Inevitable Cuba Shift Seen After Oil Looting Tale
A Washington Post account recalls Cuba under American rule, noting reforms fade as power passes to Cubans. A small town near Havana reveals oil lamp graft, with the alcalde confessing he seized oil as a Spanish perk, while locals and merchants say no action will follow.
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Washington Post
Cuba
Spain
United States
Allea Gamue
Havanna
Alcalde
Oii
Eyelid Graft Restores Full Upper and Lower Lids
A Philadelphia actor grafted four new eyelids onto a man who lost his lids in a fire. Skin from the hip was used, and the four lids now protect the eyes and function normally. This pioneering case draws wide medical interest as the first known full eyelid replacement.
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Philadelphia
Cape Colony Denies Foreign Doctors Practice Rights
Cape Colony authorities enact a rule barring foreign physicians from practicing unless their home country grants equal rights to Cape Colony residents. The move reflects the spread of reciprocity in professional privileges.
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Cape Colony
Deafness Cure Claims and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An old advertisement proclaims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money offer for cases cured. It asserts catarrh causes most deafness and claims constitutional restoration through the remedy, urging readers to request free circulars.
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Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Former Lt Governor Jones Pens New Hampshire Country Life Novel
Former New York lieutenant governor Jones, long nicknamed "Jones, he pays the freight," has completed a novel about country life in New Hampshire. For years partially blind, he has persisted in writing by dictation to a stenographer.
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Jones
New York
New Hampshire
Brammer Co Promotes O K Washing Machine Puzzle Souvenir
Davenport Iowa manufacturer Brammer Co offers a free puzzle souvenir to readers who write for the game. The firm touts the O K Washing Machine as among the best on the market and asserts that goods bearing the company stamp meet the trade mark claim of quality.
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Brammer, Manufacturing Company
Davenport
Iowa
Brammer Company
H. F. Brammer Manufacturing CO
Department C. Davenport
Empire of Business reviewed by London Academy of Literature
The London Academy of Literature questions the meaning of bugaboo and boost in Carnegie's Empire of Business. It concludes the terms imply something vigorous, arguing Carnegie would not need them if they did not.
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London Academy of Literature
Mr. Carnegie
Mothers praise Mrs Winelow s Goom Ing Syrup for teething relief
The Chicago board of assessors recommends adding nearly 2 million dollars to the valuations of life accident and casualty insurance firms operating in the city. They believe current figures are low but view the proposed valuations as the fairest possible given available data.
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Mrs. Winelow
Board of Assessors of
Chicago
Chas. H. Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
Panama Hat Origins and Quality Explained by Prof Mason
Prof Otis T Mason explains the Panama hat origin from Jipijapa Ecuador noting toquilla straw quality and weaving difficulty. He cites hats range from cheap to 85 dollars with stiffening signaling poorer grades and urges holders to send hats to the National Museum for inspection.
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Philadelphia
Otis T. Mason
Jipijapa
Monte Cristi
Ecuador
Gateral
Panama
Darien
Tequilla
Hellador
Mason
Washington
Prof. Mason
National Musem
The Man in the Iron Mask in Paris Garden
Paris correspondent describes the garden of a doomed Paris house at Rue Beautrellis as the reputed burial site of the Iron Mask. A vault beneath a cement bed, a subterranean passage to a burial cave, and a column inscribed Here Lies Marchiall mark the site amid old St. Paul cemetery ruins.
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Detroit Free Press
Paris
Tue Beautrellis
Tereof
Rue Beautrellis
Place Des Voges
Place Royal
Beaux
Pall Mall Gazette
Ane
St. Paul
Iron Mask
Paria
Marchiall
Rabelais
Mansarad
Bank of
Brance
Musee, Carnavalet
Mediera
Armande Bejart
Wilson assumes presidency replacing Patton at Princeton
President Patton retires from Princeton to focus on literature while Woodrow Wilson, famed for his writings, steps into the presidency and relinquishes literary work to meet demanding duties.
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Patton
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson
Architect says steel frame lets 1600 foot block rise
An architect of New York states that with modern steel frame a building can be carried to a height equal to seven and one half times the base diameter. He estimates on a typical city block a 1600 foot structure is possible, 500 feet taller than the Eiffel Tower, with 125 stories costing about 30 million dollars.
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New York
Olio of 1890s global curiosities and inventions
A sweeping list of diverse notes from 19th century press covers hot springs and 171 degree wells in Boise, Paris market relocation schemes, fencing edicts in Turkey, European gold trade, a Ripon horn ritual, Cripple Creek riches, Connecticut bequest legality, Miss Anthony tax protest, New Guinea skull trade, Rochambeau linkages to Rhode Island Cincinnati, a pocketbook size site saver, and D Annunzio’s autograph limits plus Zeppelin’s ruin and aging.
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Copenhagen
M. Soorensen
Ripon
Wrikeman
Lars
Market Cross
Bob Womack
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Great Gold Camp
Supreme Court of Errors of
Connecticut
Sidney Hall
Hartford
Advent Church
Advent Christian Publication Society
Boston
Tave
Mary
Anthony
Samuel B. Williams
Rochester
Europe
New Guinea
London Express
America
Rochambean
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati
Comte de Chalender
Comte de Bougainville
Marquis de Queste
the Cincinnati
Society
Newport
Herr de Irsa
Hamburg
Philadelphia Ledger
Gabrielle D'Annunzio
Italy
Bologna
Burial of an Indian in New York Times Story
Evans Bradley last of Seneca direct line received Christian burial in the Baptist church rooms. The Seneca gathered in a sem circle near the casket as kin and tribe paid respects. Annie Thornlow, the beloved girl, was present and Bradley had died earlier at Bellevue Hospital after brooding over marriage objections. Born in Virginia, he had been an assistant steward on the Fall River steamboat Priscilla.
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New York Times
Evans Bradley
Owhaten
Baptist Church
Stephen, Merritt Burial and Cremation Company
Alga’ Tahament
Riend
Harriet Maxwell Converse
Albert Page
John
Ernest Bradley
Annie Thornlow
Dark Cloud
Bradley
Pavilon
Bellevue Hospital
Fall River
Hoat
Virginia
A Bolt That Failed in the 1896 Chicago Convention
The Washington Post notes that Bill Bryan pledged to stump Nebraska for a Populist rival to Virginia governor nominee Charles T. O’Ferrall, a gold Democrat. Bryan was urged against it, a plan confirmed by ex Governor O’Ferrall and not disputed.
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Washington Post
Bryan
Chicago
Charles T. O'Ferrall
Virginia
Bryn
O’ferrall
Nebraskan
O'Ferrall
Melon Growth Trials Show Strong Backing Harness Power
A student of nature measured a melon's strength by lifting weights. At 20 days old the fruit hoisted 60 pounds, with earlier results noted. The globe turnip seed, tiny at 20th inch, can expand to 27 million times its original bulk in months, while turnips in peat boost weight dramatically in a day.
Mrs McKinley Mourning Dress Described in Detail
A Canton society notice depicts Mrs McKinley’s mourning attire in elaborate terms. The gown features silky henrietta fabric with a shaped founce and stitched handwork, a shirtwaist bodice, high stock, a folded belt, dull belt ornaments, and a round hat with a black veil, presenting a somber, ceremonial look. The description notes the wearer’s solemn, pathetically resigned expression.
Recognized It Brigands and a Lady Finger Proof
A storyteller recalls being sent a lady finger as proof by brigands claiming to hold his wife captive. The tale notes the attempts at ransom, the wife’s cooking turning the brigands against her, and they eventually released her, unable to endure her culinary skills.
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Finger
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