Camotlan estate in Jalisco features and Royal Baking Powder endorsement
The article cites a Milwaukee brewer with an option on the Camotlan estate in Jalisco covering about 667 square miles at 30 cents per acre. It also details San Francisco Board of Health support for Royal Baking Powder, praising its purity and strength, based on tests by Thomas Price & Sons, while noting alarming claims by competitor powders. It mentions Bushyhead’s Cherokee land bill activity and a $460,000 offer he declined.
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Milwaukee
Mexico
Jalisco
Guadalajara
San Francisco Board of Health
Pacific Coast
Messrs
Thomas Price & Sons
San Francisco
Board of Health
San Francisco Chronicle
Bushyhead
Conree
August Flower Health Benefit Report
A reader from Defiance Ontario writes of severe illness from heart and rheumatic troubles treated by eight doctors with no success. After using Green's August Flower the writer recovered full health, noting improved strength and vitality and crediting the remedy with saving their life.
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Sarah J Cox
Defiance
Language and speed of long distance telephone transmission
The French language is better suited to telephone speech between Paris and London and reduces hissy English syllables. Experts report transmitting French messages at 190 words per minute, aiding clarity when proper names and tough words like soldier are spelled out during rapid dialogue.
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Paris
London
Foam in soda water sparks debate among confectioners
Thomas War wick argues in Confectioners Journal that foaming preparations in soda water help retain gas, boost profits by yielding about sixty extra glasses per gallon of syrup, and improve appearance. He concedes foam is here to stay and urges acceptance despite some critics.
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Thomas Warwick
Confectioners’ Journal
Rare Brazilian diamond found in quartz egg shaped nodule
A Brazilian peasant found a light weight quartz rock in the Amazon bank that split open to reveal a hollow interior filled with blood red sand and the Mamond diamond. The unusual gemstone, weighing scarce value, made the finder very wealthy after sale to a diamond merchant.
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Amazon
Brazil
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Hat Fashion Among Natal People Cited By Dr Doran
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Natal fashion among the Natal people with styles where hats are tall and high, made from oxen materials and wax seals. It describes a ritual application of head anointment and a board hat 12 by 6 inches worn with hair drawn over it.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Aman Seeks Prank With Magazine Gift Scheme
A man on an elevated train shares a plan to get back at his wife by giving her a year’s subscription to three scientific magazines. The scene includes amused gentlemen and frosty women shopping for bric-a-brac in town, all from a New York World caption.
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Aman
Anteen
Water purification by freeing shows 84.9 percent organic matter removal
A recent careful experiment finds that refined water frees up 84.9 percent of organic matter. The result supports the view that removal of organic matter is the key improvement in purification.
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New York
Gardens of Sidon Presents Luxuriant Phoenician Oasis
The piece tours Sidon’s gardens with orange and lemon groves, banana stalks, silk from mulberry trees, and brooks, linking fertility to ancient worship. It notes Phoenician catacombs, the Lebanons, Mount Hermon, and coastal trade while contrasting Athens artifacts with Phoenician artistry. Modern Arab life is sketched through dress and tents, highlighting Midianite heritage.
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Bidon
Old
Sidon
Egypt
Greece
Athens
Palestine
Oni
Solomon
Jerusa
Phamicia
Phoenicia
Lebanon Range
Mount
Hermon
Blue Sea
Elijah
Abbas
Speer
Kedar
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Odd Facts From A Curious Page
In France swamp districts stilts are used to traverse marshy ground and a sleepwalker once crossed a river by stilt but avoided daylight crossings. Sir Andrew Clark allegedly told Gladstone about 89 teeth and 9 bites per mouthful. Coleridge sought relief in opium and hours of inward mazes. An acre comparisons note varied European measures incl Cheshire and Irish acres with strange yard values.
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France
Andrew Clark
Mr. Gladstone
How One Boston Merchant Built Wealth Through Economy and Labor
John Shepard recalls starting from nothing on Winter Street to build a thriving dry goods house by strict economy and relentless hard work. He credits thrift, long hours, and steady discipline over flashy schemes, stressing that economy and labor are the core elements of lasting business success.
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Boston
John Shepard
Winter Street
Marshall Street
Boston Herald
Society Guests Reveal Pet Evils In Odd Dinner Party
A dinner table exercise in truth reveals guests confessing small vices such as hatpins kleptomania rubber bands and match hoarding. A zoo scene contrasts piccolo versus flute music with the tiger preferring the latter. Vogue notes a shift to earlier dinners and formal dress including tuxedo wear at home.
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Tom
Murray Hill
New York Tribune
Drawing room confidences in Paris game
A London rumor notes a Paris pastime called draw ing room confidences where guests answer a small album of personal questions. It is not new and is said to linger in some English drawing rooms.
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Paris
London
Gluck and typhoid fever linked to ice cream tale
A fragment cites Harper's Bazaar on Gluck composing with champagne nearby and a Lancet report warning that typhoid germs may spread via ice cream sold by Italian vendors in London. The passage also alludes to a sister urging virtue and home vigilance.
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London
Minerals Found in Coffee County Tennessee Report
Chalk manganese and graphite discovered in Coffee County Tennessee. Chalk described as white crayon for blackboard writing while graphite writes on paper like soft black lead. A hard black mineral resembling niagenese in weight color and porosity also noted.
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Coffee County
Tenn
Hoitt School Accredited by State and Stanford
Hoitt's Oak Grove School near Millbrae in San Mateo County California is placed on the list of schools whose graduates are admitted to the State University without examination. Dr Hoitt's recommendation is good for admission to Stanford University. The school ranks as one of the best and most popular for boys on the Pacific Coast.
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Hoitt
Oak Grove
Stanford University
Millbae
San Mateo County
California
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Chronicle
Porous PLasters Endorsements and Deafness Cure Note
Tested over thirty years and worldwide use endorse Auteoce Porous PLasters with millions cured. Allcock's Powers PLasters claimed vegetable, mild yet effective and quick. Warns against substitutes and solicitors. Explains deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation and offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 guarantee. urged to send for free circulars. Ends with a joke about mourning.
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Auteoce
Allcock
All
Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Petroleum products diversify beyond a thousand varieties
The article notes an immense range of petroleum derivatives with over a thousand kinds produced, including a reference to Angela among the examples.
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Angela
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Portland, Tacoma
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