Boy of Rhopesia and the Matahele War Tale
An 1845 conflict narrative recounts Matahele attacks near Red Bird Reef in Phoesia, the Brinton family massacre, Otto Cunningham’s escape and defense at a stone stable, and his vigil with Lotta and siblings as Matabele forces threaten. Otto leads a perilous night watch, using Winchesters to drive off raiders and save the women, amid a broader colonial clash.
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ALES
Phoesia
Z Strick
Red Bird Reef
Balawayo
W. BE. Brinton Iives
Potgieter
Eetigely
Wai
Grinton
Carly
Brinton
Graham
Otte Setor
Berame
Tatabele
Erante
Otto
Tonningham’s
O. B
Cunningham
Reaen
Lotta
Father
Albright
Brion Bird
Red Bird
Grey
4 & I Nile
Wnafirs
Reise
Students' Duels in Austria Reported by Authorities
Report notes authorities in Husgarisa confront rising treason as student duels intensify. Aimed at curbing unrest, officials emphasize discipline and legal remedies amid growing clashes.
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Austria
Husgarisa
Farm Topics Peas Boost Other Crops And Sheep Shearing
Peas fix more nitrogen than they use benefiting crops like oats. A Sycamore Illinois test uses a four horsepower gasoline engine to shear 1900 sheep daily, increasing wool yield. White clover supports pasture and bees but declines with plowing. Cultivation boosts soil fertility but spurs weeds. careful rotation keeps land productive. Raising pheasants under hens with field pens and wing clipping yields stock for sale focusing on cost and feed. Data from Orange Judd Farmer notes.
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Sycamore
Batls
Io Orange Judd Farmer
Birthplace of Giants tallest Beaufort man in modern armies
Beaufort South Carolina produced many exceptionally tall men, with the tallest serving in the Confederate Army and later living in Columbia. Records cite a six foot eight inch opponent in a Queen's Jubilee procession, a six foot six inch U.S. Army man in the Spanish War, and Beaufort figures like Eldred S. Fickling at six foot nine inches. The piece recalls local tall men and a 1825 Beaufort artillery center file noted by Cuthbert.
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Beaufort
S.C
Columbia
8. C
Anth
Oswald Ames
Life Guards
tEr Ud
United States Army
Spain
Jacob Eberhardt
Eldred S. Fickling
Mr. Fickling
Mr. Pickling
Charleston
Old Mills House
Hing Street
Tve
Pickling
Cuthbert
Beaufort Artillery
Artillery
Rerawa Bi Ot
Rimen
Sreater
History of the Mace and vanished royal badges
A condensed history of the Macees of the House of Commons from 1600 onward describes three maces and their fates. The first vanished after Charles I’s execution. the second disappeared during Cromwell’s protectorate. the third, used since the Restoration, is kept under guard in the Tower during recess and carried in Parliament. The item mentions Jamaica once possessing a mace sent with Charles I and destroyed in the 1672 House fire.
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House of Commons
Charles IL. Waa
Cromwell
House of Lords
Charles II
Thergeant-At
Tower of London
Jamaica
Charles I
House O Commons
Maica
Lord Windsor
Charles Tl
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Rhopesia
Frank Lillie Pollack
Carnal
Ciants
Fmes
Beaufort, 8. C
New York Sun
Herticultures
Haint
Uivaga
Gement
Chicago
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