Across Guatemala to Guatemala City and Amatitlan lake
Helen Ford recounts a voyage from a port city to Guatemala, describing cargo handling at Champerico, a night in Retahuleu, and a scenic, hillside rail journey through coffee and banana plantations toward Guatemala City. She notes crowded fiestas, native life, hotel conditions, and cool highland weather, with Lake Amatitlan as a parkland retreat.
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Rsgat Ae Reger
Champerico
Guatemala
Custom House
Retahuleu
Escuintla
Guatemala City
Palm
Guatemala Central
American Fashion Changes in White House Attire
An article notes shifting American fashion with a decade of change. It observes that senators and congressmen no longer wear silk hats or frock coats, and gloves are out of fashion as foreigners comment on casual American dress.
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White House
Plan Monument to Pioneer Memory of Benjamin Franklin
Plan to erect a monument commemorating Pioneer Benjamin Franklin, noted fret merchant, honoring his contributions and memory in the community. The proposal outlines funding, location, and ceremonies to mark the dedication.
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Benjamin Frankton
Purchasing Power of Gold and Dollar Value Changes
A 1910 Commerce and Labor bulletin explains that gold is a commodity like others and its value shifts with supply and demand. The practical view shows the dollar’s purchasing power by what it buys. if prices rise to three quarters of former levels, the dollar has fallen 25 percent. The report tabulates average wholesale prices for 1890 to 1910 across 257 commodities to illustrate these changes.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Raia Ie
Where Wesley Wrote Hymns at Gravesend Oak Sapling
The Rev J H Wicksteed presents a sapling from the old Bexley vicarage oak to Gravesend and Dartfort Wesleyan Methodists. The tree is linked to John Wesley and Charles Wesley who met with George Whitefield here, and may have inspired hymns. John Wesley notes visits to the vicar Mr Piers in 1740 and 1749 with sermon expounding times.
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Wesley
J. H. Wicksteed
Bexley
Kent
England
Gravesend
Dartfort
John
Charles Wesley
George Whitefield
Charlies Wesley
Piers
Winter Trails Through Yukon Valley Bishop and Miner Exchange
A bishop fond of dog sled travel meets a miner on a winter trail in Alaska. The miner answers with coarse language about the road he used, and the bishop replies that his trail was the same. The anecdote highlights rugged pioneer humor in harsh northern travel.
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Yukon
Alaska
Asakuse Temple and Kwannon Shrine Portraits
A traveler describes Asakuse Temple in Japan dedicated to Kwannon. Two guardians flank the gate, sandals hang outside, rice is scattered, and worshipers wash hands and mouth before kneeling at a lattice-covered floor opening for prayer.
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Asakuse
Kwannon
Japan
Bible Still Best Seller in Global Distribution
The 107th annual report of the British and Foreign Bible Society shows the Bible remains the dominant religious text, distributed in 432 languages with 1,199,289 New Testaments and 4,782 Bibles given away in 1910. The American Bible Society, founded in 1816, supports the effort, distributing millions more annually and translating into Indian tongues and Philippine dialects. together they, with European rivals, move about 2 million complete Bibles and 6 million portions yearly. Estimates place total world Bible sales around 5 million copies per year, with the United States alone exceeding 1 million.
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British and Foreign Bible Society
American Bible Society
Baltimore Evening Sun
Great British Society
Philippines
United States
Holy Rood Day Nutting Tradition In Lost Forests
The article recalls Holy Rood Day once a schoolboy nutting holiday at Eton, urging restoration of nut bushes in Epping Forest and the Ha inault remnant, now reduced to a single hazel in Epping and none in Hai nault to prevent disturbance by London apprentices.
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Eton
City Corporation
London County Council
Epping Forest
Hainault Forest
Royal Forest of
Waltham
London
Hainault
The Japanese Empire In Brief
The Japanese empire comprises four main islands Nippon Shikoku Kyushu and Yedo plus about 3800 small isles. Its area mirrors California at roughly 156000 square miles and its population ranges 45 to 60 million. Most are engaged in farming and fishing with arable land about 9 million acres, similar to New York.
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Nippon
Shikoku
Kyushu
Yedo
California
Formosa
Corea
New York
Keep Hope Alive and Creative Power
The message urges relentless hope and effort to overcome a glooming rental attitude that paralyzes creative power. It encourages abandoning pessimism to pursue desires and avoid paralysis by fear.
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Oiind
Turk's-head water pan for pets and poultry
Describes a round tin cake-pan with a cone in the center, known as a Turk's-head, anchored by a stick driven into the ground to prevent animals from tipping or drinking. Likely from a Ladies' Home Journal tip.
Look for the Good Intention In people and motives
The speaker argues that attributing intentional unkindness is unreliable. Carelessness and selfishness are common, but most do not act with deliberate vindictiveness. Self-love distorts judgment and widens perceived malice.
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Selflove
Lodging House Reforms Target Immigrant Robbery
New laws require lodging house keepers to repay departing immigrants the equivalent of money taken and bar runners from docks. Agents previously met arrivals from October through December and hired fare in New York, with bonds now required for fair treatment.
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EW York
New York
Old Country
Mdtheas
Ion
Grant
Guage
Brother Reunited With Miss Waters After 20 Years
John Stanton of Aurora reunites with his missing sister Mrs. G. W. Waters of Philadelphia after recognizing her on a theater poster and in a film drama. Waters, an actress of 46 years, plans to remain on stage, while Stanton aged 73 will live with her in Philadelphia.
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Arora, III
John Stanton
Aurora
Philadelphia
Waters
Park Theater
Brooklyn
Stanton
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Stantons
Barry O'Neal
Mrs. O'Neal
Pastor Quits Pulpit to Take Express Messenger Job
Rev. Henry M. McDowell resigns from Woodlawn Park Congregational Church after members object to his moonlighting as an express messenger earning 18 dollars weekly to supplement his 120 dollar monthly church pay. He recalls his late pastor's carpenter example and cites debt and family needs as the motive.
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Henry M. McDowell
Woodlawn Park Congregational Church
McDowell
Corn Fed Catfish Latest From Kansas OPERA
Kansas researchers led by Prof. L L Dyche aim to breed corn fed catfish at Pratt state hatchery using cement ponds and daily cornmeal feeding. Dyche compares corn fed fish favorably to non corn fed and notes higher food value, with emphasis on selective mating methods from animal breeding practices.
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Opera
Kan
Kansas
L. L. Dyche
Natural History Museum of
The
State University
State Fish and Game
Pratt
Prof
Dyche
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