Louisiana’s Romance and Mighty Mississippi Delta Channel
A National Geographic summary extols Louisiana, noting Baton Rouge’s limestone capitol, New Orleans’ role as a port, and the delta’s navigational feats. It recounts James B. Eads projects, 4 790 miles of navigable waters, fur wealth, and the Evangeline country amid shrimp, sugar, and oil riches.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, DC
WNU
Louisiana
Capitol
Baton Rouge
Ita
America
United States
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans Lepart and
la Salle
Bienville
Iberville
Lafitte Brothers
Dominique You
Celly
Lafayette
Louis Philippe
Adelina
Patti
Jenny Lind
Audubon
Paul Murphy
Lafcadio Hear
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Danube
Ase
Mississippi River
Fort St. Philip
Fort Jackson
Gulf
Congress
James B. Eads
South Pass
Narshlande
Union
Arkansas
Delta
Commonwealth
Dominion
Canada
Malu Ality
Lake Charles
Aline Angelas Chooses Opera Then Leprosy Research
Aline Angelas rises from a gifted student and opera hopeful to star in Butterfly under a famed impresario. She marries Swiss scientist Kronald Blau who works at Rockefeller Foundation and relocates to a leprosy colony in Manila. After six years, Blau’s breakthrough cures leprosy, and Aline, resilient and changed, lives with him and their five children near John Hopkins University, sharing in the scientific triumph.
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Aline Davis
Aline
Buffalo
N. Y
Wour Andi Anine
New York
Opera
Donna Bella
Kronald Blau
Blau
America
Rockefeller Foundation
Blaw
Billy
Wariabu
Alg
Maestros
Wiseacres
Neeled
Aline Angelas
Butterfly
Blow
Pacific
Manila
Bina
Butterfly In the Largest Opera House In the World, Mr. and Mrs. Blau
AlMe
Ali
Hen Disrupts Drive Through Waterbury Roadside
A Waterbury Connecticut tourist driver reports seeing a hen in the middle of a highway. He slowed and honked but the bird remained, then crossed after a cautious pass, leaving an egg in the road.
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Waterbury
Conn
Ports
Australian platypus: odd egglaying mammal in need of protection
The platypus is a rare mammal from Australia with a ducklike beak and egglaying habits. It lives as a typical mammal otherwise and feeds and suctions its young, prompting conservation efforts by Australia to preserve the species.
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Australia
Kruschen Salt Drops 65 Pounds For $4.25
Beech Iowa resident Miss Bates touts Kruschen Salts as a safe weight loss aid claiming 65 lb loss after five months costing $4.25. She urges a daily half teaspoon in hot water before breakfast and dietary limits on fatty foods to achieve similar results.
Weensden Treatment Advertised Despite Ambiguous Claims
The notice references a weight reduction program named Weensden Treatment with claims of safe results and no poisons or electrical devices. It mentions a contact at M110 a GAMOA 5 ne Hor 1035 Columbus and warns about misrepresentation and alleged mistreatment.
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Columbus
Onis
Mammoth Dollar Bill Prepared For Exhibition
The largest U S dollar bill, 12 feet by 34 feet, is nearing completion at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington D C. It is largely made from macerated old currency and is estimated to contain about 10 million dollars in destroyed money.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington, D. C
Blue Star Ointment Promises Skin Relief
An ad promotes Blue Star Ointment to treat itch germs, tetter, rash, ringworm, eczema, and other skin troubles. It claims the ointment melts at body heat, delivers medicine into pores, soothes inflamed skin, and offers a money back guarantee. Sold at drug stores.
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Pickaninny Jazz Orchestra
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
CWNY
St Joseph's
St Joseph’s
Miss Bates
Tey
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Benceham
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