Santo Domingo Church Garners Fame and Fortified History
The Santo Domingo church in Oaxaca, modeled after St. Paul’s and famed across nations, began in the mid 1500s by Dominican friars supported by the King of Spain. Its vast interior once gleamed with gold and housed one of the republic’s greatest libraries, later turned into barracks by French occupation, leaving a century of grandeur undone in months.
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St. Paul's
Santo Domingo
Cortez
Oaxgca
Spain
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Westminster Abbey
Republic
Superstitions of Singers and Opera Figures Noted
A magazine extract cites Caruso and others noting singer superstitions such as a diva kissing her mother before performances and a bracelet gifted by Gounod protecting a famous singer. The piece adds male rituals, claims theater nerves improve with routine, and cites German opinions on breakfasting at benches to calm nerves.
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Caruso
Gounod
Munyon’s Free Medical Examinations Offer
Readers are urged to request a free Munyon’s medical examination blank to obtain a diagnosis and potential cure guidance. The service is voluntary and non-obligatory, with offices at 53d and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia, and promises honest, free advice.
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Ft. Munyon’s
53D
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Leprous Children Educated by Mission of Lepers
The London Lancet reports six hundred children of leprous parents are being educated by the Mission of Lepers and show no signs of leprosy. The census bureau notes 1907 total income of 790 million dollars for electric lighting traction and telephone sectors in the United States. Tulare University reports a one million dollar endowment last year.
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London Lancet
Census Bureau
United
English Ladies’ Pictorial
Tulare University
Home absorbent treatment for piles offers cure
An advertisement urges readers to send their address for instructions on a home-based absorption method to cure piles. It claims immediate and permanent results with a free trial and references. Also mentions other products and health ads, including remedies for constipation and eye conditions, with various testimonials and drugstore availability.
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Stny
M. Sumiers
Notre Dame
Ind
Plaster Portraits Exhibit as Counterfeit Fashion Trend
In London plaster portraits appear as counterfeit forms of present ent, shown as miniature busts or bas reliefs priced at 2.50 dollars. The Canadian government offers free pac use to commercial traders aiming to boost Canadian export trade to South Africa. Bronze is noted as the nicest nonblack shoe for wear with colored frocks.
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London
South
Erected Posts on Roman Roads Described in Army Gospel Work
Fragmentary report describes posts on Roman roads called CREEK and five or six ies. It claims each post carried forty horses and a hundred miles daily journey. The message mentions a man Dante from the Salvation Army delivering gospel in multiple languages.
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Sulrty
Steve
Morristown Land Co Offers Lands and Lots for Sale
A Morristown notice highlights land and farm parcels for sale by the Morristown Land Co. Listings mention business and residence lots, along with farm lands, and describe fashion notes on linen pockets and bags accessorized with cords and embroidered eyelets.
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Morristown
Morristown Land Co
Hair Loss Reversed by Cuticura Treatment
A Pittsburgh man recounts severe hair loss after illness and an unsuccessful use of dandruff cures. After two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment, his scalp cleared and hair grew thicker, reversing thoughts of baldness. May 7 and 2, 1908. Porter Drug and Chemical Corp. sole agents.
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W. FB
Steege
Broad
St. _ Pittgburg
Porter, Drug. & Chem. Corp
High priced poultry and a famed Paderewski hen sale
A Country Life in America feature notes record prices for purebred poultry. Ernest Kellerstrass sold a white Orpington pen to Madame Paderewski, with Peggy the hen reportedly fetching two thousand five hundred dollars and the famed seven thousand dollar bird inspiring boasts of higher values.
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America
Ernest Kellerstrass
Paderewski
Em Heat
Peggy
St. Kellerstrass
Ace
Cork
Boston
Fisher
Fragmentary Tale From The Advertiser
An excerpted, garbled reminiscence appears from a late issue of the Advertiser describing a scene of mistaken accusations and moral lessons. The text sketches a curious discussion, a chalk toss, and the byplay of characters named Zeke and Padma, with hints of small town talk and fading memories.
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Tien
An - Ha
Zeke
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Riman
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Thas Bay
Pittsburg
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Timlinson
Clevyland Plain’ Dealer
Munyon
California
RM. Spencer
Nordhoff Calif
the Ledger
Houston
Penn
George G. Clows
Dept. A
PacSinie Sigature of
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What Is
Castoria
REA CO
DEPT
Minneapolis
U. S
Panime Canal Zone
Pierce
Tim’ A
Allen
Huis
J. Walther
Camiden
N. Oeste
dMoward Bros
Ria
Pines
Tris
Carters
Stitutes
Col Nila
Austria
Hungary
Minentewchigg
Arurz - Hited
States
Canada
Hastings
Walnut Sr
Geoulne
Mcintosh
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