Channel islands and Isle of Man size and votes dispute
A garbled 18th century style note estimates Channel Islands at 76 square miles and Isle of Man at 60 plus miles with 95,000 people. It argues parliamentary representation would drop by 50,189 votes per member and notes constituencies with over 90,000 or under 20,000 votes, plus an emergency coast incident where boats were hoisted into harbor after a storm.
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Cheiarmas
Channel Islands
Isle of Man
Channel
Exigland
Ron Wonderft
Financial facts from early 20th century markets
A survey of global finance notes the US manufactured product value in 1900 at 14,103,127,082 dollars, with a 1800 value of 9,372,437,249. Germany shows varied stock issues, while London reports 1909 and 1900 figures for loans and securities. New York trust firms report rising loans to 582,116,006 and deposits to 792,931,721 with profits up 11,000,000.
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United States
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
London Economiat
Berlin
London
New York State
In Remote Places and Global Exhibits
The text notes events in 1903 Japan planning an Osaka industrial exhibit for Western invention study. A giant pearl near Broome, West Australia valued at £9,000 to £14,000 is reported. Nile fish survey by Egypt and Natural History Museum yields over 9,000 species. New South Wales is described as a large state in the Australian Commonwealth with vast land use and water reserves.
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Japan
Osaka
Broome
West Australia
Natural History Museum
South Kensington
New South Wales
Australia
Commonwealth
Bee habitats and oil well depths noted in Texas report
The report cites 244 counties in Texas and New York ties, with oil wells showing depths a thousand feet or more and oil ejection heights of 60 to 200 feet. It notes many bee banters in western and southern Texas, and describes caves along river tributaries as natural bee hives. These hollow rock recesses host bees and honey-filled caves recur annually across northern forests.
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Texas
New York
Forest Regiagon
Strange Tales and Tiny Feats From Past Times
Chronicles oddities from history note China sacking Mos sow in 1237 and 1293, a starfish lacking a nose and a strange claim about melting through Its under aide. Sera Bernhardt rehearsed Cleo Pure 100 times before a performance. A Baltimore engraver alphabetized a pin head in 90 minutes. European Russia counts 740 newspapers and periodicals, far fewer than New York state.
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Sera Bernhardt
Baltimore
Russia
New York
Btar
Wycliffe
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