Mystery of the Great Pyramid Revealed by American Adventurer
Don Covington has pushed into Khufu Cheops Pyramid at Gizeh uncovering passages and a buried chamber. The explorer cleared debris and found air currents drop temperatures, with hopes to reveal upper channel ends while noting the white limestone sheath once covered the structure.
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Khufu
Cairo
Napoleon
Don Covington
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Egypt
Christ
Mr. Covington
America
Mamoun
King’s Chamber
Great Pyramid
Gaston Maspero
Great Cheops
Ma Covington
Weyman Dixon
Martirese
Chephren
Covingston
Grand Gallery
Gizeh
Kansas Loses Poet Laureate Eugene Ware “Ironquill”
Fort Scott Kansas mourns the death of Eugene F Ware known as Ironquill a harness maker turned lawyer and poet who hid his verse to win legal work. He served as pension commissioner after a Civil War stint and had ties to Roosevelt. He leaves a widow a son and three daughters.
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Fort Scott
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Kansas
Eugene F. Ware
Colorado
Ware
Ironquill
Topeka
Washington
Kansas City
Sungold
Cascade
Seventh
Iowa Cavalry
Captain Ware
Burlington
The
Hawkeye
Bob” Burdette
Hartford
Conn
Jeanette B. Huntington
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Eugene F. Ware, Jr
Abbie Neiss
New York
8. R. Nelson
Amelia Ware
Forward Look at Five Day Atlantic Service
The writer anticipates a future where steamships offer a five day voyage from European ports and passengers without New York stops reach western destinations quickly. Railroads would then build needed lines across Long Island to handle passengers landing at Montauk Point.
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New York
Long Island
Montauk Point
German court case nets Berlin merchant nine hundred dollars
A Berlin merchant sued to recover a five cent postage stamp value and paid over $900 after legal costs in a German court case. The opponent had failed to provide an address, prompting the suit and the absurd outcome.
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Berlin
Ownership of a Watermelon Across a County Line
In Missouri a feud over a single seed planted on one farm and grown through a rail fence to the other side led two farmers to sue for ownership. The fence on a county line raised jurisdiction issues, and the case bankrupted both farmers without a decision.
Open air school experiment for young city children
Buffardt has long operated vacation and abnormal-child schools and now opens an open-air school in a Delaware park for five to ten year olds who need fresh air and good surroundings.
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Buffartd
Delaware Park
Pens of Olden Times
Confucius used a hair brush for a pen and ancestors for centuries before his time. The reed came into use in marshy Orient countries, hollow and cut in short lengths with sharpened ends, and was some improvement on the hair pen.
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Confucius
Orient
New School Opens With 36 Pupils In Park Setting
First day enrollment reaches 36 as children spend the day at the park under supervision. Not much classwork is attempted yet while the school operates with maintenance funds from public subscription. Alder Men authorize Superintendent Emerson to provide books and necessities. school run by Teachers' Educational League.
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Emerson
Teachers’ Educational League
Unanimous Tendencies in Everyday Car Stops
A Harlem sociologist argues people share similar behavior in transit, suggesting men often step off a car in the same wrong direction. He asserts broad agreement in such simple actions, highlighting near unanimity in everyday choices.
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Harlem
Quote on freedom and power from Doctor Eliot
The remark notes that not all men share freedom and equality, yet some with undershot jaws and cold eyes claim authority and escape scrutiny. It reflects a sharp view of personality and influence.
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Eliot
SNAKES SOLD FOR LIVING BY A MEXICAN IN SAN ANTONIO
A Mexican snakes trader in San Antonio captures rattlers for sale to dealers on West Commerce Street. He pays 29 cents per pound for choice rattlers. He uses a forked stick to capture old snakes and grabs young ones by hand before placing them in sacks.
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San Antonio
Texas
Commerce Street
Temple Bar Restoration Aims Stir London Interest
Londoners debate restoring Temple Bar once at Fleet Street now on Lady Meux estate after 1870 Wren rebuild. Proposals consider re erecting it at Epping Forest or nearer central London to preserve historic memory of highwaymen routes and past city life.
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London
Temple Bar
Lady Meux
Fleet Street
Sir Henry Meux
Theobald
Epping Forest
Teeth and Baldness Link Warns in Paris Study
Paris report cites Dr. Lucien Jacquet stating a strong link between dental health and baldness. He asserts about one-fourth of premature baldness cases originate from dental problems.
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Paris
France
Lucien Jacquet
Hunter Traps Water Moccasins in Stream With Noose
A hunter wades the stream armed with a noose to pull moccasins from the water as they swim by. He catches smaller snakes with his hands like he does with small rattlers.
Mummy Wheat Swindle Hits Missouri and Kansas Farmers
Western Missouri and eastern Kansas farmers were swindled by men selling so called mummy wheat from old tombs. They claimed tiny quantities would yield huge harvests and seed large areas. The wheat proved to be an ordinary variety with no yield advantage.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
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