Risked life for seed that started India rubber industry
W. H. Wickham risked imprisonment and death to import rubber seeds to India. Promoters paid $5,500 in cash with rest as interest to fund a pension life. He collected 15 000 seeds, smuggled them aboard a ship, and aided by East India’s agricultural department and Kew Gardens. Seeds led to 2,000 Para plants sent to Ceylon and the rise of rubber plantations across East Asia.
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London
W. H. Wickham
India
Agricultural Department of East India
Wickham
Government of
Kew Gardens
Ceylon
Malaya
Brazil
Taxicab Service Authorized in Panama
Consul General Snyder reports a concession granted to Francisco Arias Sr to establish a regular taxicab service in Panama City and Colon and nearby areas. The fleet must carry mail from government post offices, provide free transport for police, and operate eight seat autos. A minimum six cabs within a year, rising to at least twenty five within three years. motor truck freight service also authorized.
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Snyder
Panama
Francisco Arias
Colon
Arias
Europe’s Largest Grapevine at Killin Conservatory
Europe’s largest grapevine at Lord Breadalbane’s Killin conservatory near Loch Tay began in 1832 in a 10d est glasshouse of fifteen feet. It has since grown with outer branches reaching eighty feet from the main stem. The crystal palace was extended twenty eight years ago and the 1912 harvest yielded 2 075 bunches, though only 500 were allowed to mature. The Black Hamburg fruit is prized for its sweet flavor.
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Europe
Lord Breadalbane
Killin
Loch Tay
Scotland
Crystal Palace
Hamburg
Hit by His Own Law Prefers Shelter Over Bush
A returning traveler warns of dangers in Central Africa beyond wildlife. Diseases like sleeping sickness afflict villages. a local chief ordered all sufferers to be abandoned, but the people refused. The chief himself contracted the disease and then rescinded the order to stay in his hut.
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Central Africa
Balkan Ballads Shape National Identity Through History
Balkan ballad makers rank with lawmakers in shaping national feeling. Servia’s epics about Dushan, Kosovo, and Marko Kraljevic, sung to horsehair lyre, kept pride alive for centuries. Sir Charles Eliot noted a Macedonian schoolboy reciting a long Bulgarian poem.
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Balkan
Servia
Dushan
Kossovo
Marko Kralyevich
Sharats
Bergian
Macedonia
Charles Eliot
Sun Dial Adjustment at Columbia University
A report describes Columbia Universitys sun dial project featuring a large brass plate and a granite ball. The ball proved too small after completion, requiring the plate to be re engraved to match the ball's dimensions.
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Columbia
Uiversity
Princeton's Wonder: A 50 Year Old Clock Mystery
A Princeton visitor describes a Gothic Nassau column with a timepiece that only three professors could read. The ancient mechanism reportedly requires three days to set, and visitors learn the clock’s timing is often prone to error.
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Princeton
English University
Nassau
Rincetom
Burial customs of the Ts Tribes and Katanga chiefs
The article describes Ts Tribes on Alaman island performing a strangling burial rite where relatives watch bones remain after bodies are cast into the sea. In Katanga central Africa, chiefs and wives are honored with multi day feasts and rites, leaving chairs and clothing for wandering souls.
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Kimberly
Katanga
Central Africa
TIED ACROSS HORNS OF COW INNOCENT VICTIM CRITICAL
Winnipeg note reports farmer Peter G Hangon tied a young woman Maggie Waranski to a cow's horns after a dispute. The cow bolted into the bush, she was crushed and trampled, neighbors freed her as she lay injured possibly fatally. Police pursue Hangon for the alleged act.
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Winnipeg
Peter G. Hangon
Grierson
Manitoba
Maggie Waranski
Hanson
Strangers Mix Up Tobacco Sack At Union Station
A guest at the Pacific hotel in St Louis reports a stranger asked for tobacco and exchanged bags. Moran received an empty sack and later found a second sack missing, realizing he had been given the wrong bag. Moran chased the thief but the bag vanished into a gutter.
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St Louis
John Moran
Pacific Hotel
Union Station
Moran
Ha H
Boy Hobo Globe Trotter Arrives in New York Steamer Oceania
A thirteen year old runaway from Liverpool sneaked aboard the steamer Oceania and reached New York with food provided from Trieste. Immigration inspectors found him ashore after a long tour of the Far East and Europe. He claims to have visited Tokio Kobe Hongkong Shanghai and southern France and Italy.
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New.-York
Richant Danna
Slobe
Trotter
Oceania
Trieste
Bouth -Brooklyn
Far East
Tokio
Kobe
Hongkong
Shanghai
Bagot
Italy
France
Liverpool
Tic
Barnum and Bailey Circus to Appear in Terre Haute
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth brings a rebuilt parade, a vast menagerie with a baby giraffe, and a $500000 wordless Cleopatra spectacle to Terre Haute on May 19. The event features 1250 cast, 400 chorus, 100 musicians, 850 dancers, 650 horses, elephants, camels, and thousands in scenery and effects.
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Barnum and Bailey
Terre Haute
America
Miss Bird Millman
Winton
Koenig
Berzac
Siegrist-Silbon
Mae Wirth
Baltona
Vittoria
Georgetty
Les Jardy
Les Deko
Acrobata
Barnum and ‘Bailey
Shea
Terre
Haute
Madison” Square’ Garden
New’ ‘York
VAnchor and Séchler Leaders Sold by Dixon
The passage notes leaders VAnchor and Séchler are sold by Dixon amid unclear context. It references regional names and a transaction involving Dixon. The fragment hints at a purchase of leadership or control by Dixon.
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the vAnchor
Séchler
Dixon
California recall nets reform amid civic zeal
Fragmented remarks praise recall action against a corrupt Los Angeles mayor and a San Francisco judge. The piece lauds women voters and calls for patriotic displays, noting a dry spell and upcoming weather.
Martinsville Notables Mentioned in Fragmentary Text
Fragmentary OCR lists names including Reece Doughty Oras Clark York Joe Red Rock Ruth Standing Soldier Pine Ridge Otto Daran Grace Bohey and others from Martinsville with unclear context or roles.
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Reece’ ‘Doughty
Oras ‘Clark
York
Joe
Red
Ruth
Card of Thanks from Blundoil Family in Bereavement
We wish to express heartfelt thanks for the many acts of kindness shown by neighbors and friends after our loss. C L Blundoil and children acknowledge the support received during this bereavement.
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C.L
Blundoil
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