Ancient Colombian city ruins reveal skilled builders and gold crafts
Field Museum led by Dr J A Mason uncovers vast ancient settlement in Colombia with terraced house sites and stone roads. Finds include carved pottery, gold ornaments, shell inlays, agate beads, and a priest’s complete ornament set. Endowed by Capt Marshall Field.
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Chicago
Colombia
Field Museum of Natural History
J. A. Mason
Sctleuice
Marshall Field
Miracle Healer of Porto Rico Draws Crowds to San Lorenzo
Extra police guard San Lorenzo as crowds trek to the healer Juli a Vasquez near Porto Rico's San Lorenzo for supposed miracles. Motor services from Caguas and nearby towns ferry thousands to a palm pavilion where the healing spring’s waters are blessed then sold in bottles or used for baths and rubs.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
San Lorenzo
Juliia Vasquez
Caguas
Santo Domingo
Virgin Islands
British Navy Uses Dreadnoughts as Target Practice
London reports the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are bombarding and gunnery testing former battleships and cruisers no longer purchasable as war assets. The Agamemnon and Superb are being shelled to study direct hit failures while the Snap Dragon films the deadly trials and the hulks face demolition.
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London
Britain
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
United States
France
Thunderer
Monarch
Conqueror
Colossus
Lion
Ajax
Centurion
Princess Royal
Erin
Orion
Agamemnon
Superb
Jack Tars
Admiralty
Europe full of spinsters and war's lasting stain
Berlin reports that twenty five million women in Europe face lifelong spinsterhood as male population stands at 225 million and female at 250 million. For every thousand men there are 1 111 women with war and revolution widening gaps. Russia shows a jump from four to eighty percent excess women. Britain Germany Austria Yugoslavia France Italy also have surpluses while neutral Denmark Norway Switzerland and Holland see gaps shrink.
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Berlin
Europe
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Yugoslavia
France
Italy
Denmark
Norway
Switzerland
Holland
Wayside Crab Market Tap for Gotham Motorists
Automobilists along Riverside Drive in New York encounter a new roadside sale. Child vendors offer freshly caught Hudson crabs at 50 cents a dozen, displaying the claws to attract buyers while noting a potential car-ride challenge.
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New York
Iehildren
Riverside Drive
Hudson
Faith and Fact Drive Youth Business Efforts
A report notes how young entrepreneurs blend idealism with practical aims. Faith inspires ambition while real-world skills and commerce shape their ventures.
Crow Guides Lost Man to Safety in Cranberry Swamp
William Warner wandered in a cranberry swamp near Tannersville Stroudsburg Pennsylvania and became mired up to his waist. A rooster crowed from a farm and led him to firm ground where he reached a farmhouse for help.
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Stroudsburg
William Warner
Tannersville
Warner
Berlin Police Limited to One Mail Coat for Detectives
Berlin coats of mail have been adopted for German detectives in dangerous pursuits but funds are short. The Berlin department can own only one useful vest of armor and will pass it around to investigators following desperate criminals.
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Berlin
Collie Saves Master During Lake Fishing Feat
Jim O Connor of Kennebunk Maine recounted at McAlpin a tale of his collie Queenie saving his fishing trip. While he caught nothing, Queenie leapt overboard and returned with two small fish, neither edible, stunning the onlookers.
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New York
Jim O’connor
Halla
Kennebunk
McAlpin
Queenie
Jim
Offensive partisan phrase linked to Cleveland era letter
The term offensive partisan originated in a confidential letter written by Postmaster Vilas during Grover Cleveland's first term, highlighting early partisan language in 19th century American politics.
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Vilas
Cleveland
Nebraska items mix fires births and civic notes
The Nebraska column reports a fire at Mrs. Pearl Morrison’s McCool residence, the Falls City hospital reopening plans, an alumni medical reunion in Omaha, Fontenelle forest designated as a bird refuge, early coal arrivals in Omaha, a 1500-visitor state reserve officers convention, wheat stack loss near Wymore, and various local incidents.
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Nebraska
M. Is. Church
Omaha
Cedar County
Peal Morrison
McCool
Falls
Nebraska College of ‘Médicine
Fontenelle Forest
South
Bellevue
Illinois
William Humphrey
Wymore
Shickley
C. H.thomas
Frank Glover
Great Western Sugar Company
Scottsbluff
John Pethoud
Pethoud
Beatrice
Edward M. Wellman
Grand Lodge
C. E. Lynch
DuBois
F. E. Wells
Methodist Church
Greeley
Kansas
Lincoln
Kearney
Elm Creek
State Railway Commission
la Platte
W. L. Gaston
Broken Bow
Reedley
Cal
Dick Clark
Llewellen
Blair
W. H.olyers
Hampshire Hogs
Neligh Chamber of Commerce
Cortland
Blue River Power Co
United States
Coronado
Ak-Sar-Ben Field
Filly-City Auto Top Co
Panama
Lancaster County
Nebraska City
Douglas
Maurice Hiner
Battle Creek
Alice Wyatt
T. V. Norval
Norfolk
Bellanca Air
Reserve Officers At Omaha 89th Division Reunion
The 89th Division reunion in Omaha September 20 to 22 will bring regimental get togethers for units including the 855th Infantry the 3853rd Infantry the 354th and 356th Infantry the 340th and 842nd Field Artillery the 814th Sanitary and Supply Trains the 314th Engineers and the 841st Machine Gun Battalion. Regimental dugouts will ease veterans’ rendezvous as companies plan banquets and conventions.
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89Th Division
Omaha
Chamber of Commérce
Bureau of Publicity
855Th Infantry
All Nebraska
Grand Island
Nebraska
Outfit
3853Rd Infantry
All Kansas Regiment
354Th Infantry
356Th Infantry
340Th Field Artillery
842Nd Field Artillery
814Th
314Th Engineers
841St
P. C
Kaspar Hauser and the Woman of Mystery Explained
A historical case study details Kaspar Hauser's mysterious origins and deaths, and the fate of Henrietta Robinson who died in Mattewan after decades of silence. The article traces arrests, trials, hidden identities, and unanswered questions surrounding both enigmas.
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Henrietta Robinson
Mattewan
Troy
Robinson
Sing Sing
Auburn State Prison
Identity Hidden Behind 88 at Mattewan Asylum
A fragment describes a headpiece marked 88 at the Mattewan Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The inscription hints at a concealed identity and a story that outstrips fiction in mystery and intrigue.
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Mattewan
N. Y
St Philip Founded Oratory and Early Oratorios Legacy
The memory of St Philip is cherished for shaping oratorios. Founded in 1551, the Oratory aimed to draw youths to the church and instituted two part oratorios. Early works told biblical tales like the Prodigal Son the Good Samaritan and Tobit and the Angel.
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St. Philip
Oratory
Old Fathers of the Oratory
Tobit and
the Angel
Turquoise's enduring appeal across ancient cultures
The article notes turquoise as a highly admired stone since before 5000 B C in the East, widely used then and now. It links turquoise to Hathor, goddess of motherhood, whose name includes The Lady of the Turquois, highlighting its deep cultural associations.
Engagement Crisis Between Gwendoline and Horace
A disillusioned Horace confronts Gwendoline about eloping as the couple faces a wealth and privilege clash. He accuses her of impracticality, and she declares willingness to forsake luxury for a life with a poor, self denying partner. The scene ends with Horace reconsidering her practicality.
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Horace
Gwendoline
Button trade uses ivory nut shells for fashion
An exchange notes buttons crafted from ivory nuts and remarks that many people would be better off if shaped into buttons. The fragment hints at ethical concerns over material sourcing and personal improvement.
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