Throne Room of Persia Lush With Riches and Wasted Glitter
Maude Radford Warren describes Teheran's shahs palace throne room as a chamber of opulent wealth and faded splendor. Priceless tables, giant jade-like treasures, and a peacock throne gleam beside dull china and common wares, illustrating Persia's contrast between vast riches and pervasive poverty. The scene ends with the stark symbol of excess and waste.
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Im Teheran
Persia
Michael
Shah
Great Britain
China
Japan
Maude Radford Warren
Saturday Evening Post
Device Proved Its Worth in Thick New York Fog
In late September heavy fog paralyzed New York harbor shipping for days. The test of a new 14 mile electrical pilot cable from Ambrose Channel to the Narrows showed promise to guide vessels in fog. A steamship with a listening device navigated confidently, suggesting widespread adoption of cables and gear for safe harbor navigation.
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New York Harbor
Ambrose Channel
Narrows
Apprentices Housed at Eastern Machinery Firm
A large eastern machinery manufacturer has established 27 apprentice employees in a homelike two story house. Sleeping rooms accommodate one to three occupants, with shower baths, laundry and housekeeper provided. The living room offers comforts to promote shop talk and boost ambition among young workers.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Marching Multitude Quote on Footwear Costs
A fragmented quote from a parade piece references footwear costs and a speaker named Sena. The readable text suggests discussion of price concerns and public commentary on marching preparations.
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Sena
Films Save Time with Motion Pictures for Farming Education
The United States Department of Agriculture promotes motion pictures as time savers for farming. Circular 114 details 112 subjects and 460 reels available for free loan, with only transportation costs to borrow. Borrowers include county agents colleges farm bureaus and clubs.
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Buppese
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Great Plaine
North Atlantic
Alma
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
State Colleges of Agriculture
Farm Bureaus
Chambers of Commerce
Womens’ Clubs
Extension of
State Agricultural College
Napoleon Adopts Ancient Beads as Imperial Emblem
A tale explains Napoleon sought a royal symbol beyond fleur de lys. He chose gold looking bees found in Childeric's tomb, but the “bees” were actually horse harness ornaments with red stones. Later known as fleurons, the true bees traced to a curiosity sent to Louis XIV.
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Napoleon
France
Childeric
Louis XIV
It Must Have Been
Seventh grade descriptions of people lead to a clash of wit when a pupil writes about the principal with a steely eye. The principal finds humor in the piece, while a shy girl offers a gentler verdict suggesting the writer could do better if unnamed.
Springs a Leak at Pamelia Lake in Western Oregon
Popular Mechanics reports Pa melia lake in the western Oregon mountains suddenly sprang a leak after years of reliability. Toward season’s end the water surface shrank to a few acres as water drained through bottom fissures enlarged by subterranean disturbance.
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Pamelia Lake
Oregon
Popular Mechanics
Fragmented line hints at appetite and appetite increase
The readable fragment suggests a dialogue about appetite and eating, noting that more consumption seemingly increases appetite, though the text is garbled and incomplete. The item reflects a stray quotation with uncertain speaker and context.
Bill's Handicap Too Heavy for Golf with Minister
A Detroit Free Press feature describes Bill, a Presbyterian by marriage, playing 18 holes with Rev. Mr. Sanderson. The round exposes Bill’s erratic golf, sharp temper, and good humor as critics tease and the minister endures the banter without exploding.
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Bill
Wolf
Mr. Sanderson
Detroit Free Press
Inister
Ikea
The Sadducees and Pharisees in Our Lord's ministry
A concise study contrasts the Sadducees and Pharisees as political and religious factions in first century Jewish society. The Pharisees, nation-centered ritualists, defend traditions and national spirit under Roman rule, while the Sadducees, priestly aristocrats, align with prevailing powers and favor rationalism, denying the resurrection that the Pharisees affirm.
The First Bicycle in England and Pioneers
James Plowright, England's early bicycle maker who died last September, copied the French boneshaker and built iron wheels before introducing iron shoed wooden ones. Michaux of Paris invented the front wheel pedal bicycle in 1866, imported to England in 1868. James Starley, a Sussex mechanic, modernized the boneshaker into the bicycle and tricycle.
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England
James Plowright
France
Plowright
M. Michaux
Paris
Mr. Plowright
James Starley
Sussex
Sugar Power as Motor Fuel Source Predicted at Conference
Admiral Dumas at the Imperial motor transport conference in Olympia London forecast sugar would become a by product of corn and alcohol the main product. He also supported the Pussyfoot campaign hoping to reduce alcohol waste from wines and spirits and urged a government official be hung on lamp posts for benzol losses from coal gas production.
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Admiral Dumas
Imperial Motor Transport Conference
Olympia
London
The Trouble and Patience In Percy’s Fading Band Tale
A fragment recalls Percy once traveling with you and Patrice noting a change as a cloud enters his eye and remarks on the size of a man’s band, hinting at a shift in identity or presence. The cryptic exchange hints at memory and loss within a neighborhood vignette.
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Percy
Patrice
Cloud
Getting Prints From a Professor In Manapolis News
A Kansas City Star piece humorously covers how parents register infant fingerprints on collars shirts or book leaves and the comic misadventures of a college professor whose students hope for an embarrassing moment. The tale blends child mischief with campus pranks and a lighthearted editorial voice.
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Papa
Daddy
Harvard
Papsy
Kansas City Star
Manapolis News
Women Live Underground in Tripoli Mountains Caves
Mrs J R Forbes a well known traveler reports discovering a tribe of women who live underground in the Tripoli mountains. They emerge only when marrying to move to their husband's home. Their appearance becomes pale and eyes dark and bright. They dye their hair with henna as they age and drift about in daylight as if drunk. Their underground homes house livestock including camels.
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J. R. Forbes
England
Moscow
Syria
Tripoli
First YWCA Training School Opens in India
A new training school for YWCA secretaries, the first in India, opened November 1 under a United States secretary. Eight Indian women enter the first class, mirroring the eight in the U.S. class of 1904, studying administration, club work with girls and organizing girl students. There are 47 YWCA workers and 161 centers of work in India.
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India
United States
Parable Joke From Sunday School Class
A towheaded boy recalls a parable about wrapping money in a napkin. The teacher asks the meaning, and the boy quips that the man intended the money as a tip for the waiter.
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Walter
Liquor Consumption Drops Sharply After Prohibition
Washington reports whiskey use fell from about 89.6 million to 5.6 million gallons in 1917 to 1920, beer from 60.8 million barrels to 9.23 million, with an accompanying claim that Americans saved over one billion dollars previously spent on beverages. Timber mine timbers coated with magnesia cement insured again against fire.
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Washington
United States
Anti-Saloon Leagues of America
The
League
Jail Reinstates Inmate After Months Away
An inmate who wandered to Townsville and worked for Maret returned to Anderson County Jail seeking readmission. He had been away for several months, with privileges and good meals provided during confinement. Jail official Jailer Rogers reinstated him to his prior duties.
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Anderson County
Townsville
Maret
Rogers
Ridge Hearing At Florence On Pee Dee Bridge
Maj. G R Young district engineer will hold a public hearing in Florence at the county supervisor's office at 12 oclock Tuesday February 15. Citizens may speak on the proposed bridge over the Great Pee Dee river near Yee Dee funded by the State Highway Commission. Center swing draw will provide a seventy foot navigable opening. Dillon's share is about 25000 and total cost is around 350000.
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Department of Agriculture
Men Parente
Florence
Latta, S. C
C. G. Bruce
Bo'wees
Cael
le Club
Bank of Dillon Safety, Service
Dillon
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