The Diamond Mines of Kimberley and Cecil Rhodes
The article profiles Cecil Rhodes and the Kimberley diamond mines in South Africa. It covers the origin of the De Beers syndicate, mine operations in the Vaal Basin, production figures, diamond values, and security measures. It notes wages, worker housing at Kenilworth, and safety and policing practices, alongside Rhodes’s political rise and broader imperial aims.
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Kimberley
Rhodes
South Africa
Lobengula
Transvaal
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Brazil
Kimberly
Vaal
Oranges Pree
Devil Rhodes
de Beers
Oriel College
Mamonds
Herbert
Cecil
Cape
Africa
Zambesi
Shell Limestone Pavement At Macon Draws Notice
An engineering exchange notes Macon Georgia uses shell limestone underlay in paving. A bed 30 miles from Macon supplied material. roads built with it showed durability, low rutting, and minimal maintenance. Costs 50 to 60 cents per square yard including crushing and labor. about 45 000 sq yds in use with 10 000 more petitions.
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Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
Texas
Ohio
Montana
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
North Dakota
Wyoming
Washington
Towa
Macon
St. Augustine
Georgia Southern and Florida
Wm. D. Hoard
National Dairy Union
Hoard
Saya
Oldest Pictures of Mankind Found in Egyptian Potsherd
A Berlin archaeologist studies a Potsherd showing a man with goatee and a woman with prominent nose, claimed as the oldest representations of mankind by a German savant. The relic, dubbed The First Man and Woman, may be 800 years older than any similar find.
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Egypt
Sein
Berlin
The Bad Penny Returns in Courtroom Quip
A courtroom quip unfolds with the Bad Penny vowing to make someone look like thirty cents while counterfeiting is invoked as a joke. The exchange highlights satirical wit over legal stakes in the federal courts.
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Puck
Paris Leads World In Automobile Popularity
Paris is hailed as the home of the automobile with the Parisienne embracing long rides around the city and into the countryside. Despite stormy weather, women seek rain protection from smart French tailors as automania grows.
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Paris
Military Styled Coat Showcases Rare Piano Leather
A costumed outfit with a military look is described in an illustration. It uses dark gray waterproof covert coating with stitched leather strappings. The note adds that piano leather, cited as the most costly in the trade, is known in the industry.
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Capital
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as constitutional cure
The Tranvaal Critic notes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a constitutional remedy that purges blood impurities causing catarrh. It contrasts Tommy Atkins guiding cover in Natal with a critique of red coats, helmeted soldiers, and camouflage against the dry gray landscape.
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Hood
Tommy Atkins
Boor
Natal
Tommy
Boar Himelf
Tranavaal
Knights in Armor Unearthed on Gothland Island
A Gothland Island find at twenty seven feet reveals the skeletons of several knights in full armor seated on horses. Berlin reports archaeologists believe the excavated remains date to the ninth century.
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Ao Berlin
Gothland
Quality and News Promote Byrup of Figa as a Superior Laxative
An advertisement asserts Byrup of Figa from the California Fly Syrup Company as a world famous, effective laxative approved by leading physicians. It extols health benefits, pleasant taste, and absence of after effects while warning readers to seek the genuine product. It ends with a remark on praise between women.
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Great Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Byrup of Figa
California Fly
United States
California
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Oecil Rhodes
Oxford
Bishop Stortford
England
Kenilworth
John Gilmer Speed
Ainslee
Iowa
Illinois
Oregon
Kimberley, South Apticas Great Diamond Camp
Kafpir
Diamond Mines
Rok
Leone Nines
Maris
Department of Education and Social Economy
United States Commission
Department
United States Department of Road Inquiry
League of American Wheelmen
Syracuse Post-Standard
Mississippi
Board of Supervisors
Ust
Stormington Barnes
Parisinnne
Fane
Habba
Dr. Bull
Ini
Belaus
Luttrell
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Sandy
Delavor
Wiener
Chicago
New York
Earls, Sloan
Boston
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