Wonderful Career of Cecil Rhodes
A long biographical tribute to Cecil Rhodes, detailing his Oxford roots, health recovery in Africa, and rise to influence in Kimberley and the Cape Colony. It describes his vision of imperial expansion, the Cape to Cairo railway idea, and his role in shaping Rhodesia and British South Africa, including clashes with Boers and German interests.
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Oxford
Hon
England
Nhe
Cecil Rhodes
Stmiggin
South Africa
Cape To Cairo
Rhodes
Kaiser William
Germany
Africa
de Beers
Kimberley
Univer
de Brers
Whodes
Cape Colony
Hercules Robinson
Matabeleland
Oqom
Paul Kruger
Bechadnaland
Mashonaland
Matabeles
Matabelehind
Rhodesia
Cape Town
United States of South Afies
Dierman
Dutel
Transvaal
fUiodes
Jameson
Pretoria
Kimberly
Orange Ree
Rocgue
Asia
Monument to Baron Von Ketteler Unveiled in Berlin
The Baroness Von Ketteler widow of the German minister at Pekin invites friends to attend the unveiling of the monument to her husband in Berlin. She oversaw the shaft’s erection and notes the 1897 Detroit marriage of Miss Ledyard to Baron Von Ketteler as a major social event, aided by papal dispensation for the Catholic ceremony.
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Pekin
Baroness von Ketteler
Detroit
Berlin
Ledyard
Baron von Ketteler
Major AieCowlew
Alice Roosevelt
Wealthy Trust Controls Vast Lexington Horse Trade
A trust of about twenty leading fancy horse dealers near Lexington controls the multimillion dollar market. They buy young horses nationwide, ship them weekly to New York, Chicago, and Atlanta for sale, with 74 to 8,000 horses sold annually.
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Lexington
Kentucky
New York
Chicago
Atineta
Plans for White House entertainments through McCawley
Major Charles L McCawley, long tasked with arranging state and social events at the White House, plans elaborate functions for upcoming entertainments. He helped arrange a notable dinner for Miss Alice Roosevelt Longworth and is coordinating further official gatherings and social activities.
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Charles L. McCawley
White House
Cranherrs Growing Cropping: Cranberries Thrive in 1900s
Fragmented OCR text outlines varied industries and a strong cranberry sector. It notes high yields and profits from cranberry bogs, with references to production costs and market potential around the year 1900, highlighting rising values and significant earnings for producers amid broader economic activity.
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Dlagne Dfpey
Cipita
Tag Game With Jack Frost and Winter Fun
Junior readers enjoy a playful tale where Jack Frost chases a Brook through fields and woods as Father Winter looms. The verse follows cooling scenes and a spritely chase full of whimsy before the Brook slips away, leaving laughter in its wake.
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Jack Frost
Father Winter
Jack
Lawders
Daudet's Rise From Poverty to Famous Author
A young Alphonse Daudet faced wealthier peers and taunts at a school, wearing a poor boy's blouse. He vowed to work twice as hard, persevered, and later became famed, memoirizing those hardships in a story titled What's His Name.
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Alphonse Daudet
Metnry
Wittl
Spring and Autumn Verses and Musical Mentions
A collage of verse about spring and autumn trees, birds, and gentle rains contrasts with a discussion of traditional Chinese instruments. The text ventures into poems about nature followed by a fragmented note on musical traditions and performers, including references to instruments and performers.
Riddles and Natural Observations From a Wileawake Child
A curious set of questions asks about white horses and carts, local trees, vine growth directions, chimney placement, rope behavior with horses and cows, grapevine age for bearing fruit, leaf inversion before rain, and which wood bears the greatest weight.
Picture Eskimo Student Pioneers Learning In Alaska
A remote Port Barrow school houses Tele Sam's northern pupils. Built of massive logs with a double porch, students travel 40 to 109 miles by dog sled. Teachers record rapid progress from counting to ten to reading and writing basic English within a year.
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Tele Sam
Port Bartow
Alaska
Potits
Perth
Young Crusader Seeks Ireland Scotland Tunnel Plan
The subject of a tunnel linking Ireland and Scotland was presented to the British government. The project seeks $50,000 in funding. Route suggested Stranraer to Belfast with about 9 miles of tunnel and 25 miles undersea. Depth upper limit 80 feet. Electric locomotives would propel trains at 60 to 70 mph.
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Ireland
Scotland
Stranraer
Belfast
Fragmented Puzzle Text About Feathers and Wolves
The passage presents garbled questions about eating, guessing, and warnings, mentioning a blind person, deaf and dumb, and warnt Aucinstine. It references four long feathers and a beast for bird, a Vit, a mistyped wolf scene with a single shot, asking how many remained.
Uncertain Text Fragment on Local Figure and Place
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Pipes Creek shape and a ministry, with garbled phrases about a person and ages thirty nine, but specifics are unclear. The readable bits reference a local setting, possible names, and a historical tone without coherent facts or a clear event.
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Mr. Rhodes
Pis
Purson Fey Krintis Wilikin Rhodes
Disha Stortford Herts
Istary
Nittal
Colesbure Kopje
Kimber
Groote Behuar
Rondeboseh
Baron Ketteler
MecCawley Jing O Clarge
BOTL
Major McCawley
Arma
Las
Wilkie Jack
Mr. Ling
Savage
Ling
Arctic Schooloys
Hossa
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