Petra Rediscovered City of Rock in Arabian Desert
The ancient Nabataean capital Petra rose as a Roman trade hub before its decline. Burckhardt later rediscovered the rock city, whose perilous journeys and Bedouin history shielded its tombs and ruins from western explorers for centuries.
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Trajan
Petra
Arabia
Petraea
Rome
Lowell Thomas
Asia Magasine
Persia
Todla
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
John Lewis Burckhardt
Arabian Desert
Burckhardt
Cairo
Theon
Uzardid
Jainehad
Lawrence
Child Who Caused a War The Mary Winchester Tale
A six year old Mary Winchester was abducted by northern Axauun natives and became the focus of a Lushais war. Chiefs pleaded to keep her as tribe head. British officers intervened. Her rescue sparked Elgin celebrations and a royal reception for SMuov. Mary later joined grandparents as Elgin rejoiced.
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Axauun
Mary
Elgin
Teading
Mornywhire
Morsy and
Nairn P
House of Commons
Queen Victoria
Lushals
Mary Winchester
Iwelf
Smuov
Ward
Varakin
Assam
Unusual Saccharine Substance Crystallizes in Central Pennsylvan ia Hives
A peculiar resinous sugar named from the French metez word affected honey bees in central Pennsylvania. The rich substance crystallized in hives during a unusually warm spell, causing bees to starve as they could not digest the compound.
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Manna
Federal Bureau of Chemistry
Forte
Pennsylvanis
Man Triumphs in Endurance Over Horse in Long Race
The text argues that humans excel in endurance over animals despite weaker muscular power. It claims a trained man can outpace a horse over a 600 mile distance while a horse would outpace a man in short sprints.
Remarkable Animal Displayed at National Museum
A pistypus, an extraordinary creature resembling both animal and bird, is shown at the National Museum in Washington. It features a beaverlike body, webbed feet, a beaklike bill, and sharp teeth, with no external ears.
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Australia
Tasgeania
Jaye Aucking
Nashioaton
Sound from colored light through glass vessel described
A 19th century note describes a device where a rotating disk splits light into a solar spectrum passed through colored materials. Placed to a glass vessel the eye hears faint sounds corresponding to certain spectrum colors, with red or green light producing louder effects and other colors none. The phenomenon links prism light, lampblack or dyed materials, and auditory sensation via light-induced interference.
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Picayune
Agen
Territorial decline of the Paumotu Islands cited
Frederick Brien argues in Century magazine that the Paumotu population has collapsed from about 4 000 twenty years ago to around 2 400 now, with epidemics and contact with Europeans blamed for heavy losses and cultural disruption.
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Frederick
Caprale Cook
Ghost boats bait fish by ghost boats near nets
Ghost boats use a white forward arc to frighten fish into leaping over a board into nets. Sailors report large catches, while smaller fry are kept from entering the nets by the same barrier.
Largest Venomous Snake the Bush Master
The bush master is the largest venomous snake in the Amazon region of South America. It measures 12 to 16 feet, has yellowish pink body with brown patterns, and fangs like a rattlesnake. Bites can be fatal within about 10 minutes. It hides in dens and ground holes near river banks and rarely climbs.
Witness at Missouri Bank Question About Sitting Bull
A man near the Missouri River bank is questioned by Fred Cope about Sitting Bull. The exchange touches on rumors and an odd remark about drinking river water.
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Missouri River
King
Temple Prayer Scene Described as Barbaric Splendor
Roy Chapman Andrews in Harper's Magazine portrays a Mongolian temple filled with gilded statues and silk drapery. The scene shows hundreds of tiny Buddhas, a chorus of prayers, cymbal clashes, and snakeskin beams, illustrating religious fervor in an intoxicating East.
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Roy Chapman Andrawa
Harper's Magazine
Priyér
Many Forms of Early Flags and the Stars and Stripes
Smithsonian notes many colonial flags and militia banners before the 1777 U S flag design. The 13 red and white stripes and blue field with 13 stars represented a new constellation. Early displays included Fort Schuyler in August 1777 with the Ranger voyage in November 1777. Stars varied from 13 through 48 across conflicts, while stripes shifted from 13 to 15 to 33 and back. The current banner is among the oldest flags in use, older than the British jack and other national symbols.
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Smithsonian matutHe
United States
Continental Congress
Publc
Fort Schuyler
Rome
Nsw
John Voor Jones
Soain
Untitled fragment from a defaulted narrative text
A corrupted fragment describes a child or figure named Thackeray and a scene of drawing, walking and observing a painter. The language is garbled with misreads and missing context, making full meaning unclear and names uncertain.
Friendship as Elastic as a Bond
A reflective piece describing friendship as the most elastic force in the world. It can stretch beyond ambition pride and personal vanity, lighten dark paths and smooth rough roads. It can change unchangeable circumstances and sometimes be one of the most beautiful things in life.
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Ida
Aaye
Margaret KB
Sangster
Chefetlan Herald
Renias
Sheep Lost to Society Bug Tale at Oret Crossing
In Spring 6 a society bug causes young men to lose sheep. A man returning from a dance waited for a freight train at Oret crossing as a heavy hand pawed his shoulder. He woke to find no train and a missing ewe, with the story growing as he looked east.
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Thee
Oret
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