Cradle of King Henry V in America to Asia and Australia
The passage compares gender ratios across regions. It notes about 1,000 men per 964 women in America and 1,000 men per 961 women in Asia, with Australia at 98 percent women. Uganda has the highest female-to-male ratio, about 1,467 to 1,000, while Alaska and the Malay States show the lowest at 91 and 3,889 women per 1,000 men respectively.
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America
Asia
Australia
Uganda
Alaska
Malay States
Pagan Chief of Wukari in Socoto Nigeria Portrait 5 Szens Mah Withon
The pagan kingdom of Wukari in Socoto Nigeria is described with its chief, Mah Withon, titled 5 Szens Mepeaiin Denes. He holds the staff of office and the em bo llie m of allegiance to Great Britain, wearing ostrich feather adorned sandals.
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Wukari
Socoto
Nigeria
Mah Withon
Great Britain
Timur Ruby Joins British Crown Jewels
The Timur ruby, once famed in the Mosc empire under the Tribute of the World, is now part of Britain's crown jewels. Weighing about 452 carats, it is the largest known ruby, uncut but polished, likened in value to the Kohinoor. Its history traces to the Ameer Timur and successive rulers before entering British regalia.
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Mosc
Kohinoor Dismond
Ameer Timur
Europe
Tamerdlane
Mir Shah Rukh
Mirsa Ulugh Beg
The Timur Ruby and Kohinoor Diamond History Linked to Empires
The Timur ruby passed through Shah Jahan to the Peacock Throne, then to Nadir Shah who seized Delhi in 1739. It later went to Ahmad Shah, helped found Afghanistan, and eventually to Maharaja Ranjit Singh before English annexation of Punjab. The Kohi noor went to Queen Victoria, while the Timur ruby vanished from public notice in the royal collection.
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Timur
Afghanistan
Ranjit Singh
Punjab
East India Company
George
Population of the World Now Estimated at 1.7 Billion
The global population is estimated at 1.7 billion based on recent censuses and careful counts of uncivilized lands. The sex ratio is known for over a billion people, with 1,000 males to 990 females, varying by region such as Europe with 1,000 to 1,027 and Africa with 1,000 to 1,045.
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Europe
Africa
Curing the Best Caviar from White Sturgeon Roe
The finest caviar comes from Bieluga roe of the white sturgeon with Astrakhan Russia as the center of production. United States Consul John H. Grout in Odessa describes sieving to preserve grain, brief brining, and draining before packing in sacks. The cheaper varieties are more strongly salted and caviar is praised as easily digested nourishment.
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Astrakhan
Russia
United States
John H. Grout
Odessa
No Almanac for Chinese Hurts Public Belief in Luck
The Chinese public faces a shortage of almanacs after publishers prepared their usual yearly editions with updated dates. The government banned sale of the books, leaving the public without a source of guidance on lucky and unlucky days and other traditional information.
Princes and princesses take up trades in modern times
The article notes royal figures such as Prince Frederick Charles of Hohenzollern and his brother Frederick Sigis mund learning blacksmithing and joinery, the Roumanian crown prince as a cabinet maker, Bulgaria’s king as an engine driver, and Princess Marie Louise as an enamel worker. It adds Prince Koulery Onibero, son of the late Prince Bendanzin, went to Paris to become a chasseur for a busy restaurant in Boulogne.
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Frederick Charles
Hohenzollern
Frederick Sigismund
Roumania
Bulgaria
Marie Louise
Schileswig-Holstein
Koulery Onibero
Prince Bendanzin
Africa
Paris
Boils de Boulogne
Modern Mariner's Son Aims to Sail the Seas
Captain Blake and his wife faced a peril when their baby rode an ice floe in a small boat with a terrier. A rescued tiny crew proved the dog and infant survived aboard a drifting cake of ice near Pier B. The father predicts the boy will become a navigator of large ships.
