Rise of Castro From Village Dancer to Venezuelan President
The piece recounts Castro rising from a Llanos village life to lead a march with sixty men, later swept to power by Andrade after a split among Venezuelan leaders. It contrasts his humble origins with a controversial presidency and paints Curacao gossip about his private life. The account warns readers to grasp Venezuela's volatile power structure.
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Castro
Valencia
Andrade
Matos
Mendoza
Andes
Venezuela
Llanos
Curacao
Tachira
Colombia
Napoleon
Electricity and Clouds by P Gibson in Salisbury
P Gibson argues on electricity and clouds, explaining glazed peaks on thunder clouds are sunlit frozen vapor reflections. He notes lightning from various cloud parts, rain improves conductivity, and Franklin’s kite experiment was misinterpreted. He posits clouds host continuous electrical action and even mountains or travelers feel its effects.
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P. Gibson
Salisbury
N. C
Mr. Gibson
Franklin
Reforms urged for life-insurance firms to restore confidence
Forum urges drastic measures in life insurance after disastrous shrinkages. Proposes two thirds of mortgages on improved city realty and sale of overseas properties to fund safer investments. Calls for salary cuts and full annual statements to policyholders to curb criticism and restore trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable
Notting Hill Vicar Recalled by Local Girl
A vicar and a little girl share a sharp exchange after she tells a stranger the clergyman is “the present incumbrance” of the church. Also noted is Rev William Weakley, pastor to eight Brown County churches earning about $400 yearly, and a remark on British navy officers hauling motor cars to sea for foreign port use.
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Notting Hill
Madge
Indiana
William Weakley
Reuben Weakley
Brown County
Columbus
Indianaplis News
Leper Settlement Talks Expand Across Regions
A New York Tribune summary notes Panama and Colombia moving to better isolate lepers, with 22 cases in Panama City and informal huts as care facilities. It mentions Hawaii’s Molokai project as a site for a formal leper hospital to enable scientific study, and describes life in the settlement under local charity.
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Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Colombia
Claude ©. Pierce
Department of Antioquia
Wyman
United States Marine Hospital Service
Island
Molokai
Territory of
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Board of Sealth
New York ‘Tribune
Mall's Anti-Belch Wafers Promise Fast Breath Cure
An advertisement promotes Mall's Anti-Belch Wafers as a cure for bad breath and belching. It claims relief from stomach trouble, indigestion, headaches, seasickness, and various digestive discomforts by absorbing foul gases and aiding digestion. The copy warns the offer may not reappear.
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Mall
Leper Lazaretto Plan Amid City Squalor and New Driving Bit
The text describes a leper in a shabby hut near a cemetery and Panama's plan to create lazarettos for isolation, with a note on a Seattle inventor's driving bit for horses. It mentions US and Colombia interest in leprosy control and medical oversight at the lazaretto.
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Republic of Panama
National Board of Health
Republic
Colombia
United States
Bogota
Marine Hospital Service
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aids Women Patients
A health column notes hospitals crowded with women facing operations from neglected female illnesses and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure. Miss Luella Adams from Seattle recounts dramatic improvement and avoidance of surgery after using the product. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to ill women by letter.
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Luella Adams
Seattle
Wash
Newgland States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Adams
Lydia K. Pinkham
Giants of the Past Roam the Himalayan Foothills
Ancient giant turtles once inhabited the foothills of the Himalaya mountains. Fossil shells and bones washed from age old burials show they were more than twice as large as any living tortoise.
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Himalaya
Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers Sample Offer Notice
A fragmented advertisement offers a free sample and certificate toward more Mull's Anti Belch Wafers. It requests a name address draegtist name and stamps of silver, claiming the wafers are inva sable for stomach trouble and provide absorption cures. Address Mull's Grapr Contae Co Rock Island IL.
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Draegist
Mull
Wll
Muur
Ontae Co
3D Ave
Rock Island
The Golden Crested Wren and Antelope Notes
A brief blend of natural history pieces on antelopes open country behavior and the Golden crested wren. Antelopes prefer open areas, resisting dense forests, while the wren remains the smallest European bird with a body under an inch when plumage is removed.
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Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
Powe
Louis Windmuller
Damien
Huy
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