O Keeses Loge and His New Title
Nogales Ariz May 14 Ten years ago Don O Keefe a young prospector wandered in Southern Arizona. He left for New York with a fortune from La Fortuna mines in Sonora and bought dozen silver producers nearby. He fed a sick Mexican on the road and followed a tale of rich ledges, staking hundreds of claims and developing vast silver and copper mines with funds for smelters.
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Nogales Ariz
Don O'Keefe
Trishman
Arizona
New York
O'Keefe
O Keefe
la Fortuna
Altar District
Sonora
O' Keefe
Nogales
Nogal's
Hermosillo
Owsele
Regal title owed to Jose Alvarez and the king-maker role
The passage contrasts a once regal figure with Jose Alvarez living in luxury and idleness at a country home as a reward for his work as a king-maker.
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Jose Alvarez
Made His Own Coffin Twenty Five Years Ago
Nicholasville Kentucky May 16. Hill aged 87 of Forest Hill Madison county died yesterday and will be buried in the coffin he built twenty five years ago of solid walnut. He felled a tree for the lumber and after health troubles the coffin was used as a receptacle for apples and later as a wheat bin before burial. Relatives will fulfill his wish.
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Nicholasville
Iby Hill
Forest Hill
Madison County
Hill
Weather and business notices from Tucson and Kansas City
Observer E L Wetmore reports a cool windy day in Tucson with clouds and variable wind directions. Kansas City features Palace Meat Market promotions while Dr Schell the optician delays his trip until June to offer free eye tests and satisfaction guaranteed.
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Dr. Schell
Fine hand carved leather goods at Capos shop
The notice highlights E. G. Capos selling finely made hand carved leather goods at low prices. It also mentions protective colored glasses from Dr. Sehell recently received and notes a clean shop with neat counters, alongside Palace Meat Market signage.
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Palace
Drowning Man Finds Relief With Kodol Digestion Remedy
George S. Marsh of Nocona Texas recounts five years of severe dyspepsia and failed medicines. He says he found relief after using Kodol, claiming digestion improved and overall health restored after a few bottles. 8S. D. Bell & Son.
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George S. Marsh
Nocona
Texas
D. Bell & Son
Pellets of Snow Drift in the Adirondacks
In the Adirondacks on a driftmaking day snow falls as small pellets that bounce along like footballs. They gather on road cuts forming arches and walls that grow taller until cornice-like lips spill and break, the wall then collapsing as the snow settles to the lee. Scribner's.
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Tl Adirondacks
Hictionars
Scribner's
Sacred rose lore across civilizations and faiths
The rose is described as a sacred flower in Muslim and Christian history. Stories claim Saladin cleansed Jerusalem’s shrine with rosewater before entering a church turned mosque. A similar tale surrounds St Sophia in Constantinople. Mosiera tradition links the rose to the prophet’s blood. Turks honor fallen roses with reverent care.
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Jerusalem
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Mosiera
Geography class joke from Long Island riddle
A geography lesson turns humorous when a fat boy answers the question about Long Island’s natural peculiarities. He notes the sea on the south side and the sound on the north, delivering a playful geography-based punchline.
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Trooksvn
Long Island
New York Times
King of Italy Visits U.S. Battleship in Royal Splendor
A kingly procession aboard an American battleship impressed sailors with gold lace and decorations. During inspection, a member of the king’s suit slipped and disappeared through a hatch, unnoticed by most except a weathered tar who grinned and reported the incident to the officer of the deck.
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Italy
Shippincotts Magagine
Richard I vow to die king of England in battle
The fragment presents Richard I declaring he will not retreat while he breathes and that he will die the king of England if his battles are not ended this day. It frames a vow of unwavering leadership and a pledge of ultimate sacrifice.
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Richard Mr
England
Praying Mantis Studied By Fabre Insect Tactics Described
The piece recounts M. J. H. Fabre’s study of the praying mantis. It details its green wings, the nunlike pose, and its carnivorous hunting method. In Provence the insect is called prego Dieou meaning pray to God.
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M. J. H. Fabre
Mr. Fabre
Provence
We claim my client did not flee with the horse
The statement argues the defendant did not run away with a horse but followed it, claiming the prosecutor’s charges are the same and that the accused is an accessory after the fact. The note casts the defendant as old enough to know better than to follow a bad example.
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Boston Transcript
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Kansas City
Palace Meat Market
Dr. Sehell
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Los Angeles
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Jaeger
Southern Pacific Hotel
Yuma, Arizona
San Xavier Hotel
Bowie Railroad
Bowie Station
Nogales, Arizona
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Sar
Adirondack
Prince
Richard
Aeac
Tucson Cleaning Works
W. Congress St
H. Briggs
John I. Reilly
F. D
Robert Henness
Reilly
Chicago College of Embalming
St. Michael and Arctic Points
S.S. Garonne
San Francisco
JS. Lyra
Frank Waterhouse & Co
Chronicle Building
Goldbaum
Johnson
and Johnson
Geo. Martin
Church and Congress
Druuss
Fleishman’s
Gardiner, Worthen @ Goss
Zeigler’s
Barkley’s Barbecue Meat Market
East Congress Stree
E. A. James
Instron
William Mason Toneh
Tec Lebert & Park
Studio 59
Coun
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Brady-Schneider Commission CO
Yuma
Yuma County
Uma
Madam LA MO
Mediary
Affairs of Life
Sred
Roberts’ Restaurant
Windsor Hotel
M. Roberts
Geo. C. Williams
Tellner Piano CO
IM KB. Congress
Central Park Floral Company
S. Spring Street
Yuma Bakery
W.H. Shorey
Prop
John I
P.O. Box
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F. J. Villaescusa
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