Statue of Bolivar and the Castro interview
Chicago writer Edward W. Pickard was sent to Cuba to explore Fidel Castro's character. He spent months visiting the president and produced a feature revealing Castro's good and bad policies. The piece portrays Castro at home and in office, marking him as the only American writer to expose Castro so fully.
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Edward W. Pickard
Chicago
Castro
Miranda
London
Bolivar
Venezuelan
Caracas
Spain
Holivar
Don Domingo Monteverde
Puerto Cabello
Priano Castro
Venezuela
Europe
United States
Finn
Congress
Senora Castro
Miraflores
South America
Mie
Gen. Castro
Ivan ‘Cotta
Gerrida
Derfay Standerndany
Eagland
Srance
Irench
Holland
Venezuela Under Castro Dominates Politics and Trade
A rounded profile of Venezuela’s political scene under President Castro detailing his rise, centralized power, and clashes with church and foreign powers. It notes concessions, state control of resources, alleged corruption via friends, and fears of civil strife balanced by Castro’s drive for modernization. The piece also surveys historic events from Columbus to the 19th century and foreign pressures shaping the republic.
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Castro
Caracas
Federation
Venezuela
Columbus
Ojeda
Vespucius
Venice
Sinke Maracaibo
Juan Ampues
Santo Domingo
Coro
Charles V
Welsers
Ambrose Alfinger
Hay
George Spira
Spain
Biscayan
Compania Guipuzcoana
Curacao
Compania
Isadora Duncan Lectures Children On Dolphins
A theatrical manager at the Plays club recalls Miss Isadora Duncan speaking to child pupils before a dolphin dance lesson. She described dolphin grace and habits, noting a single dolphin can have 2000 offspring. A girl in the class started at the remark about married dolphins.
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Isadora Duticcan
Duncan
Daga
Eczema Cleared After Cuticura Treatment
Mrs Cockburn of Shiloh Ohio recalls her son Clyde who suffered for a year with eczema. Doctors failed to help but using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent brought a night of sleep and a dramatic six week recovery, praised by their leading physician.
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Cuticura
Clyde
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad in Toledo Printer's Notice
An old Toledo advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back promise and testimonial appeals. It claims the cure works through the blood and mucous membranes and includes a fiscal oath by Frank J. Cheney and Company, dated December 9, with signatures and subscription to the remedy.
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Lucas County
Frank J. CueNey
F. J. CubNey & Co
Toledo
Stata
Catarti
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Red rust disease damages northeast India tea crops
Disease called red rust harms Camellia sinensis in northeast India, caused by Cepaleuros virescens. It attacks leaves and stems, forming yellow patches and spreading via water and air spores. The note contrasts patent starch quality, praising Defiance Starch for strength and smoothness.
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India
C. M. Hutchinson
Agricultural Department of India
The Family Skeleton Visitor by George
A dialogue about collecting souvenir postcards and book-age albums. Mr Meeker jokes about bankruptcy from accumulating albums, while Bill notes the cost of the growing library.
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George
Castoria safety check amid odd newspaper quips
A fragment from an old page cites Castoria use for infants, noting its 30 years in use and signature. It oddly references a Connecticut woman allegedly paying her husband $25,000 to be left alone, illustrating humorous street chatter about domestic matters.
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Mportant
Motiera
Connecticut
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Cabacas
Washington
Little Republic
Blanco
Bengral
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Republic
Zoreign
Fun National Bank
la Guaira
Cartagena
Jamaica
Angostura
Colombia
Vencznela
New Granada
Paez
Carabobo
Great Britain
Cleland
Venezuea
Ira Kai
THE
Yellow House
President Castros Palace
Arch OF Federation
Capitol
Reginald
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