Oldest living thing in the world in Santa Maria del Tule
The famed cypress in Santa Maria del Tule Oaxaca province stands as the world’s oldest living organism. Measurements by Dr. Herman von Schrenk in 1903 showed a trunk girth of 126 feet, suggesting an age between five and five thousand years.
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Mexico
Santa Maria del Tule
Oaxaca
Herman von Schrenk
St. Louis
Nestor
Menes
Egypt
Christ
Cheops
The
Nile
America
Babylon
Nineveh
Assyria
Britain
Abraham
David
Goliath
Solomon
Jerusalem
Troy
Athens
Roman Empire
Cortez
Dr. von Schrenk
Humboldt
Equatorial America
von Schrenk
Asa Gray
Missouri Botanical Garden
United States Forestry Service
United States
Alphonse de Candolle
California
John Muir
Louisiana
Jesus
Bethlehem
Edenborn
Winn Parish
Senegal
Cape de Verde Islands
Orotava
Teneriffe
Dublin beggar children plight and city streets
The piece portrays Dublin street child beggars amid strikes and riots, detailing their squalid rooms, learned beggary, and nightly dancing for charity. It laments their poverty, worn faces, and reliance on alms as they endure harsh urban life on Sackville Street.
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Dublin
Sackville Street
Ireland
London Mail
Not Home of Ancient Man The Peru expedition finds no ancient human occupation
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka’s National Museum expedition surveyed hundreds of miles of Peruvian coast and explored the Western Cordilleras. It examined over one hundred cemeteries and ruins and collected more than thirty boxes of skulls, but the report says no site shows evidence of occupation earlier than pre Columbian times and no group remained for even twenty centuries.
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Peru
Ales Hrdlicka
National Museum
Peruvian
Cordilleras
Impresario Overacts at Rehearsal Drama
An aging theater producer overplays to prove his dominance during a dress rehearsal for The Holy City. He demands more actors on a large stage, insisting the shown figures are the 12 disciples before ordering 12 more performers. A final ad and fishing quip follow the main tale.
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the Holy City
Humble Father Swallows Harsh Truth with Dignity
A father endures a bitter drink as his son questions the harsh concoction. The old man responds that he has faced tough truths before, not the first He to swallow.
Glow of Health Speaks for Postum in Living Advertisement
A Tennessee woman narrates indigestion nervousness and insomnia from coffee and credits Postum with restoring health after switching. She notes weight gain from 117 to 170 pounds and calls herself a living advertisement for Postum sold by the Postum Company. Postum Regular and Instant variants are advertised with price details and preparation notes.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Robert Tl Moulton
Lean
Foo Lehos AG
GAVIA
Ancient Man
Childreay
Samuel Pitcher
Pamplin
Seedacx
the Centaur Company
New York
RVR
Cyee
Hese
Bears
Castoria the Centaur Company
O Tve
Putnam
Sonny
Carter
Carters
Parker
Gren
Canada
Europe
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
William Percy
England
Ottawa
W.aird 215 Traction Terminal Seleding
Indianapolis
Ind
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
A. Gefell
Flower
Rochester, N.Y
R. M. Sheets
Brainerd
Minn
Ries
Rivens Systum
Howell Atlamta
Govegin
Arch CO
Frickey
Pettis Eve Salve
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