Reading ancient letters reveal Babylonian tablets at Penn Museum
The article profiles Dr Stephen Langton and the University of Pennsylvania museum's Babylonian collection, noting 2300 BCE tablets, cuneiform scripts, and vast archives from Nippon and Nippur. It highlights Langton's work, war disruptions, and the need for endowments to sustain Assyriology and future discoveries.
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May Boman
York
Jetter
Stephen Langton
Oxford
Ragland
Fennsyl
Habylonians
Ladeer
Baye
Thor Collettinas
Atylus
Dulog
Temple
Cornett
Langdon
Panama Canal
Lotte
University of Penneblennie
Tinevuin
Langden
Gertinger
Willeh
France
Doctor Langdon
Universit of Pennsylvania Museum
Tively
Babylonias
British Museum
Uke Poebel
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Ecktey B. Coxe, Jr
Philadelphia
Museuma
Hammaritt
Amraphel
Abraham
Ninpar
Nay
University of Pennsylvania
Greek Meets Greek at Stirling Brig Skirmish Jest
Scots at the fair teased an elder as they paid him two pence to perform the Battle of Stirling Bridge. The old fiddler claimed it was the skirmish before the battle, prompting laughter as the audience corrected the act with better accuracy.
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Stirling Brig
Didier
Stirling Heig
Idaho State News Highlights Wealth Growth and Agriculture
Idaho's 1916 census shows 34.6 million surveyed acres with 18.8 million unsurveyed and Boise banks reporting a 42 percent rise in deposits. Mines in Coeur d Alene district drive prosperity with Wallace payroll near 1 million monthly. Idaho farm growth expands to about 40,000 farms and 6 million acres while grain yields drop 30 percent but prices rise. Water projects, road funding, and public works like a 42k mile pipeline contract shape development. sugar industry issues 250k in extra dividends to beet growers.
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Idaho
Boise
Salem
Coeur d'Alene
Wallace
Gibson Jack Creek
Mink Creek
Pocatello
Mitchell Company
Seattle
State Highway Commission
Murphys
Joseph Burns
Portneuft
Blackfoot Asylum
10 Cent Castarets Ad Promise Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts 10 cent Castarets for bilious or costive bowels claiming they cleanse torpid digestion, relieve indigestion and foul breath, and leave users feeling improved by morning. The copy asserts the product works while you sleep and keeps you feeling good for months.
Nearly Spoiled the Joke
Bobby returns from school with a tale about Clarence James and his father. The father imitates car noises and jokes about brass bands, but Bobby corrects him with a lesson on why the old joke fails, noting the absence of a brass band in front.
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Bobby
Clarence James
Sonny
Tsnw
New
Indianapolis News
Dandeline Promise for Glossy Hair Free of Dandruff
An advertisement promotes Knowlton's Dandeline as a solution for dandruff and unruly hair. It claims one application doubles hair beauty, dissolves dandruff, and prevents itching, urging readers to buy a 21 cent bottle at any drug store.
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Knowlton
Frenzied Finance Ends In Pickpocket Near Alley
A newcomer to the city recounts a street theft near an alley where an assailant grabbed his clothing and muffled his cries. The thief stole an Ingersoll pocket pistol and about two dollars in silver before pressuring for his frog hides, a slang term for greenbacks, which the victim did not have.
Skinner Macaroni and Spaghetti Ad and Weather Joke
An advertisement urges mothers to cut food costs by serving Skinner Macaroni and Spaghetti two or three times weekly, promising health benefits and offering a free recipe book from Skinner Mfg Co Omaha Neb. A quoted line compares a war expert’s forecasts to weather predictions, urging ambition to be good.
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Skinner Mfg, Co
Omaha
Nebr
Adv
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Ada County
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Forestry Department
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