Buffalo Jones and rhinoceros chase in British East Africa
A letter from Soda Swamp Camp records Buffalo Jones and his cowboys pursuing a rhinoceros in East Africa. The hunt spans several hours with ropes, camera teams, and far-flung camp shifts as the rhino fights, is corralled, and finally tied near thorn trees while photographers capture each moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seall
British East Africa
Buffalo Jones
Hon Roper
United States
Soda Swamp Camp
Soda Swamp
East Africa
Webbs Farm
Colonel Jones
Gobbett
Anthill
Thorn Tree
Kearton
Origins of common fabrics traced to cities and lands
The article explains how fabrics acquire names from places such as Mosul for Muslin, Cambrai for Cambrie, Gaza or Hindoo gazi for Gauze, Damascus for Damask, Calicut for Calico, and notes other terms like velvet from velluto and alpaca from Peru. It links fabric names to regions, colors, and natural origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambrie
Cambrai
France
Gauze
Gaza
Syria
Damascus
Asia
China
Velluto
Peru
Calicut
India
Odd Facts From Many Lands
A collection of curious notes discusses early inventions and records, including the first typewriter patent in 1714, high altitude barometry at 11.3 inches, Dorking fowls with five toes, the world’s match usage, a heavy Emperor Charles V watch, hippopotamus ivory teeth, a valued crown of Portugal, St Patrick’s emblem, melting and boiling points, and Benares as a sacred city visited by millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V
Portugal
St. Patrick
Ireland
Child learns from school but teacher marks him smart
A mother asks if her boy was smart at school and the boy replies the teacher didn’t say he was, yet he left feeling he had been made smart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jond
Mamma
Also Mentioned on This Page
Means
Loveless
Cherry Kearton
Florence
Killarney
Canada
A. D. McRae
Muslin
Mosul
Tigris
Dodds
Benares
San Giovanni
E. W. Gillett Co. Ltd
Toronto, Ont
Free Cook Book
Stirling
Alberta
New
Torrens Title
Stirling Works
Stirling Townsite Syndicate
Alta
Union Bank Building
Winnipeg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!