Reunion Island's Shifting Rule Through Centuries
A compact history of Reunion Island detailing its discovery by a Portuguese navigator in 1345, its French claim in 1643, brief English control in 1810, and restoration as a French department. It notes administrative changes, the rise of Napoleon, and the island's diverse population and parliamentary representation.
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Pidach
Reynion
Reunion
Mascarenbar
France
Bonaparte
Isla
1810
Theih Senate
House Ofuties
Madagascar
Metimes
Abd el Krim
Riff Leada
Cassowaries and Dearborns Deferred Pay Plan Highlighted
Cassowaries, the large flightless birds of Borneo, are described with their horned casques and sharp talons. The piece also notes Dearborn city employees can enroll in a deferred compensation plan to pay 1943 taxes, and cites Detroit's budget recovery from a 1930s deficit toward a projected surplus by midyear.
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Borneo
Australia
Edith M. Laing
Nature Magazine
Dearborn
Detroit
Municipal Finance Officers Association
Truit
War Appointments Hit Two West Coast Cities
Los Angeles has begun temporary civil service appointments across over 50 classes to fill wartime manpower gaps, duplicating positions vacated by those joining the armed forces and paying salaries within existing civil service rates. San Francisco eyes limited reserve appointments if a charter amendment passes and is approved by the state legislature.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Municipal Ag
G@ivil
Weather Picture of Tunisia Amid Cold Winds and Rain
Cold winds damp Tunis as khamain redoubles the chill and rain. Most fighting centers in the north along Tebourba Benzerte Tunis roads where recent rains halt air and ground operations. Northwest hills see about 30 inches yearly, Tunis averages 18 in winter, eastern coast 6 to 11 inches, deep south near Sahara receives almost no rain.
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Tunis
Khamein
Atlas Mountains
Algiers
Tunisia
Tebourba
Bizerte
Sahara
Gallows Hill Lenox site once saw six public hangings
Gallows Hill in Lenox Massachusetts once hosted six public executions more than a century ago on Beaupre property. The last hanging occurred November 22 1826 of Samuel P Charles an Oneida Indian from West Stockbridge for murder by shooting during a brawl. Other victims included John Bly Charles Rose December 6 1787 for burglary, Ephraim Wheeler Ezra Hutchinson Peter Johnson all for rape.
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Gallows Hill
Lenox
Mass
Beaupre
Samuel P. Charles
West Stockbridge
Joel Freeman
George Nixon Briggs
Massachusetts
Thomas Robinson
Hayward
Springfield Republican
Sam
John Bly
Charles Rose
Lanesboro
Shay
Ephraim Wheeler
Windsor
Ezra Hutchinson
Stockbridge
Peter Johnson
Sheffield
Make Each Hour Count Plan for wartime family work
Time management guidance emphasizes short, efficient homemaking and simplifying routines. It urges turning housekeeping into a family project, showing children the value of their efforts and inviting them to participate in victory. Include friends and community wartime activities where service is strongest.
Vitamins quickly disappear from meals say scientists
University experiments show water soluble vitamins such as B1 B2 P-P and C disappear in days causing deficiency signs while fat soluble A and D take longer to show and require more time to correct supplementation with vitamins and minerals speeds recovery and guards against deficiency.
Portugal Imports Show Shifting Trade After War
Portugal’s imports reveal shortages in staples such as wheat corn rice sugar coffee and dried cod with needs for raw cotton and dyes. Wheat progress toward self sufficiency and new roads boost interest in motor cars as gasoline enters imports. Britain remains top trade partner, followed by Germany the United States Belgium and France as war reshapes old alignments.
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Portugal
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Belgium
France
Portugal's Golden Tide Fueled by Daring Navigators
The passage honors Portugal's rise as a world power, tracing da Gama's voyage around the Cape to India and noting John III's claim as King by the Grace of God. It frames subsequent voyages as extensions of this expansion across Africa, Guinea, Ethiopia, Arabia, and India, with kingdoms and commerce linked to exploration.
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Portugal
Vasco da Gama
Cape of Good Hope
India
John III
Algarves
Africa
Guinea
Quent
Ethiopia
Arabia
Persia
Ancres
Madeira
Brazil
Stewarts Thae Honors With Full-Blood Holsteins
Paul P. Stewart Iowa state senator operates a 320 acre farm north of Oelwein since 1904. He ran a cheese factory there until 1917 and now dairies with full-blood Holsteins. Stewart is a director of the Holstein-Fresian Association of America based in Brattleboro Vermont. His herd has set records and he is active in national dairy circles.
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Paul P. Stewart
Oelwein
Mr. Stewart
Holstein-Freshian Association of America
United States
Brattleboro
War Food Admin awards service certificates to Crop Corps workers
The War Food Administration announced certificates of service for about 3.5 million people enlisted in the U S Crop Corps for farm work this year and for processing plant labor in canning and other activities. Certificates recognize patriotic service on farms or in food plants, with emphasis on butterfat production. The article also profiles the Stewart dairy herd in northeast Iowa noting high butterfat output, ongoing breeding improvements, and the involvement of Mr. Stewart and his son Mike in daily management.
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War Food Administration
U. S. Crop Corps
Iowa
United States
Stewart
Mike
Atlantic
Pacific
California
Mr. Stewart
Describing a Gunner and a Quirky Poultry Tale From History
Vivid wartime imagery contrasts with a bureaucrat scolding a poultry farmer for unreported capon eggs. The text wanders through 18th century law on air-filled fowls, 1764 tomato juice prices, and a Sherman memoir aside. It closes with fishing anecdotes and a brisk, humorous digression on luck and a German brown trout.
Results: 18-inch trout weighs two pounds four ounces
An 18 inch trout weighed two pounds four ounces and was described as half again as long as the average. The day included a note about butter consumption claiming an average American ate 1 cent pounds of butter in 1042.
Tama man drowned fishing in Iowa river recovered downstream
The body of Earl Knode, 33, Tama, who drowned Monday while fishing in the Iowa river, was recovered a mile downstream by Sam Peters, an Indian from the Tama reservation. Knode was fishing with two companions.
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Tama
Earl Knode
Iowa River
Sam Peters
Tama Reservation
Knode
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Stewarts Thae
Ames
Davenport
Dudley Hale
Crecle
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John B. M
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Atlanta
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Postville
Wau‘kon
Oelwein Register Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Rockford
Batiste
Speedy
Charles
Sprague
Sprague’s
Northrup, King & Co
Joe
Purina
Victory Feod
Glan-de-lac
Ag Aton
Sprague's
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