Center of U S Population Moves Westward and Northward
The U S census places the national population center about four and a half miles south of Unionville and seven miles east of Bloomington Indiana. It moved roughly 31 miles west and 0 7 miles north from 1900 to 1910, with the shift tied to Pacific and Southwestern growth. The spot lies in Brown Monroe county near a deep ravine thick with brush, requiring field work by Prof William A Cogshall to fix a monument there. Rabbits squirrels pheasants and venomous snakes share the rugged area and spring blooms light the ravine.
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Bloomington
Ind
United States
Bureau of Census
Washington
Indiana
Unionville
Columbus
Brown County
Monroe County
William A. Cogshall
Indiana University
Marvelous T and C E Curiosity of Nassau Ceiba Tree
Nassau Bahamas presents a centuries old ceiba or silk cotton tree famed for its two‑headed appearance as if fighting land and sea. A 1802 traveler sketched it. scientists estimate it is nearly a thousand years old. Its vast umbrella-like crown, massive trunk, and buttress roots create a citadel silhouette. Pods yield a silk-like stuffing used for cushions and woven into native clothing since ancient legends.
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Nassau
B. I
Bahamas
Islands
Modern Nero Mulai Hafid Denounced as European Threat
London reports Mulai Hafid the sultan of Morocco as a monstrous tyrant. His reign is marked by mutilation and torture of prisoners, executions by lions, and brutal investigations for hidden treasure. A Moorish court's cruelty shocks European observers and provokes protests from Fez consuls.
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London
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Hafid
Fez
Europe
el Roghi
Ben Aissa
Woman First in U S to Earn Plane Flying License
Harriett Quimby of New York becomes the second woman worldwide to win a license to pilot an airplane. She qualified in Hempstead on a monoplane after two attempts, with a near record leap to a designated mark. Quimby, a Moisant School pupil, plans to fly at major meets and continues to work in New York.
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Miss Quimby
Moisant Aviation School
California
New York
Brutal Fez Conquest Atrocities Spotlighted By Two Women
The text describes Hafid’s ruthless forces harming both innocent and guilty as they brutalize in Fez. Two women linked to the Fez Medical Mission along with French and English consuls are credited with exposing the brutalities that amplify Mulai Hafid’s name.
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Hafid
Mulai Hafid
Fez
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Woodstock
Moorefield
AVS
S. E
Pacific
Southwestern
Terra Haute
Unionvill
Port Wayne
Indianapolis
T&ce
Bahama Islands
Sultan Mulal Hafid
America
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