Curse of Tut Amen Ra Haunts Egyptian Tomb Tale
Starr Ellison and her father explore an ancient Egyptian tomb with Professor Ellison’s colleague John Lessing. Upon uncovering Ama Sun’s mummy, a curse is read in hieratic writing promising ill fortune and death for them and their descendants. The trio flee as the mummy crumbles, Lessing falls ill and dies, and Ellison’s life collapses, plunging them into misfortune and eventual return to America.
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John Leasing
Starr
Lessing
Ona
Ama- Sun
John Lessing
Dusit
Ama-Sun
Schroll
Egypt
Libyan
Starr Ellison
Desert
Ellison
America
New England
Wake Up Your Liver Bile Raria Morning Call
Fragmentary OCR reads like a quirky health note urging liver bile to wake the body at dawn. The readable lines mention daily bowel activity and a distant intraline rhyme about the liver and morning routines.
Disputatious Friends and Cambridge Library Facts
A disputatious person harms friendship by valuing argument over harmony. True friends look past differing views. The Cambridge library houses 1,250,000 books on 23 miles of shelves, with arrangements ensuring each book is within arm's reach for an average man.
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Cambridge
Eng
Pioneers Set Forth in Wagons for New Res Train Delays
A teacher asks what spurred pioneers to leave in covered wagons. A pupil guesses they avoided waiting about 30 years for a railroad. The exchange hints at historical railroad delays shaping migration.
Actress Madeleine Carroll Reveals Teaching Background
A range of professions feeds film talent including lawyers engineers bankers seamstresses carpenters athletes and models. Madeleine Carroll disclosed she was an algebra teacher in an English girls school before entering acting noting teaching trains actors to control emotions essential for camera work.
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Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine
Britain to curb radio interference with new suppression plan
The postmaster general plans to suppress electrical devices to prevent jam on nearby wireless sets. After three years of study the electrical interference committee urged action and three years of investigation lead to possible autumn legislation in the House of Commons.
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Britain
Committee On
House of Commons
French Mineral Water Industry Booms In France
France hosts a thriving mineral water sector with direct and indirect employment for over 150000 people and 50 million francs yearly in government taxes. More than 50 million bottles are exported annually, and hydrology chairs exist in ten universities. Railways offer substantial first and second class reductions to travelers seeking spa cures.
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France
Power in Coal Efficiency Rise Cited by Rail Leaders
J J Pelley president of the Association of American Railroads said one pound of coal under a locomotive boiler can move over eight tons of freight a mile. He noted railroads improved fuel efficiency by about 44 percent since 1920.
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J. J. Pelley
The
Association of American Railroads
Canada population estimate rises to near eleven million
The 1935 estimate puts Canada's population at 10,949,000, close to eleven million, per the 1936 Canada Year Book. This marks a 7.29 percent increase over the 1931 census and more than 100,000 higher than the 1934 estimate of 10,835,000.
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Canada
All Are Headed for the Last Round-Up
A wistful line notes men altered by grooming and routine, but concludes that no matter their efforts they all face the final roundup. The phrasing frames life as a staged sequence from shaving to dressing to reflection before an ultimate reckoning.
Gift For The King The King's House Presented By Body Of Trades People
King Edward formally received The King's House built by the Royal Warrantholders' Association, a jubilee gift originally meant for King George. Located at Burhill with views toward the Surrey hills and Sussex, it cost 250 000 dollars. The study features Canadian silkwood panels, the king affixed his signature, and an album lists 1 000 association members. A hidden cocktail cabinet and electric clocks with concealed loud speakers adorn nearly every room.
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King’s House
Royal Warrantholders’ Association
Royal Household
George
Ait Burhill
Surrey Hills
Sussex
The Thrifty Man and the Icelandic Parliament Birth
A thrift minded man and his two sons dine at a fashionable restaurant while curious waiters watch. The father questions the manager about the orchestra not playing, then the narrative shifts to mention Alfjotr, credited as the creator of Iceland’s Althing in 980 A.D.
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Afr
Alfjotr
Althing
Iceland
Eggs for sale prompt customer exchange query
A brief dialogue shows a customer negotiating egg size, asking to match or exceed yesterday’s egg and whimsically likening it to a tie pin. The exchange centers on product size and customer preference in a small shop setting.
Testing the Unknown God by J Martineau
Excerpted meditation asks readers to verify personal experience of God beyond belief. It contrasts claim of gods omnipresence with moments of perceived divine presence, urging readers to test whether they truly commune with the living God through personal help and guidance.
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J. Martineau
A Real Cosmopolitan Joke Misreads a Cosmopolitan Definition
Mike asks Pat what a cosmopolitan is and Pat replies with a humorous, exaggerated vignette. He describes a Russian Jew in England with an Italian wife, a Turkish carpet, American cream soda, German band, Dutch cheese, and a Welak rarebit, concluding the man would be called cosmopolitan.
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Pat
Mike
England
Erin
Begorra
Cosmopolitan
Bucharest Inns Sell Wine By The Hour
Innkeepers in Bucharest offer wine by the hour to curb surplus. A notice reads drink all you can in an hour for sixpence. Patrons are clocked in as they pay about 12 cents, and after the hour they must pay another sixpence or be asked to leave.
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Bucharest
Romania
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