908. L G Limilly Sheriff Mills County Por C I Dalton Deputy.
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Lo. Linuilie
Sills County
B. Dalton
Sheriff Sale Notice in Mills County Iowa 1908
Court execution directs sale of Lot 7 Block 16 Glenwood City Mills County Iowa to satisfy a judgment for 173.19 with costs. Sale at west door of Glenwood Courthouse March 15 1908 between 9 am and 4 pm, with bidding starting 10 am. Dated Glenwood February 5 1908 by Sheriff L Lingui. Also notice of divorce petition in Mills County Iowa. Dora J Hamilton must answer by April term 1908. otherwise default and decree. Dated January 16 1908.
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Butcher’s Inference
Emperor Francis Joseph rides into a village and asks a butcher for inn directions. The butcher asks if the Kaiser has been seen and the emperor boasts he has shaved him many times. The butcher realizes the monarch is the court barber in disguise.
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Mills County News Reported By The Tribune Twice Weekly
The Tribune twice a week covers Mills County news, delivering local updates as the community’s primary source of regional happenings. Readers gain access to business, events, and civic notes compiled from Mills County reports.
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