Fragmented numeric run shows mixed figures and codes
A dense string of numbers and codes from OCR yields unclear figures including 98,000 and 207.08 with scattered commas and letters. Without readable context the items appear as a tangle of monetary values, years, and identifiers offering no coherent event or subject.
Mandalay Best in Winter
A nostalgic portrait of Mandalay built in 1890 by King Mindon, highlighting its location on a Shan hilltable, the British garrison’s resort ambience, winter temperatures around 50 degrees, malaria-free climate after sanitary efforts, and Kiplingesque imagery of pagodas, Irrawaddy flotillas, and distant ruby mountains.
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Mandalay
Mindon
Burmah
Moulmien
Irrawaddy
Rangoon
Kipling
The Killing of the Khazar Kings and Khazar Regicide
Sir James Frazer argues that various societies practiced king death at fixed terms or upon calamities. The Khazars, a Caucasus homeland people along the Caspian Sea, are cited as an example of a high civilization that legalized regicide for about nine centuries. Frazer bases his claims on extensive medieval literature.
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James Frazer
Caucasus
Caspian
Passing of the Tall Hat in Wales and at York Archbishops
A quaint fashion tale notes the tall hat once worn by ladies in Queen Anne's reign now rare except in Wales or on stage witches. A curious vestige appears at the West Country vicarage once held by Lancelot Blackburne who became Archbishop of York where Mrs Blackburne’s hat risers enabled easy movement between rooms.
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Wales
West Country
Lancelot Blackburne
York
Could Not Live Without Birds
The value of birds to man rests on their feeding habits and pests control. Birds' activity in eating harmful insects, eggs and larvae protects trees and crops from caterpillars beetles borers and similar creatures. Their constant aid prevents widespread damage to agriculture.
Good Alibi for the Bee
A Popular Science Monthly note argues bees do not injure fruit. Investigations in Italy find no foundation for bee skin perforation of fruit. birds wind hail hornets and wasps cause damage. Bees aid cross pollination and benefit orchardists.
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Italy
Beneft
Popular Science Monthly
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