Mexico a country full of contrasts
A summary of the May National Geographic piece by William Joseph Showalter highlights Mexico’s stark contrasts. It notes ancient universities and hospitals relative to U S benchmarks, widespread poverty amid riches, diverse climates and terrains, and a fusion of old and modern imagery from bull rings to American steel structures. It frames Mexico as cradle of western civilization and a land of extreme contrasts across geography, society, and history.
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National Geographic Magazine
Mexico
William Joseph Showalter
John Harvard
Elihu Yale
William and Mary
Jamestown
Judas Iscariot
Paris
Republic
Adam
Plymouth Rock
Cortes
Newspaper editors gather for Yamhill County fair planning
At noon last Monday the Graphic editor joined the Yamhill Hotel gathering convened by the School Fair board with J C Cooper and N C Maris and editors from the Yamhill Record Carlton Sentinel News Reporter and Telephone Register. Discussion covered fair amusements and entertainment with plans for another meeting to include all county papers.
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Graphic
Yamhill
McMinnville
School Fair Board
J. C. Cooper
N. C. Maris
Yamhill Record
Carlton Sentinel
News Reporter
Telephone Register
Newberg Telephone Co Rate Increase Approved Gist
The railroad commission issues a decision on Newberg Telephone Co’s request to raise rates. Concessions were granted, but not all sought. City customers see a 25 cent rise while rural areas face a similar increase.
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Railroad Commission
The
Newberg Telephone Co
Ilwaco Salt Sea Resort Told To Brace For Crooked Politics
Watson of the Tribune warns that Pacific county politics are so corrupt that officials handle funds with eagerness and cunning. He likens their graft to a monkey wrench used to lace shoes and to a seductive bid for campaign money.
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Ilwaco
Washington
Watson
The
Tribune
Pacific County
Bill
Jeannette
Rolling Dollar story series to unfold in Graphic
The Graphic introduces a six part series on The Rolling Dollar. Readers are urged to follow the ongoing investigation and related stories to be published weekly.
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Graphic
Captain Declares Rats Depend on Crew, Not Superstition
An old country passenger complains of a rat in her stateroom aboard the liner. The captain quips that rats prefer the ship’s crew and will be disturbed only when they leave the vessel. The exchange ends with the captain insisting he is not superstitious, but the rats are.
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Covent Garden
St. Nec
Antor
Cord of fringed threads used as a record in ancient Mexico and Peru
In ancient Mexico and Peru a two foot cord with multicolored fringe served as a record of events. Each fringe color denoted different meanings such as peace or war at times and silver or gold in others. The cards recorded births deaths marriages population fit for arms and governmental stores.
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Mexico
Peru
Siamese Measures Show Primitive Drink and Dry Units
In Siam the liquid unit derives from a cocoanut shell holding 830 tamarind seeds. Twenty shells fill a wooden bucket. Dry measure uses 830 tamarind seeds per k anahn, twenty five k anahn per sat, and eighty sat per kwien, illustrating the primitive origin of many weights and measures.
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Siam
The Bayunzi Neck Rings Burden Married Women
The Bayunzi living along the upper Kongo practice a strange custom. Brass rods welded into large neck rings weigh up to thirty pounds. The burden falls on the wives as long as their husbands are well off.
A True Heroine Quote Drawn From Chicago News
The excerpt features a wife asking John for his idea of a heroine and his reply that a heroine is a woman who could talk back but doesn't. It reflects a witty view on female agency from a Chicago News source.
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John
Chicago News
Crude Mining in Colombia Natives Pan for Platinum
The Chaco district of Colombia ranks near Russia as a platinum producer with native women doing most work two to three hours daily. They use bateas to separate gold and platinum from gravel, or dive into shallow water to retrieve material for processing.
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Chaco
Colombia
Russia
Batoas
Quibdo
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