La Providencia’s Mighty Alvarez Estate in Guerrero
From Chilpancingo to La Providencia, the Alvarez stronghold dominates Guerrero with 1.4 million acres and a vast plantation network. The lineage traces to Don Juan Alvarez, “El León del Sur,” with Diego Alvarez heirs shaping a power centered at Canvey Island style estates and extensive cattle, goats, and laborers. The piece blends travelogue, genealogy, and land holdings, noting local geography, architecture, and the Spanish-Mexican colonial legacy.
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Chilpancingo
la Providencia
Dos Arroyos
Dos Carminea
Qrmino Real
Acapulco
la Providence
Alvarez
Guerrero
la Hacienda de Providencia
la Hacienda de Providencia Algarea
Tts
Mexico
Don Diego Alvarez
Don Juan Alvarez
Mexican Republic
el Gon del Sur
South
Don Diego
Cortez
Cararez
Remarkable case of crab and sea anemone symbiosis
Dr Mobius describes two Mauritius crabs of the polydectes group that house living sea anemones in their claws. The anemones attach to the immovable claw joint while teeth grip the prey, suggesting a mutualistic relationship. A second crab, Delia tessellata, shows the same actinian association with its claws, indicating true commensalism. The note also warns of timber shortages due to heavy uses in industry.
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Mobius
Mauritius
Latreils
Dana
Dietia
Cra
Medicine Not a Drink High Authority Hop Bitters Ad
An 1879 notice from U S Internal Revenue details Hop Bitters as non alcoholic medicine not for general sale for drinkers. Letters praise Hop Bitters as tonic for debility nerves and indigestion. Several testimonials from pastors, officials, and doctors claim cures and urges for temperance.
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Green B. Ratm
U. S
Ditton
Det
Ray
J. H. Ellg
Fragmented Cartoonish Vignettes and Humorous Miscellany
A collage of odd dialogue and sly humor unfolds with flustered milkmen, churchgoers, and a parade of quirky exchanges. A health quack advertises Kigney-Wort while strangers spar over manners and names. Lively snippets include a secretary’s role, a bashful hero, a tiny man among giants, and a Newport social dance quip.
Vegetine and Yorotine touted as universal cures
An advertisement extols Vegetine and Yorotine as concentrated medicines from plant juices. It claims to eradicate tumors, rheumatism, neuralgia, ulcers, skin diseases, kidney complaints, female weakness, and nervous prostration, purifying blood and strengthening internal organs. It asserts physicians endorse Vegetine as a premier blood purifier and universal remedy.
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Ienan
Bermany
Lydia
Paagh
Addrese
Eboys
Te Papo
Lydia Finkermg
Lodger at Long Ranch Hotel Upset by Bill
A humorous exchange recounts a lodger at the Long Ranch hotel who balks at a two day charge of fifteen dollars. The polite clerk quips that the lodger reads like a banker while noting the room was among the best yet small. The tale recalls a witty billing dispute from decades past.
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Miss Culture
Boston
Ocean House
Newport
Rerasonante
Odds and Ends on Medicines and Advertisements
A fragment heavy with patent medicine hype and odd anecdotes. It mentions Hop Bitters as a pure medicine and critiques fake certificates. The text shifts through misused remedies, a comic tale about Pingree and Flanders, and brief health claims about Kidney-Wort Actelion and Venerise. It also includes miscellaneous ads and short quips about steam engines, a Bevoxtyx man, and Bevo signs.
Streetcar seat mishap sparks public gratitude rant
A streetcar incident ends with a woman’s teeth knocked loose after a fall from a re-seated passenger. A Pittsburgh chemist touts a hair growth extract from petroleum as a miracle cure. A mother warns a daughter about illness as dialogue turns to satirical mischief and a familial quip about malaria.
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Washington, D. C
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N. Y
Baptist Church
Albany
Warren
R. R
Chicago
Washington, D. O
Bergen
Wayne County
Carri
Carel
Mrs. B
Carrie
Ibi
Danville
John Stem
Wic
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Globe
North Pole
Apearox
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la Grange
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Saratoga
Philadelphia
Toanver
Mr. Axcorr
Concord Summer ‘School of Philosophers
Martha
M-Man
Freddy
Duano
Mamma
Brute
Stevens
Mast
Gan
LYGIA
Plarham
LYWN
MASS
Peleame
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Lama Boy
Avatin Avenue
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Pingree
Flanders
George
Pitsburgh
Peigorcy Xiecast
Mia
Jovcar
Lyma E. Porevam
Cbassioat
Lindsay
Ralston, Elderton, Ps
Clarissa
Bret Hanne
Out of Town Correspondenta
Mallem
Treer
Tye
Artis
F. C. Vickery
Vickery
Augusta
Maine
Meeers. Mohgan
Lemacrat
Key West
Fla
Southern
Dolon
Orange
Cocoanut
Angeline
A. Vogeler
Baltimora
Kbs
Agi
Richatpson & Co
Atchley
Ee Tees
Chas. G. Blatcaley
Market St
Payne
Neanomica
Ford Pricas
Rupertus
Voasle Bacrel
Partine
Ty Segre
Mil Deiphis
Nt. CO
BAKER
Box
Meadville
Shaver
Opy
Sven
Pees
Evie Ie
Georges Haly
Boye
Reitterstowr
Maryland
Tas
Gabe Celling
Wiss Ver Bros
Lanesville
Wisconsin
Garfield
Riss
Kanes Pusnismre Co
Philadelpha
Ditson & CO
Wse
Hngir
Herald OF Praise
Bend
Emérson
Beacon Light
Oliver Ditson & CO
Chaste Ditson & CO
J. J
Ditson
Broadway
Chestnut St
Prain
Denver Land and Improvement Company
Denver
Busi Tomny
Gur
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Maem
Bet Airess Yarn
Dulas
Sherona Archid
Wisk
A. HL. Borns
MH. Surrat
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Weat
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Andresa Charles A
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Philadelpbia
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Bache and
Senate
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Brown Chemical, Company
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