Pigmies in Equatorial Africa Watched by Explorers in Forest
Explorer Stanley recounts the discovery of pigmy tribes along the Ituri and Thuru rivers, describing their height from 39 to 50 inches, their banana plantations, use of forest resources, and the tense contact with taller neighboring peoples. He notes their mobility, trade with larger natives, and roles as guards and traders in forest settlements.
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Thuru
Ituri
Stanley
Africa
Homer
Herodotus
Nassamores
Niger Basin
England
Hekateeus
Equator
Hipparchus
Hekatawus
Watwa
Wambutti
Avetiko
Coiaht
Adam
Eve
Yusuf
Mesa
Nile
Avelika
Mies
Zanzibari
Ihuru
Equatorial Africa
London Times
Fish market notes from New York Telegram recount shad, eels, sturgeon
An old North River fisher describes shad as unpredictable and notes most New York shad come from the Hudson below Poughkeepsie. Eels remain top sellers with constant demand, sturgeon is popular especially when smoked, and west coast shipments via San Francisco supply winter stock. A future rise in tea prices could affect fish prices.
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New York
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Delaware
Kennebec
San Francisco
Columbia River
New York Telegram
Cultivated Rice Through History and Local Prospects
The article traces rice origins from Indian nivara to cultivation in marsh and highland soils and notes early mentions in China Syria and Italy. It highlights Louisiana parishes Cameron Vermilion Calcasieu as premier rice lands and notes Calcasieu farmers produce over 50 000 barrels annually.
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India
Australia
China
Syria
Christ
Italy
Carolinas
Louisiana
Cameron, Vermilion
Calcasieu
United States
South American Horse Cars In Bogota Street Transit
A Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent reports from Bogota that all street cars are imported from the United States and carried in sections by peons over mountains. Horse cars are common due to few carriages, with a fare of one real. Drivers use tin horns to signal arrivals. Cars run in tight groups and halt for long farewells and on passing affectionate exchanges among passengers, especially women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Dispatch
Bogota
Columbia
United States
Spanish America
Agicapas
Arcadia Nobeiy
Medical Lake the Miracle Waters of Washington
A French shepherd crossed the plains twenty five years ago discovering Medical Lake near Middlebaugh Washington. The waters rich in salts cured his diseased sheep and drew settlers, a syndicate, hotels, and plant construction as Medical Lake becomes a health resort near Spokane Falls in a mild summer climate.
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Continent
Washington
Middlebaugh
Medical Lake
Spokane Falls
Rocky Mountains
New England
Boston Pilot
Tennessee's Wild Man Evans Captured Then Released
Mason Evans the wild man of the Chilhowie Mountains Tennessee was captured by hunters aiming to exhibit him but a Athens lawyer served notice and he was freed. He fled toward his cave. Evans once lived in the poor house after county court capture and escape. He belonged to a wealthy family and fled after love blocked by parents, living as a recluse in the Chilhowie wilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Evans
Chilhowie Mountains
Tenn
Athens
Evans
Associated Press
New York Press
Crocodile Pits and Prized Priests in Desert Tombs
A narrator recalls descending into the Maabdeh crocodile pits near the Nile, through narrow passages and suffocating heat, to a chamber where priests and attendants lie mummified with gilded faces. Amid bat swarms and shattered slabs, thousands of crocodile mummies fill the vaults, arranged tail to head with cloth and palm leaves, a harvest perhaps linked to nitrate trade and desert relics.
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Maabdeh
Nile
Manfaloot
Dabeeh
Murray
Leigh
Mr. Leigh
Pamir, or the Roof of the World lecture by Dr. Cin
At a Paris Go graphical Society meeting Dr. William Cin recounted Pamir travels with Bonvalot. He described Hindoo Koosh crossing, Mastuj and Chitral imprisonment by Mehtar Amman ul Mulk, and daily royal scenes including the king with thirty wives and sixty children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Gographical Society
William Cin
Moonvalot
Pepin
Hindoo Koosh
Baroghi Pass
Chitralis
India
Range of Modern Rifled Guns and Calibre Debate
A fragmented report discusses gun ranges by calibre noting that large 13.3 inch guns could reach miles and smaller calibres would scale down. It critiques range calculations and cites Foster arguing the methods are flawed and that deck guns aboard ships have limited firing angles and reach.
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Foster
Fun in the Ranks in a Maine Paper Mystery Voice
A fragmented Maine newspaper piece references Cyp Whitman with a distinct voice. The text hints at an arrest of a man named Cyp Whitman and an officer’s remark, with unclear details and garbled phrasing.
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Maine
Cyp Whitman
Idlic
Pline
Laughie Cyp
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Aruwimi
The
Congo
Great Forest
State of
Tennessee’s
Alligar
St. James Gazette
Central Asia
Eretse
Aeak
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