Ancient Louvre vaults hide century old secrets
Thrown into gloom, the Louvre’s Egyptian treasures conceal darker passages beneath. Critics argue recent masonry suggests newer walls hiding uncharted vaults in the fortress, with theories tying them to revolutionary era victims and Catherine de Medici’s executions. Archaeological study is blocked by funding gaps.
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Louvre
Egypt
AM. Yquagneus
Colonne de Fuillet
M. Blondel
M. Normand
Society For Protecting
Catherine de Medicis
Fattie
Lescot
Chamber
London Chrontete
Frog and Toad Tales of Surprising Chases and Swallows
A Forest and Stream discussion recounts natural oddities where frogs or toads are swallowed by snakes and later revive. Allen Chamberlain notes similar, bemoaning how many anecdotes lack verification while one tale shows a frog freed after a snake struck. Kendall’s June 1892 report also illustrates a startled quail recovering after a near-snake encounter.
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Allen Chamberlain
Ife
Sean
Soho
Seth
D. Kendall
Polly the Parrot Trapped by Crows at Fair Grounds
A showman's parrot escapes into a plantation and, captured by crows, is found in a tree battered and featherless. A crowd arrives to witness the scene and laughs as the bird pleads in a comic, drawn out cry for mercy.
Bow He Took It From Beef Tea to Cream and Sugar
An exchange tells of two Scottish ministers and a physician ordering beef tea. The patient, after tasting it, declares it excellent then learns to improve it with cream and sugar. The minister suggests trying it that way to see if it tastes better.
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Scotich
Tse
A New Birgieberry Plant Described From San Diego
A San Diego man claims a strawberry plant that bears unusually large delicious berries on slender runners over the ground rather than from the roots. The gardener calls it a new variety and asserts it astonishes horticulturists with its growth habit and fruit quality.
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San Diego
Root of Evil in a Farmer's Gold Luck Turned Sour
A farmer finds a gold deposit and shares the news with his wife. Wealth brings envy and demands from relatives and neighbors, leading to social isolation and ruin. He ultimately returns the gold to the river, lamenting riches do not bring happiness.
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Detroit Frey Press
Lim
Europes
Morai
Ah Chow's Mistake Traced To Electric Car Ruse
An immigrant named Ah Chow from Berkeley started for San Francisco but rode an electric car by mistake. He rode a looping route between Berkeley and Oakland, paying fare each time as the conductor tolerated the erratic travel. After eight laps a policeman intervened and a judge examined his sanity, with an interpreter revealing the misunderstanding.
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Wook
Croley
Ah Chow
Berkley
Cal
Cide
San Francisco
Oaldlend
Jie
Oakland
Ab Chow
Iis
al Chow
Bint
Epitaph on a Watchmaker and Curious Inscriptions
A Devon churchyard memorial for George Routleigh the watchmaker features lines praising integrity prudence and time management ending with his death in November 1802 in hopeful religious terms. The item also notes reports of German scientists plotting to introduce snakes to Iceland and a Moon related stammering anecdote from Nature. A mischievous misprint concerns Professor C- and a missing guest on a rainy evening.
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George Routleigh
Lydford
Devon
George Ratleigh
Anane
Teeland
Iceland
Chicago
Disa
Christian
Munyon Cure Advertisements and Local Meetings
An old newspaper fragment lists Munyon cures for rheumatism indigestion colds coughs and kidney issues with prices and claims. It also mentions local events including a men’s tally meeting a bookkeeping class a tea by the Ladies Auxiliary a medical talk and a Friday lecture on “Old Time Southern Negro” by Judge Farnest.
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Munyon
Price
Munyons
Prica
Tprica
Manyouw
Prine
Mungen
Arch Street
Philadelpha
Board of Directors
G.graham Watts
B. Farnest
Comatose state delays county fair funding talks
The Tas finance committee met at the Business Men's Club yesterday and kept the fair plans in etatu quo. A proposal offered $3,000 if two $1,000 subscriptions could be raised by others, stalling progress. Another effort will push to obtain the two subscriptions.
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Tas
The
Fair Association
Busineas Men'a Club
Etatu Quo
Witts Defamation Suit Against Koehring Court Ruling
The von Koeh ring Witte damage case closed before Judge Camp as the jury retired around nine. A few minutes later they brought in a verdict for the defendant. Plaisie had claimed damages of forty thousand dollars for alleged defamation of character.
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von Koehring- Witte
Camp
Thoesan
Catholic News and Diocesan Appointments in San Antonio
A Catholic community roundup notes Rt Joseph’s social meeting this afternoon at 3, the Vincent de Paul society gathering after mass, and May devotions at St Mary’s church on Wednesdays and Fridays. Bishop Forest names Sev Pofferkorn as interim after Father Buffard’s death amid a broader schedule of masses, picnics, and mission activities across St Mary’s, St Patrick’s, and local parishes.
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Society of Rt. Vincent de Paul
Weat Lnd
St. Louis College
Leon Springs
Forest
Sev. Pofferkorn
Father Buffard
The
Holy Family
St. Mary’s Church
Welock
Sst. Mary’s
Lrowrr
Mission Conception
Father O'Callaghan
Benday
Rue’s Grove
Aransas Pass
Father Butlard
Wather Dumoulin
Father Woyer
Victoria
Mary
Father Smith
Wather Lenderson
St. Patrick’s Church
Wathers Power
O’connor
J. A. McCormick
Father Klein
St. Edgwaard's College
Austin
Wathor Kirech
Castroville
Wathor Moulin
Bexar
Father Hartleb
Ennis
Catholic State Union
Father Mack
New Braunfels
League Games Today In Texas League Schedule
The Texas league games are listed for today Monday and Tuesday with matchups San Antonio versus Galveston Austin versus Houston Denigan versus Sherman Fort Worth versus Dallas. A rumor linked the firm Messia Marshall Wildlig Backne Hindes to a compromise offer to the city over sewer work, which the mayor denies.
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Texas
Messia, Marshall, Wildlig
Market Reports Cotton Prices and Trading Notes
Market reports from New York and New Orleans show steady cotton quotes with activity at Riverport and Liverpool markets. Data include open and close figures, monthly futures like September and October, and noted bale sales and reception levels for May through November.
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Kew York
S.al
New Orleans
The Little Folks of No 2 Remember Messrs Menk and Sile
The Daily Liair thanks parents principals and teachers, praising the generosity of Messrs Menk and Sile who opened their museum and zoo to the children with a grand treat for the Third Ward.
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San Pepno Spruvca
Ovary
Menk
Sile
A CURE FOR MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM CLAIMS
Mrs Ki Ls Lamson of Fairmount Illinois says Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured muscular rheumatism and she keeps it at home. She reports rapid relief from aches, pains and lameness and recommends it as the quickest cure. Sold by E Renas d Rist San Antonio Texas.
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Ki. Ls. Lamson
Fairmount
Illinois
Aly
Chamberlain
Sean
E. Renas
D Rist
San Autoolo
Texas
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