New Egyptian Papyrus Links Khabbasha to 341 B C Reign
Toledo museum donor presents a papyrus marriage contract now identified as dating the Egyptian pharaoh Khabbasha to 341 B C. It confirms women held high status, supports Diodorus on Samed influence, and shows wives could reclaim part of the dower and limit the husband’s share on separation. Also noted are a Civil War era wedding clothes suit and a tiny candlepower sighting test.
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Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art
H. D. Libbey
Nile
Egypt
Khabbasha
Toledo Museum
University of Strassburg
Germany
Khabuasha
Diodorus
Leap Year Drama Hits Williamsburg Man Haters Club
Old Maids of Williamsburg face internal strife as a rival opposition forms over a prize for best marriage proposal to a young man. The Man Haters club, with officers including an orator and secretary, plans an annual election next month likely to ignite fights over rules that ban male contact outside business and impose letter inspections.
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New York
Williamsburg
Fin ds Lake of Gold in Alaska Tale
Seattle resident J C Hoster returns from Alaska with a claimed lake of gold. He exhibits a pouch of nuggets valued over 15000 and describes an Indian guide who aided him after a murder, leading to a lake where countless nuggets are worshiped and dropped back into the water. He says the Indians call the lake the Lake of Gold.
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Seattle, Wash
J. C. Hoster
Alaska
Hoster
Gellingham
Babies Born With Teeth Shock Massillon Family
In Massillon Ohio a baby named John Girard Dolfen arrived with a fully developed infant tooth, an inferior incisor, shortly after birth. The tale follows siblings Beatrice with a molar, Andrew with two teeth, and four others who appeared toothless for months, a belief the family ties to future good fortune.
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Massilon
John Girard Dolfen
Andrew Dolfen
John Girard
Beatrice
Andrew
Dolfens
Philippine archipelago island counts differ in surveys
The text notes that Spanish charts counted about 1,200 islands while American surveys, due after ten years, indicate about 3,000 islands. It claims Spanish charts were found to have remarkable inaccuracies by American surveyors.
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San Fracuon
Vuno de Bam
Philippine Islands
Pace That Kills: Alarming Heart Death Toll Reported in New York
New York health observers report record heart disease deaths for 1907 with 164 in the week ending December 14 and a yearly total of 65,557. Experts attribute the rise to modern city life, stress, and lack of joy, urging public judgment on lifestyle factors.
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New York
New York City
George F. Shrady
Abraham Hummel
Blackwell's Island
Beverly Robinson
Thomas Darlington
Plaza
Central Park
Plaza Hotel
Atte
Strange Case of Paralysis at Lincoln Hospital
Edith Wardrop an 18 year old from New York lies speechless at Lincoln hospital. Doctors cannot determine cause. She cannot recognize friends or retain nourishment. Fire engine sighting with Adrian La Roche preceded the episode, possible shock triggering nervous suspension. Also from Kansas City a nine year old, Albert Mathey, saves 800 pennies for a violin valued at eight dollars, dreaming of becoming an artist.
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New York
Edith Wardrop
Lincoln Hospital
Adrian la Roche
la Roche
Edith
Baves
Kansas City
Jenkins Gons Music Company
Albert Mathey
Dalrymas
Yale Receives Prehistoric Elephant Head Models
The British museum has sent Yale universitys Peabody Museum a fine collection of heads of prehistoric elephants. They form part of a series tracing the evolution of the elephant race back to the age before the trunk developed.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
British Museum
Peabody Museum
Yale University
No Rent For 4 998 Months Naples League Stages Prolonged Rent Strike
In Naples a 2,000 member Householders League stops rent payments to press for lower rents. Landlords fail to eject as police refuse. Civil court hearings are postponed repeatedly by members arriving to defend, then leaving, delaying the case for months while rents remain unpaid.
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Naples
League
Rand Lett Bachelors Club Faces Mail Fraud Charge
Federal authorities plan to charge the Rand lett Bachelors' club of Randlett Oklahoma with unlawful use of the mails for writing to eastern girls under fictitious names. Dozens of young women came to Temple seeking husbands after letters and photos claimed romance. Lele Bamberger of Chicago spent four days seeking her alleged fiancé as funds were raised to return her home. The case, led by US Commissioner Bland ing and District Attorney Embry, aims to prosecute the men whose real names are believed known.
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Chicago
United States
Blanding
Lawton
Embry
Guthrie
Mamet
Cleveland Man Plans Germany Trip Over 1867 Deed
George J. Klein of Cleveland visited Rev. Father Mizer in Carey with a parchment deed dated 1867 written in old German text. The document, centuries old, nearly intact, was part of an estate Klein recently inherited and he intends to travel to Germany to claim it.
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Cleveland
Germany
Findlay
George J. Klein
Carey
Father Mizer
Our Lady of Consolation Church
Christopher Columbus
America
Klein
Hires Divorced Wife as Housekeeper in Lake Placid
Henry Jewtraw of Lake Placid divorced his wife and then hired her as housekeeper. The couple’s age gap and tension followed a heated dispute during court. he offered a match of wages and housekeeping duties, and the children remain content as the narrative says.
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Albany
N. Y
Henry Jewtraw
Lake Placid
Jewtraw
Maramac Lake
Eliabethtown
Jentraw
Shakespeare Works Sold at London Auction
London auction sold Lord Howe's collection of early Shakespeare editions including first folios. The top price reached 23,086 for a folio while fourteen early editions were sold privately before the sale, reportedly bought for America.
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London
Lord Howe
Shakespeare
America
De Armond Williams Clash Shocks Washington
David A. De Armond, Missouri representative, confronted John Sharp Williams on the House floor, calling him a liar. The exchange escalated into a brief physical altercation, challenging appearances versus reality in this tense moment.
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Washington
David A. de Armond
Congress
Missouri
David DeArmond
John Sharp Williams
Army seeks dirigible balloon specs for signal service use
Gen. Allen announces elaborate airship requirements for the army’s signal service. The silk gas bag must hold two people plus ballast, reach 20 mph in still air or adjust to 16 to 24 mph at cost, and fly two hours at 70 percent of trial speed. Government provides gas bag silk and an aluminum-coated, gas-tight finish to reduce hydrogen loss.
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Army
Signal Service
War Department
Allen
ArmyCanteen Abolition Hurts Recruitment And Supply
Captain Hagood reports the abolition of the army canteen has hindered United States recruiting and supply, noting severe post-wide manpower shortages. He cites small unit strengths, retrenchments in allowances, higher travel costs, and difficulty filling West Point vacancies as factors driving soldiers to seek other nations’ services and pay.
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United States Army
Army
Navy
Johnson Hagood
Coast Artillery Service
Uncle Sam
Fort Niagara
Hagood
Great Britain
United States
West Point
Why Candler Was Turned Down
A Mississippi Democrat, Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr., sought a seat on the agricultural committee. Speaker Cannon denied the bid, preferring to grant him territories instead, amid friction over Tombigbee river funding and committee balance. The episode highlights Cannon's cautious approach to Democratic requests this term.
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House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon
Ezekiel Samuel Candler, Jr
Mississippi
Itiwamba
Noxubee
Oktibbeha
Tishamingo
Ezekiel Samuel
Candler
John Allen
Tupelo
Agricultural Department
Cannon
Agricultural Committee
Sipplan
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Oklahoma
New York State
Man Golves
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de Armond
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