Land of Ophir and Matabele War Memoir by Hobson
Hobson recounts his Matabele War experiences and voyage along the Great White Road. He describes encounters with Lobengula, the tactics of Matabele regiments, Gatling gun effectiveness, and a massed assault on redoubts. He details hardships, including food scarcity, endurance, and native customs during campaign travel.
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Christopher Rhobson
Great White Road
King Solomon’s
Golden Gate
Great White Sond
Rider Haggard
Land of Ophir
Pacific Slope
Christopher R. Hobson
Baldwin Hotel
San Francisco Chronicle
Solomon
Cape Town
Hobson
Kimberley
Karoo Desert
Anay
Sheba
Haggari
Ophir
Temple of Jerusalem
Lobengula
Induanas
Doubling the Number in a Share Weighs on Leases
A landlord agrees to divide large closets to create more storage after a tenant notes insufficient closet space. A carpenter is to be sent within half an hour to split each closet into two.
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George
Birds Use Air Cells To Control Flight Speed And Warmth
Birds that fly highest and fastest use lung air to power their cells. The air is warmer and lighter than outside air, moving in and out of these cells at the bird’s will. Some birds can even fill the quills of their feathers with air.
Fashionable Paris Tall Hat Emerges After Franklin’s Death
The tall hat or cylinder, nicknamed Rey-pot and stove-pipe, gained vogue in Paris in 1790 soon after Benjamin Franklin’s death, and was celebrated as Chapeau Franklin in his honor.
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Paris
Franklin
Chapeau Franklin
Bicycles of Bamboo Trial and Global Transport Facts
The piece notes bamboo bicycles in trial in London and cites 10000 camels at work in Australia. It recalls the Lexington to Frankfort line in 1831, NY elevated rail iron use and cost, a 240 mile California line planned next year at 20000 per mile, and electricity as a potential operator. It mentions Connecticut Derby toll road abolition and a century-old charter. The textile machine breakthrough promises human-like action and automation.
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London
Australia
Alleghenies
Lexington
Frankfort
New York
Connecticut
Derby
Cow Protects Calf in Roof Siege by Bear Incident
A frightened stock man recounts a bear attack on a cow and her newborn calf. The cow defended her calf on a thatched hillside shed roof, goring a large intruder and leaving the calf unharmed while the bear was pinned by the cow’s horns.
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Rosey
Michael Ayers
Backing Up Mistery and Ancient Explorations
Italian explorer Sig Robbecchi Bricchetti reports a degraded coastal people in Somaliland shores living only on fish and shellfish. He identifies them as descendants of the Ichthyophagi described by ancient writers, challenging myths about early civilizations.
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Africa
Herodotus
Nile
Stanley
Rowensori
Sig
Robbecchi Bricchetti
Somaliland
Indian Ocean
Question About Recover Miss Kitty-Mamma and Heaven
A dialog discusses whether people will recognize others in heaven. Miss Kitty asks if she will know Jane Gopplins, the big treexied near the grocery store, and whether she must speak to her there. Mamma replies that good people will know each other in heaven, implying recognition is possible.
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Miss Kitty
Mamma
Mize Kitty
Jane Gop- Saco
Jane Gopplins
Kitty
Long fish tale hinges on a Hatton family claim
A backwoods exchange pits a tourist against a native over a three feet long creek fish. The tourist asks about a Joe Mulhatton connection, the native denies any such relation and mentions a cousin Sam Hatton, clarifying no Jomul surname in the family.
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Joe Mulhatton
Sam Hatton
Deuce Mayhem Circulates In London Daily News Joke
A modern Spanish joke mirrors an old London Daily News quip about a steak of horseflesh causing inner turmoil. The punchline imagines a circus horse as the source of the odd feeling.
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Tate
London Daily News
Four Hundred Tons Removed From Brennus To Make Seaworthy
Top Meary reports that the French battleship Brennus must lose 400 tons of weight to become seaworthy. One fighting mast will be removed and the upper deck nearly dismantled to reduce weight and improve stability.
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Brennus
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Selons
Sabi
St. John the Baptst
the Business World
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Mistery
Hood
Hood’s
Warrusnt Prunt
DR. Suans
Denver
Colorado
Achenist
Minindo
Soren
Mstarada
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