Havana Plans to sever and beautify capital under US rule
Washington reports outline a program to pave and sever Havana as Cuba moves toward independent administration. Taft approves a mixed financing path including possible bonds while delaying cockfighting and supporting a monument to a Spanish general to gain Spanish support.
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Havana
United States
Republic of Cuba
Washington
New York Post
Taft
Magoon
Black
Pa ‘Ng
Cuba
Matt
Ppines
Republic
Congress
Wood
Forever Young and the Sweet Girl Graduate
A nostalgic look at women’s graduation progress from ancient proprieties to modern ceremonies. It notes the rise of girl graduates from high schools to colleges, costs of gowns and celebrations, and a Charles town Mass. school suggestion to recycle old rubbers to fund pictures. White gowns remain common with color accents, and multiple dresses mark seven days of commencement events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Trousseaux
Charlestown
Mass
Friedland and Napoleon Clash in Tilsit Aftermath
Analysis argues the Friedland victory, though not dramatic, holds decisive political meaning. It discusses how Napoleon’s triumph at the treaty of Tilsit reshaped alliances and balances of power in Europe with lasting impact beyond battlefield heroics.
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Tilsit
Napoleon
Alexander
Prussia
Frederick
Friedland Battle Seen as Turning Point in Napoleonic War
The Friedland clash of June 14 1807 near the Alle river in Poland pitted Napoleon against a 60 000 to 70 000 strong Russian force led by Bennigsen. The wider war shifted after the French victory with the subsequent Tilsit meetings between Napoleon and the czar shaping Europe for years.
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George L. Kilmer
Friedland
Poland
Baltic Sea
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Russia
Mukden
Joseph
Marengo
Austerlitz
Jena
Leipsic
Czar
Alexander I
Eylau
Koenigsberg
Baltic
Bennigsen
Alle
Lannes
Oudinot
Europe
Waterloo
Spanish
Josephine
France
Moscow
Elba
St. Helena
England
America
Saratoga
Yorktown
Canadian
Middle Atlantic
Het
Kingdom of
Prussia
Berlin
Baron de Marbot
Marbot
Senarmont
Alexander
Niemen
Marshal Murat
Tilsit
Frederick
Frederick the Great
D'Abrantes
Paris
Louisa
Napoleon III
William I
Germany
Versailles
Austria
Turkey
Grand Duchy of
Warsaw
Saxony
Baron Meneval
The Merrimac And Monitor In Battle Array
The article recounts the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads with the ironclads Merrimac and Monitor. It links Tilsit era diplomacy to naval power, then explains the Jamestown exposition’s live replica of the clash, including exhibit plans, naval displays, and the preserved Merrimac anchor.
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Merrimac and Monitor
John Paul Jones
Admiral Farragut
Mobile
Dewey
Manila Bay
Togo
Rojestvensky
Sea of Japan
America
Hampton Roads
United States
Jamestown Midway
Exposition Grounds
Monitor
John Ericsson
Theodore Ruggles Timby
Lincoln
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk
Oklahoma State And Her New Constitution
The article reviews the proposed Oklahoma constitution adopted by the Guthrie convention. It highlights provisions against child labor, watered stocks, rail regulation, and an eight hour workday, plus new methods like initiative and referendum and direct primary. It explains the statehood process, the convention’s composition, and the roles of federal approval and territorial authorities. An engraving notes a major mill and elevator plant in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Friends of the
Commonwealths
Frank Frantz
United States
Guthrie
Territory of
United States Court of Appeals
Indian Territory
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Southwest
When It Hurt Bobby and Dickey Talk Tattoos
In a brief, vivid exchange, Bobby admires an India Ink tattoo on Dickey’s arm. Dickey replies the pain hit only after his mother noticed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Dickey
Orthography Puzzle Note in Chicago News
Lola tells mamma the sun affected her eyes and Grace asks whose son she referenced. The fragment preserves a social exchange from a Chicago publication, revealing a playful family moment.
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Lola
Mamma
Grace
Chicago News
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Forever Young
Sweet Girl
Friedland and
Reynolds
Gettysburg
Napo
Battle OF
Rhine
Horace Vernet
Tisit
Baron Marbot
D’abrantes
Janot
House of Hohenzollern
Oklahoma State
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