Canaries as a Strategic Prize for the United States
The Canary Islands lie off Africa and would serve as a winter resort and coaling station under American control. Santa Cruz in Tenerife and Las Palmas in Gran Canaria are key ports. the archipelago’s native Guanches are minority, and Spanish misrule suppresses local interests. The piece argues an armored cruiser could overpower defenses swiftly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canary Islands
Loose
Atlantic
Africa
Spain
Herodotus
Isles
Atlantis
Canaries
Canary
Tenerife
Grand
Palma
Lanzarote
Fuerteventura
Gomera
Ferro
Connecticut
Islands
Cortes
Camaries
Guanches
Portugal
Santa Cruz
Canarias
Las Palmas
Grand Canary
Howard Spenck Sinclair
New York Letter recalls Colonel King magnet tale and notable era feats
Special correspondent recounts the Willets Point magnet saga that sparked sensational European reports about a massive electric cannon. The piece contrasts King’s scientific caution with exaggerated claims and includes notes on two fashionably daring women on Fifth Avenue and Boulevard tandem rides, Olga Heitz and the Cruger name dispute, horror parties in Brooklyn, a Bowery pawnshop veteran’s generosity, and public reflection on charitable acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. King
Rock Island
New York
Willets Point
N. Y
Colonel King
Invasion of Cuba Promoters Eye Gulf Trade Boom
Richard Spillane in St. Louis Globe-Democrat analyzes how south Texas hustlers, commercial travelers, and investors expect a Cuban commercial revival after the Spanish departure. He notes Galveston’s deep trade ties with Cuba and Puerto Rico, including flour and cattle shipments, and predicts a surge of American and European participation in Cuban commerce, with Havana becoming a transit hub for Atlantic liners and gulf traffic.
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South
Texas
Cuba
Antilles
Blanco
Spain
Gulf
Havana
Inuba
United States
Galveston
West Indies
Serra Company
Bilbao
San Juan de Puerto Rico
Matanzas
Cardenas
Santiago de Cuba
Spanish West Indies
Texas Star Flour Mills
Puerto Rico
Klondike
New York
Key West
Europe
Atlantic
Mobile
New Orleans
America
Richard Spillane
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
I Would Storm a Fort for Cuba Libre
The speaker at the Cleveland Woman's Press Club Banquet, Jennis Terrill Ruprecht, imagines storming a fort and marching under a Cuban flag with Gomez. He admits fear, prefers to hide behind braver men, and envisions shouting Viva Cuba Libre after victory or as a chaplain, offering a paradoxical plea for courage and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomez
Jennis
Terrill Ruprecht
Cleveland Woman’s Press Club
Diverse world curiosities and oddities across regions
A collection of curiosities spanning tobacco varieties, dietary habits, Berlin’s Booiblacks, Greece’s newspapers, Kaffir religion, an Indian fly, ancient Spanish silver, a Jerusalem mosaic, Jordan’s descent, rubber in tires, European lifespans, Holyrood admission changes, Berlin bread wrapping, Bombay crow tale, Loa and Perrin estates, spitting habit bans, Munster’s millennium old school, a St Paul gymnasium convent, and chess and checkers problems.
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Greece
India
Spain
Jerusalem
Palestine
Jordan
Sweden
Norway
Italy
Austria
Holyrood Palace
Berlin
Bombay
Loa
Perrin
New York
Munster
Westphalia
St. Paul
Fruits to Eat and Those to Avoid
A dietary note lists favorable fruits such as peaches nectarines ripe apples dates figs prunes persimmons papaws bananas guavas and pineapples with caution on lemons oranges currants cranberries and strawberries. It warns uric acid prone individuals and rheumatic or gouty people to limit certain fruits and notes the child’s delicate stomach should avoid prolonged fruit use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. T. Rover
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mrs Gladstone a Model of Perfect Wife Silence
An English writer praises Mrs Gladstone for mastering attentive listening to her husband. She maintained absolute focus during his speech and kept general quiet at table and elsewhere, aiding him in delivering his opinions. Her own remarks to Liberal women centered on her husband and his feelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gladstone
Spain
United States
Cuba
Furnished In White For A Cool Summer Guest Room
A new summer house features an all white interior from walls to woodwork and furnishings. White alabastine walls, white enameling, white venetian muslin draperies, and white wicker create a serene, cooling effect with only the dresser items and wall pictures adding color. The room opens to a greensward and lake view enhancing the inviting atmosphere.
Leaf cutter bee drills leaf into sand bank cells
A Knowledge writer explains how a leaf cutter bee digs a 10 inch deep sand bank hole half an inch wide and splits it into about a dozen leaf cells. It uses jaws and legs to shape circular and oblong leaf pieces, transporting them in about 20 seconds per piece, then finishes with a clean cut in midair. The piece shows remarkable precision akin to compasses.
Mollie’s Problems and the Wonder of Grandma’s Glasses
A playful poem where a child asks why everyday things happen such as sun and shade, birds eating worms, and why children grow. The narrator marvels at simple mysteries and ends with a kid's lighthearted wonder about why grandma wears windows on her eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie
John K. Bangs
Penniless Detroit Magnate Teaches Chalk Saving Lesson
Pat McCauley recalls a tale about a Detroit magnate Van Derbeck famed for frugality. A boy at Bennett Park asked for 10 cents worth of chalk. the magnate gave a nickel and advised buying half as much to keep figures small, then added 5 cents to profits in his office.
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Pat McCauley
van Derbeck
Detroit
Bennett Park
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Canary Isles
OUR
King
Cruger
Army and Navy
Coney Island Bicycle Path
Heavenly Twins
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
National Guard
Eugene Cruger
Astors
Olga Heitz
France
Brooklyn
Uncle Simpson
Bowery Pawnbroking
Mr. Simpson
Simpson
Joseph Russell
Moters
Don
Black
QUEEN
Victor Hub
Gall
W. Henderson
South Auton
Mass
Richardson
Concord Mass
T.F. Sheehan
Barrett’ S Mill Road
Voncord Junction
Mas
Maynard
WM. ©. Hale, So. Acton
Westerly
Quincey
U.S. Fowler
Maynard Restaurant
H. E. Boyd
Maynard Block
James T. Foote
Glendale Street
H. S
Hapgood
Stow
Enterprise Office
Horace Tuttle
Renest Hosmer
D. D
Acton
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