Destruction in Italy From 1783 Earthquake and Tidal Wave
The 1783 quake reached from Calabria to Messina, Sicily, wiping out Messina and Catania and triggering a deadly tsunami. It followed the Straits of Messina area, echoing 1873 patterns, with Messina’s harbor and city center heavily ruined. Messina's long history includes Norman and Saracen occupations, later dominated by trade and conflict, leading to repeated calamities and population decline.
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Mapa
Ialy
Bomodossola
Alps
Italy
Calabria
San Giovannoi
Strait of Messina
Sicily
Mount Etna
Messina
Catania
Etna
Palermo
Zanole
Charondas
Dionysius
Syracuse
Hannibal
Lilybaeum
Holy Land
Merli
Mavizza
Garigaldi
President Helps Orphans At Macon Home
The president of the Industrial and Orphan's Home in Macon Georgia reports Electric Bitters have aided hundreds of orphans for nine years. The medicine is praised for stomach liver and kidney relief, blood purification, digestion, and appetite. Johnson Drug Co. offers the remedy.
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Industrial and Orphan’s Home
Macon
Johnson Drug Co
Market Report for W D Bass & Sons Jan 5 1908
Weekly market notes list eggs at 20 cents per dozen and hens at 25 cents each as plentiful and dull. Ducks and other poultry shown with low, steady ranges, corn and potatoes priced per bushel, hides by type, and seed. Advert says De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for kidney and bladder trouble with back pain.
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W.D. Bass & Sons
de Witt
Inquisitive prairie dog outsmarted by hunters tale
A Chicago News feature frames the prairie dog as an intelligent but highly curious animal. A man warns that its curiosity is a weakness, detailing a trap using a barrel to lure the creature and reveal how easily it can be tricked. The piece praises its senses but notes its naïve trait.
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Bucs
Prairie Dog University
Ty Foller
Chicago News
THE
State Mutual Life Insurance
Wasp and Prey and a Duke of Cleveland Interlude
A London Globe tale describes a wasp catching a large fly, lifting it by the body, and seeing its wings removed after a wind turns the burden. Another vignette recalls 1883 episodes at Battle Abbey where Freeman is tailed by a gardener’s officer who proclaims the Duke of Cleveland guards his offers of help.
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Wesp
Dr. Darwin
London Globe
Freeman
Battle Abbey
Duke of Cleveland
Inconsistent Fellow Jack Weds Blanche in Three Months
The Kansas City Independent notes a puzzled reaction to Jack's actions. He wrote a congratulatory line in Blanche's autograph album wishing her happiness, then quickly married her within three months, prompting questions about his consistency.
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Jack
Blanche
Aroun
Kansas City
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South
Southern Homes
Southern Mutual
C. R. Porter
Home Office
Rome, Ga
J. W. Stone
Dist
Carrollton, GA
Bradley Building
Newnan Street
Roop Hardware CO
Gr C
DeWitt @& company
Chicago, Ill
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Tuna
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