Guianas Enigmatic Land of El Dorado In Historical View
A National Geographic prepared survey traces Dutch and British Guianas from Breda treaty of 1667 to Paramaribo and Suriname. It describes Guianas geography as an island like region between the Orinoco and Amazon, colonial mix, slave history, mahogany streets and growing export of sugar gold cacao timber in 1911.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
New World
Woolworth
Nolland
Dutch Guiana
New York
Paramaribe
Breda
New Amsterdam
England
Fenet
Paramaribo
Holland
Suriname
Demarara
British Guiana
Guiana
United States
French Guiana
Venezuelan Guiana
Brazilian Guiana
Orinoco
Amazon
Cguiana
West Indies
Trinidad
Florida
Ponce de Leon
Miamis
Guianas
Walter Szaleigh
Juan Martinez
Munchausen
Anapias
Manoa
Walter Raleigh
Martinez
Lesser Hars
el Dorado
Humboldt
Africa
Suringame
Refused To Be Diverted In Pursuit Of A Hard Won Victory
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt extols perseverance noting great figures finish what they start. It contrasts steadfast focus with despair and warns against drifting or taking bribes to abandon a chosen path.
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Philadelphia
Ledger
Witty Hallway Mixup Prompted by Mistaken Hug
A humorous exchange notes a man hugging someone in the hall and mistaking them for his wife. The woman questions the lapse and suggests consulting the real wife to confirm if such a hug occurred in the last six months. The quip is attributed to a Boston Transcript line.
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J. M
Boston Transcript
Regulating the Profits and a Monument Bargain
A dialogue shows Senator Sorghum resisting a proposed monument while offering to supervise the contract. The exchange centers on who should receive the monument and who controls the project funding.
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Senator Sorghum
Simple Antenna Is Best for Amateur Radio
A historic note explains that in one year between 700000 and 1000000 new receivers were installed in the United States amid many antenna styles. It covers ground system setup, lightning protection, wire types, and the advantages of a single 100 to 150 foot wire as a primary receiving antenna with proper grounding and minimal lead-in length.
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United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Radio and wireless advances sweep era far and wide
New York plans a permanent radio fair while a reformed burglar broadcasts crime talks. Sir Oliver Lodge seeks to cure droughts by electrifying the atmosphere. Cayuga Lake campers hear Louisville concert. Ithaca Rotarians use radio to run proceedings. A detector circuit tip promises tube life, and wireless telephony links Turks and Caicos islands with ships over twelve miles.
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New York
Oliver Lodge
England
Cayuga Lake
N. Y
Louisville
Ithaca
Turks Islands
Caicos Islands
West Indies
Fox Family Banquet and Homes of the Gray Foxes
Grandpa Gray Fox narrates to the young foxes about their natural homes in hollows and ice caves and their preference for ready made dens. He praises family devotion and the safety of trees while noting Red Fox cousins are smarter but they favor their own custom homes.
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Gray Fox
Red Fox
Don
Grea Foxes
Burt
Grandpa Gray Fox
Red, Fox
Grandpa Gray Fos
Red Pox
No Dislike for Work Says Father and Son
The exchange centers on two boys debating their fathers view of work. The first boy claims his father hates work while the second argues that he only hates doing it but likes work in general. The dialogue highlights differing attitudes toward labor in a lighthearted exchange.
Tanlac touted as miracle tonic for frail and convalescent
Advert says Tanlac quickly invigorates the constitution and strengthens nerves, digestion, and energy. Mrs. Mary Choklat of Los Angeles reports rapid improvement from weakness to "perfect health" and urges readers to obtain Tanlac at the local drugstore.
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Tanlac
Mary Choklat
N. Broadway
Los Angeles
Calif
Taniac
Arcivertisement
Welsh Councils Vote to Record Minutes in Welsh
Rural Welsh district councils pass resolutions to record all minutes in Welsh and to forward all government communications in Welsh to departments, aiming to preserve the native language. The move, rooted in language revival efforts, seeks official bilingual compliance.
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Wales
Responsibility's Compensation
Miss Cayenne critiques fashion reliance on Paris. She argues that Americans pay Paris extra to shoulder fashion blame instead of daring to wear their own preferred clothing. The comment highlights national fashion cost and cultural influence.
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Paris
Miss Cayenne
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Kilmer's Swamp Root as a physician prescribed medicine for kidneys liver and bladder. It claims long standing testing and invites readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle from Dr Silmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Sglmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
His Method
Gap Johnson of Stumpus Ridge claims children are endlessly curious. He jokes that if his kids asked seven questions per hour for ten hours daily and eighteen per evening it would take a mighty genius to answer them all. The Kansas City Star quotes the exchange with a neighbor asking how he handles such questions.
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Gap Johnson
Stumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Advert: Cotton and Linen Prices Doubled by War
Grocers advertise doubled prices for cotton and linen due to the war. A laundry tip suggests lengthening fabric life by using Red Cross Ball Blue in laundering.
Gave Watch a Bath in Ironmongery Joke
A London Tit-Bits quip describes a faulty wrist-watch incident where a customer bathes the watch by mistake. The salesman replies humorously that such mishaps are unacceptable and suggests purchasing an aluminum bath from the ironmongery department.
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Ironmongery
London
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