The Irreverent Gauifie and the Burial Lot Plot
A muddled report recalls a millionaire who doubts burial lot purchases after an agent’s visit and a colleague’s cautious reaction. A London telegram notes lizards in a Santa Fe crop scare and the Times coverage of Argentina’s insect invasion affecting maize yields.
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Ako
Boliett
Manrger
J. W. Phillips
M. P
London
Times
Buenos Ayres
Santa Fe
Coritobba
Cuevos Ayres Weekly Herald
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promises Quick Relief
Do your feet ache and burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet. It fits tight or new shoes feels easy. Cut swollen hot sweating feet corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents sample sent free. Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Not Too Healthy Window Sign Baffles Old Greenwich Shops
In Old Greenwich a cookshop window bears a green painted sign reading Good things to eat healthy, but not too all fired Bealthy. The quirky phrasing hints at shopkeepers using confident signage to attract customers.
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Greenwich Village
Stranger Priest Composer Stuns Sicily Cathedral
An unknown visitor entered a Sicilian cathedral and played an organ so exalting that it filled the vast space with astonishing sound. The man revealed himself as Lorenzo Perosi, the young priest and composer whose latest oratorio Leo was just staged at the Vatican during the Pope's jubilee.
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Sicily
Yom
Lorenzo Perosi
Leo
Vatican
Governor Garvin Saves Boy With Surgical Skill
Governor Garvin of Rhode Island, a physician, helped Edwin Callaway after a carriage accident at Andersonville dedication exercises. The horse-drawn carriage ran away, overturning. Garvin quickly stopped severe bleeding, repaired a severed artery, and set a broken leg, likely saving the youth's life.
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Georgia
Garvin
Rhode Island
Andersonville
Edwin Callaway
Expert Testimony on Postum Replacing Coffee Gains Notice
An expert testifies that coffee harms health while Postum cereal coffee rebuilds the body when used as a substitute. The passage also details a chaotic series of automobile race accidents in France, including injuries and fatalities among drivers and spectators, with halted races and damaged cars.
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Postum
Celine Wad Delak
Possum Co
Maile Crewk
Mich
Chartres
Mr. Pennell
Wood
Papa
Portier
Ub Street
Vanderbilt
Dames Garden
Iretand
Death of Max O'Rell, Noted Newspaper Writer and Lecturer
Obituary notes the May 25 death of Max O'Rell born Paul Blouet in Kiloway Prono March 2 1665. It mentions his Paris education, wartime service in the Franco Prussian War, a prisoner capture in 1870, and his later writings and public lectures.
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Paul Biouet
Max O'Rell
Paris
France
Mivnils
Ani Sever
Paul Blouet
Kiloway
Prono
Wid
Hedan
Mewee
Ogbuog
Dgathet
Paris Madrid automobile race chaos claims many lives
The Paris Madrid race ended in disaster with eight deaths and numerous injuries. Marcel Renaut, Lorraine Marries, and other drivers suffered serious harm as spectators and crowd control failed. Authorities fear long term bans on motor racing.
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Marie
Midrid
Comien
Vernables
Bordeaux
Marcel Resault
Lorraine
Franen
Porter
Stent
la Francaise
Paris
Madrid
Marcel Renautt
Coupe
Pieters
Denial V. Miller And Post Office Bribery Scandals
Denial V Miller a Washington official and attorney general aide is accused of involvement in a bribery ring tied to a postal department fraud. Joseph M Jenna of Rockville and John J Ryan of Cincinnati are linked to conspiracies and bribe payments as investigators reveal forged approvals and large sums. A. W Machen, free-delivery chief, is arrested for bribe payments linked to Groff Bros fasteners used in street letter boxes.
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Dantelo Miller
Rockville
Indianaporta
John J. Ryan
Cincinnati
Washington
Johns
Christiancy
Ryan ‘Turf Investment Company
Miller
Ryan Concern
Tfelong
Postofice
John Ryan
George A. OC
Postoffice Department
Ryan
Postal Department
Groff Bros
Washington, D
Post Office Department
Machen
Groff
Diller B. Groff
Samuel M
Harsh rule blamed for Croathan uprising
The uprising in Croatha is blamed on Governor Hedervary whose oppressive regime has faced growing resistance. Avram and allied leaders oppose his control as martial law looms and dissent rises among local power groups.
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Count Hedervary
Cro
Change. A Woman’s Health Claim For Pinkham’s Vege Tea
A reader letter extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief during life changes. The testimonial says the remedy cured back pain kidney issues and general weakness, with gratitude from a caller in Montclair Avenue, Stoslindale, Maine.
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Lydia Pil
Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Montaclair Ave
Stoslindale
Mild Winter Yet Not Mild Enough in 1896 Mortality
The text notes winter abnormalities with higher mortality than the prior year, as the great frost of 1896 pushed deaths above the previous year's level despite a milder season.
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