Unsolved questions surround Edgar Allan Poe’s final years
The piece details Poe's tumultuous last years after his wife's death in 1847, his travels toward the North, possible delirium and intoxication, and death in Baltimore on October 7, 1849. It notes debates over whether dissipation caused his death, and reflects on Poe's misunderstood genius and elusive biography.
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Edgar Allen Poe
Poe
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Richmond
North
Baltimore
Washington University Hospital
America
Wheeler Syndicate
Pig Returns Home After Long Journey Across State
Gatesville tale parallels the famous dog story as T. E. Cross’s big black pig, sold to a steamboat captain, was carried to Murfreesboro and, a week later, returned muddy from forty miles away. Cross refunded the captain's money for the homing pig.
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America
Gatesville
W. C
T. E. Cross
Cross
Murfreesboro
Eaptain
Teacher asks if honor goes with an honorable mention
In a classroom during a paint-up campaign composition contest a teacher explains the judges gave one boy an honorable mention. A pupil asks if the award remains with him, pondering whether the boy gets to keep the honor after the clean-up.
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Indianapolis News
Twelve Month Calendar of an Ancient Peruvian Race
Professor Arthur Posnansky, a German expert on obscure civilizations, describes a 4000 year old people on a Peru Bolivia plateau near Titicaca who built temples and followed a 12 month year with three 10 day weeks. Their colossal stone structures and carved doorways mark one of America's most intriguing archaeological records.
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Arthur Posnansky
Peru
Bolivia
Titicaca
South America
Popular Science Monthly
Posnansky
America
St Josephs Pure Aspirin Dominates Market On Ten Cent Price
Demand for aspirin persists globally as St Josephs Pure Aspirin remains the top selling ten cent option. Medical professionals and the public trust its purity and government standard conformity. Over nine million boxes sold yearly, proving economy and quality drive widespread use.
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St. Joseph's
St. Joseph’s
Freak Atlantic Craft Seeks Cross Atlantic by Unstable Craft
A German built, steel unsinkable craft with a weighted keel and upper passenger deck is under construction. An American named Jackson works near Belfast on Loch Neagh to build a 75 foot wooden craft for a potential Atlantic crossing.
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Atlantic
Jackson
Belfast
Loch Neagh
Gigant Farm in Russia Uses Plane to Move Across 550000 Acres
Immense Russian collective known as the Gigant covers about 550000 acres with 8541 workers and 17,000 total population. Director employs an airplane to travel between sectors while 220 tractors 280 combines and 450 seeding drills operate the vast farm. Not all land was cultivated this year, effectively forming a small town to support the operation.
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Louis Fisher
Russia
And So Does the Dog Musical Wife in Passing Show
A brief theater dialogue shows a humorous exchange about piano playing provoking melancholy. The husband and wife discuss their feelings in a light musical comedy tone.
Pitch of Special Effect
A solo pitch is a special pitch used by a single performer, such as a violinist, to create unique effects during a performance. It describes a technique where the musician produces an unusual tone or intonation to enhance the piece's mood or color.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Clara Riley
Ancient Cotton Cloth Found in Mohenjo Daro Ruins
Fragments of cotton cloth were uncovered in Mohenjo Daro, India, a town abandoned nearly five thousand years ago, suggesting early textile activity in the ancient civilization.
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Mohenjo- Daro
India
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