Government plans large land grants for Mexican settlers in Mexico
The Mexican Herald reports a government move to buy the Santena hacienda owned by Inigo Noriega Baron Zayas and Gen. Porfirio Diaz. The syndicate led by Gustavo Madero and Gen. Manuel Garcia Cuellar will irrigate and parcel land to Mexican farmers, with costs cited at least 17 million dollars. Diaz had proposed 35 million to finance irrigation and eventual sale to the government for settlement in Texas. A 5 million deposit remains in the Central bank, and Colombres ranch is to be divided into building lots to form a farming town centerpiece.
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Santena
Inigo Noriega
Barron Zayas
Porfirio Diaz
Republic
Gustavo Madero
Manuel Garcia Cuellar
Diaz
Texas
Mexico
Colombres
Mexican Herald
Fingers and Toes Prediction and a Pennsylvania Anomaly
Dr Lucas, noted anatomist, suggests in a distant future man may become a one toed animal as outer toes fade. In Pennsylvania, a wealthy family shows a hereditary five finger hand, with a fifth finger back of the fourth, viewed not as deformity but as normal and potentially defect if four fingers occur.
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Lucas Lucas
Pennsylvania
When Your Play Goes to Rehearsal
A. N. Monkhouse notes that during rehearsal a play becomes the child of its creator challenges arise from actors and ego. Writers may distrust stage execution while seeking austerity in vision, and production hurdles tempt aloof authors to guard their work.
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A. N. Monkhouse
Lucky Stumble Finds Ambergris Worth 19500 Dollars
William White of Brooklyn found a gray mass on Nantasket Beach near his summer home and kicked it. He carried it to his cottage and later to New York. A chemist confirmed it as ambergris worth 19500 dollars, likely cast up from a sick whale.
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William White
Brooklyn
Nantasket Beach
New York
Sundays Outnumber Weeks in 1910 and 28 Year Cycle
The article notes that 1910 began and ended on Sunday, yielding 53 Sabbaths in a year with 52 weeks plus one day. It states 1939 will repeat the pattern and that a 28 year cycle aligns days of the week and dates, making an older calendar useful for predicting timing.
Businessmen Clash Over Competition Philosophy
A business man asserts competition is the use of trade while Dustin Stax argues for regulated competition that makes people compete to buy rather than to sell. The exchange highlights differing views on market regulation and consumer access.
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Dustin Stax
No Prize for Oratory Says Senator Sorghum
Superseded remark notes Senator Sorghum saying eloquence isn’t valued as it once was. He adds that modern prizes favor aviation over oratory battles, reflecting a shift in public esteem and competitive recognition.
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Senator Sorghum
Prudent cooking and fish dishes from a vintage guide
A fragment from a historic cookbook or column offers aphorisms on virtue and thrift, then presents a series of old fashioned recipes. Breslau of Beef Mix, Ham Timbales, Creamed Chicken with Curry of Rice, Boiled Fish advice, Fish Rabbit, Fish Forcemeat, and baked fish methods fill the page with practical steps, ratios, and sauces.
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Breslau
Fragmented Ode On Valor And Sorrow
A reflective verse noting the cynic and the fallen as lacking strength for strife. It contrasts worldly burdens with the rare virtue that conquers passion and hides sorrow, claiming such qualities are worth earthly homage found only occasionally.
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Earth
Varied Meat Dishes For Thrifty Home Cooking
The article advises varied meats within your budget to reduce waste and keep costs down. It offers practical methods for chicken and Irish stew, noting slow cooking preserves tenderness, and suggests adding salt, onion, flour, and cream to enrich broth before serving.
Pile sweetest lives are lose to duty wed poem clue
The verse laments lost lives tied to duty and love, noting close-knit bonds in hardship. It hints at a drowning tragedy and references authors or initials M. S and S. D. The lines reflect solemn memory and the enduring thread of devotion amid loss.
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M. S&s
Easy Desserts Custards and Prune Pie Recipe Notes
This excerpt outlines simple custard based desserts for school lunches. It covers Rice Custard, Floating Island, and Prune Pie with steps for milk, rice, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and optional additions like coconut or chocolate. It notes baking or steaming in cups and serving cold, plus a prune pie method using soaked prunes, sugar, lemon juice, butter, and crust.
