Deserving Place in History of Early Greek Culture
A fragmentary historical sketch credits Cecrops, an Egyptian, with founding a Greek town that became Athens citadel. It notes his moral and legal influence, Cadmus introducing letters, and Thebes citadel. It claims Boeotian poets and generals as notable yet Greece faced accusations of stupidity, while Phoenician learning spurred later progress influenced by Jewish refuge under Joshua.
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Greece
Cecrops
Athens
Thebes
Bovorinus
Cadmus
Joshua
On the Wings of the Wind from Richard Jefferies
Vivid prose describes wind and air as a living force. The speaker notes perfume carried by breeze and vast wind‑driven vapors moving overhead. A red flame and smoky hillsides appear as the wind shapes landscape in bright sunlight.
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Omern
Richard Jefferies
Magnetism Used From Eye to Ore Separator
A magnet’s pull is described for tiny iron fragments removed from the eye region and in Edison’s magnetic ore separator where crushed ore drops past strong magnets causing iron bits to deflect aside while stone dust falls straight. Another note mentions Mats Wickhammer magnets in strawberry basket making, using a mechanical device to present each handle singly to the worker, increasing efficiency.
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Edison
A Psychologist's Morning After Findings From A Mystery Experiment
A fragment from a letter to Atlantic Monthly describes a psychologist who took a drug bud from a group of southwestern Indians during a religious ceremony. The substance, allegedly provided by Welr Mitchell, induced vivid color visions and a fairyland state. The writer notes violent illness after use, with minimal other symptoms. The account references William James and Atlantic Monthly.
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United States
Welr Mitchell
W. M. War
Chen
Price
William James
Atlantic Monthly
Aluminum adds color shift to brass for submarine use
Experiments in France aim to make brass resistant to seawater for submarine construction. Small aluminum additions alter the alloy’s internal structure and color. From about 0.5 to 5 percent aluminum yields a deep golden hue, higher percentages produce a rose color, and around 10 percent gives a very white tint.
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France
Tts
Odin
Flora MacDonald College Homecoming Week Schedule
Flora MacDonald College alumnae in Dillon receive the official Homecoming program marking the twenty fifth anniversary. Activities run May 22 to 26 with services at College Auditorium Woodland Theatre and Red Springs church, a concert, board meeting, exhibits, Class Day, Senior Play The Merchant of Venice, alumnae banquet, and graduation remarks by Hon A M Seales in Greensboro.
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Flora MacDonald College
Dillon
College
D. H. Scanlon
Presbyterian Church
Durham
N. C
Woodland Theatre
C. G. Wardell
W.C. A. Presbyterian Church
Red Springs
The
Conservat of Music
College Auditorium
Board of Trustees
Alunhae Association
Court of the Pines
A. M. Seales
Greenboro
Cecil Rogers Passes at 22 in Florence after operation
Cecil Rogers aged 22, son of Mr and Mrs D V Rogers of Gaddysville, died Monday night in a Florence hospital after an operation. He was hospitalized with pneumonia along with his sister over two weeks ago. Survived by his father two sisters Misses Kate and Mary Frances and a brother Robert.
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Cecil Rogers
D. V. Rogers
Gaddysville
Florence
D. C
Cancel Liquor Permits In Washington
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer canceled all liquor withdrawal permits today. An order was sent to prohibition directors supervising agents and internal revenue collectors after reports five hundred permits were stolen from the New York federal prohibition directorate on March 22.
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Washington
New York
Prohibition
Kramer
Internal Revenue
Jaet
Federal Prohibition
Did You Ever Notice Your Wife’s New Dress
A Bentztown Bard verse questions a husband about care and affection for his wife. It contrasts daily strains with remembered tenderness, urging renewed devotion and gentle attention to his spouse. The piece reads as domestic verse from a small-town paper column.
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Varios
Daily Buzz
Starts Him On New Tack In Household Time Talk
A narrator recalls worrying about a guest staying late while Mrs. Billtops argues the habit is a long standing custom. The exchange revisits youth versus age on schedules, with the speaker reflecting on how youth notices time differently and clocks matter less to them. The piece ends with a patient wait for the guest to depart.
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Mr. Billtops
Mra. Bilitopa
Wedding March Abruptly Replaced By Hymn Tune
A rural church organist cannot play a wedding march for a forthcoming ceremony. Asked to improvise something close, he leads the procession with Onward Christian Soldiers as the bride and groom enter the aisle.
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Iedianspelis
County jail pours liquor into sewer after unrest
Public outcry centers on the sheriff’s plan to dispose of whiskey by pouring it into city sewerage. The quiet morning operation drew a lone newspaperman and deputies as ten gallon kegs were emptied into a bath tub and drained away, avoiding reclaim.
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Chevitt
Fragments of Liquor Fumes and Prohibition Notice
The article notes liquor fumes affect drinkers and describes a man pouring liver into a tub while others stand at windows for air. A separate public notice bans hunting fishing or entering the land of the undersigned without written permission, with violations to be punished by law.
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Anderson Daily
SD. Graham
Mre SB. Page
Bettie P. Jones
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Flora McDonald
Bathtul
Anderson County
Bentztown Bard
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BULL
Nora Williams
H. W. Williams
Joe Cabell Davis
Ditloa Connty
BT Ae
Wheeler
AW Woodruff
Hunt
Evans Pharmacy
Ford
Syaltic
UC Huterweind Tyiewets
Jordan
Smith and Underwoot Powrters
Mer Jd Publishing Co
Sotice
Palace Quaret
Stafford
Smith and Underwood Typewriters
Herald Publishing Co
Dillon Hotel
W. R. Summeranl
Herald Office
Seri
Casealy
Lumberton Markl, Works
J. W. Floyd
Lumberton
the Bank of Dillon
First National Bank OF Dillon
First National Bank
National Bank
Protection
Carolina
South Carolina
Dillon County
F. D. Rigby
Dunlap
Tenn
Carolina Milling Company
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