Word: ark
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pitched without," said a clergyman, having Noah's ark for his theme, and an old gase-ball player, who had been calmly slumbering, awoke with a start and yelled, "Foul !" The first bass came down from the choir...
...whole country between Memphis and Helena, Ark., is under water, and the levees along the Mississippi river are seriously threatened...
...funny man of the Times thus moralizes over Dr. Schliemann's recent discoveries: "When Dr. Schliemann digs for any particular thing, whether it is a city, a tomb, or a set of jewelry, he is morally certain to find it. He dug for Noah's ark in the Hill of Hissarlik, and he found it on the second day, not more than seventy feet below the surface. Later excavations have laid bare the entire ark, though, thanks to the great discoverer's precaution in putting a board fence around it and in compelling his workmen to dig with their eyes...
...town of Pocahontas, Ark., was entirely destroyed by fire yesterday...
...levee of the Mississippi above Helena, Ark., has broken, and the situation is very alarming...