Mexico Cuy: Cathedral, Park, and Spanish Hymns Observed
An American visitor describes Mexico City landmarks, noting the cathedral open at all hours and its Cortez era origins, the park north of the cathedral used by General Scott in 1847, and a Methodist church filled with native members singing hymns in Spanish. The scene of Sunday quiet and frequent church bells leaves a strong impression of local devotion.
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Mexico
Cortez
General Scott
Methodist
Sights in the Capital Park and Juarez Tomb Visit
The narrator describes the Alameda Park with music from the President's band and family crowds enjoying dancing and games into the night. Nearby lies the Pantheon of San Fernando housing monuments to Mexico's heroes, including Benito Juarez, the Republic’s first president, resting in a granite tomb.
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Alameda Park
Paseo
Alameda
San Fernando
Benito Juarez
The
Republic
Mexico
Washington
Great Boulevard Elegance and Public Order in Mexico City
A Sun day paseo along Paseo de la Reforma showcases horse carriages victorias landaus and gallant riders as dignitaries pass monuments to Cuauhtemoc and Columbus. Police lanterns and polite gendarmes symbolize order while a later visit to the president’s palace marks high society contact with Diaz era officials.
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Paseo de la Reforma
Paris
Chepultepec
Magazine Club Mid Winter Meeting at the Babcocks
Oak Park Magazine Club schedules a special mid winter gathering at 1802 Washington Boulevard the home of Mr and Mrs L A Babcock on Monday evening January 21 at 8 oclock A musical program led by Mrs Babcock featuring vocal and instrumental selections is promised A social session will follow and is highlighted as a popular feature last meeting All are welcome to attend and meet neighbors
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Magazine Club
L. A. Babcock
Washington Boulevard
Babcock
Bucklen's Armor Salve Ad Claims Universal Cures
World wide fame for cures. salve surpasses others for cuts corns burns boils sores felons ulcers tetter salt rheum fever sores chapped hands skin eruptions. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c at Traill and Cooling Austin and Chas. P. Miller Oak Park.
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Traill & Cooling
Austin
Chas. P. Miller
Oak Park
Wood turns to coal under high pressure heat and friction
Geologist observer G Arth notes a wood sample in a turbine pivot area transformed to a coal like substance in six months. Under high pressure humidity and elevated temperature from friction, wood may convert rapidly to coal, challenging the view that thousands of years are required.
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G. Arth
London Sewers by Shapes and Odd Varieties
A humorous tour of London's sewer system describes sewers of many forms from horseback riding sizes to egg and barrel shapes. It notes special varieties used by chemists and manufacturers, blood and boiling sewers, and the timid sewer rats supposedly found in meat markets. It ends by noting many dead sewers and the vast total length, enough to stretch to Constantinople.
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London
Tondon
Constantinople
Ready money policy barrister told in Tokyo tale
The Nippon recounts an English barrister famed for his ready money habit. A street encounter with a Japanese gardener leads to a bystander billing him for consultation, and the barrister pays, noting the Japanese are catching on.
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Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
Chicago
Henry Ward Beecher No Degree Seeker Despite Fame
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that Henry Ward Beecher refused all doctorates, divinity, philosophy, letters, and law, preferring the name his mother gave him. It recalls confusion over Henry C. Bowen and Beecher’s place in a troubled era and highlights Beecher’s stepmother’s influence in his early life.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Henry C. Bowen
D. Ds
J.J. Ds
T. da
D. C. Ls
Brooklyn Eagle
Salvation Army Lieut Mabel Hunt praises Dodd's Kidney Pills
Ogden Utah January 12 1901 Lieut Miss Mabel Clarice Hunt leads Salvation Army workers who brave weather to rescue others She endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills noting relief from kidney liver and blood disorders after exposure to cold and rain and claims the pills cleanse the blood regulate the system and destroy disease
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Ogden
Utah
Pacific Coast
Salvation Army
Mabel Clarice Hunt
Hunt
Dodd
Mr Moffat to Return to Rhodesia After European Holiday
Mr J S Moffat, long connected with the Zambesi region for over forty years as missionary and official, plans to return to Rhodesia after a European holiday. He first went out under Dr Livingstone and was Resident Magistrate at Tatings during the Jameson raid. Now sixty five, he still has work left in him.
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Moffat
Zambesi
J. S. Moffat
Rhodesia
Europe
Dr. Livingstone
Tatings
Time to go south with Louisville and Nashville trains
For the winter season the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company offers improved through service with Pullman vestibuled sleeping cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans Gulf coast Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Perfect steamer connections for Cuba Puerto Rico Nassau West Indies and Central American ports. Tourist and home seekers excursion tickets at low rates. Write C L Stone General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for details.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Thomasville
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tampa
Palm Beach
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
West Indian
Central American
C, L. Stone
Incomplete OCR Item Sparsely Reports Local Notice
Fragmentary text cites Mrs. Mary Folf and an injunction plea about debt repayment and local property items. References to arch eohools and wheel barrows suggest a damaged notice, with stray mentions of Russia and ladders. The readable facts are minimal.
