Princely Donna Cousina of Chile’s Richest Woman
Donna Isadora Cousina of Santiago controls vast wealth after her husband’s death. She owns mines, parks, ships, plantations and mines in Lota and Coronel, employs hundreds, and funds extensive housing and industry. Admirals from the US fleet were lavishly entertained at her mansions, with extravagant hospitality and credit to her account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chili
Donna Isadora Cousina
Santiago
Lota
Coronel
South America
Cordilleras
Mme
Cousino
United States
Valparaiso
Upton
Mme. Cousino
Harper's Bazar
Burns Birthplace Inn Patrons Graeme and Davidson
Five miles from Kilmarnock lies Irvine where Burns began as a flax-dresser and reportedly formed many bad habits. Ayr is a short ride away with the Burns cottage the Auld Kirk Alloway and the Auld Brig nearby. An old inn scene shows Tom and Souter Johnny and a painting of Burns’s reluctant departure. The two story thatched inn remains much as once. upstairs room where Tam was exalted is shown, while chairs and relics from the Carrick farmer and Souter Johnny were moved to the cottage me room. The original cup rests with a private owner. a replica wood cup with a silver hoop is kept for enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugald Graeme
John Davidson
Kilmarnock
Irvine
Burns
Ayr
Alloway
Straneigh
Tom
Souter
Johnny
du Graeme
Tah
Ig Atill
Carrick
Souter Johnny
Agr
Burns Club
Petar-Sindle
Above the Common Herd in Plain American Speech
Detroit Free Press notes that true greatness comes from everyday effort not grand lineage. It cites Cicero Shakespeare Nero Milton and Milton with comic dialectic about modern life urging readers to work hard read wisely and stay morally steady to be remembered locally rather than chase fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Diogenes
Milton
Shakespeare
Airth
Guy
Texas
Fast Paige
Nero
Indiana
Kentry
Reading in workshops could naturalize a foreign idea
A Chicago News summary argues for a Bremen plan where shop workers pick a reader to read daily newspapers aloud, boosting knowledge and efficiency. It suggests trial in U S shops like cigarmaking, noting cost savings and broader awareness of markets and events. The piece contrasts this with individual reading and cites a Boston Jost quip about olives in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loening
United States
Bremen
Chicago News
Pacific-slope
California
Boston
Picturesque Japan described in bloom and beauty
Brooklyn Magazine paints a vivid panorama of Japan’s spring and summer. Terraced hillsides ripe with grain and rice fields, vast reservoirs, and a complete irrigation system showcase Japan’s garden landscape. Magnificent trees like mockungi camellias cherry and plum trees blossom richly, perfuming air and turning temples into carpets of petals. Tea houses dot the scenery, ubiquitous as the people, creating an idealized national idyll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Brooklyn Magazine
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Aids Health Claim Letter
Letter from D R Howland recounts using Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey to treat chronic malaria and improve appetite strength and weight. He claims gain of 25 pounds after a brief period, describing gradual recovery and renewed vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carwearve Jr
Berzatere
N. J
Duffy
D. R. Howland
John Duffy
Evizasers
Cisco
A. J. Gleeson
WM. Lindemeyer
Horgiys St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Maria M. Lynch
Jacgeson St
Parzasoy, N. J
Hangistons
Daffy
Sam
J. H. Boon
Moo
French Pawnshops and the Monts de Piete History
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts the long, troubled history of pawnshops in France, tracing Monts de Piete origins from 12th century Liege through church and hospital ties, Jewish involvement, and state debates. It notes 1777 Louis XIV sanction and 1788 pawned articles totaling 500000, with suppression during the revolution and revival by the republic, leading to ongoing success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Liege
Italy
Lombardy
Holland
M. de la Reynie
Paris
Colbert
Council of Finance
Necker
Louis XIV
General Hospital
Republic
Cincinnati Enguirer
Pernicious Bathing Belief in a Jersey City Encounter
A Jersey City man questions a dirty tramp about washing. The tramp dismisses bathing for sanitary reasons, claiming Anglo-Saxons have added sixty cutaneous diseases from excessive bathing. He ends with a curt goodbye after receiving a nickel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Son of Rest
Extraordinary agency offer luring readers to join Pittsburgh firm
An advertisement promising large earnings through selling sewing machine and carpenter items seeks agents across counties. It claims hourly output can exceed expectations, offers refunds on unsold goods, and asks readers to provide names and addresses of potential solicitors. Address: Renxex Manufacturing Co. 115 Staithfield St. Pittsburgh, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Gence Oy
Renxex Manufacterine Co
Staithfeld St
Pittsbury
Pased
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Princely Donna Cousina
Gardner
Duffy’s Pure
Monts de
Piete
Saul
Satarah Cure
Io Paltimore
America
J.S. Crew & CO
S. S.S
Nancy J. McConaughey
Ashe Grove
Tippecanoe Co
Ind
Swift
Merrell
Ownesville
Berrell Drug CO Bole
RT. Loui Oo
A. Weber
Mass. Street
P Barta
Vee
Merreles
Eldridge House
Lawrence, Kansas
Canfield
Elkhart
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