Wealthy Border Cattle King Jim Healy of New Mexico
James Healy, born 1838 in Sedalia Missouri, has built a multi million dollar fortune from land cattle copper and silver in New Mexico and Chihuahua. He lives in a rough shack earning less than 50 a year yet corporations claim his wealth runs into millions with annual cattle shipments and land holdings across the border region.
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New ‘Mexico
Santa Margarita
New Mexico
James Healy
Southarest
Healy
Chihuahna
Mexico
Kansas City
Las Veras
Albuquerrque
San Mignel
Bernalillo
Texas
Sedalia
Austin
Plains
Plains of
Schower
Rocky Mountains
Jim Healy
Arizona Territorial Line
Jim Realy
Fleary
Las Vegas National Bank
el Paso
Hammurabi and the Sippara Sun God Shrine
The article describes ancient Sippara, a northern Babylonian city with Shamash as the sun god. It details Rassam’s excavations uncovering a carved image of Shamash, a king’s inscription, and iconography of the sun, moon, and Venus. Local workers welcomed the find, joking about Noah and his sons. Hammurabi’s era and inscriptions at Sippara are noted.
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Hammurabi
Babylon
Erech
Nippur
Tagash
Agame
Sippara
Shamash
Rassam
Abu-habba
Nabu-abal-iIdin
Snebo
Noah
Shem
Ham
Japheth
Elamite king’s triumph brings Babylonian stele to Susa
Ancient accounts describe Elamite forces invading Babylonia and seizing monuments, notably the stele of Hammurabi. The heavy stone, possibly transported from Arabia, traveled by boat along canals and rivers to Susa, where it marked the conqueror’s victory.
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Elam
Babylonia
Hamurabi
Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
Sinaitis
Red Sea
Tigris
Sippara
Feuphrates
Persian Gulf
Warun
Eulaeus
Susa
In Three Weeks I Shall Be a Real Countess
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt shows a scene where a woman and a Count communicate across language barriers. The count uses a dollar sign and digits to spell out ten million dollars while the narrator smiles, picturing impending nobility.
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Papa
Chicago Record-Herald
Queen Alexandra Cleanses Coins Before Use
The article notes Queen Alexandra avoids unclean money. Coins are scrubbed in spirits of wine water soap and carbolic acid then dried before being used. Change given for purchases is handed to her lady in waiting and returned later to the royal purse after a microbe destroying bath.
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Alexandra
Bath
Voter counts by state reflect African American electorate
The report lists estimated Negro voter numbers across states including New York 30,000 New Jersey 21 090 Rhode Island 3 000 Maryland 8 000 Indiana 15 000 118 000 with mention of parts cut off in the snippet.
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New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Maryland
Indiana
Seals Rocks and Fur Trade Highlight San Francisco Scene
Visitors to San Francisco view Seal Rocks scattered with fur seals basking in sun and watchful onlookers. The article describes sealing crews, ice travel, hunting methods, and the gain from pelts while noting the hazards of the chase and the value of oil from the young seals.
The Seal Life and Hazards of Icebound Voyages
The account describes northern seals traveling in shoals in northern seas with laborious land progress and rare external ears. Seals fear underwater sounds yet surface at noise and endure icefield dangers as explorers are stranded at zero temperatures. The creature is intelligent, gentle, trainable, and affectionate.
A Creature of Commerce Seals Lure by Coast
Describes how seals surface to breathe and play during calm, their behavior when storms, and how they approach boats and follow bells. Notes their thick woolly skin, outer hair, closable nostrils and ears, a third eyelid, and compact limb structure. Mentions their longstanding use in commerce.
Baseball as liver tonic by a fervent fan at the game
A baseball fan argues that baseball provides unmatched exercise and liver benefits. He describes fans waving, twisting, and moving all parts of the body during a game, claiming the activity is scientific and far superior to other physical culture ideas.
Man credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with renewed strength
William Ball of Caddo Kentucky reports long illness including kidney trouble and frequent urination. After using three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he says he sleeps through the night, feels well and believes he could climb a mountain without drawing a long breath.
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Caddo
William Ball
Dodd
Frightened Boy Reflects on Punishments and Truth
A boy complains to his father about constant punishment for truth telling and politeness. He recalls being whipped yesterday for lying and today for not being polite, as his mother and Ava Brown weighed the blame. He laments that a boy seems to have no chance.
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Tevie
Ava. Brown
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Remedies Warns Against Mercury
A public warning against ointments containing mercury for catarrh notes mercury damages smell and system. It endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective when taken internally. The ad urges buying genuine Hall's products from local druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cheney & Co
Dream of Mother-in-Law Death Revealed in Jest
A husband jokes that he dreamt his mother-in-law died and his wife reacts with horror, but then laughs at the punch line when he admits it was only a dream. The exchange highlights comic verbal irony between spouses.
Nickel Plate Road Sunday Party Rate Passenger Notice
Notice to passengers describes a very low excursion rate for groups of five or more on Nickel Plate Road trains within 100 miles starting and returning the same day. Tickets must be obtained before the train arrives at the starting point and agents may not sell these tickets within five minutes of departure.
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Nicklel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road
Wisdom of Solomon on a marriage
The dialogue jokes about a marriage failing and compares it to a treaty worth fifty thousand tollars, reflecting a satirical take on married life and value.
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Solomon
Isaacs
Gholdstein
Alillon's Foot-Base Powder Promises Quick Foot Relief
An 19th century style advertisement offers Alillon's Foot-Base powder to ease ache from new shoes and tight footwear. It claims to cure corns and treat bunions swelled feet heat and perspiration. Sample available free and buyers directed to Druggists and Shoe Stores.
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Alillon
S. Olmsted
LeRoy
The blaruvey stone and Piso's Cure for Consumption
A reader asks about the blaruvey stone in an engagement ring and the wise elder explains it as the diamond. The letter notes using Piso's Cure for Consumption with good results and is dated October 4, 1901 from Fostoria Ohio.
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Johnny Bumpernickle
John W.henry
Fostoria
Ohio
Coronado's 1540 Survey Noted Cliff Dwellers and Densely Populated Pueblo Areas
The account describes Coronado's 1540 observations of densely populated Pueblos in New Mexico and mentions cliff dwellers in Colorado and surrounding regions as part of early exploration notes.
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Coronado
Pueblas
New Mexico
Colorado
Your Clothes Look Yellow Ball: Will It?
Fragmentary OCR note shows a prompt about clothing color and a ball event. Key names, dates, or places are unreadable, making precise identification impossible.
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Will
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