How A City Was Buried In The Herculaneum Deluge
The Troy Weekly Call outlines Herculaneum near Naples buried by a water lava flood in 79 A.D. versus Pompeii’s ash fall. It explains excavation history from 1709 through 1866, noting theaters and galleries exposed by daylight, torch lit tours, and the sea barrier formed by the mud torrent that blocked ships.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Ponpeli
Pompeii
Victor Emmanuel
Swain
Sevenianeum
Herculaneum
Like Father's Voice in Church-Gur Soprano Chorus
Yonkers Statesman notes the soprano gains credit for her singing, while a Gotham columnist jokes about hereditary talent, mentioning her father once sold fish on the streets and prompting discussion of inherited voice.
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Gotham
Not Many Do It's All Right to Speak Well of the Dead
A brief note reflects on how people speak of the deceased and the living. It cautions against excessive praise for those no longer present while urging kindness toward the living. The tone is reflective and admonitory.
Joseph in Prison and Faith Under Trial
A devotional retelling of Joseph in Potiphar's prison, where his innocence and trust in God sustained him. The keeper of the prison observes Joseph's calm, steadfast faith as he orders mercy and order, leading to Joseph gaining entrusted control of the prison and favor from the keeper.
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Joseph
Coen
Egypt
Heliopolis
Knakias
Fpotiphar
Smeer
Poliphar
Potiphar
God
Smewah
Testediptaciety Aiba Pod Ziad
Leaven
Osiris
Kesper
Taymaster
Towed to Sea by a Shark Near Cape Cod
Boston reports a fishing crew on the Francis V. Silva hauled in a shark that pulled their dory and trawl. Joseph Bent and William Jason clung to the boat as the enormous shark surfaced with hooks in its body and swerved toward the open sea before Jason cut the trawl free.
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Boston
Joseph Bent
William Jason
South Channel
Cape Cod
Francis V. Silva
Gent
Jason
Bent
Tax on beer and cigars in Berlin
German finance minister Baron Von Stengel plans an extra tax on cigars and beer to replenish the treasury. He argues naval expansion requires funds, aiming to raise about 10 million annually, with roughly half for shipbuilding to match American efforts.
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Berlin
Baron von Stengel
Baron ‘von Stengel
Admiralty
Torpita
von Stengel
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Inactucm
St. Louis
W. W. Jarvis
G. Jarvis
Guy's
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Munn & Co
Scientific American
New York
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Billa
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