Tomb of Queen Found Near Bara in Palestine
Magazine report recounts Musa el urtu locating a tomb near Bara containing a crystal coffin with a well preserved embalmed queen wearing a crown and jewels. Accounts from Gaza and Gaza indicate a white marble sarcophagus inside a vault, with a mummy possibly Rosean and Egyptian footwear, no inscription found.
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Bara
Palestine
Musa-el-3urtu
Jerusalem
Prof
Macalister
Palestine Exploration Fund
Musa
Blood Tax Endures Between Valleys Amid Ancient Murder Pact
Seven hundred years ago Iberian shepherds killed rival herdsmen provoking a war. To avert bloodshed both sides agreed a yearly tribute paid as cattle, originally white mares then three cows of a specific breed. Representatives meet at a frontier each year to Present the tribute, a ceremony dated 1875 but with earlier payments recorded in Fucacalais archives.
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Roncal
Wavarre
Bareton
Hearn
Arlas
Pyrenees
France
Spain
Valles
Fucacalais
Peanut Vendor and Check Fraud Case Described
A shopper uses a check to buy five cocent bags of poco guts as a peanut vendor notes a white elephant on his hands. An investigation follows into the origins of the check and a woman discusses paying monthly for all items including groceries and church dues.
Migration of Storks Reaches Basutoland Transvaal Cape
The Budapest ornithological bureau reports a tracking experiment on storks from Alsace. Young birds wore light disks showing origin and instructions to forward if captured. Rings show routes to Basutoland the Transvaal and Cape Colony. Only two of ten birds survived as eight were killed by hunters.
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Alsace
Magpie Superstitions and Folklore Beliefs
A regional note on magpies in country folklore linking superstition to the birds plumage and craft. It cites a doggerel verse from the south stating one magpie signals sadness two signs joy three foretells death and four implies misfortune.
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Maggie
Gophers Dominate Maroons as McGovern Leads Rally
The Minnesota Gophers overwhelmed the Maroons with a 1,490 pound line and a relentless backfield led by the agile McGovern. The star quarterback, a last year All American, shredded Chicago's defense while McGovern and Johnston combined for strong end runs and Rosenwald and Stevens aided steady gains.
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Gophers
Maroons
Furs
Little McGovern
McGovern
Johnston
Stevens
Rosenwald
Chicago
Zbyszko Seeks Rematch With Gotch In Comeback Bid
Stanislaus Zbyszko the Polish champion returns to America seeking another match with Frank Gotch for the World Wrestling Championship. Gotch insists retirement may be near but Zbyszko believes Gotch deceived him and plans to prove he can reclaim the title. Zbyszko has sent 1000 to his Buffalo manager Gluck Hermion to finalize the bout.
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Stanislaus Zbyszko
Poland
Americ Zbeysake
Frank Goteh
Goteh
Trackensehmidt
Zbyezhke
Zbyscke
Gotch
Gotek
Zbyszko
Gluck Hermion
Buffalo
Hoosiers May Go To Coast For Christmas Day Game
Washington University is believed to schedule Indiana University for a football game on Christmas Day in Seattle. Coach Gilmore Dobie faces pressure as Indiana authorities urge the late-season matchup. Dobie has resisted Christmas play but the decision hinges on avoiding fatigue for his squad. Dobie’s team has been Pacific Coast champions for two years.
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Indiana
Washington
Washington University
Indiana University
Gilmore Doble
Doble
Seattle
Dobie
Pacific Coast
Chicago and International Baseball News in 1911
The article notes universities and teams including the University of Chicago base ball team and Jimmy McSearler's All Star nine for 1911. It mentions players such as Delmar and George G earning board and exercise, Jockey Henry Harner returning from St Petersburg, and plans for a racing schooner coached by an un disclosed owner. Pitcher Cole signs a three year deal and White's baseball quartet faces a winter vaudeville absence due to wives preference for home life.
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London
Brighton
Nottingham
Edinburgh
Glasvow
University of Chicago
Japan
Jimmy McsAleer
Delmar
George G
Ardmur Farm
Bingen
Henry Harner
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Russia
America
Signer
Buelet
Kiel
Cowes
Fife
Pitcher Cole
Chicago Daily News
Tdiac
White
Sheckard, Hofman, Joss
Sheckard
Made Insane by Athletics Samuel 3. Randall Lancaster
Samuel 3. Randall Lancaster, son of Charles C. Lancaster a Washington lawyer, suffers dementia in Hood Wright Hospital New York. He is on the Pennsylvania University football team and associates say athletics drove him to insanity. He aspired to be a great runner and win medals. He is grandson of Samuel J. Randall.
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Samuel
Randall Lancaster
Charles C. Lancaster
Supreme Court
Washington
Hood Wright Hospital
New York
Pennsylvania University
Lancaster
Samuel J. Randall
Chick Fraser recalls early pitching career and arm care
Veteran pitcher Chick Fraser recounts his path from Boys' League trials in Chicago to professional play. He emphasizes two rules: protect the arm and keep studying the game, detailing his methods like light massage, dry warm flannels, and adapting as his arm fatigued.
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Chick” Fraser
Joseph B. Bowles
Chicago
Boys’ League
Ogdens
Tack Racing in Maryland
A Maryland synod resolution calls for banning bookmaking at race tracks and forbidding newspapers to publish race odds in advance. It urges the legislature to act, but no action until the 1912 Maryland General Assembly convenes in January.
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Maryland
Baltimore Presbyterian Synod
District of Columbia
Maryland General Assembly
Noted Trainer Thomas Welch Stricken With Locomotor Ataxia
Thomas Welch, a renowned race horse trainer, is seriously ill at his Gravesend home due to locomotor ataxia. He was reportedly in good health when he trained Bashti for the Matron Stakes at Baltimore a few days prior.
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Welch
S. Stricken
Thomas Welch
Gravesend
Bashti
Baltimore
Constipation cures with Dr. Pierce’s Pellets claim
An advertisement asserts constipation causes many diseases and that Dr Pierce pellets fully cure them. It describes tiny sugar coated granules as the treatment.
Exciting Los Angeles Woman Marries After 45 Year Stir
A widow in Los Angeles longed to find a schoolmate for 45 years. A spirit directed her to Brooklyn, where she located him and married him within hours of arrival. The piece notes the city’s climate, excitement, and occasional dangers.
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Los Angeles
Brooklyn
You Can't Tell by Faces
Dialogue between Cheerful Pessimist and Dolorous Optimist contrasts cheerful defiance with bleak outlooks. The exchange highlights work, money, and rotten circumstances through terse quips and witty back-and-forth.
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Dolorous
Puck
Quotes by James J. Hill on opportunities and youth
A historical note presents James J. Hill remarking that opportunities exceed the number of young men ready to seize them. The quote reflects the era’s perspective on enterprise and labor potential.
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James J. Hill
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Marine
Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Charles (“Chick”) Fraser
Tack Racing
Carter
Florida
I. I Moody
Gunnell Development CO
Bunnell
Mason M
Roosevelt
Charles Scribner’s Sons
H. S
Fifth Arc
Fg. Co
Camton
Milg Bospevens & CO
Frixsb
Dearborn
Munyon
53D & Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
W. L.fouglas
W. L. Douglas
WORLD
Dia
U.S
W. Ourias
W. L. Dondas
Spark St
Brockton
Blass
Wee Ie Dow
Shos Ca
Earao
Standard Oil Company
Incorporated
Hoz Saen
Spohn
Standand OL CO
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