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Mary Folf
endolMner
Archeolesis
Russia
Lady Pharmacist's High Standing
Mrs. Marietta Harmon of Syracuse attained the highest board of pharmacy rating ever given for a license as registered pharmacist. Her examination was rated perfect amid sixty two statewide applicants, the lone woman candidate. Her husband, a druggist, died three years ago and she studied pharmacy as a widow.
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New York State Board of Pharmacy
Marietta Harmon
Syracuse
Harmon
Hall's Catarrh Cure Proclaimed Constitutional Remedy
Druggists advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional treatment. The bold claim promises to reach the blood and mucous membranes, with a $100 reward for any failure to cure. Also notes a magazine name change to Modern Culture and praise for its value.
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Salonte
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Oncy
F. J. Chene Wae Co
Ohio
Innovative Louisville & Nashville Fast Through Service
The Chicago to St Augustine train on the Chicago Eastern Illinois route offers daily service via Evansville Nashville Birmingham and Montgomery to Jacksonville and Florida East Coast arriving in St Augustine at 7:30 pm. The annex sleeper runs from St Louis at 2 15 pm with through connections. General Passenger Agent C I Atoche will provide inquiries and printed information.
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Louisville & Nashville FR. R
Chicago ‘& Florida Limited
Chicago
Thombaville
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Fla
Chicago& Eastern Illinois
Montgomery
Florida
St. Louis
Interior periodical subscription offer from The Interior
An advertisement invites Presbyterians to try The Interior, a broad progressive religious paper. It promises world coverage, social and religious discussions, church news, and pertinent editorials. Remittance offer: fifty cents for a three month trial, regular price 32.50 per year, The Interior, 69 Dearborn St., Chicago.
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Dearborn St
Chicago
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promotes Foot Health Powder
Bold advert promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for swollen burning sweating feet corns and callouses. Claims cure for frost bites and chilblains. Available at druggists and shoe stores 250 sample offered free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Preferred Toothache Tale From A Young Voice
A line about a boy preferring earache to toothache and avoiding an ear pulling, reflecting a child’s view on dental pain. The fragment suggests a humorous or candid remark about dental procedures and discomfort.
fragmentary ad copy with medical claims and cycle tips
The passage advertises a medicine from Holland with claims of aiding bowels liver and kidneys and curing sick headache priced at 25 and 50 cents. It also mentions canal mileage and a cycling tip to use White's YCatan to ride farther and easier.
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Ney
Harper's Periodicals Influence Cited by Ledger
The Philadelphia Ledger notes the Harper periodicals have steadily influenced thought and achievement across vast areas and millions, acting as an elevating refining force that reaches learned and unlearned alike.
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Harper's Periodicals
Harper
Philadelphia Ledger
Daily Trains to Chicago and Northwest Routes
Daily trains to S J Paul Minneapolis Ashland Duluth and the Northwest depart Chicago Central Station 12th Street and Park Row Lake Front via Wisconsin Central Railway. Nearest ticket agent provides complete information. Jas C Pond Gen Pass Agent Milwaukee Wis.
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S J. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Northwest
Chicago
Central Station
12Th St
Park Row Lake Front
Wisconsin Central Railway
Jas. C. Pond
Gen. Pass. Agt
Milwaukee
Wis
Atlantic Monthly series on Reconstruction Period announced
The Atlantic Monthly will begin in January 1901 a series of valuable studies on The Reconstruction Period by notable figures including Woodrow Wilson and Samuel A. McCall. The item also notes various unrelated advertisements and quotations.
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Atlantic Monthly
the Atlantic
Woodrow Wilson
Samuel A. McCall
Thomas Nelson Page
D. H. Chamberlain
The Duty of Mothers and Female Health Advice
The article urges mothers to educate daughters and seek medical attention when needed. It promotes avoiding ignorance and neglect, urges openness to medical exams, and directs readers to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
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Cuantemoc
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Hemisphere
Mother Tong
Aix-la
Perthem
Pavbeu LO Lane
Fholern Ana
Powell Clayton
President's Palace
Diaz
Alonotts
Iet
Michigan
Abel M. White
Standard Cattle Company
Wyoming
Bud” Driskell
Busi
SRAM
Cabo Rca
Uarnel & Co
Hudson River
New York Mall
OAK Park Magazine Club
Bucklen
Beecher
Mabel C. Hunt
Bright Salvation Army
Self Gulture
Presbyterians
Holland
Ste
Springfield
Illinois
Pamger
Yucatan
Pennsylvania
Putnam
E. W. Grove
Motley
Dutch Republic
Piso
Joan B Borer
Trinity Springs
Ind
China
Germany
Javaux Mre. Co
Dept. D. Parsons
Kansas
August Pff
Booth
Pinkham
Onn Paton
Deere & For
Coriona
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