Noted Parlor Gossip and Egyptian Court Tales
A column blends sharp satire of a town figure’s conduct with a wry look at social manners. It laments petty gossip, praise of cleanliness, and criticizes a prominent local man while recounting a humorous set of anecdotes about ancient Egyptian court procedure and a flamboyant book tea party.
Outskirts of Alexandria Describe Bedouin Camps Along Mahmou Dieh Canal
Passages describe groups of Bedouins camping near the Mahmou dieh canal on the outskirts of Alexandria. Men and women wear loose cotton gowns as they work in the fields beside the water.
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Alexandria
Mahmoudieh
Frustrated Student Lectures Spark Quick Exit
A nervous young man finishes a lecture to a silent audience of faculty and female students. He feels obliged to say more but cannot decide what to do. A girl usher gently nudges him to speak, reminding him to catch his train.
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Seed selection and the unseen mother of bread
Professor J Russell Smith cites a cave dwelling woman as the origin of modern grains through generations of seed selection. He laments that agricultural science today mirrors this limited view and questions whether science has advanced beyond her foundational work.
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Harper's Magazine
Billion-dollar coin rush stretches 13000 miles in line
A story notes the vast U S silver dollar hoard totaling 156 708 960 coins. Experts will count it over sixty days using weighing and a fast coin counting machine. If stacked the coins would tower 835 miles high.
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Robert D. Heln
President's role in lawmaking and Portugal justice shift
The text contrasts the president's constitutional duty to execute laws with the idea of him making laws as an absolute monarch. It notes the president serves the people, bound by the constitution. It then mentions a Portuguese jury in Villa Franca de Xira applying a new justice method to a counterfeiting case.
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