Riddle of Sphinx solved by Harvard professor
Professor George A Belxmer of Harvard analyzes the Sphinx riddle components. He identifies elements including identity a Cephren portrait head, the first pyramid by Adieme Gaderer teams, a faulty rock ledge unsuitable for building, and the linked head and crouching lion body symbol.
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George A. Belxmer
Harvard University
Sphinx
Cephren
Egypt
Adieme Gaderer
Witen Chewalle
Portrait Head of Cephren Dates Sphinx Controversy
The fragment cites Cephren’s portrait and cites a time near 2850 B.C. as a possible date for the Sphinx, challenging earlier authorities who placed the monument’s origin earlier.
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Cephren
Last Rookeries in London Endure at Gray's Inn
The Gray's Inn rookery houses a pair of carrion crows and remains the sole significant rookery in London. Rooks still visit the city, but no longer nest elsewhere after Kensington Gardens hosts rookeries until 1892. A Zoologist writer notes the Kensington rookery once stretched along the broadwalk with hundreds of nests.
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Gray's Inn
London
Metropolitan
Kensington Gardens
Zoologist
Kensington
Broadwalk
Eggs Cheap Across China As Market Basks In Yangtze Trade
Report notes eggs remain abundant along the Yangtze and in Shanghai with prices around four to five and one half cents per dozen in local currency. Observers contrast past open market prices in copper cash with current value in newer coinage.
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China
Yangsze
Shanghai
Novel city decoration brightens San Francisco streets
San Francisco plans ornamental lamps adorned with real flowers, kept green and fragrant in perpetual bloom in flower boxes. Lamps will hang midway on standards and be watered by an automatic system, operated by pressing a button.
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San Francisco
Sign Advertises Washington Orchard Development on Columbia
A massive sign on the east bank of the Columbia River near Beverly in Washington proclaims new orchards and an irrigation district open for settlement. Visible from passing trains, the sign spans nearly a quarter of a mile with letters 40 feet wide and 100 feet high, drawing attention for miles.
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Washington
Columbia River
Beverly
Lilac Care Tips Keep Weeds Down For Future Bloom
The article advises pulling up weeds and keeping ground around lilac bushes mowed to prevent suckers. It argues that work this season saves labor next year and prevents overgrowth that causes complaints. Lilacs are praised as excellent shrubs deserving proper upkeep.
Sure Weed Destroyer Injects Liquid at Weed Roots
A Washington man invented the Sure Weed Destroyer a device with a sharp point and a reservoir that injects tobacco juice at the root of a weed when pressed by a rubber bulb. The method promises easier weed control than pulling and turf tearing.
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Washington
Artificial man walks and speaks created by Berlin inventor
A Berlin inventor reveals Oc cultus, a life size mechanical figure that can walk, laugh, whistle, and respond to questions. The lifelike automaton obeys commands like march and halt and is presented as a genuine mechanical creation, not an illusion.
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A. Berlin
Setax Tilandia Ak
Occultus
March
Balt
Fight for Family Skeleton Disputes Inheritance Split
Heirs of the Fileurot family near phrases aps France contest ownership of a lancer’s skeleton kept as a family treasure. The abnormal heighted soldier reportedly sold his body to the Fileurot family with the agreement his skeleton would remain. After years of inheritance division two cousins now clash over the skeletal relic.
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Fieurot
Frases Aps
France
Lancer
Fileurot
Trolley Hay Stacker for Field Hay Shaping
An illustrated guide from Farm and Home describes a field hay stacking trolley. A single inch thick wire cable is mounted between stakes and a crotch of two long poles. The cable supports a standard hay fork to lift and stack hay in wagons.
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Rum
Device for field measurement use one person caries rod
The illustration shows a simple field measuring device built around a central hub with eight spokes. Each spoke is thirty-two and one half inches long so one full revolution equals one rod. Spoke points are blunt to avoid sinking in soft ground.
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Orc
Calculating field area by rod measurements
The method describes marking one spoke in a different color to count rotations, pushing the wheel, and measuring length and width in rods. Multiply length by breadth and divide by 160 to obtain the field’s acres.
Bale Your Hay This Year
Loose hay takes more space and dusts stock, with 20 percent waste from weather. Local dealers prefer baled hay for compact storage, less spoilage, and wider selling range, letting prices rise before selling anywhere.
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Hom
Farm Advice Bulletin on Crops and Tools
The text offers practical farming tips covering weed control, manure use, and crop management. It warns weeds seed loudly, emphasizes thorough drainage and grading, promotes attractive honey market forms, and notes deep plowing preserves soil moisture. It also links farm equipment, timing of plowing, fence post reuse, and keeping insurance policies secure.
Eye structures of human and fly vision analyzed
Harper's Weekly discusses optics comparing the human eye to the compound eye of the house fly. It notes the human eye can discern smaller detail than the fly, though the fly has about four thousand lenses whose images combine to form vision.
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Carpenter
Harper’s Weekly
Decline of the Dachshund in Hunting History
Harper's notes tracing hound evolution from general hunting dogs in early times to specialized breeds. The piece explains how the word hound varied by language and how the German dachshund, meaning badger hound, was once used for badger hunting but is now too degenerate for tracking game.
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Harper’s
No Man's Land Sparsely Bordered Arctic Island Stakes
Diplomatic circles discuss a near term settlement of the Spitzbergen question. The group of islands now belongs to no nation but potential interests from America Russia Sweden and Norway emerge. Coal deposits are described as vast and capable of supplying northern regions. Norway appears to press for direct control with coal mining and a wireless station under construction to link with the continent.
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Spitzbergen
Group of
Islands
America
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Spitsbergen
Witzbob’s Wistful Wish Sparks Teasing Exchange
In a witty exchange, Witzbob compliments Mrs. Tiss and laments his own lean frame. Mrs. Tiss counters, saying the issue lies in how she is viewed versus self-perception. The dialogue highlights mutual vanity and humorous banter.
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Nemi
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