Foumban’s sultanate famed for markets and ritual pageant
National Geographic reports Foumban Cameroon as a thriving high prairie town. Sultan Njeya presides over a mixed Bamoum Arab heritage with a Moorish mosque and a museum of Njoya the alphabet creator. A festival display ends with a horse parade and a dramatic charge, while a French resident supports local culture.
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Foumban
Sultan Njoya
Njoya
Fless
Negro Africa
Njoyanas
Europe
Fuumban
MM. Quer
Kentucky blue grass and an early trader’s mistake
A historical note from 1752 recounts John Finley of Lancaster Pennsylvania guiding a trading party down the Ohio with four white servants. They settled near Big Bone Lick, built a stockaded house, and dumped packing waste that unintentionally seeded Kentucky blue grass in the region.
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Kentucky
John Finley
Lancaster
Ohio
Big Bone Lick
Boyne County
Finley
Ilinois
Howard's Upper Creek
Langaster
Finney
Western Newspaper Union
Favorite Irish Chain Quilt Shapes Simple Chain Pattern
The Irish Chain quilt appears in many collections with single double or triple chain configurations. White background dark blue or red squares form a striking contrast with eight by nine inch blocks and a six inch border finishing around 72 by 90 inches. The pattern requires precise cutting and is featured in Book No 23 offered by Address Home Craft Co with charts and instructions.
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Cameroun
Foumban
Familly
Home Craft CO
Dept, D
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Don’t Be a Pedantic Speak Good English
A light guide urges clear English usage and natural speech. It argues that plain language helps people understand and accept conversational style without pedantry.
Spirits Seen at Mihara Volcano Portend Tragic Deaths
On Oshima Island near Mihara Japan witnesses report ghostly images near the crater before a spree of suicides by young men. Police will question visitors before landing and bar those with suicide intent. officials in Tokyo express pessimism as more than 800 people are said to have died last year.
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Mihara
Japan
Subile
Oshima
Tokyo
Fragmentary line on Mihara crater and self harm sites
A garbled passage references Mihara and a crater described as seven miles around. It mentions a death by own action craze and places marked as deadly, but the exact event, date, or entities are unclear. The text appears to discuss perilous locations and suicide attempts in vague terms.
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Mihara
Two Discarded Pens Offer Free Rebuilt Fountain Pen
Advertises a Bree Pen Exchange deal giving a free rebuilt fountain pen in exchange for two discarded pens. Requires a 3 cent stamp and mailing to Bree Pen Exch in Portland Oregon. Ad appears as a postal offer from a local exchange service.
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S.E. 48Th Ave
Portland
Ore
Ady
Sleeves Painted On Women in Nanchang Protests
Police detain women in Nanchang for wearing dresses with sleeves shorter than allowed. Officers paint sleeves to match dress color as part of enforcement actions.
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Nanchang
China
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National Geographic Society
Washington
WNU Servica Oe
Africa
Tepe
Foumhan
Bamoum
Caneroon
Sultan Njeya
High Prairie
Foumbano
Poumban
Sultan Nieva
Sultan and His Museum
Ranald McDonald
Pacific
Ele
Plrsmouth
Lawrence B. Edwards
Plymouth
McDonald
Lawrence
Natsuka
Glynn
Freble
Moriyama
Townsend Tarris
United States
Tarris
Royal George
Sackett’s Harbor
Lake Ontario
William Vaughan
Spier
Vaughan
Redcoats
Wizzy Dean
Dizzy
Diezy Dean Winnart
Pia Sok
Dizzy Dean
Battle Creek
Mich
Canada
General Foods
Old Diz
Crater
Ovren
Moore
Che
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