Theodore II of Ethiopia and the Victoria marriage rumor
The piece recounts a famed but unverified tale that King Theodore II sought Queen Victoria’s hand. It covers his capture of British subjects in 1867, Napier’s 1868 expedition to Magdala, Theodore’s death by suicide, and the fate of his son May beou. It also notes Canada’s 1923 35 census and Charleston weather records.
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Queen Victoria
Basin
Theodore II
Ques Victoria
England
Justin McCarthy
Theodore
Victoria
Sheba
Magdala
Cameron
Great Britain
Robert Napier
Jeter Lord Napier
Bombay
Napier
Alamayou
Alamayou 7, Was Taken Charge of By Queen Victoria
India
Too Good A Gunner Selgium Regretted Fermisaon
Sir Alfred Sharp a former British governor of Nyasaland and Cecil Rhodes official, aged 87, sought Belgian permission to hunt elephants in the Sange. Leopold II permitted, and the veteran hunter killed about sixty seven tuskers, earning thousands before Belgium halted the invitation for next season.
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Selgium
Alfred Sharp
Nyamaland
Cecil Rhodes
Cape
Cairo
Leopold
Land Reclaimed 16000 Acres In B C Under Cultivation
Two reclamation projects in the Kootenay and Goat rivers of British Columbia recently completed bring 16000 acres under cultivation. One project required thirteen miles of dyke to flood 8000 acres for seed peas and Weans. The other near the US border is owned by Canadian wheat growers. Canadian consignments to the United Kingdom in the first half of 1935 were more than twice those in 1934, and 100 boxes of fresh cod poultry were sent to the British West Indies in early August.
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B.C
Thealleys
Kootenay
Goat
British Columbia
United States
United Kingdom
British West Indies
Acadian Scenes Filmed by Oeste Val Bes Feirap
Fragmentary OCR notes describe travelogues titled Acadian Scenes filmed with a motion picture system, mentioning Harold McCracken and a series of scenes with monks and clouds. Content is unclear and reads as garbled filler.
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Oeste
Val Bes Feerap
Harold McCracken
United States
Old Japanese Decree Limits to Fishing Boats in 1655
The 1655 decree under Tokugawa restricted Japanese departure from the country and capped ships to fishing boat size, a rule lasting about 250 years. The piece notes major players in global canned fruit trade and US shrub seedling imports for beautification, with Canada and South Africa expanding exports.
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Tokugawa
Brain Currents Show Sleep Brain Activity
Brain currents during sleep were detected in 11 children and youths aged five to 18, with four wave types named trains spindles saw teeth and random. Scalp needles and sensors traced subconscious activity in the brain and showed changes when awakenings or talks occurred.
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Science
American Association For ‘He Advancement of Science
Milledge Granted Time To Pay 1875 Judgment
George A Milledge, sued by William King after a motorcycle collision in London, was ordered to pay 1875 dollars over 78 years following a 28 monthly order. Judge Owen Thompson noted the debt could burden the defendant for life. Light travels 31 round trips between New York and San Francisco in one second.
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George A. Milledge
London
William King
Milledge
Owen Thompson
New Yorkland San Francisco
Spelling Aches Despite Education And Clever Tricks
A shared look at spelling slips shows that even the highly educated fall prey to errors. Noting devices to mask mistakes, the piece cites eye problems, word confusion, and habitual slips from etc to drawer to horde. Even bright authors and editors struggle with simple words.
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London
Austrian needlework queen builds empire from living room
Mme Jolles, a Vienna native now heading a New York needlework business, employs 20,000 Austrian women and has 65 branch managers across Austrian cities. She earned the Austrian Cross of Honor on her 11th visit to the city, credits fair wages for labor peace, and began her “factory” in a corner by the piano as her children were babies.
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da Jolles
Mme. Jolles
Vienna
New York
Pale Western Cutworm Habits Guide for Farmers
The pale western cutworm moths lay eggs on dusty soil and avoid crusted crusted surfaces. Farmers should leave soil undisturbed from August 1 to September 15 and destroy weed growth in July so fields are weed free by August 1. Weeds only pose risk if large and branching as they may break crust.
Word Coined for Ether Sleep by Holmes Pair
The term anesthesia was suggested by Oliver Wendell Holmes to his friend Dr. W J Morton of Boston as a Greek based word meaning not feeling to describe the somnolence produced by ether.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
W.J .G. Morton
Boston
Fragmented line hints at blush and awkward moment
A garbled line hints at a blush crossing someone’s face and a flustered moment, with stray words suggesting embarrassment. The snippet likely comes from a dialogue or descriptive passage in a larger narrative.
Reconstruction of heart disease treatment proposed by Dr. Bishop
A new approach to heart disease focuses on mental moral and physical reconstruction. It emphasizes understanding the disease, adopting a sound life philosophy, and building heart muscle through controlled effort and proper nutrition. This holistic plan treats the whole person, not just the heart, and requires physician patient confidence.
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Lf, Bishop
Fordham University
James MacKenzie
Montreal lab exposes Indian cure all as common chemicals
The provincial Montreal laboratory found no magic herbs in a claimed Indian medicine. One package contained bicarbonate of soda with tartrate salts, another held citric acid, a bottle of oil flavored with licorice. Police reported farmers in the Laurentians complained of poisoning.
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Montreal
Big Chief
Rosario Fontaine
Fontaine
Laurentian Mountains
Exchanging Courtesies Between Two Sir Edwards
The late Sir Edward Clarke and Sir Edward Carson once clashed in an ecclesiastical law case. Carson stood six feet three inches while Clarke was five feet two, Carson quipping about omniscience, Clarke retorting that Carson was better suited for the steeple.
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Sir Edward Clarke
Sir Edward Carson
Postoffice Manned at Tomahawk Prompts Warning
A fragmented line hints at a tense exchange with a postoffice employee in Tomahawk, where confusion and a cautious plea are described, mentioning an employer and a voice on the line. The text preserves old style dialogue and local setting without explicit action.
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Dioice-Boy
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