Mirages of Jim-Jam Valley Awe San Bernardino Pioneers
San Francisco Examiner recounts Joe Joachinson's tale of Jim-Jam Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains. The uninhabited basin features eerie mirages, lakes, "pantomime" figures, and storms that dazzle and terrify visitors.
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Jim-Jam Valley
San Bernardino Mountains
Joe Joachinson
San Bernardino
Palace Hotel
Mojave Desert
San Bernardino Range
Sierra MaBdalenas
Fisk's Ranch
Sierra Magdalenas
Dead Man’s Pass
Mojave
San Francisco Examiner
Clock Sign Tradition Tied to Lincoln Death and Lisbon Disaster
A Chicago News note explains clock and watch signs in jewelers stores set to 8 17 as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln after his death in 1865. It mentions an alternate Lisbon earthquake origin claiming clocks stopped at 1755 disaster time, shaping the practice.
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Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
White House
Washington
Lisbon
Chicago News
Chiquiriquita Belmont Finds Love After Border Night
In a Arizona border tale, Chiquiriquita Belmont recalls a childhood amid soldiers and Gen Ames. A desert nightmare with Indians ends when a rescue rides in and Dr Warner declares love.
Pilgrimage to Mecca and global trade notes
A Cornhill Magazine summary notes Muslims' obligation to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina at least once. It cites extended pilgrim journeys from China India Persia and Africa, hardships and proxy pilgrimages, plus the religious framing similar to a Eucharist in bringing believers closer to the Deity.
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Mohammed
China
India
Persia
Turkish Empire
Egypt
Tripoli
Tunis
Algiers
Morocco
Zanzibar
Senegal
Kurdistan
Afghanistan
Soudan
Sahara
Arabia
Mecca
Medina
Isla
Cornhill Magazine
Song Meaning of Sixpence and a Pie
The piece explains the nursery rhyme as a cosmology. It equates the four and twenty black birds with hours in a day, the pie with the world, and the king and queen with the sun and moon. It notes the sign Keep to the left on French highways as a driver caution.
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John
Dr. Warner
Michael
Nano
Nana
N. Y
Merit Wins and Remedy Guarantees at Local Drugstore
The advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Dr King s New Life Pills Bucklen s Amnica Salve and Electric Bitters as top sellers with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory Morris Mullen druggists. Kemp s Balsam for throat and lungs is promoted with a guarantee and trial size free reflecting broad public demand amid ongoing drugstore excitement. Burglar joke and other quips are included as filler.
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Dr. King
Bucklen
Morris & Mullen
From Humble Beginnings to Great Minds Across History
A survey of famed thinkers and artists who rose from humble origins. Protagoras and Epictetus began as serfs or porters, AKENSIDE and D Alembert were born poor or foundlings, Archbishops and poets like GelI and Amyot pursued study by firelight, while Heynz and others overcame poverty to achieve lasting fame.
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Protagoras
Akenside
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Cleanthes
Sop
Publius
Syrus
Terrence
Epictetus
Banpocera
Ascott
Canterbury
Charles I
Guildford
Gelli
Ammonius Saccophorvus
Alexandria
D’ Alembert
Tux
Opie
Cornwall
Wolcott
Peter Pindar
Amyot
Plutarch
Prof
Heynz
Gottingen
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the Centaur Company
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Mt. Pleasant
Texas
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Cambridge
Ohio
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Jacobs Oil
Leman Texas
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Houghton, Mich
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Shortlidge Media Academy
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Market St
Pittsburgh, Pa
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