Ancient Babylonia drainage system rediscovered
The article reviews Edgar James Banks’s Scientific American account of Bismya excavations showing 6000-year-old Sumerian drainage using vertical and horizontal Terra Cotta tiles. It notes arches, arch-like drains, and careful cemetery drainage preserving ancient graves, highlighting advanced engineering in early cities from Nippur to Fara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylonia
Scientific American
Edgar James Banks
University of Chicago
Hanks Tellin
Bismya
Hagdad
Persian Gulf
Desert
Bismya le Widom
Pligen
Biamya
Hiumya
Nippur
Fara
Got Off Cheap Health Cure Ad and Fire Loss
An OCR fragment notes a patent medicine pitch for Dr King s New Life Pills boasting quick relief for headaches and indigestion at Tallman & Co. drug store. It also reports a fire at the Dilley warehouse in Oregon owned by CC Alexander, origin linked to a Southern Pacific locomotive, with losses around $2700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Dilley
Oregon
CC. Alexander
Southern Pacific
Milton News Briefs From Sept 4 Milton Oregon
Milton notices include winter plans for residents to Colorado and Hood River plus Ontario Canada. a Lewis and Clark fair trek. bridge project over North Fork of the Walla Walla. visits by Los Angeles residents and others. a death in the mountains of William Jameson. social events at 600. Southern Methodist services. and a fatal elevator accident at Hotel Spokane involving Wong Pong Yuen.
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Wil
Colorado
Hood River
Exposition
Winlters
Los Angeles
North Park
Mie Dykes
Ontario
Canada
Milton
Dave Sull
Maud
Clifford
Portland
J. B. Nichols
Nichols
T. C. Ball
Shangle
H. C Morrison
Emma
Ida Storla
Helen Merrifield
Samuel H. Atking
H. M. Hedrick
J. E. Nichols
A. E. McKnight
Mr. McKnight
William Jameson
Wong Pong Yuen
Spokane
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Gordon-Guernsey
Inland Empire
Filers
Main Street
Old Dindinger
Wilson & CO
Boston Storr
J. C. Gallagher
St. Joseph's Academy
Priess All Ip
Cook
Periry
NRAY
News OF
Southern Methodist
Southern Methodist Church
Samson
Isaac W. Brooks
Universal Steel
Goodman-Thompson Co
Hardwari
The
Steinway
A. B. Chase
Emerson
Priess
Jesse
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