Solomon the King of Zahes Dies at 34 in Africa
Had extraordinary career Bolamen king of Zahes was the most powerful native in Africa Solomon king of the Zulu is dead at 34 leaving 64 widows. He enjoyed luxury, owned many cars, wore an omnibus conductor cap and leopard skin girdle, and led lavish lawsuits. He loved shopping in Dervan and was adored by natives.
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Bolamen
Zahes
Africa
Solomon
King Solomon
Dervan
Hrrm
Cetawayo
Royal Pockets and Adams Speech in 1797 Chronicle
The St James Chronicle issue from June 24 1797 notes King George III hiding until two then dining, with the queen and princesses going out in a post coach and four to the lodge. It also records President Adams addressing the U S Congress in April 1797.
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London
St. James Chronicle
Swift Current
Gorge IV
President Adams
United States Congress
The Survey Photographic Library Increases Global Archive
The Topographical Survey inside the Department of the Interior holds about 600000 air photos and 20000 ground photos indexed by locality and subject. A German invention called a forsiless hammer drives a pail through a metal channel under pressure aided by a handle.
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the Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Germany
Japanese Minister to Canada Takes Six Month Leave
The four year Japanese ambassador to Canada I M Tokugawa has left Ottawa for Tokyo on six months leave. Widely respected, he is the dean of Ottawa's diplomatic corps and host to social functions. He hails from the aristocratic Tokugawa family with deep imperial ties and long service in public life.
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I. M. Tokugawa
Canada
Tokio
Ottawa
China
England
Australia
New Zealand
Down
Japan
Tokugawa
Tadashige Shimadzu
Miss Toyo
Ottawa Journal
Kyoto
Imperial Palace
Prince Tokugawa
House of Peers
Toronto Mail
Empire
Waste Gas Absorption Plant At Turner Valley Opens
The Royalite Oil Company added an absorption plant to its Turner Valley refinery in Alberta. Superintendent S. G. Coultis reported 35,000,000 cubic feet of waste gas now passes through the unit with some gasoline being extracted. Previously the tail gas was burned.
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Royalite O Company
Turner Valley
Alberta
S. G. Coultis
Farm Machinery Value Rise Shrinks Australian Farms
In the last 15 years farm machinery value rose to a high level, prompting farmers and pastoralists to expand land holdings to about 6 00 000 acres while reducing farm workers by around 50 000.
Prince of Wales backs unemployed relief and tours Britain
The Prince of Wales promotes employment schemes and personally helps the unemployed with charity support and provincial tours. Prince George works as a Home Department factory inspector, while the Duke of Gloucester pursues a military career and the Duke of York focuses on industrial welfare work.
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Prince of Wales
Britain
Prince George
Home Department
Prince
King George
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of York
How Times Have Changed in the Jazz Era Lecture
Dr Louis Anspancher, political scientist and economist, lectured in Chicago noting how fashion and cosmetics surged with the jazz era. He cited statistics claiming higher dye and make up sales in recent years than for house paint in U S history.
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Louis Anspancher
Chicago
The
Republic
U S Tops World in Accidental Deaths in 1930
Miss Dorothy Kalben of the Baltimore Health News notes the United States led civilized nations in accidental deaths with 30.6 per 100 000 in 1930, higher than Canada 63.0 and England Wales 42.6. She cites more hazards and vehicles and calls for safeguards. 1931 shows a slight drop from 1930.
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United States
Dorothy Kalben
Baltimore Health News
Canada
England
Wales
Islam Largest Religion in Nanking Says Municipal Stats
The Nanking mayoral statistics show Mohammedans at 29 760 adherents in the capital, ahead of Buddhism with 23 310. Protestant Christians number 2 140 Taoists 290 Catholics 153 while many government workers profess no religion or Confucian ethics and a growing number call themselves agnostics.
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Nanking
Christian Science Monitor
China
Gardening Notes on Staking and Seed Sowing Practices
A guide discusses staking and supports for tall perennials like Delphiniums Peonies and Phlox using two ground stakes joined by wire. It covers materials cedar bamboo steel stakes and a new steel nodbed stake. It also outlines sowing hardy annuals including methods thinning in borders and row planting and notes lettuce varieties and soil fertilizer needs.
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Isabella Preston
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canadian National to resume North Atlantic steamship service
CN plans to re enter the North Atlantic steamship trade next month if the command for cattle space additions already used on the St. Lawrence route is maintained.
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Canadian National Steamships
North Atlantic
St. Lawrence
Trains to Edinburgh Play Records Describing Route
London to Edinburgh trains feature phonographs with play records that describe points of interest along the route for passengers, offering an informative on board experience.
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London
Edinburgh
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Islue
Swift
the Survey Photographic Library
Lake Garda
Italy
Agello
Great Britain
Stainforth
Farm Machinery
By Gordon Lindsay Smit
Resume Steamship Line
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