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Whilst researching my family history i discovered many interesting things that were not obvious .I suppose like most familes we had people to be proud of and people to be less proud .Charactures have been poached from my memories of some of them and used in this story .Some of which is based around Leight Buzzard and surrounding country side that i am fortunate to live in.I worked for 8 years in Soho in the 60s and some of the story travels to...
Excerpt from The Weeds of Ontario
Some weeds are rolled along the ground by the wind. To this class belong the Russian Thistle and the Tumbling weed of the north-west. When these weeds ripen, they break off close to the ground and being light, they are easily carried by the wind, especially on an open prairie, and the seeds drop out as the weed rolls from place to place.
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Excerpt from Foul Brood of Bees
Wiegand (17) agreed with Preuss's theory, and in giving his experience said that the disease was introduced into his apiary through honey brought from a distance.
Pollman (17) believed that the disease was introduced by feeding honey from Havanna, where, when extracting the honey, both brood and honeycomb were mashed up and the honey pressed out.
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Excerpt from Monetary Reform for Nicaragua: Report Presenting a Plan of Monetary Reform for Nicaragua
It will be noticed that for the last two years (1910 and 1911) no figures have been given in the table for the average rate of exchange. During these years of in¿ated and irregular issues and revolutionary disturb auces, no instructive average can be struck, and the facts require separate treatment. With this exception the ¿ue tuation in the ...
Examining the characteristics of the 19th-century aristocracy, middle class and working classes, this book shows how the late Victorians became politically active. The author also analyzes the moral and religious beliefs of the people of late Victorian Britain.
