Buenos Aires Surges as World Trade Hub and Market Center
A National Geographic profile describes Buenos Aires as a vast commercial hub for Argentina, linking rail and port access, hosting four fifths of the country's trade and housing 20 percent of its population. It notes massive cattle ranches, pampas farming, cosmopolitan life, and heavy American investment shaping a Paris like, energetic metropolis.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Wnubservice
Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Montevideo
Spain
South America
Pampas
New York
Panama Canal
Tampos
Europe
Estancia
Santa Fe
England
Parana
Iguazu
Guayra
Niagara
Victoria
Africa
Andes
Aconcagua
St. Moritz
Cordoba
Tucuman
Rosario
California
Florida
Mendoza
Calle Florida
Colon Theater
Broadway
Titta Schipa
Challapin
Spinelli
Mistinguette
Peliculas Parlantes
Talkies
New York City
British Isles
la Nacion
la Prensa
Paris
Berlin
Woman Bond Seller Impresses Agency Board
An employment agent places Jane Hayden with the bond firm Yates and Venner after debate over a woman selling bonds. Hayden proves capable, selling bonds and earning equal pay, challenging views on gender roles in sales.
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Tom Venner
Bladen
Smyth
Klinger
Mr. Kirk Yates
Mr. Venner
Bond House
Yates and Venner
Jane Hayden
Tom
Giants and Dwarfs in History and Modern Times
The piece surveys giants and dwarfs from ancient myths to modern times, noting figures like St Francis Xavier and Voltaire as tall or short by legend or record. It cites Chang-Woo-Goo, Charles Byrne, and Joseph Winkelmaier, then reports Teheran's Siah Khan and Sheikh Salim surpassing previous bounds as potential future contestants for fame in the West.
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St. Francis Xavier
Albert Magnus
Lombroso
Erasmus
Gibbon
Montaigne
Heine
Balzac
Swinburne
Volta
Goethe
Petrarch
Charlemagne
Bismarck
Schopenhauer
Lamartine
Voltaire
Doctor Johnson
Tennyson
Whitman
Gog
Magog
Guild Hall
Chang-Woo-Goo
Charles Byrne
Joseph Winkelmaier
Machnow
Waeglish
London
Reuter
Teheran
Siah Khan
Sheikh Salim
Boston Transcript
Boa Prey Turns Cat Breakfast In Panama Garage
Eladio Grimaldo found a seven foot boa constrictor in his Panama garage. The snake had consumed his black cat, creating a bulged腹 appearance before it was killed. Capper's Weekly notes the odd luck for both snake and cat in this curious incident.
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Eladio Grimaldo
New Cristobal
Panama
Capper
Miniature Schoolhouse Built by State Crew at Cape Creek
A 20 by 50 foot schoolhouse to house 30 pupils was erected in one day at Cape Creek Oregon by state highway personnel. The class will be comprised of children of the construction gang, taught by the wife of one crew member.
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Cape Creek
Ore
Last Slave Cargo Arrived in America Aboard Clothilde 1859
The final shipment of enslaved people reached the United States in 1859 aboard the slave ship Clothilde, marking one of the last recorded transatlantic slave voyages.
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America
Clothilde
Worthless Uncle Dan Tells Loyal Family Tale
A centenarian ex slave in South Carolina recalls his 1863 capture and later pension, joking that emancipation made him "worthless" after a patron teased him about the cost of his upkeep. He recalls a prior purchase price of $1,209 and the era of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
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Dan
South Carolina
Paddy Definition Describes Un husked Rice Term
The article defines Paddy as the name given to un husked rice whether growing or gathered, clarifying its use as the agricultural term for raw rice in the field and harvest.
Men Grow Tired of Sin and Uprightness, Narrator Reflects
A reflective line notes that men may tire of sin as they tire of virtue, until both induce a kind of nausea. The fragment hints at moral fatigue and a parallel judgment of conduct.
Flat on Shares and Nighttime Park Dilemma
A police officer reminds residents they cannot stay in the park all night and directs them to move to a designated location. The dialogue notes a shared flat with another family occupying it for the night and questions temper and propriety amid the exchange. The text also includes an ad promoting Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and digestive health and a whimsical note about the man in the moon appearing like a highball.
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Palomar Field
Financial Center
Wall Street
Avenida de Mayo
South America
San Francisco
Chicago
Vista Plains
Kansas
Illinois Prairies
Tiajuana
Pampas
Dodge City
Buenos
Aires
Scott
Score & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Harold F. Ritchie & Co., Inc
New York
Scott As Bowne
Count You Luckner
KHJ
Los Angeles
KOJN
Portland
KFRC
KOL
Seattle
KVI
Tacoma
KFPY
Spokane
New Drugs Solve Murders Claim Emerges From Magazine
Modern Mechanics and Inventions Magazine reports a drug created by a University of Chicago chemist could solve murders by depressing the nervous system and causing forgetfulness, allegedly making suspects tell the truth despite themselves.
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University of Chicago
Modern Mechanics and Inventions
Such Stories Kitty My Husband Says He Married for Beauty
Catty shot back that his claim reveals he has a history, implying he was not her husband’s first wife in a witty Pathfinder Magazine exchange.
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Kitty
Catty
Pathfinder Magazine
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WIN
Mr. Yates
Mr Yates
Hayden
Trigger
Royden
Miss Harden
Don Short
Mr.Yates
Mr. Lincoln
Cold Insurance
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