Ecuador Plans 1909 National Exposition Buildings Quito Center
Quito prepares for the 1909 centennial national exposition with a government palace 86 by 39 meters. The plan includes a central reception hall, inner and outer courts, and pavilions for Colombia and the fine arts. United States participation led by Ernest H. Wands includes a White House modeled exhibit building. France Colombia and other nations are slated to participate.
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Quito
Ecuador
Deuador
School of Fine Arts
Hfe
Raul Maria
Valente
Francisco Manrique
United States
Ernest H. Wands
W.W. Russell
Venezuela
White House
Washington
France
Exposition Palace
Colombia
Exposition Plan Outlines Ecuadoris National Fair Departments
Fasade of Mexia Boulnig and Peru contribute to a grand exposition plan led by Gen. Troy Alfaro president of Ecuador. Committees oversee public instruction arts agriculture industry mining and fisheries and the display will feature forests pastoral scenes mineral resources and manufactured products. Foreign participation welcomed and prizes offered for patriotic and historical essays with departments spanning instruction arts agriculture industry mining flora fauna and archaeology guided by a national yet inclusive framework.
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Peru
Troy Alfaro
Ecuador
Calls Time on Buckwheat Diet in New York
Open Road laments winter hardships and pneumonia while critiquing heavy buckwheat diets. The piece contrasts households in crowded heated rooms with a vow to avoid doctors, drugs, and taverns, preferring simple foods like beechnuts and apples and to live sanely without cemetery plans.
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New York State
Classic Languages and Enduring Value of Greek and Roman Classics
The author argues that great leaders arise from Greek and Roman classics, naming Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Pericles, Augustus, and Justinian. They note philosophers and poets once valued, contrast modern science with poetry, and urge returning to classical study for practical insight, including how early Christians wrote in those languages.
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Alexander
Hannibal
Caesar
Pericles
Augustus
Justinian
Pythagoras
Plato
Socrates
Euripides
Sophocles
Virgil
Ovid
Horace
Christ
Darwin on stimulants revealed in Manchester letters
A centenary Darwin exhibition in Manchester reference library features unpublished autograph letters. Darwin discusses his use of wine, snuff, and tobacco saying he drinks one glass of wine daily though doctors urge more, uses snuff as a great aid, and smokes two paper cigarettes to unwind after work.
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Darwin
Manchester
Eng
Secret of Hermit Remains Unsolved in Northern Michigan
The long unsolved case revolves around James Janes, a reclusive hermit who died four years ago in a shack four miles from Dick, Michigan. His unexpected suicide and a hidden will sparked renewed inquiry as prosecutors pursue new leads and continue the bone investigation under Deputy Arnott.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
James Janes
Chippewa County
Michigan
Janes
Sao
Ife
Jones
Italy
Steere
Tena Hanson
George B. Holden
Helden
Andrew I. Arnott
Arnott
Upper Peninsula
Life Saving Bull Fighter in York Heroic Tramp
In York Pennsylvania a unknown tramp hero saved Mrs. Margaret Leppo from a raging bull on the Berlin road. The bull gored her face and broke a bone before the brave stranger struck with a frail club, drove the animal off, and disappeared into the woods without revealing his name.
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York
Margaret Leppo
Berlin
Painter swings from bridge like pendulum over river
New York painter Patrick Grady walked his bosun chair along the Queensboro Bridge 135 feet above Blackwell's Island when a wire rope blocked his path. He swung from the end of the rope, balancing on a cloth loop as rescue workers pulled him to safety unharmed and his wife was told he was dead.
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New York
Patrick Grady
Painter
Queensboro
Blackwells Island
Grady
Long Island City
Farmer Fights Bandits In Lone Pursuit In Oklahoma
James Beck, a Muskogee area farmer near Stigler, tracked five bandits who robbed him of 2000 dollars from Sunday until dusk Thursday. He wounded two of the men, recovered 1600 dollars, and attempted to bring them to jail in Muskogee before they escaped with the others. A sheriff's posse is still searching the San Bois mountains 70 miles southwest of Muskogee.
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Muskogee
Okla
San Beis Mountains
James Beck
Stigler
Beck
San Bois
Hog Survives 32 Days Without Food in Blizzard
In Mason City Iowa a blue hog survived 32 days without food or water after disappearing in the January 29 blizzard. Tending hog owner George K Smith believed it dead along with others frozen. the animal was found under a snow stack by Mr Jeremiah who heard squealing and dug it out alive.
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Mason City
Taner
George K. Smith
Jeremeter
Mr. Jeremiah
Winsted Man Buys Sleigh On Installment Plan
Seeb Hollay of Brushby Hill near Woodbury has bought a sleigh on the installment plan. Each snowfall costs a dollar toward payments. Two snowfalls since purchase amount to $20, he hopes to earn seven months' interest on the other party's money.
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Winsted
Conn
Seeb Hollay
Brushby
Hill
Woodbury
Ates
America
Salzer
Ererth
Agricultural College
Scsns
Lows
North Dakota
South Dakota
Yous Riers
John A.salzer-Seed CO
LA Crosse
Wis
Meeker and Criminology Quip Sparked By Wife’s Action
He objected. Meeker says he wants handcuffs abolished. Is Meeker interested in criminology. No, his wife is in the habit of hitting him on the ear.
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Meeker
Hard to Get Ad Start for Honest Partner
The New Orleans Picayune notes a dialogue about advertising for an honest partner. A junior partner proposes advertising for a dependable man and a senior partner agrees to search for a trustworthy associate for one to two years.
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New Orleans Picayune
Fragmentary Names and Addresses From Damaged Notice
A fragmented OCR list shows partial names and addresses including Goshen Alabama Mrs W P Dalton Route No and others across Michigan Ohio and Mississippi. Readable items include Mrs Emma Draper Plugins Michigan Mrs S J Jonas Cinglaastt Ohio and 1302 Ernsb Btr cheval Ohio with several women in care of addresses and rural routes.
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Goshen
Ala
W.P
Dalton Route
Chisago
Tully
Ogden Ay
Paw
Emma Draper
Burt. Loyd
R. F.D
D. A. Sanborn
Coffeeville
Miss
S. J. Jonas
Cinglaastt
Ohio
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Mass
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Cincinnati
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Minn
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