Go-Getting Julius: An Egoist Leader In Society And Law
A long satirical piece describes Julius as a boastful self styled leader who imposes rules, defeats challengers, and charms crowds while despised by rivals. It traces his school, college, and legal career, his wealth, ego, and ultimate reception, ending with a moral about the ease of earning cheers but hard to cash them.
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Julius
Caesar
William Shakespeare
Lord Macaulay
Daniel Webster
Appian Way
Mount Everest
Ant Hills
Stock Exchange
U. S. Senate
Gallows
Gothic College
Irene
Ajex
Gatti-Casazza
Panama Canal Traffic Interruption Limited by High Flood
The Panama Canal shut briefly due to an unusually high flood of the Chagres river that feeds Gatun lake and powers the locks. A proposed $15.5 million dam aims to prevent water surplus, with damage mostly limited to the unfinished structure.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Chagres
Gatun Lake
Atlantic
Pacific
National Geographic Society
Colon
Gatun Locks
Gatun
Culebra
Gaillard Cut
North
Central
South America
Pedro Miguel Locks
Peter Magill’ Locks
Miraflores Lake
Miraflores
Happy at School Despite Bone Disease in Shelbyville
Annabelle Fessler, eleven, from Shelbyville Indiana, has long suffered multiple bone breaks and spent years watching from home. Now she attends Blue Ridge Public School in a wheelchair carried by helpers as braces support her legs. Doctors at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis remain hopeful she may outgrow the condition.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Annabelle Fessler
Blue Ridge
Riley
Indianapolis
Annabelle
Smoke Nuisance Battle in 1661 London
The Wall Street Journal recounts London's 1661 smoke nuisance and John Evelyn's pamphlet Fumifugium. It notes accusations against brewers and lime burners and Evelyn's proposal to move offending trades five to six miles from the city, plus Charles I’s interest and political hurdles.
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London
John Evelyn
Charles 1
Charles
Evelyn
Wall Street Journal
British Shaft Will Honor Pocahontas
Norwich consistory court grants permission to erect a monument in Heacham parish churchyard for Pocahontas said to be buried there. Pocahontas, famed for her reception at the English royal court, died off Gravesend in 1617 after sailing to Virginia with her husband John Rolfe.
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Norwich
England
Heacham
Pocahontas
Gravesend
Virginia
John Rolfe
Shah of Persia threatens Britain over oil fields dispute
Riza Shah Pahlavi sends an extremely offensive note to the British foreign office warning that any British or allied soldiers guarding Anglo-Persian Oil Company fields would be seen as provocation. The crisis began after Persia cancelled the concession held by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
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Riza Shah Pahlavi
Persia
Foreign Office
Anglo- Persian Oil Company
Anglo-Persian Company
Mining Pioneer Turns Old Mine Dumps To Gold
Tonopah Nevada resident Mark Bradshaw pursued a 1924 idea to profit by mining refuse from abandoned mines. The venture paid stockholders over 182000 dollars from a small stake as old Goldfield dumps yielded rich gold despite early mining failures.
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Tonopah
Nev
Mark Bradshaw
Bradshaw
No Mystery in Plane Accidents
Washington argues that most 1981 aviation crashes have known causes. Public access to inspector reports is limited, unlike rail investigation. Findings are used to guide manufacturers and regulations but remain confidential to avoid court exposure.
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Washington
Aeronautics Branch
United States Department of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aeronautics
Kidder Duped by Gypsy Trio Then Bills Reappear
Three women of a wandering gypsy group visited gasoline station owner Jack Kidder promising excitement if he wrapped six five dollar bills in a handkerchief. The bills vanished, police arrested the gypsies, but six five dollar notes later fell from Kidder’s shirt as the women were released.
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Mr. Kidder
Detroit
Jack Kidder
Kidder
Professor Finds Gold in Grizzly Bear Pelts
University of Michigan scientists report a new gold discovery in the pelts of four silver tipped grizzly bears shot in Alaska. Dr. Dow W. Baxter, professor of civics and forest pathology, says the bears may have picked up gold in a Yukon stream and he has written to Alaska to learn more about bear habits.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Dow W. Baxter
Alaska
Famous Old Turnpike Proves a Death Trap
The Newburyport turnpike linking Boston with Newburyport, about 80 miles, is described as a deadly highway. In the last four years 348 people were killed and 20 528 injured in crashes on or near the pike.
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Boston
Newburyport
Pike
Jockey Albert Pavee Wins Prix Hennebont at Vincennes
Albert Pavee rode Estime to victory in the Prix Hennebont at Vincennes then returned home and killed himself with a revolver. The tragedy followed his dazzling win, shocking the French racing community and prompting tributes from fellow jockeys and officials.
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Paris
Albert Pavee
Hennebont
Vincennes Race Track
Witty Kitty Sinks Aim to Hold More Dishes in Talkies Era
A 1933 note from Bell Syndicate via WNU Service reports sinks were redesigned to hold more dishes as film talkies gain popularity.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Buried Toltec Palace Found Near Mexico City
Swedish explorer Dr Sigvald Linne reports the discovery of a two thousand year old palace at San Juan Teotihuacan near Mexico City. The site contains 40 large rooms and many well preserved Toltec ceramics.
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Mexico
Sigvald Linne
Stockholm
San Juan
Teotihuacan
Mexico City
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Heals Skin Ailments
A famed R R Pierce depicted here promoted his Golden Medical Discovery listing sixty years of U S drugstore sales. The tonic purports to purify blood aid digestion and clear skin. readers could write for free medical advice to Dr Pierce’s Clinic in Buffalo New York.
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R. R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Creomulsion Promoted for Bronchial Troubles in Ad
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a new medicinal discovery to soothe heal and inhibit germs in bronchial membranes. It claims relief for persistent coughs colds bronchitis and related respiratory ailments with a money back guarantee if no relief after following directions.
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Ady
Upward Move A Noble Deed Is a Step Toward God
A brief inspirational note cites J. G. Holland stating that moral effort is a path toward the divine, framing daily actions as spiritual progress.
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God
J. G. Holland
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