Treasure of Pirate Gold at University Museum
The University of Pennsylvania Museum houses a disputed treasure collection valued at $5,000,000. It includes Colombian and Parisian pieces once linked to Cortes and early Spanish royalty. Highlights feature 84 pieces with two gold idols and an Inca death mask, among breastplates bells bracelets and a helmet.
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Museum of the University
Jungelvania
Colombia
Museum of the University of Pennsylvania
New York
Cortez
Paris
George Byron Gorton
University Museum
Penitentes of New Mexico Endure Self Torture Ritual
In northern New Mexico the Hermanon Penitentes or Benis brotherhood perform a yearly Passion play during Lent. The group endures self inflicted tortures to atone for sins, with some performers reportedly dying from injuries. They live in isolated mountain settlements, largely illiterate and ignorant of English, maintaining small cattle herds and occasional mining.
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Raton
Sandia
New Mexico
Hermanon Penitentes
Benis ‘ ‘Brotherhood
Hements
Growing door mats by sowing grass on sack material
The Detroit News reports a method for growing door mats using scraps of sacking, grass seed, and common grass seed. The sacking is cut to size, laid on level soil, seed is sown thickly, and covered with paper to germinate. After a week the cover is removed and the mat is moved periodically to prevent root fixation.
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America
Detroit News
Nature's Natural Processes and the World We Live In
The author argues the globe is a plastic changing body with a gaseous atmosphere and a liquid interior. Life arises from solar-induced chemistry, with vegetables sustaining animals and all return to Earth. Waste and destruction are presented as necessary parts of the Earth's ongoing living processes.
Maiden effort ends in sticky mishap and car rescue
John and his father prepared for a pleasure trip when a misjudged turn left their car stuck in sticky mud. Friends arrived and helped push the vehicle free, as John recounted the scene later with amusement and detail.
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John
Fragmentary ad copy on a Catarrh remedy reward notice
A damaged OCR fragment offers a reward for information about Catarrh remedies and claims medical cures. The text is garbled with misspellings and broken phrases suggesting a past advertising notice. No clear person or organization is identifiable.
For Sale Farm and Buildings in Clarke County
For sale includes farm, Clarke buildings, good stock and crop potential. Connections valued at 8,000. Also offers a selection of farm lands and city property. GOGCD & CO., E Winchester. Vas.
Real Estate Ads Promote Terraced Lots and Homes
Real Estate Investments advertises Haddox Terrace lots 50 by 150 at easy terms and notes prices will rise. It touts a 6 room Main Street house near the Court House for 1400 dollars and a brick 7 room house on Dock Street between Water and Piccadilly Street for 4250 dollars.
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Haddox Terrace
Onddock St
Water and
Piccadilly Sts
Norfolk and Western Schedule In Effect May 30 1920
Norfolk and Western timetable details routes from Berryville to Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediate stations. Pullman sleeper connections to Williamson Winston-Salem and Philadelphia with cafes and Shenandoah Roanoke link to Memphis special. Information via W C Saunders general passenger agent.
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Berryville
Roanoke
Bristol
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Welch Norton
Pullman
Williamson
Winston-Salem
N. C
Shenandoah
Memphis
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Heserstown
W. C. Saunders
Revill
Relief at Last From Stomach Trouble
Mrs Linda Harrod of Fort Wayne Indiana reports years of stomach distress and temporary relief finally ended after using Champlain's Tablets. She says two bottles cured heaviness and pain after meals and allows her to eat anything without distress.
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Chammain
Linda Harrod
Ft, Wayne
Ind
Gasoline Turns The Earth Windmill Evolution
A reflective piece notes windmills in Holland and America fading as gasoline motors supplant wind power. It contrasts wooden sails with metal wheels and steam or electric mills. It laments the shift from nature driven power to mechanical pumping and fossil fuel use.
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Amst ‘Ua
Holland
Minnifar
Aquidneck
Nantucket
Boston
Bells of St Clement’s Ring Attract Quiet Crowds
London on a calm late March evening saw the bells of St Clement’s Chime again for the first time in years. Hundreds of schoolchildren attended in processions, each bearing an orange or lemon as a small token while police guided them across Strand traffic. The historic tone carried over the Strand into nearby offices as old names and ambience filled the air.
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London
Thes Strand
Thames
Bt. Clements
New Skin Culture Could Replace Grafting In Burns
At a medical meeting Dr E G Beck of Chicago described a culture process allowing skin to grow over large burn surfaces without grafting. As wounds heal the edge granulations form a barrier. removing them daily may let the patient's own skin spread across the burn. Paraffin coverings may aid the replacement of skin without grafting.
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E. G. Beck
Chicago
Fees
Iron bacteria shape new iron ore deposits discovery
Scientists report bacteria decompose rocks form chalk and limestone and actively create iron compounds. Lab cultures show bacteria deposit iron in surface and underground waters. Their slimy crusts clog pipes, revealing vast biological iron production potential.
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South’ Pacific
Nothing Green in Death Valley Vegetation Sparse and Harsh
The article notes Death Valley’s vegetation is scant and stunted with yellowish thorny mesquits and grease bushes. Sagebrush appears yellowish gray or ash colored, desert apple grows in canyons, and cactus is rare here compared with the Mojave Desert.
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Death Valley
Mojave Desert
Property devised under the will of George W. Baker
A damaged OCR fragment notes a description of valuable real estate devised under the will of the late George W. Baker. The passage outlines land to be allocated, with references to follow specific details in the will and related filings.
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George W. Baker
Divorce Suit Filed in Winchester Virginia Court
Lewis F. Gruber sues Rossie Swartz Gruber for a mensa et th ere from cruelty and desertion. Bessie Swartz Gruber, a non resident, must appear within ten days of publication to protect her interest. Notice to be printed weekly in the Winchester Star and posted at the county courthouse front door by June 23, 1920.
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GRAY/WILLIAMS
M. M. Lynch
William W. Glass
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
C. C. Brannon
Lewis F. Gruber
Rossie Swartz Gruber
Bessie Swartz Gruber
Winchester Star
Winchester
B. Davarlby
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S. Main St
Walter A
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National Fire Underwriters and Insurance Cos
Edison Mazda
Museum of the Univeraity of Pennsylvania
Dearborn
Chas. F. Nelson
Strasburg, Va
M. Morgan
Gore, Va
Fannothmi
Toledo
Ohio
Vas
Vance
Main St
Court House
Norfolk & Western
Broiler
Elktor
Nothbound
Stewart ST
Harris Addition
J. W. Jolliffe
Rouss Avenue
Jacky Horner
Star Mercantile CO
Sanat R Raach
Water St
Dinda
Harved Riorses
Herlain
Venice
St. Clements
Old London
Geo.w. Baker Real Estate
Louis L. Baker
Rosalie H. Walk
Franck Baker Drug Store
Franck Baker and Son
Loudoun Street
County Court House
Hansbrough and Carter
J. M. Orndoff
Union Bank
Loudown Street
Indiana Alley
Ryan and Orndoff
Ryan and Ornaor
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company
THE
Valley Hotel
Market and
Piccadilly Streets
Market Street
Piccadilly Street
Piccadilly
Market Streets
Fred. L. Glaize
Glaize
Smithfield Farm
City of
G. W. Grubbs
Gray Wiliams
Cc. C. Brannon
P. Duvall
Corporation Court of the ‘City of
Thomas
Messer Co
C. B. Smalts
National Ave
Culpeper
Charles Town
Orange
Manassas
Marshall
Warrenton
Ibept
Ss Sade
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