Samaritan Joshua Version Unearths New Details in Ancient Text
Dr. Moses Gaster describes a 2000 year old Samaritan Book of Joshua differing from the Bible. The text adds a creation date, lists a census, recounts Jericho spies, alters Achan, and changes numbers in battle tactics while aligning with Josephus on several points.
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Moses
Dr. Gaster
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Promised Land
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Jordan
Giigal
Egypt
Achan
Gideon
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Phineas
Josephus
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Christ
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England
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Palestine
May Prizes in Mathematics Spark Gossip
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press notes May at Vassar won first prize in mathematics. It quotes a quip about May’s mother asking how often Mr Hanson kissed her, and May’s reply that she could not tell.
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May
Vassar
Local Option Talk Overtakes Sea Serpent Question
A reported exchange highlights a man shifting from a sea serpent inquiry to a discussion of local option and prohibition, making the initial query about the creature's existence suddenly irrelevant. The remark captures temperance era tensions and community focus in everyday conversation.
Haunted House Visit Raises Ghostly Question Rate
Psychological experts visited the haunted house and were asked if a ghost was found. One expert replied "Rate" with calm emphasis, indicating assessment rather than alarm.
Will Not Be Called Grandma
A lexicographer notes the word grandma may die out by 2000 and predicts replacements like nannie or nans. He asserts many women dye hair and paint faces to seem younger, but aged youth remains illusory as one generation trains grandchildren to use terms like nans or kitten and seeks beauty parlors.
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Nannie
Nans
Lovelocks
Dearcat
Preas
Let the Clouds Blow Over and Sooty Chick Hatches
A Pennsylvania Nature Story advises couples to take short separations to defuse marital strife. In a Philadelphia Record note from the Allegheny roundhouse, eggs left in a tool box incubated by steam pipes hatched several batches of soot covered yet healthy chicks, with a third hatch planned.
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Philadelphia
Going Back to the Sailor and City Girl’s Funny Break
A San Francisco report notes campaigns against rate spreaders of plague amid universal discussion. A Call writer’s conversation shows children hearing the topic with jokes about rats and fleas passing the disease. In contrast a Cleveland Leader anecdote recounts a New York girl unfamiliar with rural life asking if trees have elevators.
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San Francisco
Cleveland
New York
Banzai Word Traces From Tokyo University Origins
A Notes and Queries contributor notes that Banzai, the best known Japanese exclamation in the United States, is roughly 16 years old. It originated at the Imperial University of Tokyo and is credited to Dr Shigemo, a leading Japanese literature authority. The term spread worldwide as a celebratory cheer equivalent to Hurrah.
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Imperial University of Tokyo
Shigemo
Shakespeare Praise Echoes From Street Urchin Remark
A street urchin asks who Shakespeare is and a companion says he is the finest show he ever saw after his job. The exchange preserves a playful, unscholarly compliment to the Bard of Avon heard at a theater gallery entrance.
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Shakespeare
Cat McBet
Bard
Avon
Fragmentary Bohemian Magazine quotes on inspectors and money
A garbled Bohemian Magazine excerpt references an inspector in an office and a realtor admitting a capacity to orate. It alludes to money funds and an officer investigating, but the text is incomprehensible and lacks clear events or entities.
A Luxury of War and the Value of Dry Stockings
A wartime anecdote from Youth's Companion recalls soldiers envying a private’s dry stockings after days of rain. He explains they were homemade, knit by his sister, and kept in his vest lining for warmth and morale, highlighting small comforts amid hardship.
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Lfe
Putnam
Twenty-Fifth Massachusetts Regiment
Great Soldiers as Students at West Point
The piece lists notable graduates by class rank from West Point. Grant, class of 1843, is noted as number 21 in a class of 29, while Gen William F. Sherman, Thomas, Meade, Hooker, Stonewall Jackson, Longstreet, and Hancock are profiled with their ranks in classes ranging from 12 to 60 in varied class sizes.
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West Point
William F. Prank UN
Sherman
Sheridan
Virginian
Thomas
Meade
Hooker
Stonewall Jackson
Longstreet
Georgia
Hancock
My Fancy Dances on Gold Dust in Australia
The great dancing expert My Fancy reports performing with Charles Godfrey’s company in Western Australia where sand was unavailable. Locals offered gold dust mixed with quartz, used in the dance. when placed in water, the gold grains shone clearly. The anecdote, from Pearson’s Weekly, notes the unusual use of gold dust as a performance prop.
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Charles Godfrey
Western Australia
Pearson's Weekly
Foreclosure sale in Bottineau County North Dakota notice
Sheriff N H McKinnon will sell at public auction on August 2 at 2 pm the northeast quarter of section 17 and the northwest quarter of section 15 in township 160 north, range 81 west to satisfy a judgment of Buffalo Puts Up against James A Patton Trussie A Patton and others for $3990.16 plus interest and costs. The sale is at the front door of the Bottineau County Court House in Bottineau North Dakota.
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North Dakota
Buffalo
James A. Patton
Trussie A. Patton
J. J. Stephens
Guorke, Schlosser
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Stephens & Schlosser Implement Company
A Corporation
State Bank of Muxbass
A. Corporation
W. H. Williams
Glenn’ S. Bills
Jon A. Patton
Bottinead
N. H. McKinnon
Bottineau
Notice of Special Tax Receipt Issued to Thomas White
Government tax receipt issued to Thomas White dated July 7 1907 for property room occupied by bowling alley on lot 4 block 32 Main Street Bottineau County North Dakota. Owner Ches R Wilber. lessor to Thomas White. Dated July 21 1908 with signatures July 24 81 August 7.
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Ing Main Stittineau
Bottineau County
N.D
Ches. R. Wilber
Notice of Private Sale of Land in North Dakota
Under a county court order of sale Judge John H. Kirk authorizes the administrator of N. C. Host estate to sell private sale for cash or one third cash with balance in a year. Property includes the east half of the northwest quarter and lots 1 and 2 in section 81, township 16 north, range 74 west Bottineau County. Sale after August 31, 1908 with filing deadlines at Wegner or Bled offices or with the judge.
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Hattineau
North Dakota
N. C. Host
Bottineau
Anderstigand
Richard Cox
Howineau
South Bottineau
Desole
Notice of Special Tax Receipt in Bottineau North Dakota
A government tax receipt is issued to Allcock & Brent dated July 8, 1908. The taxed property is the brick and frame building front room located on Lot 16, Block 16, Bottineau city, Bottineau County North Dakota. Owners listed are Olson & Hoohnke, lessors are Allcock & Brent. Dated Bottineau July 1908, with office stamp July 17 24 81.
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Bottineau County
N. D.i
Olson
Bottineau, N. D
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