Fish Dishes Steam Method and Sauce Recipe
To steam fish prepare and clean the fish wipe dry in a cheese cloth lay in a deep pan in a steamer with a clove of onion a bay leaf and a few peppercorns and a pinch of salt. Make a white sauce to serve with the fish.
He Knew His Business
An elderly woman and her daughter stroll with a young man as a Newsboy tries to sell a paper. The woman says she cannot read and is German, the young man speaks up, and after multiple refusals the boy persuades him to buy for the girl, ending with a sale.
Witty exchange on marriage from Puck cartoon
The bachelor questions arguing with a wife and the married man replies that a little pleasure must be allowed to keep peace, a light social joke from Puck.
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Puck
Madame Merri's Bridegroom Shower Weds Lively Practice
A wedding party hosts a novelty bridal shower for the groom, Mr. C. G. White, inviting about twenty friends. Gifts include collar buttons, razors, stockings, and a tack hammer, each with rhymes read aloud. The custom suggests future pre nuptial entertainments may extend to grooms at stag parties.
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J. F. Black
C. G. White
Bachelor Stag Dinner Decorations and Menu Details
A bachelor stag dinner organized by two women at the host’s sister’s home features a playful theme with a centerpiece of a bachelor’s buttons, gold wall flowers, and dainty dolls dressed as ballet girls. Ribbons link place cards to corncob pipes, and a Cupid light overhead casts a romantic glow. Menu includes Consomme, Lobster Newburg, Broiled Mushrooms, Lamb Chops, mashed potatoes, buttered string beans, Currant Jelly salad, ices, and Cafe Noir.
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Cupid
A Farewell Good Luck Party for Two Going Away
A neighborhood party honored two friends departing for a year, with good luck decor and games. Guests paired on horseshoe halves to form real horseshoes, hunted pennies hidden around the house, and competed for candy prizes. Ice cream and cakes fit the luck theme, with wishbone ornaments and Penny tokens for guests.
Fashion Notes: Scarves and Fur Trim Lead Street Dresses
Scarfs appear in chiffon lace velvet satin and fur with panels and covered buttons shaping the season's street dresses. Fur trim grows in use for dresses worn without wraps while reversible coats in silk and wool gain favor. Long pendants and lacy necklaces accessorize, and accordion jabots in black and white pair with fur bandings and fringe on simple elegant gowns.
Lost 61 Pounds by Dean's Kidney Pills
Testimonial from Chas Anderstein of Chicago detailing severe kidney trouble and paralysis left side improvement after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims passing gravel stones, including eleven in one day, and lasting kidney health since. Noan's 50c. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y.
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Dean
Chas. Anderstein
44Th St
Chicago
Ill
Noan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Not Much of a Gentleman Exchange
A dialogue shows Jones warning he may forget he is a gentleman if abuse continues, to which Mrs. Jones retorts that he would have little to forget.
Eczema Cured by Cuticura Remedies Report
Two letters from 1910 praise Cuticura Soap and Ointment for curing eczema after other doctors failed. Miss Mattie J. Shaffer of Dancy Mississippi describes severe itching crusts and disfigurement, claiming total recovery. Mrs. F. L. Marberger of Drehersville Pennsylvania also reports relief after using the products, and the notices offer free samples by mail from Boston.
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Mattie J. Shaffer
Dancy
Miss
F.L. Marberger
Drehersville
National TB Fight Grows Through Nationwide Agencies
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis notes that on January 1, 1905 about 150 agencies active in antituberculosis work, including 111 sanatoria, have grown to over 2,000 agencies. The expansion underscores the campaign to prevent consumption nationwide.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
The Problem of Evil Question from a Child
Four year old Gerald asks who made burglars cops Indians and mosquitos and what purpose they serve. His mother suggests God created them and the child wonders why such things exist. The exchange reflects a classic dilemma about purpose and suffering in the world.
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Gerald
Castoria Safety Reminder for Infants and Children
Consumers urged to inspect every Castoria bottle for the signature and note the slogan In Use For Over 30 Years as a trusted remedy for infants and children. The notice warns against unverified products and stresses parental vigilance with Castoria branding.
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Fletcher
Labor Question Lady of House and Hobo Conversation
The dialogue questions work and pay with a humorous exchange about labor and value. A jokey remark contrasts a man’s price with a woman’s influence, while a quip notes how easy it is to slide from bad to worse than to improve. A medical aside claims Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure constipation.
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