Odd Facts and Historical Oddities in Brief
Demosthenes fled to Poseidon’s temple on Calaurea to escape enemies and, before capture, died allegedly by poison self-administered in 322 B C. Handhooked rugs, once common in America, were made for export in Asia before the last war. Lawford, England, briefly elected women in 1931, then chose men in 1932. About 14 million American homes have central heating. Hand paper making remains active in Japan.
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Demosthenes
Poseidon
Calaurea
China
Japan
United States
Lawford
England
Nonsense OCR fragment from a dated page
Fragmentary OCR text includes garbled phrases about wrestling grips and an attorney admitted to the bar, mixed with place names and erroneous names, forming an unreadable survey of disconnected items without a coherent news event or identifiable subjects.
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McDowill
Owling Sreeal
Ohio
Eaultman
Holdersvilles
OKLA
IOAH
King Fats Bran
Ancient gods and a blue beard to a white elephant lore
The text links Bés or Bez as an Egyptian god of destruction with a blue beard and protruding tongue, notes his appearance on Assyrian monuments and French coins, and suggests he may be the original Bluebeard. It also mentions Siamese beliefs about the white elephant housing a dead person’s soul and Puerto Limón as Columbus’s fourth landing site, referencing a stray encyclopedia entry.
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Bés
Bez
Bluebeard
Puzzle Corner Across and Down Word List With Cryptoquote
A cryptogram quotation appears at the end while the long word list covers many numbered clues across and down. The puzzle mixes Malay and Egypt entries with zodiac signs and items like pudding starch and watered silk, aiming to fill a crossword-like grid and reveal a quoted line upon decoding.
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BRICK
Bradford
Captain Boldd
William Ritt
and Clarence Gray
Martens
Port Atalanta
Wench
BY Paul Robinson
Ellis
Honey
Uggs
Skeeter and the Seetle Lady
BY Wally Bishop
Toar
Dio
AUS Pavene
BY Les Forgrave
Felix the Cat
Scott
Great Britain
Ser Poe
By RJ. Scott
Baseball
Round House
Gopi
Stanley
Otto
Butcher
Sopr
King Few
STAN
Pere Cua
Siam
Puerto Limon
Costa Rica
Atlantic Ocean
America
A “Lopedia
Rome
Nutin
Sally
Daily Crossword
Spikenard
Ind
Egypt
Sym
Comfort
Ger
Stern
Tunis
Tibet
Kigeu
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