Treasure Myth: Aztec Treasure a Myth Says Mexican Journalist
Mexican journalist Jose Ramon Palafox touring San Antonio says there were no hidden Montezuma wealths and that the imperial palace held only modest gold and silver. He argues Spanish conquerors exaggerated hoards and Cortez shipped only limited treasure to Spain.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jose Ramon Palafox
Washington
Mexico
Spain
Senor Palafox
Imperial
Cortex
Hernando Cortez
Montezuma
Euphrates Valley
India
Moderna
Egypt
Rameses
Animals Admission to Nature Study At Chicago School
A Chicago committee appointed by Ella Flagg Young will admit a menagerie of animals to kindergarten and early grades to foster interest in nature study. The roster includes kittens puppies pigeons rabbits and many more to be evaluated at a mass meeting. Abbreviated guidance emphasizes excursions and hands on observation to build affection and kinship with living creatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Lewis Carrol
Trust Thyself and Sincerity as Guiding North Star
A reflective meditation urges relying on inner compass and unwavering honesty. It emphasizes steadfast self-trust as the true measure of character.
Dentistry Reform Turns Delinquent Chicago Boy Hero
A Chicago Bohemian youth Joseph Bejlovec sixteen is reformed after $10 dental work funded by the Children's Day association. He dodged the truancy officers until court found his teeth poor. A farm sentence followed with work and repayment. Bejlovec later sent a five dollar gold piece as half payment and pledged to save the rest.
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Chicago
Children’s Day Association
Joseph Bejlovec
Bejlovec
Scherville
Ind
Berlovec
Woman's Temple
Matador to Receive Record $40,000 for Four Fights
In Mexico City Jose del Rivero says Antonio Fuentes will perform four times next September, earning $40,000 in total or $10,000 per show. This marks the largest salary for any matador to be paid during his Mexican capital engagements.
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San Antonio
Tex
Acc
Jose del Rivero
City of
Mexico
Rifig
Spain
Matador
Antonio Fuentes
Fuentes
Washington Gossip on Third Degree Probes in Congress
A Senate judiciary subcommittee will investigate the use of the third degree by federal officers in prosecutions. The inquiry will tour Oklahoma to assess Governor Haskell’s malice charges, review Devlin’s California cases, and examine Heney Burns methods and Juneau Alaska administration actions amid recent removals.
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Roosevelt
Haskell
Robert Kay Devlin
United States
California
Devlin
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Perrin
Department of Justice
Francis J. Heney
Burns
Alaska
Juneau
United States Marshal
Walter E. Clark
Corpse Laughs at Alarm Then Slips into Print Shop
A shouting bystander in Washington alerted crowds to a prostrate man in an alley near E and Eleventh streets. An ambulance arrived, but the man rose, revealed himself as a printing shop worker, and slipped into a side door to nap during lunch.
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Eleventh
E Streets
Washington
E Street
Eleven
Twelfth Streets
Jack Johnson
Bhi
Vinegar fraud leads to fine for Chicago seller
Secretary Wilson pursues the case after MacVeagh bought adulterated vinegar. A guilty plea nets a $25 fine for the storekeeper. Other penalties include a Buffalo miller fined for mixing corncobs with flour middlings and a California to Texas shipment of decomposed raisins found lacking pure quality.
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Ames Wilson
Chicago
Franklin MacVeagh
United States Court
MacVeagh
Buffalo Milling
California
Texas
Government Defends Toad Value in Agriculture Bulletin
The Department of Agriculture in Washington rejects myths about toads being venomous or bringing luck. Massachusetts Experiment Station findings highlight toads as long lived, possibly ten to fifteen years, and capable of surviving without food briefly. Toads are nocturnal, hunting after sundown on roadsides gardens fields and under street lamps in cities.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Massachusetts
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Cortez
Altoona
Conecience Fund
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Uncle Sam
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Alrighi
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