Alfalfa Bill Murray Speaks at California Picnic
A chaotic California picnic scene features Oklahoma Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray welcomed amid crowd of emigrants and locals. An introducer notes Murray’s impeachment rumors and mixed reception as he praises state unity while critics mock the gathering and its cross‑state politics.
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Celqiona
Balt
Los Angeles
Ohielena
Bill" Murray
Oklahoma
Erex
Bill
Bio
Bia
Maby
D&lahomi
Bill Alurraytrex
Alaremure
Thair
California
Murray
Valiforals
Woodard
Bolivia
Oklahoma State Capitol
France
Gus
Frisco
Commonwealth
Tulsa
Jilaloma
McNaught Gyncleate
Tac
String Ledger Proof in Belfast Debt Case
In Fermanagh county court a farm labourer claimed 250 wages, presenting a knotted string ledger to prove his five and a half years of work. The eleven knots on the card represented half-year periods. The judge accepted the claim and ordered the employer to pay 161.264a setteme.
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Belfast
Fermanagh
French Ambition and Strife in North Africa Amidst Rail Plans
A fragmented 1930s era account discusses French aims in Africa, detailing questions of rail expansion, military deployments, and colonial governance. It contrasts French officers' conduct with colonial realities, noting resistance, fortifications, and social dynamics among Arabs and Berbers. The piece mocks bureaucratic pride while surveying strategic aims and cultural interactions across Morocco and surrounding regions.
Natives Face Emancipation and French Rule in Africa
A historical account discusses Moorish and Arab women in French colonies, detailing how some women break face and religion to align with French officers for emancipation. It notes widespread French education aims, decorated leaders in Algeria, and harsh male-dominated Arab regions where women rarely leave homes.
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M’zab
Yohora
Explanations of Last Sunday's Cartoon and US Tribute
AFragmentary 1931 newspaper excerpt recounts Saint Geronimo renouncing Islam and conversion to Christianity, his entombment by Algiers’ fort walls, and later removal. It also notes Sultan Jamalul Kiram II receiving a US tribute claimed as $250 monthly during his good behavior, with criticscontesting the payment as a tribute by the United States.
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Sycamore Grove
California Chamber of Commerce
Geronimo
Algiers
Algiere
Bin
Tim
Monle Taeda
Gernomin
Marytrdom
Algiera
Imok
Musee National
Algtera
Jamalul Kiram IL
U. S
Sult
Philipping Islavla
United States
Carlfressmane
Benxtora
Fean Sya
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