Chapultepec Park Rebirth Under Diaz Rule In Mexico City
The article describes Chapultepec and the Cherubusco area as a peaceful civic scene under President Diaz. It notes the palace known as the Mexican White House commanding the valley, a distant view of Popocatepetl, formal drives and lakes, and daily parades of 2000 to 3000 vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapultepec
Military College
Mexico
President Diaz
White House
City of
Federal District
Popocatepetl
Athens
Bois
Paseo de la Reforma
San Francisco
Cherubusco
White Feather and Courtroom Cheer in Odd Morning
A dull morning in a police court ends with a bemused magistrate asking reporters if there is anything to write. Separate notes include Smithsonian officials explaining the white feather origin from a wheatear and a quip about correcting grammar in sports talk.
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Benedict
Man makes the brain not the other way around
The piece argues that brain matter does not think and that personality shapes cognition. It asserts the conscious personality uses the brain as an instrument, with knowledge and words stored like books on shelves, created by a creative agency rather than by the brain itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Shipwreck rescue by own boats outpaces others say London Answers
London Answers notes that more shipwrecked sailors are saved by their own boats than by any other means. It cites 1903 04 UK coast saves totaling 2153 with 735 saved by their own boats, 641 by passing ships, 423 by lifeboats, 165 by shore rocket apparatus and coast guard craft 143 by other craft. Wisdom from Bacon cautions against extreme tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Auctioneer notes deer flight on chased design vase
The auctioneer describes the vase as natural and beautiful with a chased design showing a deer's flight. The remark emphasizes the vase's artistry to potential buyers during the sale.
Live news and old anecdotes from the era
A collage of brief items features Vice President Fairbanks seeking a nose for news, Ohio Governor Harris noted as the oldest chief executive, a Cuticura testimonials anecdote, Mark Twain correspondence about a book, and assorted quotes and ad snippets reflecting early 20th century newspaper culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Harris
Ohio
Union
Buckeye
Pattison
Chicago Chronicle
Dean's Kidney Pills Mentioned By Olympia Woman
Mrs Elizabeth Maxwell of Olympia Washington reports a dropsical condition linked to kidney trouble. She describes back ache swelling feet and ankles breathlessness and heart fluttering before using four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills. She claims the bloating and distress disappeared. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Maxwell
West Fourth Street
Olympia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Old Captain Cack’s Question Echoes in Bankers’ Talk
Pierce Jay of Massachusetts at the American Bankers Association in St. Louis urged better accounting while stressing intelligence to fight embezzlement. He recalled Gloucester’s Capt. Hiram Cack, ill and despondent, who asked a doctor for advice after the doctor claimed recovery from a similar fate.
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Pierce Jay
Banks
Massachusetts
American Bankers’ Association
St. Louis
Mr. Jay
Hiram Cack
Gloucester
Cack
Peruna: A tonic and catarrh remedy in one
Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy, essential to relieve catarrh through specific action on mucous membranes and a general tonic effect on the nervous system. The formula combines HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS with CUBEBS COPAIBA and tonics like COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED, supported by numerous testimonials from around the world.
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Peruna
Piles cures and nerve restorers headline scattered ads
A collage of 19th century notices includes Pazo Ointment promising pile cure in 6 to 14 days, Dr. Kline's Nerve Restorer for fits and nervous diseases, and a note on artificial flowers in Dresden. It also mentions Henry James on American women speech and Count Prosper D Epinay's British French subject status.
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St. Vitus
Dresden
Henry James
Boston
Prosper D'Epinay
Paris
Mauritius
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cherubusco Field
Smithsonian Instation
Scotland
the Sunday Magazine
Charley
Mra. Torkins
Bacon
Market Reports
Cincinnati
Louisville
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Chandler
Maine
Mr. Fairbanks
Rockingham Co
W. P. Ingle
Burlington
N. C
Mark Twain
Eugene Ware
Topeka
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Mr. Clemens
Mr. Ware
J. H. Newman
Stiffi Twit
Thompson
Sloan
Sloanis
Earl S.sloan
Mass
Dodd
Valerin
Canada
Ottawa
J. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo, Ohio
Ely
Catarre
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Navy
Navy Recruiting Station
Buffalo
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