Ex Spanish Soldiers’ Cuban Ties Shift After War
Postwar Cuba scene shows thousands of former Spanish soldiers staying in Cuba. They marry Cuban women, abandon uniforms, and form new lives as farmers or workers, while some return to Spain with property stripped from garrisons. Local dealers trade relics like swords and insignia as mementos of the war. Photographs show the altered garrisons at Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba.
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Peninsular
Spain
Cienfuce Yiys
Skodakers
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Toral
United States
Cienfuegos
Tie
Barcelona
Sana
Thiry
U.S. W. Engineers
Cilenfuezis
Miss Maxine Elliott A Beauty Star of Stage Biography
A profile notes Maxine Elliott, famed as a beautiful woman and accomplished actress. Her charm aided early fame, then she grew with Nat Goodwin, F Henry French, Rose Coghlan, and Augustin Daly assignments. From Maine, she began in FE Willard’s company and advanced to leading roles on stage and abroad.
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Maxine Elliott
Nat Goodwin Company
Maine
FE. S. Willard
F. Henry French
Rose Coghlan
Augustin Daly
Ada Rehan
England
Frawley
San Francisco
Eliott
Australia
Wat Goodwin
Maxtie Elcott
Oddities of Famous Minds and Their Quirks
A clipped survey notes how Allan Poe Byron and Sir Joshua Reynolds along with many others faced eccentricities or illusionary experiences. It mentions Dr Johnson hearing voices and Lombroso linking genius to injuries, with references to Pope and others.
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Allan Poe
Byron
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Beaius
Dr. Johnson
Ben Jonson
Trumpet Major Joy and the Cavalry Bugle Glory
In a vivid historical note the article extols the army trumpeter's honor and peril, tracing the role from taps to charge. It recalls Trumpet Major Joy of the Seventeenth Lancers, whose Balaklava bugle became a legendary symbol, and a commemorative memorial at Chiswick parish churchyard.
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Navy
Bugler
Marine Ccops
Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan
Custer
Mosby
Marty
Shiloh
Atlanta
Iinyland
Alry
Balaklava
HH. Joy
England
London
Seventeenth Lanccers
Joy
Seventeenth Lancers
Chiswick
CaVe
Untitled Filipino Streets and a Gold Field Divorce Case
A photograph from Manila shows eight of Uncle Sam's young Filipinos in everyday attire. The Klondike reports its first divorce, a miner Finney vs wife, with a jury verdict granting absolution to the wife and a tale of domestic strife ending in awards for property and a sewing machine.
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Philippines
tUncle Sam
Manila
Aguinaldo
Klondike
Circle City
Finney
William CC. Atwood
Finneys
United States
Berlin actor Muller commits suicide in unusual method
Leading Berlin Deutsches theater actor Fiermann Muller killed himself in a bizarre act, filling a pistol with water after a blank cartridge and firing into his mouth. Overwork and melancholia were cited as causes. He was renowned for roles in Henschel Ludemann Hauptmann and Hirschfeld productions.
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Fiermann Muller
Berlin Deutsches Theater
New
Henschel Ludemann
Hauptmann
Hirschfeld
Mind and medicine blur as brain injuries spark genius
The passage ponders how brain injuries affect behavior and genius, noting Keatsi and Heine as examples of frailty and chronic invalidism. It discusses epilepsy in poets and wonders how damage to one brain area can trigger insanity or unexpected brilliance, highlighting the brain's elusive mysteries.
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Keatsi
Heine
Kyron
Poe
Zola
Howe
Famous Minds and Mad Fates Across History
The passage lists renowned figures across arts and philosophy, noting how genius and eccentricity or mental strain marked their later years. Figures include Maupassant Rousseau Goethe Coleridge and others, with references to illness, visions, and possible injuries shaping their lives and works.
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San Small
Sam Wn
Gomez
Bates
Cienfungos
Dusky Lepetimalo
Taupou
Matafanguteli
Apia
le Ata
le Ao
Lebetimelo
Mat Fangatele
Tonga
Tuihelehake
Wing
George
Samoa
Lepetimalo
Lleweldla Pierce Churchill
Oddities
Lombroso
Vico
Alabillon
Goetry
Pope
iSihy
Sams
Filidinos
Sam
Weere
Klonndike
Pinney
Filiepino
Maril Pap HN
Malolos
Icalio Aguinaldo
Frilipino Republic
Libertad
Liberty
MacArthur
Soi
Apuinaldee
Guy de Maupassant
Aileyluin
Mwny
Munkocsy
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher
Fle
Austin Phelps
Deaumecy
Coleridge
Goethe
Zolu
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