Fragmentary historical notes on bats and settlers
Fragmented lines describe mastiff bats with muscular bodies and long tails, Mennonites tracing to Menno Simons in 16th century Holland, Mississippi basin catfish as key food fish, 1727 boundary of North and South Carolina, Month's Mind in English church practice, Pike perch lifespans, and Ponce de Leon’s 1509 Puerto Rico colonization, plus a jumble of uncertain postcard text and numbers.
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Switzerland
Menno Simms
Holland
Ponce de Leon
Puerto Rico
Factographs and trivia from scattered history notes
A collection of assorted historical snippets covers fish sucking methods, Wah the 4000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s blood type, the 1916 Jutland ship count, the etymology of kilt from Danish, China’s silk culture longevity, and a note on notable medieval collectors led by Gerbert and Pope Sylvester II.
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Wah
Daily Crossword Across 5 and OPEC Hel 2
The page shows a cryptogram style crossword puzzle with clues and partial fills. A quotation by C. H. Geon appears, noting the difficulty of cryptograms and the challenge of finding listeners.
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Bradford
Admiral Dratda
All Samar
Eniakett
Brekk , the
DEA
MUGGS
Skeeter
KNOCS
ED W
Clarence Grayhthe
Paul Robinson
Wally
KNO
Les FO
Big Sister
SELIX
Woti
R. J. Scott
China
KO Zool
Galapagos
Islands
van Allegeniert
Harold
Mrs Burdock Petunia
Haven
Sy Stanley
Otey
Burdocks
Petonias
Edito
Clario
Stanle
Mississippi Basin
North
South Carolina
Noaak
Noah
Brooklyn
Patarey Nat
Jutland
Kiltte
Gerbert
Sally
S. Salliestered
U. S. Patent Office
Daily Crossword
Opec
C. H. Geon
Tunis
Ingene
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