Death Spider Ends Hunt In Mexican Rancho Tale
A trek with Mariano Conde and Cosme de la Guerra ends with Cosme dead from a Death Spider bite after a rattlesnake scare. Juan Largo notes the deadly insect hidden in Cosme’s shirt as the group awakens to his demise on the mesa near Torreon Durango.
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Enrique
Carlitos
Carlos
Charles
Yoac
Chao
Americana
Mariano
Isaac
Acoquia
Mexico
Ysmiela
Ysmaela
Cosme
Simeona
Sonora
Cosmo de la Guerra
Juan Largo
Bear
Juan
Santo Dios
Cosme de la Guerra
Baby's Own Tablets Promote Health At Low Cost
An old public notice promotes The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Baby's Own Tablets at 25 cents a box. Claiming prevention of summer stomach and bowels troubles for newborns and children, it urges mothers to stock up to avoid illness. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail from Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Marat the Star Villain of the French Revolution
A depiction of Jean Paul Marat as the central figure of the Reign of Terror. The piece portrays him as a diminutive, bloodthirsty agitator who used his newspaper to call for mass arrests and executions. It notes his rise, sewers hideouts, and influence over Paris mob violence.
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Jean Paul Marat
France
Marat
Carlyle
Paris
Hoe
Marat the Revolutionary Aided by Power and Death
The piece portrays Jean Paul Marat as a ruthless leader in the French Revolution. It recounts his alliance with Robespierre and Danton, his brutal suppression of foes, and his death by Charlotte Corday in a hot tub. It notes his health decline and his martyrdom that intensified the Reign of Terror.
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Robespierré
Danton
Pate
Murat
Marat
Nature
France
Charlotte Corday
Tor‘yor
China's Waiwupu and its foreign affairs evolution
The article traces China’s shift from ancient imperial boards to the Waiwupu or ministry of foreign affairs created after 1901. It notes the Yamen’s abolition, Prince Kung and Prince Ching as key figures, and details four bureaus including accounts, miscellaneous affairs, foreign advisers, and envoys and treaties. It highlights the era’s pivotal decade for China’s political fate and the lack of competing political parties to reform officials.
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China
American Review of Reviews
Kung
Board of Foreign Affairs
Far Eastern Review
Tsung-li Yamen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Waiwupu
Prince of
Uhing
Nut
Ching
Bureau of
Retiring Life of Officials at Peking and Cholera Remedy
The article argues that Chinese officials rarely retire and remain at post until death, with elder leaders like Prince Ching lagging in duties. It notes infant cholera morbus as a major killer and promotes Dr Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as a safe remedy for children.
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Grand Secretariat
Grand Council
Peking
Longo
Waiwupu
Prince Ching
J. D. Kellogg
Mark Twain's Model Hotel Ere Description Origin
The text recounts Mark Twain's imaginary Swiss notice for a Model Hotel offering extravagant comforts and humorous rules. It satirizes guest expectations with playful, exaggerated services and strict consequences for complaints.
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Mark Twain
Quotable maxims on honesty and desire from an old sayin
A collection of aphorisms comments on honesty wealth and desire. It notes that some men hide their dishonesty, faults offend more when attributed to others, and mortgaging the future can buy a past. It adds that weaknesses may yield more than strength and that some diseases affect those around the patient more than the patient.
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Mariano
Juan Largo
Cosme
Juan
Don Cosme
Mothers Trust Mother Graves Worm Exterminator
Thousands of mothers testify to the value of Mother Graves Worm Exterminator from experience. They report practical relief from worm problems and praise its effectiveness for home care.
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The
Death
Torreon
Don Enrique
Yamaela
Don Varico
Nmo
Gente Fina
Don Hnrique Vargas
Acequin
Eyrbon
Dasmasa
San Juan
St. John’s Day
Masons, Oddfellows
Knights of Pythias
Mateh
Capitol Cylinder
Imperial Oil Company, Limited
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