Pen Portrait of Guatemala City and its Inhabitants
A Guatemala City correspondent describes life as pleasant and uneventful with year round warm, sunny weather and a rainy season beginning May. The city features cobbled streets, sewers, electric lights, mule-drawn streetcars, parks with weekly band concerts, and a diverse economy dominated by Americans, Germans, English, Chinese, and German Jewish bankers. The central plaza hosts a grand cathedral, markets, and government offices. theaters offer mixed quality productions. Houses are square with central courtyards, shaded by verandas, plants, and fountains.
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Guatemala City
Santomele
Middle States
United States
Mtntisties
Guatemala
Cansidary & Mammoth Cathedral
Park T
Banka
National Theater
New York
Barn Stormera
Mexico
Ara
Life and leisure in Guatemala's social scene and climate
A reflective sketch describes Guatemala's cool pleasant court life with limited theater, diverse amusements such as bullfights, hunts, mountain trips, ruins visits, baths, and tennis. It notes 17 Catholic churches with music, gendered social patterns, and a cautious social code. It mentions President Murillo and high praise for the cabinet, and comments on media focus and the healthful year round climate shaping a tranquil social existence.
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Eyen
United States
Marsriage
Murrles
Hin Anistrenres
Maesett
Central America
Guatemala
American Baron Buys Anne Boleyn Home in England
London June 4 a report that William Waldorf Astor purchased Hever Castle near Sevenoaks for 158.44 dollars sparks debate over Anne Boleyn birthplace. The castle, long open to visitors, sits beside Eden River moat as Astor plans to host future guests. Historical ties include Anne’s stay as a child and her later meeting with Henry VIII at Whitehall.
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London
William Waldorfstor
Hever
Anne Boley
Henry Ally
Richard Davey
Anne
Trever
Holfrat
le Abe
Abe
H Castle
Old Works
Sevenoaks
Eden
Anne Toler
Lady
Watling
Lary
Astor
Jeyn
Micking
Norfolk
Queen Elizabeth
Thomon Helena
Alae
Toteevar
Patates
Wittehire
Wilts
Anne Robyn
Simonité
Mary Tudor
Henry
France
Louie
Wolsey
Whitehall Palace
Pices
Queen Anny
No grade crossings on Shelbyville line
The Indianapolis Shelbyville and Southeastern traction company will complete overhead work at Fairland without a railroad crossing. A steel span on stone piers will carry two tracks across the Big Four railroad, with gradual curves allowing near full speed. The Shelbyville line tunnels under the Belt tracks at Prospect Street in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis, Shelbyville & Southeastern Traction Company
Falrland
Grace
Ths
Fairland
Big Four Railroad
Shelbyville
Prospect St
Anapolle
Bitter legal fight for Bedford estate
In New York June, a heated probate dispute over the Bedford estate pits Mrs. Virginia Zerega and four sisters against Mrs. Mary E. Wright and others. The lawyers propose five equal shares for the named sisters and Mrs. Wright, with a major Greenwich Street property valued far above its assessed 123,000. The case hinges on life estates and reversion terms from Gunning Bedford Bedford, with potential court resolution in Trenton if out-of-court settlements fail.
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New York
Gunning & Bedford
Lunion
Bedfont
Thig Ely
Virginia Zeregs
Plainfield
Louise Gallagher
Nort Asbury Park
Ontella
Martinat
Adeslaide Blanchard
Mount Vernon
Mary E. Wright
Hempshead
L. L Mra
Wright
Parsena, Clemson & Me. Tivarne
Coudert Brothers
Washington Heights
Gunning
Bedford
Judge Gunning
Frederick
Yhiele
Paris
Frederick Bedford
Chitten- Gen
Moe
Younus Mr. Bedford
Tompkins Meckvalne
Parsons, Classon & Melivaine
Greenwich
Redford
Vom Solengen
Mira
Vetere
Terenza Semple
Coudert Tirethers
Mra. Pelford
Mr Suinyte
Cure for Infant Skin Ailments Promoted by Cuticara Regimen
An article promotes the Cuticara treatment for infants with hereditary skin and scalp issues. It describes warm baths using Cuticara Soap, Cuticara Ointment to relieve itching and inflammation, and mild doses of Cuticura Resolveist to cool the blood. The piece urges mothers to use these products for relief and long term improvement, noting widespread consumer use.
