The Spanish Policeman: A Humble Arsenal on Legs
In London Star’s Buart Kennedy piece from Andalusia, a humane Spanish policeman is praised as an armed yet gentle guardian. The author contrasts him with the austere Guardia Civil and paints Andalusian officers as polite yet often misinformed, wandering serenely with a trundling sword and a calm, advising air.
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London
New York
Guardia Civil
Spain
Andalusia
Ai Ted
Hoowever
Bia Lance
Catalonia
Catajonis
Andausia
Buart Kennedy
London Star
Understanding High Blood Pressure and Its Dangers
The article explains blood pressure as the tension of blood in arteries and its link to artery hardening and organ disease. It notes permanent high pressure stems from prolonged mental strain and toxins from digestion, especially in heavy meat eaters, and warns of serious outcomes like kidney disease and apoplexy.
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Scorry
Fle
The Peony's Long History and Chinese Pride
The peony, Paenia moutan, native to China, has a 1500-year tradition of beauty and fragrance revered by emperors. China has recorded seedling percentages for over a millennium, reflecting its status as the nation’s favored flower and a theme in poetry and print.
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Paenia Moutan
China
Curious large number puzzle and assorted quotes
A British jastronomer solves the largest three digit number expressing, nine ninth power, printing vast figures. The piece includes Comic snippets from Judge, Saturday Evening Post, and Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung about bets, cannibals, and a teacher’s riddle. It ends with Marie’s singing record and Thoreau’s exhortation to live life fully.
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Jastronmer
Saturday Evening Post
It Is No Good At All Said The Italian Post Official
A correspondent describes his failed attempt to collect a postoffice order in a small Italian village. Despite presenting identity papers, a passport, nationality certificate, and a letter from an Italian relative, the clerk repeatedly says “That is no good at all” with a smile, and the narrator endures failing proofs and delays before learning the clerk lacked enough funds to honor the payment.
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Ne Gazette
Simung
Deareanor
Iain
Halian Post Office
Mystery of Leprosy and Medieval Treatments
A historical overview traces leprosy’s spread across Europe in the early centuries, the social handling of sufferers, and how beliefs led to drastic life consequences. It notes how the disease appeared in some regions, its transfer to places like Molokai, and the lack of effective modern treatments.
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Europe
Europa
Norway
Tee Land
Spain
Siberia
Bawa
St. Louis Republic
Fair Jury Verdict Sparks Notable Satisfaction
A jurors verdict in an Indiana suit between father and son ended after three hours with an impartial finding that none won and each pays half the costs. The ruling was hailed as unusually fair by all parties, per Cise and Comment. Also cited are a cautionary racing tale and steamer dining anecdote about manners and luck, plus a note on Norway’s climate linking longer life expectancy to a cool, uniform year.
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Indiana
Did That Palmist Tell You The Truth About Yourself
A brief quip from the Birmingham Age-Fer vid humorously notes a palmist’s accuracy, joking that the speaker’s wife has predicted his future for years. The line frames a light domestic twist on fortune telling.
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Palmist
Dirmingham
Signs and Belief in Signs at Baltimore American
A fragment notes beliefs about signs and what business one is in, reflecting a column style line about fate and identity in the Baltimore American.
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Baltimore
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Police OF
Arsenals
Syras
Berliner Mlastrirte Zeitung
Marie
Thoreau
Gover Racing
London Nation
Boston
B. B. Leaman
Groad Si
Lititz, Pa
Spruce Villa Dairy
D. G. Brubaker
Sont
Lancaster
Prankhline
Tate B. King St. Lancaster
ALC. R. Miller’s Big Department Store
New Orleans
Cope
Chas. R. Miller Corner Bread & Orange Sts
Coal Lumber
SLATE
Bear & Long
Janssen
Voc
J. &. Young & Son
Orange St
Lititz
H. P. Gingrich & Co
S. Broad St
Hershey, Leaman
PENNA
Westinghouse Motors
Phelps Electric
R. J. Kofroth
Ritchies
Jersney
Gibbe
Conveyancers Scriveners
Tel
Lititz AM P.M. B
Bankacyee
Petersburg
Manheim
Tantees S
Say
A. M
A. P
Satunday
Lisk
S. H. Huber
Main Street
Roger
Point
North Cedar ST
A. R. Keller
Lititz, Penna
Moyer’s Drug Store
W. H. Muth & Co
Brandies
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