Manuscript slab from Nineveh arrives at New York port
An Assyrian manuscript slab four by five feet with kingly carving arrived at New York port. Customs labeled it Minestone manufacture and taxed it. the Board of General Appraisers ruled it a manuscript. The importer doubts whether postal or other agencies would allow manuscript mailing rates to Babylon, Long Island.
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Nineveh
New York
Board of General Appraisers
Babylon
Long Island
Not Pleasant How's Things
A clipped dialogue fragment shows a speaker claiming to be three jumps ahead of the sheriff while criticizing the sheriff’s idle sitting on a cracker barrel. The source captures regional dialogue from a Louisville Courier-Journal snippet.
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Louleville Courier-Journal
Sunday Dinner Disaster During World Series Radio
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a Sunday dinner mishap as a knife slipped while carving chicken during the World Series radio broadcast with Babe Ruth at bat. The carver quipped about a foul, ending the plate’s dramatic plunge from the platter.
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Babe Ruth
Detroit
Free Press
Moderns Observe Hidden Cleaning Device During Lesson
A maid during a music lesson comments on a windshield cleaner, noting the metronome on the piano as the employer's daughter studies. The remark lightens the scene with a humorous aside about the cleaning tool.
Dandelion Butter Color Adishes A Lifelong Favorite
A harmless vegetable butter color used by millions for 50 years is sold in drug stores and general stores. Bottles labeled Dandelion are priced at 85 cents, advertising the product widely.
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Drake
Giessco
Barber Humor and the Amusement Tax Joke
A cheeky exchange about barbering costs. A bald-headed man jokes that the barber charges full price and adds an amusement tax, playfully poking fun at the fee.
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B. H. Man
Future Hopes and Alimony in Medical Marital Row
The report hints at hopes around a marriage involving a doctor and ongoing alimony disputes. It notes a claimed depth record for living organisms on land at 1 000 feet and a Chicago scientist locating bacteria at that depth in wells.
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Chicago
Wells
Cesare Borgia schemes under dim Roman shadows
In a Sinigagna chamber Cesare Borgia weighs traitors and captives as Fra Serafino and Condottiero Fra Serafino discuss how to trap Matteo Orsini. The duke plans a web of marriages and assassinations to extend control over Orsini kin and secure Plevano.
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Orsini
Rome
Giulio
Matteo
Misericordia Hospital
Cesare
Cardinal Orsini
Assisi
Gragina
Paolo Orsini
Macchiavelli
Sinigagna
Gianpaolo Baglioni
Sinigaglia
Pandolfo Petrucei
Tyyrant
Siena
Polnta
Walt
Fabio Orsini
Petrucci
Matteo Orsini
Fra Serafino
Mona
Agabito
Italy
Asatsi
Gravina
Giangiordano
Mattei Orsini
Plevano
Almerico
Steh
Peter
Serafino
Chessenger
Pievano
Cesare Tita
Cesare Borgia Forges Onward Amid Mercenary Struggles
Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinos and Tiaty, faces mercenary difficulties after crushing several rivals. The campaign ended with the ruthless means he alone employed, signaling a harsh consolidation of power.
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Cesare Borgia
Valentinota
Tiaty
Wager at Court Sparks Threat to Head and Fortune
Cesare Borgia makes a wager of a thousand ducats against a horse shoe and a rival blockade risks a fatal outcome as events unfold. To be continued.
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Cesare Borgia
Roads Laid Out by Animals
Senator Benton of Missouri argues that wild animals are superior to schools and engineers in laying out roads. He claims migrations and trails guide buffalo paths into wagon and railroad routes, with Indians and hunters following these trails.
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Senator Benton
Missouri
Baby Named Bill Chosen By First Day Start
The Progressive Grocer notes a couple finally naming their baby Bill after the child arrived on the first of the month.
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Bill
Can Do in a Crisis The Home Needs Resolve
A housewife learns to yell Can do in moments of danger and duty. The article urges women to face emergencies with courage, strength, and selflessness, noting that maternal love can unlock resilience to save a child and manage daily burdens.
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China
The First Gray Hair Not A Chronicle Of Growth Gracefully
A woman's club luncheon leads to a reflection on aging as she recalls turning gray before twenty five. She describes early dye experiments, choosing to let hair turn white to age gracefully and maintain youth through activity and self care. She notes reaching fifty without appearing old and embracing aging with dignity.
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Women's Club
When She Likes aMn T Have Noted
Ed Howe notes that women often show small attentions to men they harbor a protective interest in. He suggests such behavior arises from attraction rather than fear of other men, as cited by Capper's Weekly.
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Ed Howe
Back Hurts Begin on Salts Kidney Flush Remedy
An old advisory promotes drinking soft water and taking four ounces of rad salts with a glass of water each morning to cleanse sluggish kidneys. It claims this lithia-based grape and lemon juice product prevents bladder irritation, kidney complications, and blood impurities by flushing acids and wastes from the system.
Fleeting Life Says Hi Ho Quotes on Time and Value
A Washington Star excerpt quotes the Chinatown sage Hi Ho on time as a brief instant between past and future. Thoreau is cited urging a heart free of care and being good for something rather than merely good.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
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