Lost Santa Teresa Mine May Yield Million-Dollar Gold Haul
In Arizpe Mexico a rediscovered Madrid archives copy details the Santa Teresa mine once producing over ten million dollars in gold under Spanish rule. A four-man American-led exploring party plans to locate the site, with guides and local descendants noting its legendary wealth despite Yaqui and Apache raids that sealed the shaft.
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Arizpe
Mexico
Santa Teresa
Spain
Madrid
Pablo Resaza
Miguel Longoria
Cananea
Longoria
Ignacio Munoz
Guaymas
Imaris
Munoz
Bishop Urges Cheaper Funerals Reform
The Bishop of Birmingham, preaching at a friendly society parade in Birmingham, urged all classes to spend less on funerals. He called for thorough reform and lamented how even the poor devote excessive funds to funerals.
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London
Birmingham
Gout Microbe Likely Found by Metchnikoff
In Paris at the Pasteur Institute, Professor Metchnikoff and assistant Dr. Distaso describe progress toward locating gout microbes. They link intestinal bacilli to arteriosclerosis, noting microbes produce skatol endol and phenol, and that injecting these substances in guinea pigs caused hard, twisted vessels similar to aged degeneration.
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London
Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Paris
A. Distaso
St. Mary’s Hospital
Savant
May Change His Own Name Without Court Permission
City Court Justice Finelite denied Bernard Elliott Burstein’s request to adopt the name Burston noting papers faulty but stating that one may name oneself by reputation or habit without court action. He cites historical figures who changed names and biblical practice of name naming, detailing how surnames evolved among Jews and in various regions.
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New York
Finelite
Bernard Elliott Burstein
West One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Street
Burston
Justice Finelite
Cleveland
Stephen
Grover
Grant
Hiram
Ulysses
West Point
James B. Matthews
James B. Taylor
James
Brander Mattismas
Honore de Balzac
Judah
David
Mediterranean
Italy
Persia
Arabia
Turkey
Thews
Bayard Taylor
Roosevelt Thanks Horn Carver for Bear-Hunt Remembrance
Natchez Mississippi resident Dave Dreyfus carved a hunting horn and sent it to Colonel Roosevelt. The former president replied with thanks and said the horn recalls the horns he used in bear hunting.
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Roosevelt
Natchez
Miss
Dave Dreyfus
Colonel Roosevelt
College Maids Form Fire Brigade at Wellesley
Wellesley College in Massachusetts has a full fledged college fire brigade led by Miss Mary Sawyer. Each house is represented by a captain and the group has begun practicing running with the machine to meet emergencies.
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Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Mary Sawyer
Teeth of Huge Elephants Unearthed on Kongarck River
In Seattle a hydraulic nozzle cut away a gravel bank on the Kongarck river 120 miles from Nome and revealed sixteen mastodon teeth from eight elephants that once roamed Seward peninsula. The discovery also exposed a beaver dam built with fir timbers a foot in diameter, with no fir trees nearby today. The finds suggest mastodons persisted after Alaska cooled from a tropical climate.
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Seattle
Kongarck
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Logging Threat Looms Over Coeur d Alene Lake After Idaho Fires
The lakeside region near Coeur d Alene, Idaho faces a planned log invasion as timber companies rush to harvest burned areas. Rutledge and Mc Goldrick partners and others plan to store logs in the lake, turning it into a vast log reservoir for years. Cruisers will survey the burned St Joe district and logging ramps up soon, with millions of feet of pulp wood and billions of feet of lumber logs to be logged, while authors hope to salvage up to 90 percent of remaining timber.
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Boise
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Panhandle
Rutledge
McGoldrick
St. Joe
Fur Parade Displays Paris Fashion Luxury
The fur parade in Rue de la Paix Paris runs each weekday winter afternoon from 5 to 6 PM. It promises an display of elegant luxury unmatched elsewhere.
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Paris
Rue de la Paix
Farce of a Freight Yard Proposal Ends in Marriage
In a moonlit freight yard a student and a professor stumble into danger during a Stuffy faculty spread. After hiding in a boxcar and suffering a jolting escape, Cunningham proposes marriage to Sylvia Ferris to solve their dilemma. He declares the plan as the train bears them toward an uncertain future. The lovers seal their pact as the locomotive roars into the unknown.
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Mr. Cunningham
Miss Ferris
Dr. Cramer
Bowers
Cunningham
Sylvia
Relief for Heartburn Text from an old medical notice
This passage advises treating heartburn with neutralizing agents like carbonate potash soda or soda mints and emphasizes dietary changes. It recommends premeal eight grains of bismuth with Ingluvin thrice daily, and cites Dr Lewis who endorses lemon juice after meals and chewing spruce with saliva swallowing. It warns against drinking liquids during meals or within two hours after eating.
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Lewis
Gardener’s Wry Reply to Milne Onboard Iron Pun
A humorous tale recalls Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne’s remark that the gardener should be jailed for disobedience. The old servant, calm with a spade, retorts that on ship Milne had many men to do one task, yet now has one man to do many jobs.
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Alexander Milne
Sir Alexander
Encouraging warning about swimming danger
First boy mother warns that she will lick him when he returns from swimming while another boy warns there have been many drownings at the swimming hole and may not come back.
Indignant Patient Refuses Surgery After Exam
The two specialists pound and tap the patient, declare probable appendicitis, and debate operating now versus letting him regain strength. The patient protests, asking what they take him for a cheese.
Not Even Mother Birthdays Arrive Before Mine
Little Bob frets as his sister Adelaide and baby brother have birthdays before his own. He asks his mother to make his birthday come first, but Adelaide insists no one can change his birth day.
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Bob
Adelaide
Where He Fell Down. Mr Crimsonbeak and the Budapest school joke
A Yonkers Statesman fragment features Mr Crimsonbeak and Mrs Crimsonbeak discussing a Budapest school that teaches eating pasta. The exchange suggests a humorous setup about taking a course in spaghetti eating. The text then shifts to an advertisement for Murine Marine Eye Remedy with pricing and free eye advice by mail from Chicago.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Fraternal Debate Over Pig Prices Sparks Moral Question
A Chicago girl laments slaughtering pigs for market while Miss Cayenne argues the high meat prices justify the act. The exchange frames tension between cruelty concerns and economic pressures in the meat trade.
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Chicago
Miss Cayenne
Mass Play Modified
A collection of quips and exchanges on football, tickets, and social observations. The dialogue touches on ticket handling, a London remark about pie versus pile, auto testing humor, and a teacher’s perspective on education and fault finding.
Back to the Wild and the Prairie Coyotes
A Sandy Oregon greyhound formed an alliance with a coyote and has lived wild with the wolves since a single nighttime encounter. The dog now roams the countryside away from town, only returning to steal poultry when hungry. The piece notes the telephone era ending the old excuse of working nights at the office.
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Sandy
Oregon
Early 20th Century Patent Remedy Snippets
A collage of ad copy and quotes praising patent medicines and social ideas. Mentions Hamlins Wizard Oil for neck pain, Dr. Pierce's Pellets for constipation, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a quip about suffragettes. Includes a note on the value of raising a girl and a price line.
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Walter Wellman
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Hearts By Freight
Associated Literary Press
Proxy
Verily
Puck
James J. Hill
John Kennedy
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
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Saskatchewan
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Can
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Third St
Milwaukee, Wis
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Auzbear
Prospectus
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Fifth Ave
Florida
I. I. Moody
Bunnell Development CO
Bunnell, Florida
Wisco Benedict
Morsell & Caldwell
Munyon
53D & Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Aneerie Institute Kesha
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Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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