Copan Ruins Tell Of Maya Mother City And River Erosion
The Copan valley in Honduras hosts the ancient Maya metropolis with a sunken Great Plaza, pyramids, hieroglyphic stairways, and a rivercut substructure revealing gradual growth. Inscriptions at Copan predate Yucatan sites, while lack of aboriginal史 accounts challenges reconstrucción of its early history.
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Copan
Republic of Hon‘duras
Guatemala
Cordillera
Yucatan
Chichen Itza
Uxmal
Palacio
Honduras
Zacapa
Jacotan
Great Plaza
A. P.maudslay
Egea
Something Really Happened at a Reception
An Atchison reception ended with Mrs. Jim Charlies’s hat catching fire from a lighted aigrette. A passerby remarked the odor in the kitchen as the fire grew, and the aigrette was ruined. Insurance men called the loss total, while witnesses recalled it as a rare incident at a social event.
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Jagrettie
Not Impressed. Nordica at Deal Beach garden party remark
Mme Nordica mocked European sculpture at Deal Beach noting some visitors fail to be impressed by antiquities. A London guide recalled a British Museum centaur remark sparked by a Chicago meat salesman asking what such a creature would eat.
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Mme
Nordica
Deal Beach
British Museum
Chicago
Castoria Ad Warns Careful Bottle Review
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria ensure it bears the signature of Weinlich and notes Castoria has been in use for over 30 years. It claims it is a safe remedy for infants and children and mentions that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Humorous Exchange On Engagement And Reputation
A playful chat reveals Marjorie recounting a dreary vacation place and her engagement to a former summer love. She jokes that some men never realize a wife is an angel until she performs the harp act, noting honesty as easier than trouble.
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Madge
Marjorie
Daughter Cured by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Baltimore mother shares her twenty five year old daughter Alice restored to health after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Doctors called it Green Sickness but symptoms of pale skin dark circles and weakness improved with the remedy. Letter-writer Mrs L A Coreran cites relief and recommends the product to women with menstrual, digestion or backache troubles.
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Baltimore
Alice
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ree Feham
L. A. Coreran
Rutland Street
Baltimore, Md
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Oylvanus Aa Core
Copen
Diego Garcia de Palacio
Audencia
Philip II
Spain
Stone and
Lydia E. Pi
Carter
ASF
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