What’s in a Name
A man named John Smith from New York, a plumber’s helper, is mistaken for another John Smith at a hospital. He is kept for an unnecessary operation after doctors misidentify him, then escapes when they realize the mix up. The tale highlights how common names can cause dangerous mix ups in care.
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Bill Shakespeare
Bill
John T. Smith
Ozone Park
N. Y
John Smith
John
John Smiths
Old England
Europe
Eagle Steals Infant Then Settles on Hill
A riverbank scene in Amassia South Antolia ends with a mother’s scream as an eagle snatches her month-old baby. Villagers climb the hill and recover the unharmed child. The bird reportedly spared the infant after taking a liking to salt beef and garlic wrapped in the clothing.
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Amassia
Antolia
Danish Royal Lotteries and State Profits Over Time
The Royal Class Lottery was founded in 1753 and is government controlled with profits entering the exchequer. State-run lotteries include Landbrugslotteriet (1907) and Almindeligt Dansk Vare-og Industrietlteri (1886) whose profits support institutions and humanitarian and cultural causes.
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Landbrugslotteriet
Almindeligt Dansk Vare-og Industriletteri
Jadwiga Jadrejowska Defeats Alice Marble in Rye Final
The Polish star Jadwiga Jadrejowska wins the Rye New York final against American champion Alice Marble. The report credits Jadrejowska’s skill and power as decisive factors and notes her stamina and aggressive pace in late moments of the match.
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Jadwiga Jadrejowska
Alice Marble
Rye
N. Y
Jadwiga
Petra Rediscovered Open to Travelers After Centuries
National Geographic reports Petra in Jordan, the rose red city carved from rock, now accessible via Ma’an routes. Visitors travel by rail, road, or air through Es Siq to the Siq gateway and the Great High Place, amid Bedouin guards and ancient tombs.
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Old Petra
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Etra
Dead Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Mount
Seir
Old
Esh Shera
Horites
Hori
Abraham
Chedor- Jaomer
Petra
Arabian Peninsula
Africa
Arabia
India
Nile
Palestine
Phoenicia
Euphrates-Tigris Valley
Rome
John Lewis Bruckhardt
Burckhardt
Jerusalem
Mecca
Damascus
Medina
Ma’an
Ma‘an
Elji
Ain Musa
Wadi Musa
Wadi el Araba
Wadi Es Siyagh
Bab Es Siq
Bab Es Sig
Mont Seir
Esau
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Adventurers’ Club
Floyd Gibbons
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Shanghai
James Mattern
California
Alaska
Robert Ballard
White Plains
Felix Doran
Akron
Ohio
Robert
Erin
John’ Cudahy
Irish Free State
Manhattan
Poland
Shirley Hanover
Goshen
Twilight Song
Lawrence Sheppard
Red City
Port Said
Judah
Suez
Selaj
Gulf of
Esh
Aise Aan
Varak el Araba
ElRerak
Aqaba
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