Treasure Hunt in Italy Unearths Ancient Parchment Clue
An Italian widow in Bisceglie claims an old parchment, written in Italian and granted to her father by a Bisceglie monk, marks the hiding place of a vast treasure. Excavation has begun after a stone with a serpent engraving was found, tied to a Roman matron’s hoard buried near Hannibal’s 216 B C siege.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Alexandre F Dumag
Biscegle
Bari
Rome
Jerusalem
Bisceglie
Biscegile
LINK TO PREHISTORIC TIMES GENOLestes DISCOVERY
A Field Museum report from Chicago describes Genolestes a small sharp nosed rat like animal from South America. Its bones resemble a fossil group hundreds of thousands of years old and it has a kangaroo like pouch. The find may support theories of ancient land connections between South America, Australia and a vanished continent Antarctica via a land bridge.
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Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
South America
Genolestes
Australia
Antarctica
Popular Mechanics
Shrimp Dances Fading as New Machinery Replaces Practice
The Louisiana shrimp industry, once marked by workers dancing on sun-dried piles to music, shifts to machinery that chucks sun-dried shrimp. Workers stomped shells and spread shrimp for drying, with huge circles and screens used to process the catch. In 1920 the industry supported 20,716 people, with over a million dollars invested and a government-listed catch of 28,950,000 pounds.
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Louisiana
Captain Molyneux Grand Trousseau for Muriel Dunsmuire
Paris dispatch notes Captain Molyneux a gallant army officer honored for gallantry. Since peace he has become a leading dress designer in Paris crafting a twenty gown trousseau for Muriel Dunsmuire daughter of the ex governor of British Columbia.
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Trousseau
Molyneux
Muriel Dunsmuire
British Columbia
Paris
CensorALs Warning On Religious Films
Mrs. Alice Allan Arnold Denver censor criticizes films that fake religious subjects into sensational entertainment. She cites Temptation of St Anthony as an example and recalls a club remark by an elderly millionaire viveur who joked he wished he were a woman.
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Alice Allan Arnold
Moving Picture Censor
Denver
Ince
George
The
A Baseball Romance in a Family Tug of Love
A Richmond Times-Dispatch snippet shows a daughter pleading with her mother to stop pressuring her into Mr Ottit's company. The mother argues he is a wonderful catch, while the daughter warns if she keeps courting him the situation will backfire and ruin her prospects.
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Ottit
Iady
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gaines
Webb
Sii, and Jr
Cand
Annie
Estherville
Carl Duer
Ringsted
Henry Toman
Emmetsburg
W. J. McGiven
Ole Bervin
Earl
Alma Bervin
Maurine Wetterhaus
Andrew Olson
Art Hanson
Martin Olson
Earl Summers
Alva Berklin
Graettinger
Miss Berklin
Hoping
Jack Creek
Jim Ellerston
Chris
John Givin
Armstrong
Elmer Felkey
Bertha Madden
Frank Rentsma
Robert Neilson
Ellerston
Harold
Millard Loman
Depew
Fred Musson
Farm Bureau
Halfa
Opera
Kaltenback
Waterloo
Joe Madden
Lavone
Fenton
Florence Lester
John Flier
LeMaster School
Eli Berklin
A. Olson
Walter Smith
Cecil Henderson
John Mack
Secret signaling lights described by German labs
The article explains war secrets now in scientific literature, detailing German experiments on covert light signals using polarized light, didymium screens, spectrum gaps, and moving wires. Read through binoculars with prisms to perceive red green changes or black spectral lines, with sea signaling highlighted.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Secreted His Little Hoard In Connersville Church Confere nce
A wife recalls convincing her husband to host two ministers at their spare bedroom during a church gathering. A call from his factory reveals the wife claiming money is missing from the spare room. The husband explains he moved the money to the cowshed to avoid the ministers, not realizing the concern.
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Connersville
Indianapolis News
Largest Generator Built by Siemens Schuckert Works
Siemens Schuckert Works in Germany completed a 60,000 kva three phase generator rated at 7,000 volts and 1,000 rpm. It is designed to withstand a 50 percent overspeed and required special rotor and stator gondola cars due to its size. This marks a major jump from their previous 21,500 kva output and reflects scarcity of high grade nickel steel at the time.
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Siemens-Schuckert
Germany
Scientific American
First Canadian Marriage Celebrated in Canada in 1617
Johnson notes the first Canadian marriage was Etienne Couillard and Marie Hebert in Quebec on August 26 1617. The 304th anniversary was celebrated in Quebec with many descendants. Marie Hebert was Louis Hebert’s daughter famed as Canada’s first farmer.
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Johnson
Canada
Etienne Couillard
Marie Hebert
Quebec
Louis Hebert
Mrs Doolan’s Stubborn Refusal Before Law Guards
A London Tit Bits excerpt portrays Mrs Doolan repeatedly visiting the prison to confront police. She asserts her influence over the inmates, claiming her actions keep them from a life of crime and challenging the guards’ authority with bold language.
Platingmn Worth More Than Gold Once Seen as Waste
A cryptic note suggests plating material once considered worthless yielded far greater value than gold as a by product. The fragment hints at a historical example where a transformative metal or compound gained high worth, contrasting early undervaluation with later significance.
Get together at Petersburg school plans traveling library
Community gathering at Petersburg school house Thursday focused on organizing a traveling library project. A short program followed by games and refreshments, with several residents, including Miss Juliet Haighland and Mrs. C Olson, noted helpers and attendees.
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Petersburg
E. A. Winden
Beatrice Janzen
C. Olson
Charlie Sorenson
Hans Olson
Ed Stanwick
Des Moines Nurse Completes Training and Home Rest
The text notes a trained nurse finishing at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines and returning home late in the week. It also mentions farmers busy cleaning oats, indicating a rural community moment.
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Oretta
Madden
Bis
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
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Yeoman Lodge
T. J. Huntley
Huntley
Howells Coffee
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