Queen of Sheba in Solomon Legend Scrutinized
The article traces the Sheba story from North Arabian Jews to Arabs and Ethiopians, noting it is legendary not historical. It discusses how post Biblical writers added fanciful details and how various riddles and mediating tales appeared in Targums and Midrash.
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Queen of
Sheba
North Arabia
Mohammed
South Arabia
Acros
Red Sea
Abyssinia
Havling
Solomon
Jerusalem
Arabia
Yemen
Arabia Felix
Saba
Kings
David
Israel
Moorcock
Garden of Eden
Shebe
Pittsburg Dispatch
Seattle's War on Rats: Storefronts Brace for Compliance
Dr. S J Fowler reports arrests in Seattle of food dealers who failed to ratproof premises under a new ordinance. Police informed market men grocers and dealers to fortify businesses or face arrest as the rodent campaign aims to curb sustenance sources for rats and ease extermination. Tens of thousands of rats have been slain as fear of bubonic plague in San Francisco prompted stricter measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
S. J. Fowler
Washington
San Francisco
When to Wear Good Clothes
An anecdotal quip from the La mar Democrat advises that people should wear their best items when financially strained or successful, arguing appearances signal status. The humor notes a wolf’s distress triggers the pack to pounce, illustrating social perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
Revere Watch Found in Malden Man's Possession
A likely original Paul Revere timepiece, passed through generations since 1833, now owned by Malden musician Frederick Lincoln Crane. The watch, in an eighteen carat gold case numbered 24659, keeps good time and carries the initials S H C from Mrs Susan Hooker Dwight Crane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Revere
Patriot Courier
Lexington
Malden
Frederick Lincoln Crane
Susan Hooker Dwight Crane
Joseph Revere
Col
Frederick W. Lincoln
Canton
Boston
Col. Lincoln
Paul
Phineas Miller Crane
Damon
Pythias
Dr. Crane
Elijah Crane
New England
Harvard College
Harvard Medical School
Susan Dwight
Revere
Dwight
New York Herald
Bones and Minstrel Nostalgia in a Local Talk
A speaker recalls the old bone playing craze from minstrel days. He describes bone construction from ribs, practice habits, and the cultural shift away from bones as entertainment. He laments modern disinterest and notes many locals never pursued the minstrel dream.
Traveler Finds Arkansas Cabin Hospitality Fast and Loose
A weary traveler seeks shelter in an Arkansas log cabin and negotiates a night’s stay with a drunken couple. A hog beds down on the shared bed as the man refuses to sleep with a stranger, ending the encounter with a terse farewell and a rebuke about pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hfe
Arkansas
Hoss
Senator Gallinger Delivers A Vivisection Analogy
At a hearing on the anti vivisection bill Senator Gallinger told a marine anecdote about a captain and a mate and their plums in plum duff to illustrate animals seeking only mere justice. He argued animals cannot secure best of a bargain, only justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallinger
Joe
Austria Seeks Transport of Convicts to Remove Prison Labor Competition
Austrian manufacturers press for government action to move convicts across the sea to eliminate the threat posed by cheap prison-labor products. The move targets reducing domestic competition from prison-made goods and boosting local industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Reed's Method of Work Delays Tasks for Light Literature
The article describes Reed's habit of postponing assignments to the last moment to read fiction and prepare for a program or article. He relies on late bursts of energy, earning a place on a commencement program and becoming known for his work in parliamentary law and oratory, including later standard texts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Phonetic Spelling Mystery At Turner Hotel
A hotel clerk quizzes Turner about his dramatic signature Phtholognyrrh and Turner explains the letters spell Turner in English sounds. The clerk jokes that most guests do not register phonetically, leaving Turner amused by the guessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Charity Richly Rewarded for Paducah Ice Wagon Driver
Henry Douglas of Paducah Kentucky an ice wagon driver learned a man he helped two years earlier left him five thousand dollars in life insurance proceeds Douglas had been named beneficiary by James Holman a Philippine War soldier who died in a Manila hospital Holman had recalled Greasy Jims earlier help and named Douglas as his next friend and beneficiary
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Henry Douglas
Paducah
Jim
Douglas
James Holman
Philippines
Manila
Greasy Jim
Holman
The French Academy and Its Prestige
The French Academy is the premier body within the Institute of France. Founded in 1635 by Richelieu and reorganized in 1816, it has forty life members chosen by the existing fellows. It meets at Mazarin Palace in Paris and governs French language, grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and the publication of classics. The secretary holds a life-tenured post, and securing a chair is a notable ambition for many French writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy
Institute of
France
Richelieu
Mazarin
Quia Conti
Paris
Academy
Tidal Power Tunnel Proposed at Pelorus Sound
A New Zealand project seeks to harness Pelorus Sound tides by tunneling across a narrow neck to generate electricity. The plan, backed by a local company with 375000 capital, would span eighty eight feet and potentially tap 50000 acres of tidal water.
