The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... English 135,305 . ( The ratio is elo- quent ! ) In Cleveland the foreign - born element of the popu- lation represents eighty per cent . of the whole . Milwaukee , in pre - War days , was frequently described as the third largest German ...
... English 135,305 . ( The ratio is elo- quent ! ) In Cleveland the foreign - born element of the popu- lation represents eighty per cent . of the whole . Milwaukee , in pre - War days , was frequently described as the third largest German ...
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... English colonisation in America . Commercially , the " Old Dominion State , " as it is called , is associated chiefly with its long cultivation of the tobacco plant . Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish colonies in Virginia and ...
... English colonisation in America . Commercially , the " Old Dominion State , " as it is called , is associated chiefly with its long cultivation of the tobacco plant . Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish colonies in Virginia and ...
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... English , French and German . English has the first place , for the Dane depends upon the English market to relieve his co - operative selling organisations of the bulk of his produce in butter , eggs and bacon . In his mastery of the ...
... English , French and German . English has the first place , for the Dane depends upon the English market to relieve his co - operative selling organisations of the bulk of his produce in butter , eggs and bacon . In his mastery of the ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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