Ancient Nile villagers found in early Egypt excavations
Relics from a 14 thousand year old Nile valley culture on display at University College London include beads ivory spoons fine pottery and dolls. Finds from Badari and Fayum show hunter growers with bread and corn in tombs and evidence of linen making limited social hierarchy and early leather work objects like alabaster beads and shell adornments.
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Valley of the Nile
University College
London
British School of Archeology
Egypt
Badari
Fayum
Caton-Thompson
Nile Valley
Red Sea
Japan in Silhouette: train travel and station life
Observations of riding a Japanese railway train describe speeds from 10 to 15 mph, or double that for express. Passengers wear stockings, men stretch out, women sit in remaining spaces. At each stop lunch boxes with rice, shredded fish and lotus root, plus tea pots and fruit are served, while the car floor evokes a neglected alley.
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Japan
Trowbridge Hall
They All Spring From The People Says Publisher
A New York publisher discusses popular English novelists H G Wells Arnold Bennett D H Lawrence and Frank Swinnerton noting they speak like the people when excited and lose themselves. He recalls a Times office voice with a Scot’s party request asking where to hire a piper.
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New York
H. G. Wells
Arnold Bennett
D. H. Lawrence
Frank Swinnerton
London Times
Times
Versatile Elsie Mackay Joins British Air League Advisory
Hon. Elsie Mackay daughter of Lord Inchcape and a licensed aviatrix since 1922 joins the British Air League advisory committee. The England aristocrat once acted under the name Poppy Wyndham and has designed interiors for ships in her father’s company fleet.
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England
Elsie Mackay
British Air League
Miss Mackay
Lord Inchcape
Poppy Wyndham
A Salt-Of-The-Earth Boarding House Portrait
A former vibrant woman keeps a boarding house while a friend notes the heavy chores. She explains that her daughter Anna assists by making the salads, revealing modest domestic life and family labor on a tiring day.
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Anna
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Laws movement gains traction
Organized women led by Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman press for a federal amendment and uniform national marriage and divorce laws. Mrs. Edward Franklin White cites state law divergence creating bigamy and evasion, urging Congress to standardize eligibility, grounds for divorce and alimony.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Washington
Mra
Edward Franklin White
Indianapolis
Congress
United States
White
Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
General Federation of Women's Cluba
The
General Federation
White House
Coolidge
Sherman
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
Senate
House
PLC
Kate Trenholm Abrams
Department of Legislation
Florence C. Floore
Cleburne
Texas
Gilbert F. Davis
Windsor
W. Gibson
Florence M. Dibert
Johnstown
Robert J. Burdette
Los Angeles
Department of International Relations
Henry A. Slayton
Norrisville
Aaron Schloss
Berkeley
Cal
Capper
Bar Associations
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Georgia
George M. Napier
Sanctuary as Retreat and Call to Action
A Philadelphia Public Ledger excerpt reflects on sanctuary in nature and work life. It argues that escape to forests, rivers, and mountains renews energy for public duty and fruitful effort, insisting thinking must yield action for others.
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Kipling
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Tune History Traces He Is a Jolly Good Fellow
The article recounts the tune He is a Jolly Good Fellow evolving from Arab origins in Palestine to popular use in France by 1566, later satirical lyrics linked to Malplaquet, Beethoven’s Battle Symphony, and adoption by English, Hawaiian, and other audiences as a favorite air noted by the Chicago Journal.
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Palestine
France
Duc de Guise
Malplaquet
Malbrooks
Beethoven
England
Prince of Wales
Montevideo
Hawaii
Chicago Journal
Cooking by Exhaust Device Lets Motor Heat Cook Meals
A Columbus mechanic invents a device using the exhaust pipe to cook camp meals. A petcock closes the exhaust, a pipe joins the manifold to a circular burner with ribs to steady heat. Ribs on pots and pans maximize heat for outdoor cooking when the engine idles.
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Columbus
Ohio
Scientific American
Was He Yes The Prosecution Questioned Mose on Prior Convictions
The prosecuting attorney asked Mose if he had any prior convictions or acquittals. Mose answered no but admitted he once heard the judge say go on along and was picked up again, implying a past criminal case.
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Mose
Potatoes Bug Ordinance Provokes Town Officials
In Petunia, Topheavy’s marshal questions a new city ordinance on muzzling and curbing potato bugs. Constable Sam T. Slack defends enforcement as a measure against bugs that threaten ladies’ gowns, highlighting local fraternal humor.
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Slack
Topheavy
Sam T. Slackputter
Petunia
Kansas City Star
Poetesses Advocate Idealism Over Drab Life
Greenwich village tea scene features Mrs. John Barrymore defending idealism in poetry and art against realism. She urges romance and beauty as life’s true worth, noting life itself is horribly drab and uneventful. She quips that in life nothing ever comes off except buttons.
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Michael Strange
John Barrymore
Greenwich Village
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Senator Capper
Dickissod
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