Copan Stairway Unearthed Reveals Mayan Legacy
The Copan site in Honduras hosts a hieroglyphic stairway at the acropolis of a ruined city. Harvard Peabody expeditions led by George B. Gordon uncovered and restored the structure after a landslide buried lower steps. Four seasons and up to 100 laborers were needed to recover fragments, with 15 of 40 upper steps retaining identity.
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Copan
Honduras
Guatemala
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology
Harvard
George B. Gordon
Central America
Gordon
Cambridge
Peabody Museum
Hugo as Benefactor Helps Printer in Love Tale
Condensed excerpt from Catulle Mendes in the Courrier des Etats Unis recounts Victor Hugo aiding a poor pressman in love. The man sought a six thousand franc dowry, Mendes urged intervention, Hugo sent 3,000 francs enabling marriage to his beloved Clementine. Outcome details are unrecorded.
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Catulle Mendes
Courrier Des Etats Unis
Hugo
Mendes
Mensles
Victor Hugo
Tere
Clementine
Lony
Mr. Mendes
Hedgehog and Viper Duel Observed at Versailles
Resident M Guignet sends to Nature a vivid account of a hedge hog and viper fighting. The viper tries to flee, the hedgehog clamps its tail, the snake wounds the hedgehog but dies after a fierce struggle. The hedgehog begins feeding on the tail, avoiding the head.
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Hleagenog Killa
Versailles
M. Guignet
Nature
Attentive Bible Reader Otter Reads Bible Many Times
Ambrose S Otter of Cecil County Maryland has read the Bible from start to finish 117 times. He claims the Bible contains 1159 chapters 31198 verses 773697 words and 3566490 letters based on his counts.
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Ambrose S. Otter
Cecil County
Olympian Games to Open in Chicago in 1904
President Roosevelt will attend the Olympian games opening in Chicago during September and October 1904. He pledged to aid the Olympian association and spoke with Furber Jr and Rosenthal about finances and the proposed exhibitions. Military exercises will have a prominent role in the games.
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Mooncvelt
Roosevelt
Chicago
Henry J. Furber
Benjamin J. Rosenthal
Olympian Association
Henry J. Furber, JR
Secrets in Cipher Reveals Messengers Shielded by Detectives
London Tit-Bits notes royal diplomats keep foreign policy secrets until sealing. ciphertext dispatches travel with king's messengers under guard, two detectives shadowing journeys, and strict embassy vaults. Rewards, legal sanctions, and risks are outlined alongside brief local items on jailers freeing prisoners for a football game and a Nebraska man ill after hard work.
Names that became words from inventors' fame
The piece traces how McAdam, Macintosh, and Guillotin left their marks by giving rise to common terms. It notes Bentham praising McAdam and compares to Macintosh and Guillotin, whose names linger in language through durable concepts and the lethal device, despite common myths about their fates.
Herbert G Squirers United States minister to Cuba named
Herbert G Squirers a Canadian born figure who spent his career in U S service was chosen by the president as the first United States minister to Cuba. He served in the army from Minnesota 1877 switched from infantry to cavalry then to diplomacy with postings in London Berlin St Petersburg and Peking during the legation siege noted for his military knowledge and judgment. Old Peter Jenkins town man tells of a tobacco chewing dog that never refuses a chew and readily swallows the quid despite the dog’s long habit.
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Ferbert Gollamith Squiers
United States
Cuba
Minnesota
Fort Monroe
Kaw
W. G. Fargo
London
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Peking
Legations
Peter Jenkins
Bristol
Philadelphia
Peter
Famous in England Yet He Lives in a London Tenement
Rev Father Dolling of London, famed for eloquence, chooses squalor over comfort. He lies in a Poplar parish palaces to serve the poor, runs boy’s football, teaches manliness, and holds weekly dancing lessons to curb vice. His work begins in Portsmouth and now centers among 100 000 east end residents.
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Father Dolling
London
Church of England
Great Intwin
Poplar
England
Winchester
Paplie
Portsmouth
East End
Tio
Bee
Carps
Tie
Vals
Plainfield minister’s street altercation in New Jersey
A young Plainfield minister was ordained and later punched a larger man on a street. He struck back with a quick, calm defense after a dispute over a lady, saying the incident may help him in Africa. Also noted, Detroit Russian beer in England and a claim that rags worth 15 million dollars are sent to England from Nessin.
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Alden
Plainfield
N. Ju
Jersey
Teaver 9
Plainfel
Africa
Detroit
England
Nessin
Trouble With Moros In Mindanao War Threat Feared
A clash between American troops and Moros on Mindanao left one soldier dead and another wounded after Moro villages resisted arrest. Gen. Chaffee resisted immediate withdrawal, fearing loss of prestige, as a broader campaign to subdue Mindanao faced uncertain prospects. The Moros, mostly Mohammedans, were described as formidable fighters capable of assembling up to 20,000, with 600 rifles and the rest armed with spears and bolos.
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Mindanao
Philippines
Moro Vilages
Washington
Chaffee
George W. Davis
The
Philadelphia Ledger
de Moros
Luzon
Chiffee
Daniaia
James R. Garfield Named to Civil Service Commission
James R. Garfield, recently named by President Roosevelt to the United States Civil Service Commission, is the second son of President Ohio and was born in Mentor. He graduated from Williams College, studied law in New York, and began practice in Cleveland. A former Ohio legislator, he helped pass the Garfield corrupt practices act. He is a strong Republican known for independence and public service.
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James BR. Garfield
Roosevelt
United States Civil Service
Oho
Mentor
Cleveland
So Jory
Williams College
City of New Yorks
Iy Cos
Have
Ry A. Garfield
Garfields
James Tt. Garfield
Ohio
Garfield
Calf Said to Have Consumed Wallet With $150
Farmer Densmore of Vesteh N. J. believed a calf ate his wallet containing $150 planned for a mortgage payment. He killed the calf and found the wallet and most of the money in its stomach. $110 in fragments was recovered and sent to the United States treasury for exchange.
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Nif
Densmore
Vesteh
Sisies Treasury
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Kan
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Holbrook, Neb
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Mercer
Jeremy Bentham
Mr. McAdam
Macintosh
France
Guillotin
John L. Macadam
Herbert G. Squiers
Cuban Republic
Bidet
Tather Polling
Moros
Island
James R. Garfield
Nana Clean Record
United States Civil Serv
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