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...floor of the chamber were four gold vases, with covers in the form of human heads ornamented by blue and gold wigs; a large chalice shaped like a lotus flower, a long-necked bottle, a ewer, a spouted jug, a number of cups-all gold. Near the door was the skeleton of a small animal, apparently...
Editors of the Pioneer, the Golden Era, the Overland Monthly, the Californian were such resourceful amateurs as Sam Brannon, wildcat Mormon leader who got rich collecting tithes from gold prospectors; Ferdinand C. Ewer, tall, goateed, atheist Harvardman who later became an Episcopal rector; Charles Henry Webb, lisping, redheaded ex-sailor and miner, wit and lady-killer, who fled to California to escape the Civil War. (In the second year of the war, 100,000 army deserters and pacifists rolled into California. Among them was a slouchy ex-river pilot named Samuel Clemens...
...expedition led by J. L. Starkey uncovered, 60 ft. below the city level, a temple erected long before Rehoboam's wall. It was first built in the 15th Century B.C., when southern Palestine was under the political sway and religious influence of Egypt. Most valued find was a ewer inscribed with characters like magnifications of bizarre microbes. On examination this writing revealed affinities with Sinaitic scripts discovered near Mt. Sinai and with Phoenician scripts found in Syria. Orientalists were excited at this unexpected bridging of an ancient linguistic...
...surprise victory over the A. A. Lazar '33 and F. B. Broida 1L combination yesterday afternoon, to enter the semi-finals. Ian Baldwin '33 and J. K. Mitchell '34, have advanced to the quarter finals, as has also the team of J. A. Roberts '36 and J. C. Ewer...
...Campbell, A. M. Chipman, J. W. Clarke '33, Robert Cobb '33, A. Cox '34, A. H. Daniels '33, Robert Day '36, A. Douroputo '36, W. S. Emmet '34, J. C. Ewer '35, A. M. Ferry '34, J. H. Finley Jr. 2G, J. T. Foster '33, F. A. Gilbert '34, Irving Greenblatt...