Paradise Lure of Marquesas Islands for Indolent Seekers
A New York Times piece touts the Marquesas as a potential haven for wealthy dreamers seeking a lazy life. It notes low daily work, tropical climate, and affordable land, with transit costs, French governance, and a 1900 census context.
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Tropics
Marquesas Islands
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Coast
Marquesas
Taiohal
Nukawa
Pacific
New York Times
Relic of medieval times in Urga
Urga, sacred city of the Living Buddha, north of Mongolia, blends medieval relic with twentieth century life. Used as a supply base by Roy Chapman Andrews on the American Museum expedition. Motor cars pass camel caravans as holy men and women mingle with modern fashion and stark contrasts.
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Urga
Mongolia
Roy Chapman Andrews
Asiatic Zoological Expedition
American Museum of Natural History
Pasa
Gobi Desert
Asparagus Pedigree Through Ancient Shores
Asparagus traces its cultivation to Rome two centuries before Christ and is noted by Pliny. References to a three-headed plant near Ravenna, Greece cultivation, and coastal Britain associations at Kynance Cove and Crocky Island exist. Anciently many sprouts of vegetables bore asparagus as a name, later narrowing to the single edible kind. wild coast plants persist and cultivated forms remain scarce as most men lack funds to enjoy it.
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Rome
Ravenna
Greece
Britain
Kynance Cove
Cornwall
Crocky Island
Asparague Island
Brittal
Notice of Election and Final Discharge in Dillon County
Notice announces a general election in Dillon South Carolina on April 19 1921 for mayor six aldermen and two public works commissioners with registration open until April 11 and election hours from 8 to 4. It names election managers I C Ingram S W Jackson and C Herring and cites requirements for voters. Also posted is a final discharge notice for R S Krogers administrator of W M Walters estate with hearing set for April 7 at 10 am and claims to be filed by that date.
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Dillon
S. C
Commissioners of Public Works
Evans Pharmacy
United States
I. C. Ingram
W. Jackson
R. S. Krogers
W. M. Walters
Joe Cabell Davis
Dillon County
Main Street Methodist Church
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Southern Wholesale & Distributing Company
Prics
Anderson Building
Railroad Avenue
C. S. Stubbs
J. W. Edgerton
Southern Wholesale & Distributing Co
S.c
M. Aw'stubbs
John Jefferies
Law School
University of Pennsylvania
Jefferies
England
J. H. Hamer
Evana Pharmacy
C. F. Wimberly
Kentucky
Bethel Church
Charleston
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