Montezuma Treasure Myth Debunked By Mexican Journalist
Mexican journalist Jose Hamon Palatex travels through San Antonio and Washington to debunk legends of Montezuma treasure. He argues Aztec wealth was small, most gold and silver were Spanish shipments from the imperial palace, and tales of vast hoards are ancient exaggerations and swindles.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jose Hamon Palatex
Washington
Mexico
Spain
Senor Palafox
Imperial
Cartez
Hernando Cortez
Montezuma
Euphrates Valley
India
Egypt
Rameses
Cery Postapa
Tie
City to admit animals as kindergarten pupils to foster nature study
Chicago officials plan to enroll a wide range of living creatures from kittens and puppies to frogs, mice and tadpoles as kindergarten companions. The program aims to spark interest in nature, promote humane feeling toward all creatures, and include field walks and hands on exploration of plants, weather, light and color.
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Chicago
Ella Lage Young
Chicago Public Schools
Lewis Carrol
Dentistry Reform Wins Delinquent Boy in Chicago
Joseph Bejlovec a sixteen year old Bohemian youth once a chronic truant faced juvenile court scrutiny for bad teeth. A Children's Day association loaned ten dollars for repairs and the judge sent him to a Scherville Indiana farm to work and repay. Bejlovec later sent a five dollar gold piece as half payment and promised to save the rest.
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Chicago
Children’s Day Association
Joseph Bejlovec
Bejlovec
Tie
Children's Day Association
Rejlovec
Scherville
Ind
Berlovec
Woman’s Temple
Matador Fuentes to Receive Record $40,000 for Mexico City Shows
Antonio Fuentes will perform four times in Mexico City next September earning $40,000 in total, $10,000 per show, a salary higher than top operatic stars. Jose del Rivero, manager of the City of Mexico bull ring, heads to Spain to arrange bull fights.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jose del Rivero
City of Mexico
Spain
Matador
Antonio Fuentes
Fuentes
Man Returns Fox Scalp Stolen Years Ago for Peace
An elderly Blair County man recounted paying back three dollars to the Blair County Commissioners after admitting he once faked a justice of the peace and received double pay for a fox scalp. He said he had made peace with God and left with a receipt, relieved.
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Altoona
Blair County Commissioners' Office
Lack of Humor Ruins Many Men
An old saying notes that absence of humor can corrode character and relationships, suggesting a lack of humor harms social life, resilience, and mood in men.
Advertised goods and beware fake Cascarets warning
A humorous exchange condemns reliance on heavy advertising alone to sell a product. It cites Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a genuine success built on merit and word of mouth, while warning that imitators prey on buyers. Consumers should avoid substitutes and trust well advertised, nationally sold items.
Household Consternation
Mrs. Torkins laments as her baby swallows a gold dollar prompting urgent, humorous concern about escalating costs and the child’s habits.
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Charley
Don’t Spoil Clothes With Red Crags Ball Blue Note
A brief item notes a household tip about using Red Crags Ball Blue to keep clothes white. It mentions grocers and a single reader’s remark about maintaining whiteness.
Light Laid to Fire in Family Row
A quarrel over wit sparked a domestic flare when the wife, weary of her husband’s heavy humor, hurled a lamp at him in a dramatic家庭 scene. Authorities reported no serious injuries as the incident unfolded.
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Scientific World
Europe
Ochorowicz
Paris
Wisla
Silesia
Mile
Stanislawa Tomczyk
Atle. Tomenyk
Dr Martel’s Female Pills and Other Remedies
An old advertisement touts Dr Martel’s Female Pills as a seventeen year standard for women’s ailments with quick, permanent results. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels as sugar coated granules. It also comments on lodge work and mortgage ideals.
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Dr. Pierce
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Bejilovec
Armour’s
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Mary
Perfectia
Standard Oil Company
Snenopated
Mrs. Henpeck
Mr. Henpeck
Many
DR. Martel
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L.A. Iyro
Indy
Bandon
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