Cairo University as a World Center of Islamic Learning
The El Azhar University in Cairo is described as a world center for Mohammedan learning. It draws over 10,000 students from three continents with hundreds of teachers. It is portrayed as a cosmopolitan microcosm of Islam, gathering diverse peoples under one roof.
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Cairo
Afilliona
Shoslume
Egypt
University of
El-Azhar
Sidney Low
London Standard
Oxford
Cambridge
Berlin
Harvard
Orthodot Mussulmans
Scandinavia
Sicily
Paris
Gottingen
el- Azhar
Adriatic
Pacific
Women Smoke Opulent Riviera Habits Across Paris Cafes
A Paris correspondent notes a rising trend of women smoking cigarettes in hotels, restaurants, and night spots along the Riviera. The piece describes widespread use by women of all ages, with a social scene featuring refined dress and lingering evenings, reflecting broader changes in fashion and leisure.
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Paris
Negue
Riviera
Stourt Hotels
Cates Anual
Vicente
Benebr
Bios
Pebetaires
Umd
Wenn
Corvelt
Amy
Patha
Eteat
Iire
Stoke
Ebeest al Oad
Bickal B
Fragmented Verses and Jumbled Gossip in Local Briefs
A garbled OCR segment presents fragmented quips and stray phrases about manners, sayings, and social tones. The text includes disjointed lines on honesty, judgment, love, and public life, but lacks coherent events or clear individuals to summarize into a news item.
Home trader and home builder praise local buying
The speaker argues that trading at home saves postage and earns prestige. He notes women favor mail orders from cities but criticizes those who shop locally yet complain their town is unsuitable, claiming loyalty to neighborly commerce and patriotism.
Debatantes Hear Miss Farrar Urge Work In Lent Luncheon
In New York a Lent luncheon hosted by debatantes featured Miss Geraldine Farrar who urged attendees to embrace work to avoid degeneration. She warned against familiar modern types like Mrs. Rose and cited humor about medical advice and rest.
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Geraldine Farrtar
New York
Farrar
Ms. Rosa
Melrose
Mrs. Rose
Nuy
Defaucition tale with Senator Phot dialogue at river beach
A garbled account describes a June visit by Senator Phot to Muan rivittum Beach Hotel. Scattered phrases depict a playful exchange with a young girl and a quip about political economy as the art of not buying more votes than you need.
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Phot
Ooh
Muanrivittum Beach
Ted Statesmuau
Plait
Women and Kidney Health Claims From Swamp Root Ad
An advertisement promotes Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues, claiming it improves “ambition” and vitality. It cites testimonials and urges readers to send money and mail for quantities, listing Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root with addresses in Binghamton New York.
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SeareRont
Ringinunton
Dom Toms
Dr. Killmer
Binghamton
N. Y
Unfathomable Fragments From A Distant Ledger
Garbled notes recount diverse items: Chinese railway finance at Pekin under Li Chintsz, a West New Zealand wool export of 171, etc. Herring ages span three to fourteen years. Mukden Manchuria hosts forty tanyards and fur trade. UK paper count rises to 2353 with London contributing 404. A Sheridan anecdote ends with a quip about shot at ducks and a half sovereign offer.
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Pekin
Li Chintsz
Li Hung Chang
Mukden
Manchuria
United Kingdom
Londor
Miscellaneous global notes and curiosities from press scan
A collage of odd facts includes Manchuria cable traffic, rising imports in Belgium, a sale plan for an eight mile Mount Washington road, a Duluth beach car racing find, costs for restoring the Russian battleship fleet, a cane from Chancellorsville, tips on sending flowers via potatoes, Jersey and Guernsey ship trade to the U.S., and various notes on geography births and local lore. It mentions Chinese watershed denuding, large dog owners in Russia, London Hospital views on lobsters, Jewish marriage customs, Franz Ferdinand, Obadiah women lip ornaments, and local farming forecasts for Snoivraga rosinecrop.
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Manchuria
Japan
Belgium
Mount Washington
London
Jersey
Guernsey
United States
Percival Roberts
Philadelphia
Borea
China
President Aids Call to End Water Pollution Reform Effort
A letter urges President Roosevelt to act on river and harbor pollution by sewage dumping. It cites New York Hudson River Niagara Falls and major drains as threats, argues government inaction costs lives from typhoid and disease, and appeals for urgent federal measures to curb sewage pollution.
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Counry
Elwant Hatch, Jp
New Sun City
Hotel
New York
Mecchants’ Association
Conmettes
United States
Pittsburgh
Trenton
Nigara Falls
Niagara River
Great Britain
Resson
Mississippi
Hudson
Delaware
Ohio
Connecticut
Susquehanna
Notable Pubs and Prices From Distant Times
An assortment of factoids outlines earnings for writers Thomas Moore and Anthony Trollope, a British vessel life claim, Maine university building costs, rubber supply, Bulgarian dairy diet, Egypt trade goods, a massive gold nugget found near Butte, and London roof garden proposals with notes on air and light.
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South Auertes
India
Bulgaria
Egypt
Kordofan
White Nile
Highland
Jobs Kern
Butte
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Orld
Heme Ranis
Sive
Morocco
Horace J. Stevens
Shelden
Houghton, Michigan
The
Herald Itiee
Miszt
Nmdsell UeSst
Dud
Francis Bacon
Michael Angelo
Louis Napoleon
Henry
France
Seneca
Rembrandt
Pope
Campbell
Nest
CBS
Mr. Rose
Rauses
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Leo Nore
Stae
Senator
Chatewairiand
Sten
OS Wclock
West
New Zealand
Unexa
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Sheridan
Sherid
Cille
Abd Barsaba
Duluth
Minn
League I
Virginia
Chancellorsville
Ruvally
Cate King
London Hospital
Lobeter
Franz Ferdinand
Hungary
ObadJona
Rosinecrop
Snoivraga
Landrat von Ustar
Gerui
Africa
Swanson
P. S. Buzser
Eynesville, Ma
Lumbaga
Tole
Kiodared
Gale
Druggisate
Wanson Rheumatic Cure Company
Lake Street
Cin
Pete
Becker & Silverman, Proprietocs
Dr. King
Ron
Thomas Moore
Shaya
Tentssen
Anthony Trollope
University of Maine
Luke
Bayliss
Agency
Bessemer, Mich
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