How Tourists in Mexico Wrestle with Language
A New Yorker recalls experiences in Mexico where Americans misread menus and phrases. A woman orders with a phrasebook, confusing chiquita fritas and babitas for fries, prompting amused waiter reactions. Another traveler misreads como and comes to a costly misunderstanding about paying the bill. Time and again US visitors struggle with Spanish and local speech patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Mexico
Abe
Republic
United States
Backache remedy ad from Elizabeth showing kidney pills endorsement
A testimonial style advertisement claims Doane's Kidney Pills relieve back pain caused by kidney issues. Elizabeth resident Roy C. Smith describes kidney pain, head aches, and brick dust sediment in urine, and credits Doane's pills obtained from Oliver & Drake drug store for relief. Foster Milburn Co. markets the pills with nationwide agents.
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Roy C. Smith
Sayre Place
Elizabeth
M. J
Oliver & Drakwa Drug
Dean's
Foster-Milburn Company
Mal Tale
New York
United
Modern wash day with P and G Naphtha Soap
Rub a dub dub. The modern way to wash clothes is with P and G Naphtha Soap in cold water. It loosens dirt and cleans without a washboard or boiling. Buy P and G Naphtha Soap at most city grocers for easier laundry.
Foreign language tips and noisy matches discuss in daily notes
A compilation of scattered observations includes how to learn Spanish through novels, notes on Spain Mexico trade ties, and a lengthy excerpt about match imports in Nicaragua. It mentions German and Swedish matches dominant there, packaging needs for damp climates, and a vivid anecdote about Dubarry in Paris with an artist and barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federt Puplica
Mexico
New York
New York Sun
Nicaragos
United States
Frederick M. Ryder
Bam Juan Dal Norte
Nicaragua
Boy Bitten by Watch Dog on Jersey Street
Ten year old Wilfred Jenkinson was attacked by a large watchdog while walking past his home on East Jersey Street. He received temporary treatment from Dr. D. R. Harney and was sent home. The dog, owned by Max Smith, jumped from a passing car and bit the boy on the left leg and thigh. The Board of Health will observe the dog for ten days to rule out rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Jen
H. Jenkintom
Tornisher
Jermy Street
D. R. Harney
Board of Health
J. J. Hichards
Jenkinson
Max Smith
Jersey Street
Mr. Smith
Jenkinton Boy
Professor Calls Mark Twain Writing Rot in Public
In St Louis on Oct 28, Prof William Norman Guthrie of the University of the South told the St Louis Society of Pedagogy that much of Mark Twain’s humor is rot. He praised Twain as a genius but argued Daudet better preserves natural refinement of language.
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St. Louis
Mark Twain
Missouri
William Norman Guthrie
University of the South
St.Louis Society of Pedagogy
Twain
Guthrie
Alphonse Daudet
Daudet
A Royal Engagement Report From Rome
Paris dispatch notes that the Count of Turin and Princess Patricia may announce engagements within a month. The report links King Edward as uncle to Patricia and hints at a possible royal tie to Miss Katherine Elkins, though the Rome report denies this connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Petit Journal
Rome
Turin
Abruasi
Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Edward
Tlaw
Katherine Elkins
Leipsic's Huge Union Station to Rival World Largest
Leipsic plans a vast union station costing about 31 million dollars. It will be the world’s largest, with twenty six tracks on one level and 40 foot wide walkways between tracks. The project is funded by Saxony state Prussian government a city of Leipzig and the Imperial Post Office.
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Leipeic
Ly Hon
Vaiei
Germany
Union ‘Terminal
Washington, D. C
Saxony
Leipsic
Imperial Post Office
Russian Moth Traps Use Reflectors and Exhaust Fans
Central Ei officials report new moth traps protect trees from the Riatian moth. Two large reflectors illuminate distant mountain slopes feeding a powerful exhaust, with a deep receptacle catching the pests. It is claimed three tons were captured the first night.
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Rand
Barber
la Dubarry
Faubourg Saint-Honore
Vicomtesse Dis Chatel
Tbere
Elma
Monster
Old
Boynton
Bouton Furnace Company
Heatherbloom
Batiste
Nts Secre
Barr
Ofc
Bate
Fricke
Elizabeth Avenue
Reid Street
SOD & Bradle
El&ctrical
GearTaacTina
Fred B. Bassett
Broad Street
Priestley
Cravenettes
Madras
Marseilles
Phe
Peale
Crawford
James Meehan
Second Street
Elizabeth Part
Mi Child
Sees
Barker St. Y
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