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Jared
Aig Ferber Fairs Rivesar Basar Gp
The Battle Against Catarrh Invasion
A promotional appeal describing catarrh as an invading plague and urging immediate warlike action. It touts Brazilian Balm and Toxicola Tablets as cures, claims contagion stops with use, and promises lasting health benefits. The piece names B F Jackson & Co as manufacturers in Indianapolis and uses urgent rhetoric typical of patent medicine ads.
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B. F. Jackson & Co, Mfg
Indianapolis
Ind
Decline of the Declaration Text Threatens Loss
Washington reports warn that the parchment of the Declaration of Independence is deteriorating rapidly. Experts debate restoring or preserving the original text, noting copper plate copies and historic damage while authorities consider risks to the sole remaining manuscript.
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Quirage
Everyony
Department of State
Congress
New York
Whitsett and Culver Undertakers Ad
An old advertisement for Whitsett and Culver Undertakers touts ease and comfort in service. It emphasizes no extra charges for ladies’ service and promotes a philosophy of making things easy for clients, referencing benevolent lines and simple remedies.
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Whitsett & Culver
Mormon Bishop's Pills Promised Yet Questioned
A damaged ad text touts "nerve towers" and "manhnoa builders" from Sloan Drug, claiming cures for mental and physical drain with six boxes for 32. The misspelled copy implies dubious historic remedies and questionable efficacy from a 19th or early 20th century era.
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Aan Centre
Dabi&s
Sloan Drug Company
Wasningha
North Michigan Summer Resorts Travel Ad
An old travel notice advertises summer resorts in North Michigan with routing via the Pennsylvania lines and air route connections. For details contact agents including W. W. Richardson and D. P. B. Inmanapolin.
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North Michigan
Pennsylvania
Indiana Dental College Offers Train Fare to Patients
Indiana dental college on W Cor Delaware and Chlets advertises accepting patients for all kinds of dental work at $2.00. A special train to Lake Erie and western states leaves Indianapolis at 3:09 p.m. for berths and seats, call A. H. Sellars D P A for details.
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Indiana Dental College
Delaware
Lake
Erls & Wantern
Indianapolis
Chaka
A. H. Sellars
Fimpes and blotches cured by sarsaparilla ad
An old advertisement touts Wood's Sarsaparilla as the most effective spring medicine for pimples blotches and various spring troubles. It promotes discounts on lap dusters tyneets nets wagon umbrellas and related goods at 243 Mana in a retail sale by C W Kreil at Brain Cigar Storm a9 Monument Place English Block.
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Ood
C. W. Kriel
Brain
Monument-place
Wats Sale
Prominent Gas and Bread Shops Listed in Erratic Ad
An odd clipped notice touts Home Made Bread and Leaven for Go with claims of gasoil stores to offer largest and lowest prices at C. Koebring & Bro on Virginia Ave. It mentions an Old Norse for Children as a teething syrup and a 25 cent puzzle line, with various garbled lines about winslow and spring results.
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Washington
National Archives
Academy of Sciences
Capren
C. Koebring & Bro
Virginia-ave
Winslow
Bible Texts Displayed In Chicago Street Cars
Posts in Chicago street cars feature Bible verses amid ads for food clothing and medicines. Passengers note quotations urging salvation and warning about sin, with one rider reading about having the Son to possess life. Clergymen at Moody church Chicago and La Salle avenues see the display as a new public religious outreach.
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Chicago
Pasmagere
Ain
Moody Church
la Salle Arcs
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