Africa in Medieval Trade Revealed by Genoese Traveler
National Geographic reports a discovery from France's National Library outlining Antonia Malfante's 1447 travels through Timbuktu Touat and Tamentit. The account suggests fifteenth century Jews traded across northwest Africa with Sahara to Atlantic routes and notes Arab, Moorish, and native trading networks along with census style city records and a curious tale of a magician king.
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Vvilillis Iml Uuucliull
Sahara
Atlantic
Algeria
Niger
Troy
Antonia Malfante
Charles V
M. Ronclere
Malfante
Spain
Europe
Nigeria
Mallante
Gerhard Rohlfs
Morocco
Algiers
Touat
Rohlfs
Tleboen
Tunis
Tamentit
Timbuktu
North Africa
Vinifante
Dahomey
Gao
Vienna Telecommunication Chaos Spurs Privatization Call
A Vienna mass meeting of business leaders pressed to privatize the ruined telephone and postal networks. Officials admitted systemic failure with overstretched workers, and guards were placed on mail transport amid a breakdown of discipline under government control.
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Vienna
America
Kbommunications
Joe Bush Aces Fastball From Brainard to World Series Fame
By Norman Be Brown, the story traces Joe Bush from Brainard Minnesota to pro ball. He rose quickly after 1912, joined Connie Mack's Athletics, won 13 games in 1913, pitched in the 1913 World Series, later joined the Red Sox in 1918, appeared in three games in 1919, and was involved in the 1917 trade that sent him to Boston.
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Boston Red Sox
South
Joe
Bush
Brainard
Minn
Missoula
Mont
Union Association
Connie Mack
Athletics
Connie
Plank, Bender & Co
White Elephants
Red Sox
Sox
Czecho-Slovak Army Returns to Prague After Years
The famous Czecho-Slovak army under Colonel Kudvasr returns to Prague after years of warfare and wandering. Once prisoners of the czar, they fought the Bolsheviks for freedom and safeguarded Siberia from Lenine and Trotsky followers, amid an enthusiastic populace welcome.
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Kudvasr
Prague
Czar
Siberia
Lenine
Trotsky
Dear Mrs Thompson Love Advice Column Snippet
A collection of short Q and A style letters offering relationship guidance. Topics cover bashfulness with boys, choosing a loyal partner, family disapproval, dating across cultural lines, and going to a show with two boys. The tone mirrors a mid century advice column with practical moral cues.
Kidney Health Ad Promotes Swamp Root Remedy
An advertisement urges readers to prevent kidney disease and other ailments by taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It offers sample bottles for ten cents and instructs readers to mail for information and to mention Cheyenne State Leader.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton, N. Y
Cheyenne
Man Cleared in Wyoming Statutory Charge Case
Sheridan Wyoming April 4 John Zimmerman released from custody after preliminary hearing in a statutory charge filed by Margaret Roach a 16 year old girl who is soon to become a mother The testimony supported by the defense tended to place responsibility on the girl s brother rather than Zimmerman The Roach girl fixed August date while Zimmerman and his brother testified hay cutting occurred earlier and the Roach children were seen in a suspect position near the house The state presented testimony from the Roach family and neighbors but no conclusive evidence against Zimmerman
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Sheridan
Wyo
John Zimmerman
Margaret Roach
P. Gusick
Simmerman
Roach
Roach Ranch
Roac
Greybull Farmers Plan Water Supply Under New Statute
In Greybull Wyoming on April 4 a meeting in Burlington drew 4150 farmers to discuss insuring an adequate valley water supply. The gathering focused on adopting suggestions for forming a cooperative to implement the new statute.
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Greybull,wyo
Greybull Valley
Burlington
Irrigation Plan for Sunshine Basin District
The district seeks a special legislative session to pass a reservoir project. A reservoir at Upper Sunshine Basin is estimated at 800000 and will store water for years. An extension to create a second reservoir in Lower Sunshine Basin will cover six thousand acres of fertile land.
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Ithe
Upper Sun
Snine
Lower Sunshine Basin
Local Recorder Notes Unclear Remedial Address in City
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered place names and phrases including an unclear remedy reference in a city near Pennsylvania. Core details, individuals, or events are not discernible beyond several capitalized fragments.
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Washington, D. C
Lava
Pompeii
Egypt
Africa
Ted Asendian
Sir Oliver Lodge
Kaiser
Norman BE. Brown
Joe Bush
Kutivasz
Pelle
Klofac
Dr. Bennes
Mrs Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
Dan O
Eagles Hall
Sixteenth Stree
Peter W. Collins
Will
THE
RED Menace
American Legion
Pauoe CH
Joseph Zimmerman
Shim
Witte Logan
Saasas City
Baur’s
Baur
Forbes Pharmacy
17Th and
Capitol Avenue
Theatre OF Varieties
Frank Keenan
Billy Parsons
Goldwyn Film
Bosler, Wyoming
Bosler
Liberal
Laramie, Wyoming
Omaha, Nebraska
Sale
Bass Chie
Pass Oonc Pho
Lati
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