New Excavations at Pompeii Reveal Two Story Town
Edward Robinson reports Pompeii reveals two story houses with balconies and street overhangs, preserved front doors, and inner gardens. The ongoing Strada dell Abbondanza work uses modern methods, uncovering life like interiors with frescoes, shops, and central courts. two story houses and timber shelves emerge, while excavations proceed toward the amphitheatre under Prof Vittorio Spinazzola guidance.
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Strada Dell’ Anbendanza
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Spinazzola
Mr. Ames Inspires Students With Bee Lesson
A town guest, Mr. Ames, speaks to public school students about self made success. He praises economy and industry as paths to dignity and power, recounting his own nearby birthplace and experiences. A newcomer student quips that the busy bee should keep away from the hive, sparking the lesson.
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Model School
Generous Shopkeeper Echoes Irish Politeness at Schull
In a vignette from Forty Years at the Post-Office the author recalls a polite exchange in Schull. A traveler buys an umbrella to hedge against rain, learns the price on the way back, and is told there is nothing to pay since the umbrella was unused.
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Schull
Speed Records in 1831 on the Baltimore & Ohio
Mr Gales editor of the National Intelligencer writes of a journey from Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills aboard a large horse drawn car, noting a 59 minute 15 mile return trip and arguing the canal surpasses rail in economy and adoption while cautioning railroad dangers. The account appears in the Baltimore & Ohio Employes' Magazine.
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National Intelligencer
Balimore
Elliott's Mills
Balimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Ellicott’s Mills
Baltimore & Ohio
Lynx Attacks Engineer in San Quentin Plant
An engineer at a four mill in San Quentin Lower California faced a half starved lynx in the engine room. He repelled the beast with a brick and a jack knife, delivering a fatal stab after a water barrel splash confused the animal. The large lynx died from the wounds.
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San Quentin
California
The Ancient Mariner Shortstop Echoes in Baseball Banter
In a junior game a tall thin shortstop named Brown, ten years older than the players, botched plays and teased by peers. The crowd riffed with a quip likening him to the Ancient Mariner for his lank frame and odd presence, noting he stops one of three.
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Brown
College Nine
Marner
Teacher’s Lesson Sparks Candy Etiquette Tale
The Philadelphia Ledger recounts a pupil’s quip about sharing candy, noting a child says he gives Mama the biggest piece because she always thanks him and returns it. SLO eats the Revister a year.
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Desert Fox Lectures Young Foxes on Brightness and Cunning
A Desert Fox speaks to young foxes about valuing practicality over brilliance. She emphasizes survival over vanity, advising daytime rest, multiple entrances for safety, and prudent hunger management while praising beauty and agility. The discourse notes caution with curiosity and pride in modest brains.
Bear Encounter Drives Quick Flight at Remote Camp
In a tale from a frontier camp, Big Bill describes skinning hides by dry wind, while Sir Samuel Hater visits four miles away. A near bear sighting forces Bill to flee. The giant bear loomed within ten yards, but Bill chose caution over a risky shot, fearing a slow start and no escape route.
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Welley Shotbery
Samuel Hater
Bill
Yag Fuung
Eir
Sir Samuel
Big Bill
Too Precise Tar Door Mystery Fades
An excitable father scolds his son for leaving a tar door open too often. The boy questions the measure of “too often” as the father becomes irritated and abruptly disciplines him with a slipper, ending with the son disappearing.
Long Wild Ride of a Dragoon Messenger to Fort Leavenworth
A messenger recounts an arduous eight hundred thirty two mile sprint from Santa Fe to Fort Leavenworth in just under eleven days. He traveled with a rifle and pistol, relied on Indian herds for fresh mounts, dodged danger, slept on a lariat, and used nine horses along the rapid journey.
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Kearney
Sante
California
Washington
Fort Leavenworth
Santa Fe
Misread Names and a Bold Tale from a Distinctive Era
The Chicago Record relays a grim Christmas anecdote from a home for destitute children. A staffer finds a child bound to a bed post for lying, the attendant calling him the "worstest lyingest Black person I ever seen" and naming him George Washington, mat em.
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