Marvels of Africa from Nature and Man on the Dark Continent
National Geographic notes Africa’s natural wonders from the Sahara to Nile and Congo. It covers rivers, lakes, and waterfalls, the spread of peoples and plants, and how colonial powers expand transport and resources.
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Nature
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Africa
Sahara
United States
Central Asia
Central Africa
Zambezi River
Victoria Falls
Niagara
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Great Lakes
North America
Superior
Nile
New York
North Pole
Nero
Congo-Tangenyika
Kagera
Mediterranean
Ethiopia
Egypt
Aswan
Congo
Leopoldville
Niger
Atlantic
Gulf of Guinea
Ina Jo Gainesburg
Europes
London
Capetown
Barbary States
Belgian Congo
Madagascar
Cape
Lobito
Angola
Beira
Mozambique
Zambezi
Sena
French Equatorial Africa
Congo River
Pointe Noire
France
Liberia
Foreign Legion
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkram
Historic Hoaxes in Presidential Visit and Moon Tale
A Charleston hoax nearly duped President Theodore Roosevelt in 1901 when a social climber urged tea with him to please a loyal ex‑slave, while the first major American newspaper hoax appeared in 1825 claiming Herschel found inhabited life on the moon. The piece also recounts legends about Captain Kidd’s treasure and a forged Olmstead suit, traced to Franklin Harvey Head.
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United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Charleston
D. C
T. R
Roosevelt
South Battery
New York Sun
Richard Adams Locke
John Herschel
Sun
Edinburgh Journal of Science
Locke
Journal of Commerce
James Gordon Bennett
The
New York Herald
Captain Kidd
John Jacob Astor
Ap Island
Maine
Frederick Law Olmstead
Astor
Joseph K. Choate
Olustead
Elihu Root
Frankin Harvey
Chicago
Newy
Rosetta Stone Unlocks Ancient Egypt Deciphering Tale
A jagged slab known as the Rosetta Stone unlocked long hidden Egyptian history. Discovered in Egypt the artifact helped scholars decode hieroglyphs and reveal ancient Egypt s stories.
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Biiek Beseluiche
Pretty Easter Dresses Patterns at Home
Three home sewing patterns ideal for Easter fashions with lift waistline jumper dirndl frock notes. Patterns 14B1 1996 1480 cover sizes 14 to 42 16 8 12 20 with yardage details and bias facing ribbon and braid. Order from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1020 Chicago Ill. Price 15 cents each.
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Dimity
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
Garden Flowers for Early Bloom and Color
Plant nasturtium Virginia stock zinnia sunflower bachelor’s button and alyssum for early blooms. Nasturtium alyssum and California poppy are easy. row petunia and zinnia for brilliant color with some early-season care. If rust and wilt threaten snapdragons and asters, choose rust resistant varieties. For rock gardens try African daisy linaria lobelia statice verbena Virginia stock annuals and perennials forget me not Iceland poppy columbine English daisy.
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Rock
A Pig Was to Blame by the Disobedient Lad
A Rhode Island garden gate left open in 1800 by a boy allowed a pig to enter and destroy plants. The resulting quarrel between garden owners spread among friends and helped defeat the Federal candidate for the legislature, shaping state politics and influencing the war vote of 1812 with Great Britain.
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Rhode Island
Great Britain
Pat Paragraphs
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Britain
Germany
Tanganyika
Gambia
Zanzibar
Pemby
Belgium
Tropicel Produce, Inc
South Africa
Rapia
Men In the
Service
Mark
Smith Brothers
Smith Bros
Quaker State
Pennsylvania
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
Quaker Seis
Masons
Prince Albert
P.A
RJ. Reynolds Tobscoo Company
Winston-Salem
Atay
Jim Redmond
Mikin
Chester Odell
Barcus
Tate
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