Judge Cambo of Malta and the window murder tale
A Maltese judge, famed for upholding law over justice, witnesses a murder from his window. The baker is tortured to confess, then executed, while Cambo's career ends in global scorn as he defends the state over personal conscience.
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Judge Cambo
Malta
Knights of St. John
Cambo
Namiele
Knights
St. Paul
Europe
Asia
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Tobacco Found In Tibet Centuries Before Columbus
Evidence cited by Dr. Barthold Laufer shows tobacco appeared in Tibet around 877 B C and in Tibetan texts as Tha makha. The Tibetan English dictionary notes tobacco after Buddha's death and lama writings in the 12th century A D.
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America
Tibet
B. C
Geographical Review
Barthold Laufer
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Sarat Chandra Das
Lhass
Das
Darjeeling
Peter the Great Reforming Russian Marriage Customs
The article traces early Russian marriage laws to Peter the Great, noting strict controls on brides and grooms. It describes arranged meetings, paternal authority, and harsh penalties such as the "burial to the waist" for wives who resisted. It highlights a six week minimum before vows and a shift toward codified gender roles.
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Russia
Peter the Great
Peter
Plentiful Apple Storage Levels Reported by Agriculture
Cold storage holdings of apples rose 43.9 percent on April 1 from a year earlier, with storage figures showing 2.8 percent of December 1 holdings remaining. The 432 co operating stores reported 1,589,249 barrels and 1,295,730 boxes on hand on April 1.
Contrariness Prompts Marital Promises
Dialogue reveals a character questioning love as a motive for marriage. Miss Ginger wonders if a girl’s promise to marry proves affection while another hints at marrying to spite someone else.
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Ginger
Caspian Sea Identified as World’s Largest Inland Water
The Caspian Sea is described as the largest body of inland water in the world with an area around 180000 square miles.
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Caspian Sea
Swelled head joy noted in Birmingham age herald exchange
The Birmingham Age-Herald records a playful exchange about Dobson's vanity. One speaker fears his ego, the other insists his head is swollen yet he remains unworried and finds it amusing.
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Dobson
Birmingham Age-Herald
Australia Holds Large Share of World Sheep
An estimate shows Australia accounts for two elevenths of the world’s sheep, highlighting the country’s dominant role in sheep farming and wool production.
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Australia
Classic two story home design emphasizes livable luxury
William A. Radford outlines a two story house planned for smaller cities featuring a bright living room with two large windows a formal parlor with a large fireplace a dining room with a curved bay kitchen rear entry a sun parlor seven windows and a generous second floor with three bedrooms a sewing room and a bath the design highlights a stucco and shaded shingles exterior and practical spaces like a furnace room laundry and ample closets for a large family.
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MASON
Spain
Legion of Honor
Theron
Ny AL
Drama Room
Pat
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