Ruined Mexican Churches to Be Restored
The Mexican government plans to restore ruined church properties and rehabilitate edifices damaged during revolutions. Vandalized churches housed soldiers now hold treasures, with gold, silver, paintings, and sacred objects recovered or lost. The Guanajuato church of Valenclang is highlighted for its vast cost, architecture, and a miracle chapel with a gold baptism font and a Virgin relic.
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Monterey
Mex
Mesiea
New York Sun
Ionian
Athe Pin Ing
Vatenelina
Guanajoat
Valenclang
Christ
Sam Cayetano
Guanjuato
Rive
Spain
War Heroes Left Legacies by Alsatian for 1902
In Paris St Malin town honored five soldiers with 800 franc legacies each, left by French Alsatian Metzger who died in 1902. Each recipient held the Medaille Militaire and the Legion of Honor. two remain in the army, one is a upholsterer, and others are farmers.
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Parisn
Alaove-Lorraine
France
Metzger
St. Germalin
Medaille Militaire
Legion of Honor
Giant Wheat Farm in Washington Harnesses Steam Tractors
Henry Vincent of Eureka Flat near Walla Walla runs a 32,000 acre wheat farm, likely the Northwest's largest. He uses 250,000 burlap bags, five steam ploughs, and a contracted 450 to 500 workers for harvest. New for this year are a gasoline tractor powered combine and an 18 foot cut machine, enabling 75 acres per day. The operation reflects vast scale, high labor use, and concerns about soil fertility due to continuous wheat cultivation.
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Vincent
Georgia
Ben Grote
John Webb
Toledo
Big Bend
Picture telegraphing of handwriting via new wire system
Christiania Norway Herwood Peterson chief engineer in the government telegraph service invented a wire and cable system to transfer a picture or handwriting over practically unlimited distance without new wires. It was tested between two control points and allegedly cut operating costs while doubling word capacity and automating from receipt to delivery. A manuscript is copied on a cylinder and etched into film, enabling transmission to a receiving device where a photographic copy is produced. A separate incident: a bulldog bit a woman in a Chicago hotel lobby, holding on for minutes before being shot and killed by the proprietor.
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Christiania
Norway
Herwood Peterson
Government Telegraph Service
Hog
Chicago
Abel Levitay
Batrasts 1,000 Daya to Pray
Osaka Japan Rev Kojun Yoshizi dean Oka Buddhiet-re.
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Osaka
Japan
Kojun’ Yoshizi
Oka’ Buddhiet - Re
Britain to Simplify Road Signs with Standardized Warnings
A government plan aims to standardize warning signs and directions for drivers across Britain. The move focuses on clarity to aid motorists and reduce confusion at roads, roundabouts, and junctions, detailing uniform symbols and wording for safer travel.
British Traffic Sign Standard to Ease Motorist Confusion
Britain plans standardized signs to reduce roadside confusion as motorists in the countryside now face a patchwork of warnings and directions. A red triangle will indicate danger with symbols like a flaming torch for schools, guiding drivers safely across England.
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United States
Ministry of Transport
England
Banerth
Learning
Chielong
Garden Work Means Health in Philadelphia Parks
For twenty three years Philadelphia has encouraged community gardens as a self help measure. United States Department of Agriculture notes similar success in other cities though golf remains for a few. Gardens offer outdoor exercise, contact with nature, and broader benefits beyond food, boosting well being and national wealth.
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Philadelpha
United States Department of Agriculture
The Small Town and the Nation's True Character
A Virginia high school principal notes how the small village settings reveal America’s depth. He observes youths idealize Heelty but later seek meaning in local life, while metropolitan critics focus on Spoon River’s silences and Main Street dramas.
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All America
Nationalife
Virginia
Argo
New York
Broadway
Spoon River
Main Street
Proper School Grounds Plan For Beautifying Play Areas
The text advocates enhancing school grounds after establishing playground activities. It recommends planting trees and shrubs as windbreaks and shade, noting the need to place a track and playground equipment at about three quarters to one hundred feet from the building to allow space for apparatus.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Trusted Pain Relief
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, urging use only genuine Bayer tablets with the Bayer Cross. It asserts physician approved dosage for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism toothache and more, noting twelve tablet boxes are inexpensive and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Fragmented dialogue about memory lapse and a joke
A jokey exchange dwells on memory with lines about a wife who cannot remember after a day. The dialogue hints at a pun involving a Miyver as a proposed cure.
Swamp Root Advert Preaches Kidney Health
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a physician prescribed medicine aiding kidneys liver and bladder. It claims years of effectiveness and urges readers to try a sample by sending ten cents, noting availability through druggists and a trial request to Kilmer Co.
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Hon Atood
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Hinghamton
N. C
MEN WEAR BENEDICT RINGS TO PLEASE WIVES
A Broadway jeweler told the New York Sun that men now wear rings beyond the plain wedding band. He notes many husbands prefer signet or other styles on the left fourth finger, while brides seek equality in ring choices.
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Broadway
New York Sun
Farmer Adopts Solitude Amid Quiet Life
A farmer grows used to solitude and finds it not so hard. The narrative notes his gradual comfort with isolation and reflects on personal restraint as he chooses to drink of his own accord, signaling self discipline in daily life.
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Adam
Mysterious Suitors Complicate Maidens Choice Near Wichita
A fragmentary tale set southeast of Wichita describes market disputes and a mysterious art lover meeting a maiden tormented by several suitors. A gold studio and unnamed townsfolk figure as key props in a tale of love and manipulation.
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Wichita
Pong City
Waule
Not 80 Encouragin Message From Fragmented Text
Fragmentary OCR snippet shows fragmented dialogue about marriage and parental permission. The legible portion hints at family consent, love, and a grant or approval from a father figure, but most of the source text is garbled and unreadable.
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