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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been a muezzin--truly a romantic figure, but hardly likely to perplex the Spanish government. At present, he is an expert purveyor of hot water: his daily production floods the Spanish market with trouble. As long as Raisuli is doing the acrobatic in Tangier, that sector of the international map will pull the front pages. Meanwhile, he is an answer to those sceptics who doubt the existence of "real, live, kidnapping sheiks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN HORATIOALGERIAN | 1/31/1925 | See Source »

...Having found," Dr. Halley is reported as saying, "by comparing what had been formerly observed of solar eclipses, that the whole shadow would fall upon England, I thought it a very proper opportunity to get the dimension of the shade, ascertained by observation. And accordingly, I caused a small map of England describing the track and bounds thereof, to be dispersed all over the kingdom, with a request to the curious to observe what they could about it, but more especially to note the time of continuance of total darkness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Astronomers Prepare for Great Day--Appeal to Amateurs as Dr. Halley Did in England 210 Years Ago | 1/23/1925 | See Source »

Chairman Clem Shaver (a fake one) bought a map of the Confederate States "to figure the electoral votes of John W. Davis. . . . But this map doesn't show Kentucky!" cried the mummer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sequelae | 12/22/1924 | See Source »

...map. Kentucky was Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sequelae | 12/22/1924 | See Source »

...this map...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sequelae | 12/22/1924 | See Source »

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