MOUND BUILDERS' WORK Over Ten Thousand Mounds in Ohio Alone
Special Correspondence discusses prehistoric mound builders across the Mississippi valley, with Ohio as a focal point. It details Fort Ancient, Cahokia, and other fortifications, their sizes, embankments, ditches, and possible uses, noting extensive labor and widespread distribution from Ohio to Texas and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Peabody Museum
Harvard
Great Serpent Mound
Adams County
Congress
Little Miami River
Fort Ancient
Putnam
Harvard University
Century Magazine
la Vega
de Soto
Florida
Carver
Harte
Harris
Marietta
Daniel Drake
Cincinnati
Miami Country
Caleb Atwater
Columbus
Newark
Portsmouth
Circlevile
Smithsonian Institution
Rockies
Lakes
Gulf
Mexico
Central America
Indiana
Ulnon
Wisconsin
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Chillicothe
Ross County
Kanawha
West Virginia
White
Wabash
Tennsee
Cumberland
Highland County
Wm Waren
Warren County
Little Miami
Lebanon
Greece
Scioto Valley
Newton
Hamilton County
the Great Miami
Great Miami
William Henry Harrison
Athens
Pireton
Ohio River
Harrison
Butler County
Hamilton
Hiuss
Scioto
Newtown
Piketon, O
Taventy
Richmondale
George S. McDowell
Mohammedan Relics and The Blue Minaret of Niewa
In Niewe the grey mosque built in 1878 by a Murad general stands as a prettiest Islamic relic, its Saracenic minaret adorned with blue and red tiles. Nearby decaying amaret once housed soup and pilaff for the poor, its walls fading in rainbows. A dervish and a visiting observer comment on the spectacle as a Turk fights with walls and treasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ie Mohammmedar
Niewe
Niewa
Sultan Murad
Salonica
Mecca
Constantinople
Wus
Emperor Imperator potato yields exceed France averages
At a Paris Academy of Sciences meeting M Aime Girard reported Imperator potatoes can yield 32 000 to 44 000 kilograms per hectare with 20 4 to 24 2 percent dry starch. In 18st crop the tubers averaged 30 0 kilograms per hectare and 7 956 kilograms of dry starch. Forty French growers tested the variety with consistently high results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Academy of Sciences
M. Aime Girard
O: Richter
France
M. Girard
Londonr Times
Boy Carries Chair on Mission From One Teacher to Another
A Providence Journal tale recounts a bright intermediate pupil sent with a note to a grammar school teacher. The boy misunderstood “take a chair” as instruction to physically fetch and return the chair, dragging it back to his own school. He explained the task was a job and he followed orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Journal
Enterprising bill posters mix tricks with news in old notices
A jumble from a Lewiston Journal item shows critics noting bill posters copy and misplace notices. The piece mentions C Spurgeon, J J Knight, and a misread “£ 10 Reward Lost Two Fat Heifers” on a wall. It also cites assorted adverts and a note on lobster trade and shipping from Lewiston to Chicago and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Spurgeon
C. H. Spurgeon
J. J. Knight
Kenealy
Perry Davis
Bond
Lewiston
Lewston
Portland
Chicago
Lewiivu Journal
Three Classmates in the War Remembered at War Field
The Waterville Mail recounts a Maine college class story. After graduation one joined the bar, another pursued law, and a Union captain who was their third classmate buried two corps commanders together on a battle ridge, placing them in one grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Waterville College
Misson Ridge
Tennessee
Trade Yet an Orange for a Piece of Pie
A brief witty exchange between schoolboys at recess captures a judge’s remark about trade. One boy offers an orange for pie, the other has none, and the judge notes the trade is canceled by mutual lack of pie. The scene reflects a lighthearted moment in a school setting.
Pigeon English Joke Quips From Smith Gray Co Monthly
A brief quotation from Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly notes a pun on language. It quips that someone speaks “bric-a-brac” well and asks what language it is, answering “Broken China.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Long Standing Blood Diseases Cured by Ayer Sarsaparilla
Advert describes Ayer s Sarsaparilla as an alterative curing long standing blood diseases through persistent use. Testimonials cite John W Benson of Lowell and others claiming relief from liver dyspepsia and a severe arm carbuncle after multiple bottles, suggesting rapid but varied results with continued treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
John W. Benson
Awrence St
Lowell
Mass
Carrie Adams
Holly Springs
Texas
Vyson
Fernandina
Pla
Aver
T. Wiley
Chambers St
New York
Augusta A. Furbush
Uaverhill
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Hopetoy
Great Miami River
Cahokia
Tils
St. Louis
Selserstown
Miss
Miamisburg
J. K. Ronne
Ory Street
Warren
A. J. Hazeltine
W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
O.W. Beaty
M. B. Dunhaimn
L. B. Wood
Chas. H. Noye
James Clark
L. R Freeman
Charles W. Stone
F. H. Rockwell
D. Wetmore
Pres
M. Beecher
Cash
England
Ireland
Barriage
Island
Iemplor
G. Koebley
Sapr Tf
Globe
Inzers Aol A
Finzer & Bros
Louisville
W. Freeman
Hazeltine
West
Jown C. West &Co
Johnson & Siegfried
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad
Rogs’ Mill
Falconer
Frewsburg
Akentonville
Ackley
Kon Warren
C. A. Clute
J. T. Bishop
Joseph A. Schofield
Notwy Public
Scofield Block
Morris & Mullen
Lily
Brown, Stone & Rice
Attorneys AT Law
Second Street
First National Bank
BR. Brown
W. Stone
W. Erich
D. M. Schermernorn
Judge Scofield
Liberty Street
T. Neill
Ai Law
New Exchange Block
Leonhart Broa
Ball & Thompson
Beatty Block
A. Davis & Co
D. I. Ball
D. J. Ball
C. Thompson
Dinsmoor
Able & ‘Peterson
Office Water Street
Hunter & Son
Chas, Dinsmoor
Jas, Cable
Chas
A. Peterson
Noyes & Hinckley
Johnson’s Exchange
W. H. Noyes
W.D. Hinckley
W. &. Tronkey
W.Y
J. A. Love
Exchange Block
F. W. Whitcomb
Ofice and Residence
Hickory Street
Warren, Pa
C. Smith
First Nations Bank
A. A. McAlpine
Otlee
Third St
M.E Church
J. Danforth
Second and
Liberty Streets
Up-Atake
John Sager
Wise
Carver House
Iy W. A. Greaves
Hall
Episcopal Church
the Revere
Vaud W.N.Y
P.r.r.depota Warren
Frank Meitzgan
Mansion House
Court House
E. W. Sealy
Raymond's
Flaster
E-Bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
FY Warren
Citizens’ National Bank Capital
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
L Gerould
Cashie
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
Ph. Johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
G.n.parmiee
A. T. Scofield
United States
Tionesta Valley
Philadelphia
South No
Thompson
Shefield
Jun
Foxburg
Allegheny
Sheffield
Parner
North
Garfield
Fransworth
Tioua
Markham
Answorth
Frans-orth
Shetfield
Ohvo Boas Sa Son
Sali
Avian Khue
Wuretine Ta
Wries
Rome
Tre
Pluk Cadets
Stase
Aellar
Evel
Peggy Cuneo
Bota
Wilke Pardee
Maine
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