Rainless coasts and desert shores across the Americas
The dispatch notes the arid Pacific coast from Coquimbo to Guayaquil, describing mud palaces and clapboard fronts in Peru, minimal rain, and the Sahara like stretch of coast from Peru to Ecuador, where humidity relief comes from the Andes slope. It highlights a future Panama Canal link as a trigger for warmer ties between oceans.
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Panama Canal
North Atlantic
South Pacific
Providence Journal
Peru
Andes
Coquimbo
Chile
Peruvian
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Test of Strength Among Elephants in Courtship Display
The article describes two male elephants competing for a female by steadily uprooting progressively larger branches and shrubs, culminating in the largest tree winner. The female departs with the victor, while the loser withdraws humbly, illustrating a unique, intelligent form of courtship behavior.
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Duke of Montpensier
Wle World
Law for Newlyweds In Wildermann Germany
The German mountain town Wildermann has a wedding custom where a sawhorse is placed on the bride’s lodging and the groom must remove it. On the wedding day a knotty log on the horse blocks the couple at the church exit and they must saw it in two before entering. Townspeople watch the sawing to judge their future partnership.
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Europe
Wildermann
Germany
Rabelais the Humorist and His Grim Irony
Rabelais, a monk before he wrote his drolleries, is shown as a humorist whose practical jokes drew discipline from his superiors. His Gargantuan tales reveal a grave, grim humor that mirrors the man and his era. He struck hard, wielding irony as a necessary weapon of his time.
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Rabelais
Coal’s ancient use spans continents and centuries
Greek writers mention coal 500 years before the Christian era and it appears in Egypt 500 years earlier. Records show mining privileges granted in England around William the Conqueror. Coal reaches Paris in the sixteenth century and starts later in Germany.
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Egypt
England
William the Conqueror
Paris
Germany
Ounce of Prevention for Child Play Areas
Mothers should remove whistles horns and musical instruments from toys used by visiting children. Shared toys can spread throat or mouth infections. sterilize toys with borax in hot water and dry in the oven to prevent rust.
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Nps
Philopoena Lore and Royal Bet in European Legend
A historical anecdote explains the philopena custom in Europe. It recounts Grand Duke Michael of Russia in Paris sharing a double almond with Rosa Bonheur, missing the bet as he forgot to say philopena, and receiving an expected gift of a polar bear. Variants include a Kent woman’s opposite sex wish and a Sister Louise reference to double strawberry lore.
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Philopena
Europe
Michael
Russia
Paris
Rosa Bonheur
Kent
Whyte-Melville
Louise
Athenee
Louis XIV
Whisky and Opium Compared by a Missionary
A missionary claims ten times less crime in China than America, arguing Chinese vice is opium and that sleeping under opium keeps citizens harmless. He counters American alcohol as a worse vice, saying whisky drives violent crimes and police confrontations.
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America
China
Currants as a Brain Food and Socrates
The article argues currants boost mind and body and links Socrates to currant consumption. It claims the grape family’s virtues persist and doctors favor currants as a daily staple in any form from jellies to pies for vigor and wisdom.
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Socrates
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Promoted for Coughs
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the best high grade family medicine for coughs colds croup asthma hoarseness and throat and lung troubles. It claims no opiates and cites A R Ellison of Taylor Wisconsin as a user and advocate.
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A. R. Ellison
Taylor
Wis
Lost diamond offered reward near Lyric theater
A seven to eight carat diamond lost in front of the Lyric theater on Saturday evening carries a liberal reward for its return. The finder should return the jewel to the Lyric ticket office.
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Lyric Theater
Lyric
Sharpening a Pencil According to a Trade Expert
A Scientific American piece recounts sharpening a lead pencil with a dull blade to avoid cutting lead. It advises holding the pencil left handed with the work end away and using a pushing cut rather than a drawing cut to keep the point safe and sharp.
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Scientific American
Cure for fifty years of eczema advertised
Mrs. D. L. Kenney reports her teeter eczema cured after over fifty years by Dr. Hobson Eczema Ointment. The ad claims complete relief of burning itching and pain and notes availability from Pfeiffer Chemical Co. in St. Louis and Philadelphia for 50 cents.
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Pfeiffer Chemical Company
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Keeping Their Heads Together
In quarter sessions courts jurors were required to sit with heads lowered beneath the jury box until a verdict. An usher patrolled with a long willow wand and struck any juror who surfaced before unanimity was reached.
Apricot Pits Trade in Beirut Dominated by Damascus Firm
Beirut exports about 2000 tons of apricot pits yearly valued near 50 dollars per ton. Kernels fetch around 150 dollars per ton, mostly shipped to Germany and England for soaps and medicines. A single Damascus company controls the business, purchasing for a German firm and owning the only cracking machine in Syria.
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Beirut
Germany
England
Damascus
Syria
Esketit Cure Claims for Appendicitis Remedy
A dubious ad claims many Blue Island residents suffer chronic appendicitis misdiagnosed as gas or stomach issues. It touts Adlerika as a remedy containing buckthorn bark and glycerine, promising quick relief after a single dose.
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Blue Island
Adlerika
Guaranteed Eczema Remedy Ad Claims Cure
Dr Hobson s Eczema Ointment offers relief for itching burning red rash and skin eruptions. Testimonial from J C Eveland of Bath Illinois cites a twenty five year struggle ending after trying the ointment. Guaranteed non experimental formula available at druggists or by mail Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis.
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Ford Motor Cars
F. O. B. Detroit
Richard J. Ton
110Th St
Michigan Ave
Roseland
Chicago
West Pullman
THE
Blue Island Sun
Illinois
John H. Volp
James H. Carrol
South Side
Hugo Esche
Desplaines Street
Broadway
New York
Washington, D.C
Oak Forest Infirmary
County Civil Service Commission
County
Wisconsin
A. J. Clark
Sparta
C. P. Berolzheimer
West 15Th Street
Chicago Heights
Burns
Archer Avenue
C. E. Yockey
Oak Forest
B. L. Baumann
Indiana Avenue
Belmont Station
Rock Island Road
Washington Heights
W. F. Graver
Seeley Ave
James Jay Smith
Clairmont
Herman Rossner
Rhode Island
C. F. Volp
York Street
Vermont Street
Wm. Shields
Henry Street
SUN
Emil Schmitt
Western Ave
N.e. Cor
Grove St
John F. Stubbe
Choice
F. G. Diefenbach
Tailors
Robert M.orser
Andrew Morquist
Fred. C. Pippert
Merchant Tailor and Haberdasher
Fordtran Bros
C. Contaxes
F. G. Funk
Walnut
Oak
S. Edwards
William Anderson
Martens
Bakers
Frank Nilles
WM. R. Roegner
Western Ave. Telephone
WM. Kleber
Vermont St
Western Avenue
Blue Island Livery and Transfer CO
Ice
A. N. Townsend
Pronger Bros
Foley
Orino
Dare & Stadle
Chas. G. Davies, M. D
Hone
Ill
Orchard
Grunewald Streets
WM. G. Staffel
Vermont
Blue Island, Ill
Insurance Agency
Frank J. Holt
Fire & Casualty Insurance
New St
John Blatt
BF Ueisland
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