Romantic intrigue ends in Ethiopian siege and death of Theodore II
A 19th century episode describes King Theodore II of Ethiopia courting Queen Victoria, then arresting British subjects including missionaries and a consul. Sir Robert Napier led a Bombay expedition across 400 miles to Magdala, defeating Ethiopian forces. Theodore II died by his own hand as Magdala fell, and his family fate linked to Victoria.
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Theodore II
Bismarck
Queen Victoria
England
Justin McCarthy
Theodore
Victoria
Sheba
Magdala
Cameron
Great Britain
Robert Napier
Lord Napier
Bombay
Napier
Too Good A Gunner Sir Alfred Sharp
Sir Alfred Sharp a former governor of Nyassaland and Cecil Rhodes assistant proposed elephant hunting in the Congo at 87. He killed fifty seven elephants, sold the ivory and earned several thousand pounds before Leopold II canceled the invitation after learning he was among Africa’s top elephant killers.
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Alfred Sharp
Nyassaland
Cecil Rhodes
Cape
Cairo
Congo
Leopold
Hving
Land Reclamation Expands Cultivation in British Columbia
Two BC projects on Kootenay and Goat Rivers add 16 000 acres to crops. One uses thirteen miles of dyke to cultivate 8000 acres for seed peas and beans. the other near the US border grows wheat. In London, George A Milledge faces a $1 875 judgment with a $2 monthly payment plan stretching 78 years after a collision suit by William King. Judge Owen Thompson notes such debts can cause extreme hardship.
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Kootenay
Goat Rivers
British Columbia
United States
George A. Milledge
London
William King
Milledge
Owen Thompson
Acadian Scenes Filmed in Nova Scotia Travelogues
Harold McCracken, United States author and cameraman, arrived at Kentville to film Grand Pre for a travelogue covering English speaking and many foreign countries. He says the Nova Scotia scenes include Evangeline’s statue, ivy chapel, sunshine and shadows, flowers and an Acadian girl.
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Evangeline
Irma Gammon
Brain Currents Revealed In Sleep Study Waves
Science magazine reports electrical brain waves during sleep from 11 subjects aged five to 48. Three needles on the scalp with wires recorded activity from frontal and rear brain regions as pencils traced waves on a drum. Speaking to a sleeper briefly altered patterns to trains or other wave forms without waking them.
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Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Trade in canned fruits Dominated by Three Nations
The bulk of international canned fruit trade rests with the United States British Malaya and Australia but rising volumes are being exported from Canada and South Africa.
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United States
British Malaya
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Reconstruction as a holistic approach to heart disease treatment
Dr L F Bishop of Fordham promotes a re construction plan for heart disease that covers mental moral and physical care. The method aims to educate patients about the disease, foster a hopeful attitude, and build heart muscle resilience through proper diet and controlled activity.
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L. F. Bishop
Fordham University
James MacKenzie
Indian medicine scandal exposes fake cures and poison claims
Police in Montreal seized packages marketed as Indian medicine claiming cures for rheumatism sciatica and other ailments. Tests by Dr. Rosario Fontaine revealed bicarbonate and tartrate powders and adulterated fluids. farmers in the Laurentians reported poisoning from the products.
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Rosario Fontaine
Montreal
Fontaine
Laurentian Mountains
Exchanging Courtesies Between Two Sir Edwardes in Court
In a noted ecclesiastical law case Sir Edward Carson, six feet three, and Sir Edward Clarke, five feet two, traded barbed jests. Clarke quipped about being intended for the Church, Carson countered that he was better suited for the steeple, prompting a light exchange of satire.
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Sir Edward Clarke
Sir Edward Carson
M’lad
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London Regiment
Warnock
Sussex
Gosport
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