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Blake
Mariner Bold
Comet
Pier B
Jersey
Oceana
Lindsay
New York Times
Filipino Waiter Cries Over Cold Pancakes
A Filipino hotel waiter sobs at breakfast claiming his pancakes are cold. The narrator notes the waiter’s tears and asks for the cause, only to learn the distress is over a simple breakfast mishap. Philippines Monthly reports the humorous yet poignant moment.
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Senor
Muchacho
Philippines
Daffodil Poison Affects Pests and Poison Sends Cures
The article notes daffodils deter pests such as rabbits and rats, with other bulbs enjoyed by them none. It also highlights that nursery workers suffer from poisoned hands after handling flowers for short periods. Despite the danger locals used a decoction from daffodils claimed to cure many illnesses, possibly harming the patient.
Noting a Advice from Pat Kind Father Footnotes
Stray Stories features a terse exchange about marriage and money. The father endorses Mr Goodheart as a worthy match while admitting years of courting but persistent financial requests from the suitor.
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Mr. Goodheart
Pat
Man claims forty five days fasting on water tale
A dialogue recounts a man fasting on water for forty five days while an older tale claims a sea captain father lived twenty years on water. The conversation contrasts feats of endurance with a legendary family claim.
Cause and Effect: Wake-Up Sermons Debate
A compact exchange from Stray Stories contrasts two church leaders. Deacon A argues sermons should wake the people, while Deacon B counters that sermons should keep them from sleeping.
Belfieh Motive Mentioned In Unclear Husband Reference
A fragment mentions a Belfieh motive and a husband, with an odd line about digging only when he wants worms for an Oshing trip. The context and meaning are unclear from the provided text.
Sarsfield Aboo The runaway veteran horse terrifies New York
In New York the 19 year old veteran horse Sarsfield Aboo bolted after James Ford the cab driver and frightened riders including Mr and Mrs William Haynes and Mr and Mrs F C Jones. Policemen Delehanty and Herrington chased the horse along Fifth Avenue to Fourteenth Street then to Grand Central Station. The incident caused damage to Ford’s cab and the officers uniforms as the horse bolted toward Millwood NY.
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York
James Ford
Sarsfield Aboo
Ford
William Haynes
F. C. Jones
Slatington
Liberty Street
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
Fourteenth Street
Delehanty
Herrington
Liberty Street Ferry
Grand Central Station
Millwood
Sarsfield
Street
Johu Ford
David Harum Out Harumed in Chicago Court Case
Samuel Baker sued Harry Goldstein after buying a horse that could not stand. The horse, guaranteed to lie down and rise, lay immobilized. Baker reduced the price from 125 to 80 and, after failed efforts, had to dismantle part of the barn to remove the animal before Municipal Judge Dolan.
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Samuel Baker
South
Wood Street
Harry Goldstein
South Robey Street
David Harum
Baker
Goldstein
Sells Flies Dodges Boxcar for a Bed in Cleveland
A Chicago man Harry Carmine seeks a bed by exploiting a city rate for dead files. He learns the city pays 10 cents per hundred for dead files and plans to bring a cigar box full of them to bed down. He recounts sleeping in a box car and shelter houses before returning to city hall.
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Harry Carmine
Chicago
Carmine
Municipalily Bureau
Florence
Ringer
Bureau
Harry
Fies
Boy Five Years Old Is Heavyweight of Arkansas Boy
WONT ANSAS CITY Missouri Bill Coulter aged five weighs 110 pounds and travels with his father from Springdale Arkansas to enter a hospital in St. Joseph Missouri At five he has grown rapidly since birth and earlier life with braces on his legs, he declares he feels big enough to whip a man.
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Ansas City
Bill Coulter
Union Depot
Springdale
Ark
St. Joseph
Bill
R. R. Coulter
Arkansas
Grand Junction
Colo
Nils
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London History Museum
Kensington Palace
England
Ruby
Prince
Pompeii
Pormpeii
Abundance
Captain Blake
AP Penn
Harumed
Sells
Yun
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