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...Egyptian government maintains an agreement with foreign powers that all archaeological material found in Egyptian soil shall be divided equally between Egypt and the finder. Equal division in quantity is relatively simple, but equal division in quality offers great problems. In 1912 German Archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt quietly extracted from Tel-el-Amarna, and removed to Berlin, a gracile bust of Queen Nefertiti which was more precious to Egyptians than tons of jeweled bric-a-brac. First, it was supposed to possess magical properties. Second, it was pronounced by worldwide experts to be among the loveliest creations of the ancient dynasties...
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That single archaic skull and the commingled bones of the ten bodies and their limbs, all fossilized, scientific diggers recently dug up, a Peiping despatch reported last week. Actual finder was Pei Wenchung, Chinese archeologist, in the party of Dr. Davidson Black, Canadian paleontologist. The find is undoubtedly the most important archeological discovery of the year. It provides one complete and nine nearly complete skeletons of the "Peking man," pithecanthropus erectus, whose vestiges heretofore have consisted of but a skull top, a leg bone, a few teeth...
Annually the Macy's stages this grotesque parade to inveigle children and parents into its Christmas Toy Department. If a balloon is found the finder who sends it back gets a $50 prize. Last week's balloons, including a 168-ft. Krazy Kat-faced dragon, a 30-ft whale, went toward the Atlantic Ocean...
...purpose is to insure happier tail-wagging in all U. S. dog-homes. Careful records are kept of all dog-members, including peculiarities (such as a hoarse bark, a missing eye, discolored teeth). A number-tag is attached to each member's collar and when he strays the finder telephones or telegraphs the Tail-Waggers who notify the owner if and when the lost is found. Other advantages are free medical advice, six months' subscription to The Tail Wagger, official organ of the Tail Waggers' Club. The fee is $1 a year. Dogs have been entered from...