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Hikurakii
New Zealand
Pelorus Sound
Let Him That Would Move The World Move Himself Quote
A compact maxim attributed to Socrates urging self-mastery before attempting grand deeds. The fragment emphasizes personal discipline as prerequisite for broader impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socrates
Prominent people and their varied pursuits noted
King Alfonso takes up polo while the Archbishop of Canterbury excels at chess. Henry Clews speaks on finance as Nelson’s memory is invoked by Hardy’s lineage. Lawler dies in Rockford. Sanders donates 75000 for Vas sar College. Venebal dies in Hopkinsville. London sails from the South Seas awaiting the Snark repairs. Bebel to visit the U S. Rossier studies American education. Carnegie pledges 200000 to Berea. With Tuskegee gift, this is his largest Southern education donation.
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Alfonso
Spain
Canterbury
England
Henry Clews
Thomas Hardy
Hardy
Nelson
Kissime
T. G. Lawler
Rockford
Ill
Henry M. Sanders
New York
Vassar College
John W. Venebal
The
Odd Fellows
United States
Hopkinsville
Jack London
San Francisco
South Seas
Papeete
Mr. Carnegie
Southern Education
Feminine news notes from around the world
A roundup of social and political items: Mrs. George B. McClellan praised in Nice. sympathy sent to Queen Amelie of Portugal. over 6000 women serve in the Russian Secret Service with salaries up to £2000. Mme Anna Gould may sell Paris property and return to New York. Lansing votes down woman suffrage 47 to 34. Annie Lynam receives £0000 under her uncle’s will. Mrs. Burton Harrison returns to Washington, D. C. Catherine Comer marries W. Morley Buck in Birmingham. Phoebe Cousins calls prohibition a fraud. Lenore Birnbohm begins social settlement work. Helen B. Flack in bail after stock gambling theft. Lady Rosemary Cairns named handsomest young London socialite, daughter of the late Earl of Cairns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. McClellan
New York City
Nice
Italy
Amelie
Portugal
Europe
Secret Service
Gil Blas
Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
New York
Lansing
Mich
Annie Lynam
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Burton Harrison
Washington, D. C
Birmingham
Ala
Catherine Comer
B. B. Comer
W. Morely Buck
Port Dover
Canada
Phoebe Cousins
Senate
Washington
Lenore Birnbohm
Camille Birnbohm
Helen B. Flack
Rosemary Cairns
London
Arthur William
Earl of Cairns
Ivory Cleaning Methods Highlight Simple Sun and Boil Process
The article describes cleaning ivory by dissolving rock alumin in rain water and boiling ivory in the solution for about an hour, brushing periodically, then drying in a damp linen rag. It notes bleaching ivory by dampening and exposing it to sunlight, a process to be repeated regularly.
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Center Square
New Oxford
Charley Heersh
Oxford
Pitt St
W. M. Deepor
F. L. Fleshman
Prop
WM. McSherry, JR
Gettysburg
Adams County
Court House
Ivory
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