Ancient Santa Fe Adobe Palace Repairs Under National Grant
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the national government funds 3000 dollars for repairs to the historic governor’s palace in Santa Fe. Secretary Thomas awarded the contract while the territory’s custodian notes the edifice’s long history from Spanish to American control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adobe
Santa Fe New Mexican
Thomas
Santa Fe
Congress
United States
Jamestown
Plymouth
Southwest
Secretary of the Interior
Prince
Ile
Hero Onate
Quivira
Axinos
Vicente de Saldiva
Moqui
Pendosa
Missouri
the Inquisitios
de Vargas
Pike
Alencaster
New Mexico
Spain
Perez
Agua Fria
Jose Gonzales
Taos
Armijo
Captain Cooke
General Kearney
A Thin Timepiece Exhibits In Pittsburgh Window
A German watch advertised as probably the world s thinnest timepiece is shown in a Pittsburgh window with a case no thicker than cardboard. The article notes the extraordinary thinness of the mechanism and its display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Deep Sea Life and Adaptations Highlight Ocean Depths
The article surveys deep sea creatures and their adaptations. It notes bioluminescence uncertain in mechanism, salty versus fresh water algae as separate groups, and diverse fish forms from ribbonlike to eyeless. It describes whale biology, depth related eye changes, Spanish mackerel speed, and the sole’s sensory feeding method.
Scraps of Oddities From Around the Nation
A 70 year old Monhegan Maine woman has never seen a horse. An Atchison man reads his own obituary that he wrote for posthumous publication. An Indianapolis man builds a nearly unbreakable steel tubing bicycle. A statistician claims thinking men live about three and a half years longer. A Norristown toothache leads to a theater return after a dental extraction. Twenty four postmen in Washington work 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. in twelve man units. A linguist says English grand opera will soon be established in the United States. Cameo portraits onyx are a costly trend with five carvers employed in New York. A Louisville streetcar passenger scolds a three year old for fare, the child insisting she is six and it's her birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monhegan
Atchinson
Indianapolis
Pursidas
Apmt
Norristown
Washington, D. C
New York
Louisville
Tod Lay
Elizabeth of
Roumania
Carmen Sylve
Hotel Imperial
Vienna
New York Sun
Vienna Burg Theater
Maria Theresa
Manolly
Manoilly
Ile
America
Carmen Sylva
SICK-ROOM ADVICE FOR KIND NURSING CARE
Practical guidance for nurses on caring for convalescents with emphasis on kindness, calm demeanor, noninvasive assistance, and avoiding impatience. Stresses preparing meals, avoiding fan use unless requested, maintaining a cool posture, minimizing noise, and speaking clearly to patients during bedside care.
Fragmented Riddles Tie Up Odd Phrases with Everyday Objects
A garbled list of punny phrases links words like seed and birds fashion lead and duet wheels and keys marriage tie pills pills and Niagara bricklaying and dice post office and table. The readable bits resemble a wordplay puzzle referencing common objects and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Dovunie
Niagara
Pentie
Post-Office
Uswanny
Royal Playwright's Master Manolly to Debut at Vienna Burg
Queen Carmen Sylva hosts a salon at the Hotel Imperial Vienna as she reads Master Manolly, a five act tragedy about a master architect entangled with a prince and a wife amid a cursed cathedral. The piece mirrors a Roumanian legend and features extensive discussions on stage adaptation.
Curious Indian Tomb Found At Sandy Hook In Connecticut
Two Bridgeport woodcock hunters Morgan and Vose uncovered a three foot high earthen jar containing the skeleton of a seated Indian woman and numerous relics. The site yielded six more skeletons, stone implements, shell beads, clam shells, and baked flint points, with further digging revealing axes and hammers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Journal
Sandy Hook
Newton
Conn
Bridgeport
George Morgan
Thomas Vose
Taylor
Morgan
Persistency of a spook in having its likeness taken
In Los Angeles a gallery spirit photo event shocks a skeptic photographer and a reluctant female sitter. Five exposures reveal a haunting figure beside the living subject, dressed in grave clothes and beckoning. The sitter falls ill yet remains convinced the photographer did not trick her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York Sunday Journal
Ife
Ile
Also Mentioned on This Page
Queer Od
Alhambra
London
Cullman County
Ala
Queen Elizabeth
Vienna Burg
Piot
Clagter Manolly
I. W. Clarke
Philosophical Society of Washington
Clarke
Toledo
Alaska
Cotteau
Wrangell
Henry VIII
Arthur
Margaret
Jan Gossaert
Mabuse
Hampton Court
Jan de Mabuse
Henry VII
England
Oscar Wilde
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Vail
Mary
Joh
Messenger
Townsend, Mont
Bill Heads
Alex C. Carson's
the Messenger Office
G. M Jones
JONES
Townsend
G. M. Jones
Nelson, Langhorne & Settles
Baily Block
Helena
Montana
Agricultural Lands
Bent. Helena
P. O. Box
W. M.G. Settles
U. S. Land
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!