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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
3
The article recounts Chan Chan as one of the world’s oldest cities built by the Chimus in Peru. It notes Inca conquest, Pizarro’s plunder, and the later ruin era. It describes moon and sea worship, temple ruins, and vast mounds where Chimu dead were buried. A Spanish adventurer reportedly found 3,000,000 dollars in gold and silver.
Letters discovered by Charles de la Ronciere show Jewish traders in northwest Africa maintained vast commerce with Sahara natives from Algeria to the Niger. Written in 1447 from Timbuktu and Touat by Antonia Malfante, the Genoese Christian allowed to trade, the records describe Timbuktu as a West African hub and Touat as caravan center exchanging Egyptian wheat for Timbuktu gold and salt.
NYU acquired an original photo of its first janitor who patrolled the corridors with a large gong and stick. When the 1830 institution opened before an electric bell, he rang on the hour to summon students between classrooms, halting lectures until the professor ended.
The Arctic sea cow was last seen around 1854, about a century after its discovery by white men. Adults weighed up to 8,000 pounds and lived in shallows near river mouths. They fed calmly with young nearby, and their flesh was said to resemble beef. Whalers disrupted thriving populations and the species vanished.
A sick boy named Charles returns to school to find his room moved across the hall and the class unfamiliar. He stands by the teacher’s table and, with a forlorn voice, says he cannot find anyone there for him.
The Miracle Man starring Betty Compson Joseph Dowling and George Loane Tucker arrives at the Majestic next Sunday. The film adaptation from George M Cohan and Frank L Packard delivers crook drama with action humor and a romantic plot in a lavish production praised as a landmark in early cinema. Bargain prices are 25¢ and 50¢, with Sunday matinee at 2 30 p m.
The milk snake fights rats that damage crops and cereals costing millions yearly. It lives under barns and perches and can follow a rat hole where a ferret cannot go, eating young rats and also meadow and field mice.
A dated saying suggests giving preserves friendships better than lending. It asserts that money loss strains ties, while generosity sustains goodwill regardless of repayment outcomes. The quotation echoes Bulwer-Lytton’s paraphrased counsel on financial trust.
An old advertisement extols kidney health, claiming kidney disease causes fatigue and pain and offering Gould Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy. It urges immediate purchase at drugstores, promises quick relief within a day, and recommends ongoing daily use to ward off future attacks.
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