A Slight Misunderstanding In a La Sinceridad Café
In La Sinceridad a fat bartender taunts a Gringo filibuster while two Americans discuss arms, betrayals, and a planned revolution. The colonel and Martin clash over loyalties as bread and fish deliveries replace rifles and a fiery endgame looms in the café.
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Anel
Henri
la Sinceridad
Broadway
Cal
Gonzales
Geneales
Mim
Miltbuster
Gonalee
Allbuster
Bob Neilson
Martin
Blutt
German Piano Trade Shows Strong Growth in Germany
The Trade Journal notes German pianos combine quality with reasonable price, a fine instrument costing about 260 dollars. Germany has 435 piano factories, Berlin houses 140. Export value rose from 1.9 million to 6.11 million dollars in twenty years, with Britain importing about 40 percent, followed by Argentina, Belgium, Australia, Russia, and Holland each taking around one million annually.
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Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
Argentine Republic
Belgium
Australia
Russia
Holland
Trade Journal
Water Stot Machines in Dawson City Alaska
Water Stot and Nickel in the Stot machines sell water in Dawson City Alaska during winter. A nickel buys five gallons of water exactly with no extra. At night homes lose water supply to prevent frozen pipes in cold conditions.
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Alexia
Dawson City
Alaska
Kicker-Riches Take Wings In Brooklyn Lite Feud
A puzzling fragment shows Kicker-Riches and Rocker-Yes in a clash over BB NorvA in Brooklyn Lite, hinting at a sports or rivalry moment with unclear details and players.
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Flick
BB Norva
Brooklyn Lite
Telephone lexicon shifts as digits drop “ought” from calls
The article notes a change in telephone etiquette where callers previously voiced “two-three-four-ought” but now say “two-three-four-0.” It credits the shift to English usage evolving in exclusive telephone circles, highlighting a long resistance by telephone girls to abandon “ought.”
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Ake
New York Herald
Wii
Persons Who Lived Long
The article lists extraordinary ages of individuals: Thomas Parr 152 and Henry Jenkins 169. Jeanne Scrimphan married at 127 and died 128. Dr Dufourne 116 to 120. Marie Priou 158. Metz mother of 24 children died at 100. Surgeon Politman 140th birthday. Patrick O’Neil buried seven wives and died at 120. A Norwegian peasant died at 160 leaving two sons aged 108 and nine. Robert Taylor 134. Irishman Brown 128. Durand d Hastivel 128. A 14 year old woman drank coffee all life and a 114 year old man ate fruit and melon juice.
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Leo
Thomas Parr
Henry Jenkins
Jeanne Scrimphan
Dr. Dufourne
Marie Priou
Metz
Politman
Patrick O'Neil
Robert Taylor
Queen Victoria
Brown
Durand d'Hstivel
Cahors
Jemon
Royal rulers of Japan and Britain praised as constitutional sovereigns
The article contrasts Emperor Matsuhito of Japan and Edward VI of Britain as ideal constitutional rulers seated in the hearts of their people. It notes Japan’s mikado lineage extending before Marathon, predating Homer, and claims lines of foreign conquerors never set foot on Japan’s soil. It compares to European royal houses like Capet and Savoy.
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Matsuhito
Edward VI
Great Britain
Mikado
Siya Niroku Shinpo
Europe
Capet
Savoy
Frunewick
Haden
Marathon
Japan
Radium in Medicine and Industry
The Anglo-Indian Review notes radium’s growing medical use in X rays, cancer and blindness treatment, with hopes for widespread benefit. Industrial use is limited by supply, but small amounts could illuminate rooms for long periods. energy in one gramme could raise 500 tons a mile, and an ounce might run a 30 mph car around the world.
Hydrophobian Microbe Claim Reported by Dr Negri
Dr A Negri of Pavi announced last March the discovery of the specific micro organism of hydrophobia. He says he has examined over 100 dies with hydrophobia in natural or laboratory settings and found the organism in nerve centers every time, but never in other dogs. Through the Suen the civilian passengers through the Buer canal that year numbered 92 000 and the pilgrims emigrants and congress 40 000.
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A. Negri
Pavi
Suen
Buer Canal
Boyd Hotel Opens in Town in First Class Style
Notice to the public that Boyd Hotel has opened in the old location. It will be run in first class style with the best market meals served all hours. The proprietors hope for public patronage and invite strangers to find the house a pleasant place to stay. CHALLIS.
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Boyd
Stage Line Conveys Passengers Mail Between Challis and Mackay
Four horse Concord coaches provide daily stage service on the Thunder Mountain route between Challis and Mackay, the nearest railroad point, and Challis and Three Forks. Stages arrive in Challis at noon and depart at 1 p.m., carrying passengers mail and express with connections to Custer and Lemhi counties. C. V. Hansen manager F. Nickerson agent Challis.
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Concord
Challis
Mackay
Three Forks
Thunder Mountain
Custer
Lembhi
Custer County Idaho A Land of Mines Farms and Growth
Custer County Idaho offers vast inducements to settlers and capitalists with rich mines and diverse farming. The report traces mining’s rise from 1860s placers to quartz growth, lists towns like Challis Mackay Bayhorse and Custer, notes large valleys and irrigation prospects along Salmon River, and highlights stock raising as a major driver of tax revenue and economic balance.
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Custer County
Idaho
General Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Loon Creek
Challis
Mackay
Houston
Clayton
Custer
Stanley
Big Lost River Valley
Thousand Spring
Round
Pahsamarol
East Fork
Antelope
Quster County
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Sawtooth Mountains
Wood River
Eters
Salmon River
Climate and riches of Custer county described in period tone
The climate of Custer county is delightful with light valley snowfall and mild winters at Challis. Uhallis hosts a high school. every district has a well-paid teacher and solid school fund. The county is heavily timbered with spruce pine and fir, with farming grazing lands, growing taxable property, railroad growth, good schools and churches, low crime, rich soil and vast mineral wealth including gold and silver, copper and iron, marking a hopeful future for a modest pasture of natural gifts.
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Custer County
Challis
Uhallis
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