A Day in Life of a Ceylon Tea Planter
An estate supervisor chronicles a typical day on a Ceylon tea plantation. He describes muster duties, tea factory processes from withering to grading, medical practices for coolies, jungle walks, encounters with elephants and pigs, and end-of-day sport with neighbor Alexander Bell.
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Ceylon
FF Sellario Chambers
Tea Estates
Varian i
Begined
Ac Almort Wauxtorn
Emerrom
Jungie
Ayab
Pandit
Searle
Kangany
Kandy
Bell
Thigna Bell
Tapping the Traveler Wily Ways of Freecing the Unwary Tourist
A dated sketch of scamsters pre motor age and modern dupes abroad. Stories of geese, chickens, and drivers exploiting visitors with swindles in France, Switzerland, and Paris. Passengers lose cash and luggage while authorities struggle to pursue culprits.
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Ripley
Hodge
Gander
Calais
Canton Schwiz
London
Paris
French Alps
Standing Armies Of The World Compared
A survey compares national armies. Britain fields 255000 regulars with 59000 in organized reserve, Germany 624000 regulars and 38000 reserves, France 550040 regulars and 1509? reserves, Russia 1200000 regulars and 3390000 reserves, Japan 225000 regulars with 1275000 reserves, while the United States ranks low with its maximum regular force.
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Great Britain
The
United State
Germany
France
Russia
Japan
United States
Fragmentary Notice on forces and training figures
A partial OCR passage references a trained American force, numbers 6.600, 70797, and 1402345, with unclear context about doctors, the Reverve Uneps, and age ranges eighties to forty five, suggesting a military or training topic but details are garbled.
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Avelinge
Deere Amd
Cornder
Carrot Wisdom and Recipes From Old Time Health Columns
A long excerpt on carrot uses says carrots cure melancholy, cleanse blood, and aid digestion. It includes cooking notes for carrot soup and carrot pudding, plus a quirky dialogue excerpt and reminiscences of eating carrots in childhood. The piece blends nutrition with kitchen lore and retro flavors.
Lions and Hunters in Africa A Veterans View of the Bush
A veteran hunter recalls living among the Wandrobos in East Africa and tracking lions. He praises lions as powerful but warns of man-eaters, sharing jungle camp life, hunting ethics, and dangers faced while alone among native peoples with limited ammo. He contrasts tame safari tales with real bush experience.
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Leo
Africa
German East Africa
Bush
East Africa
New York
Lion
King of Beasts
Stu
Hunting Africa's Great Game Through the Wandrobe Eyes
The narrator recounts perilous big game hunting across Africa, detailing elephants, rhinos, buffalo, leopards, cheetahs, hippos, and lions. He shares methods, dangers, and rhythms of safari travel, noting tusk values, wind tactics, pack hunters, and the dangers of stampedes and water crossings.
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Africa
Mombassa
Lake Victoria
Fuother Poo
Bcly
Recipe for Washing Fluid from Potash Mixture
The text prescribes a washing fluid using a pound of potash tartar salts borax and ammonia with raw water and soda for cleaning clothes and porcelain. It outlines pulverizing the ingredients and mixing with water, then soaking garments and rinsing, with instructions to wring nearly dry and use soda for tubs.
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Irs
Wanted a milliner advertisement shocks a pupil
A school assignment includes a mock advertisement reading Wanted A milliner Apply by letter to Miss Jones 30 First Street. A pupil replies with a sharp note Dear Miss Jones I see you want a milliner I hate to trim bate Can you get somebody else Kindly advise me at once.
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Aed
Aslee
Tad
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Geida
Io Pisos
Marcaime
Ecoolies
Alexander Bell
Dundee
Bares
Chappie
Chailly
Landford
Torchee
Ming
Mae
Iag
Hongo
Abyssinia
Nod
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