Kelantan Rubber Wealth Ties to British Rule
Kelantan's court-awarded nearly two million dollars to a foreign claimant highlights the state's rubber boom and its integration into the British empire since 1909. A National Geographic bulletin contrasts Kelantan's tropical forests and jungles with Florida, noting rubber exports beside coconuts and betel nuts, and sketches local governance amid colonial influence.
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Washington
Kelantan
India
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Florida
Malay Peninsula
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Key West
Orlando
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Whale Peninsula
Kelintan
Orient
East Indies
Chicago
Kelantan style and British rule shaping medieval Kelantan vision
The piece contrasts brutal local rule with British intervention in Kelantan, describing a harsh punitive regime with prisoners starved and taxed, plus sprawling infrastructure like railroads to Kota Bharu. It argues British advisers curb excesses while Kelantan’s ruler still profits from taxes.
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Mid West
Ghowd
Europe
Kelantan
Bangkok
Singapore
Kota Bharu
Malay Peninsula
Burbank Reveals Seven New Plants Form World Debut
Renowned plant wizard Luther Burban, after 24 years of work, announces seven major creations and improvements. He sends seeds worldwide and touts a new camaskia flower, rainbow teosinte, giant enetus Nawer-Lignont, and other novel varieties developed at his experimental gardens.
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Banta
Rosa
Cal
Laboratory of
Nature
Lidder Burhan
Thles World
Mr. Burbank
Wren
Burbank
Wilbloote
No year-end reflection in just a brief farewell
The speaker notes satisfaction with past work and enjoyment of each day, then expresses intent to continue into the new year despite moving forward. The tone is resigned but hopeful about ongoing effort and personal resolve.
Gold-Filled Woolly Elephant Tusk Found in Yukon Claim
Edward Squires donated a ten foot long woolly elephant tusk with gold fillings found on a mining claim near Ambligelu of Dominion Creek, 40 miles from Dawson Yukon. The fossil weighs about 250 pounds and was presented to the University of Washington Museum. Nathan Kresge theorizes the gold deposits formed as earth and tidal streams settled, pushing gold into cracks.
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Seattle
Museum
The
University of Washington
Edward Squires
Dominion Creek
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Nathan Kresge
Deepening Lake Geneva favoring minke navigation
Mang for deepening faved Lake Geneva to minke the hone navigable as far as the Swise frontier Lave bees ade.
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Lake Geneva
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Yucatan
Ogden
Gid Vavhteman
Hue
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Herbert J. Spluden
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American Museum of Natural History
Werkt
Costa
Orice
Eitizen
Isa
Pope
Eremony
St. Peter's
St. Peter
Miami Harbor
Karclay Acheson
Near Kaur
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United States
Ite
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Menace
Misa Eve Southern
America
Bortard Awerkgmp
Agme Financial
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