Hidden Treasures And Curious Discoveries From History
A compendium of remarkable finds includes a 17,009,000 rouble treasure hidden by a Russian peasant at Staragorsilki, an Arab Christian martyr’s preserved bones in Algiers, a Newburg tree containing a marble foot-stone, and a beech tree marker tied to a 1759 land deed near Augusta. It also notes a Norweigan Viking ship unearthed in a burial mound, Columbus era anchor in Venezuela, a North Carolina gold nugget found by a farmer’s child, and the famous Welcome Stranger nugget in Australia weighing 2,268 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staragorsilki
Ostersky
Alcerines
Algiers
Newburg
N. Y
Augusta
Italy
Norway
West Indies
Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Trinidad
Washington Irving
Gulf of Harla
Ferdinand
Venezuela
North Carolina
Fayettville
United States
Australia
Bathurst
Kerr
Deeson
Cates
Rajahs of India and Luxurious East Despotism
The article surveys Indian Rajahs in Hindostan, noting their feudal rule, autarkic economies, and large revenues. It mentions vast jewelry stores serving Rajahs, extravagant stones, and lavish palaces, with glimpses of Delhi and Jeypores royalty, plus unrelated travel wagers and a note on a West of England cat killer for summer.
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India
Frank G. Carpenter
Jeypore
Hindostan
United States
England
Waterbury
Johore
Jolore
Delhi
Ocean survivor tells tale of wreck and shark attack
N Marks, a Portland to Atlantic route captain and former first mate, recounts being wrecked off British Columbia aboard the Blanche Buckingham. He describes mutinous sailors, a shark attack while approaching the ship’s rudder, and his miraculous escape aided by Captain Leroy Autrey. The voyage ended with the whaler breaking up, but all aboard survived.
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Denver
Col
North Pacific Ocean
Robinson Crusoe
Blanche Buckingham
Pelican Inlet
Maine
Leroy Autrey
British Columbia
Locating a Break in a Cable Via Artificial Line Method
A description explains locating mid ocean cable breaks by creating an artificial line to balance currents. If insulation remains intact the equal current split is shown by a differential instrument, revealing the cable length. If insulation is damaged, measurement uses battery power and current to compute resistance and length.
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Scribner
Ra Pa Ate A T In His
A fragment from a historical page hints at a personal anecdote or short note involving an individual identified only by initials ra pa and a stray letter sequence. The readable text is highly incomplete and provides no clear event, date, or context to confirm a fact or outcome.
Fragmentary notice hints at maritime mast inspection
Readable fragments indicate a report about masts or ships with emphasis on a warning or inspection. Names, dates, and places are not clear in the text. The item reads as a brief notice or snippet rather than a full event.
Confused Wait Helps Customer Miss Train In Hotel Exchange
A New York World item recounts a strained hotel clerk and a passenger arguing after a missed train. The irate guest claims she arrived by coupe and that the clerk misunderstood her indicating a contagious error in timing.
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Ottec
New York World
Irrepressible statistician probes aging odds
The irrepressible statistician continues his work as he studies a man who buttons his shirt each morning. He finds that by sixty the man has about two years, ten months, three weeks, and three days remaining to the operation, or to the event arising from the predicament.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hidden Treasures
America
Victoria Mines
St. Petersburg
Paris
Oswald
Drake
Tare
West-of-England
North Pacific
Ecacil
Butt
Witri Gation
Pan
Watts
Tha
Bis
K. and
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!