Monster Abyss of Burma Pythons Ends With Heroine Aid
Moe Aarons, a New York circus veteran, recounts a life threatening encounter aboard a passenger steamer from Singapore to France. A 26 to 28 foot python escaped jehoch, wrapped Moe in its coils, and nearly crushed him before his wife Minnie seized the tail and forced the reptile back into a wooden box, saving her husband from certain death.
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Moe Aarons
New York City
Moe
Bis
Mae
Burma
Singapore
France
Lis Tie
Thrge
Hésdiptl
Python
Dice
Minnie
Belt
Jem
Wake
Innie
Tox
Birthplace of Napoleon and Corsican fate in history
Napoleon born in Ajatelo Corsica on August 15 1784 as Corsica shifted to French rule by Genoa surrender in 168. The island’s sovereignty history spanned 1347 with revolts and treaty shifts. The piece also notes early names for the automobile before common usage as horseless carriage.
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Napoleon Napoleon
Ajatelo
Corsica
Republic of Genoa
Unclear Plant Fire Hazard Described in Collier’s Weekly
A correspondent notes a plant named Dicamous traginella that emits a highly flammable sap when exposed to heat. The vapor can ignite on hot dry days, yet the plant itself remains unharmed by flames as they do not touch it. The text also mentions elephant weights among various veterinary curiosities.
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Collier's Weekly
Tea history in China from medicine to beverage
Tea has been known in China since 2700 B C, initially as medicine rather than a drink. By around 509 A D its use expanded. It is grown in eight provinces with four crops, the first crop considered the finest.
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Vandenberg
Herring
Uct
Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishing Company
Laber
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Rep. Marlin
House
Roosevelt
Mr. Dies
Frances Perkins
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Alice Lee Jemison
Ickes
The
Civil Liberties Union
Roger Baldwin
San
Dies
Mr. Diew
Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark
Bia
Bke
Senate
Alm
Landon
New York
Philk
Magnesia
Phillip
Phillipe
Nike Magnes
Cathedral Fact Reveals Milan Duomo’s Vast Sculptures
The article notes the Duomo in Milan as Europe’s second largest cathedral after Algny States, part of its vast architecture including more than 4,000 statues accessible to visitors.
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Algny
Cathedral
Europe
Milan
Weekly News Review on France Britain Germany Axis Shifts
The piece analyzes shifting Franco British German relations with Italy and Mussolini. It notes France and Britain courting Germany and Italy's role, the Munich pact, and warnings of renewed appeasement. It covers U S defense budgeting, labor profit sharing, politics and subversive hearings, plus aviation delays and a Hungarian cabinet resignation.
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Beiran
France
Germany
Italy
Haller
Mussolini
Munich
London
Paris
Jusuliz
Chamberlain
Spain
Trend and World Christmas Prices in a Turbulent Year
The United States will spend at least 1.2 billion on holiday gifts as a record season. Adolf Hitler's rise and new imperialism force map makers to redraw outlines. German households face shortages while Japan uses economic measures to curb fabric and fruit storage under a broader mobilization.
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U. S
Ae Claus
Adolf Hillec
Japan
Italy
Around the Housy Cleaning and cloth care tips from 1900s
A fragmented era style guide offers household hints on preserving linoleum and floors with wax, heat, and polishing steps, plus fabric care for taffeta and blankets. It covers stiffening fabrics, using greaseproof paper, and tips on raisins and nuts in cake making, with misc cleaning notes.
Fragmented OCR Snippet Reveals Jumbled Newsroom Banter
A garbled OCR fragment shows a weather chief describing a morning and lunch context to his secretary Miss Smith, a soapbox orator boasting about a fish in a nutshell, a clerk noting memories of a dress, and a motorist at a police court claiming careful obedience to conflicting regulations.
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Erning
Miss Smit
Aeval
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Wade
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Callier
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Piore
Weekly News
Great Britain
Yoseph W. la Line
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Britain
England
Hemisphere
War Department
U.S
Treasur
Henry Morgenthau
Congress
Utah
William H. King
Proctor & Gamble
McCormick & Co
Baltimore
American Tolling Mil Company
Middletown
Ohio
CLO
Washington
Senate Finance
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Inna
E . Clyde Herring
Avioon
Yee Airlines
Bels Tnnedi
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Czech
Poland
Harry Hopking
Neville. Chamberlain
Jess
USA
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