Havana Police Force on the Prado and Civic Harmony
The piece praises Havana's newly formed police brigade and band, describing young, educated officers in silver-braided uniforms, popular with locals and praised for discipline. It notes tensions with American soldiers early on, later resolved, and highlights a peaceful future under Cuban leadership and a robust police band performing around the Prado.
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Central Park
Havana
Hemisphere
United States
Prado
Cuba
McCullagh
Prado Esplanade
Havena
Chicago Record
New York Man Claims Raw Vegetables Only Diet
A New York man J P Thomas Jr asserts he has eaten only uncooked vegetables for six years. He argues sun energy powers all food and that raw plant meals keep him healthy and strong. He says his wife and year old child also subsist on raw foods and are never ill.
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New York
J. P. ‘Thomas, Jr
Iehia
Mr. Thomas
Mr.Thomas
Thomas
Tricks of the imagination and a false cure tale
A New Orleans physician describes morbid fixed ideas as common nervous conditions not true insanity. He recounts patients who fear streetcar tracks or stairs, and a bed ridden man who faked paralysis with a magnetic device and a mild shock cure, illustrating tact over medicine.
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New Orleans
Germany
New Orleans Times-Democrat
A Year's Progress in the Klondike
A 1899 Appleton article notes the Klondike’s transformation from impassable to accessible. It cites the White Pass railway opening July 6 and compares sub Arctic scenery to the Alleghenies, praising progress and travel ease amid historic hardships.
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Klondike
Dawson
Sahara
White Pass
Arctic
Alleghany Mountains
Prairies
Angelo Heilprin
Appleton
Popular Science Monthly
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Baltimore
John
China
Samoa
Peruna
Chambers
Peruna Medicine Co
W. L. Chambers
W. L. Doucy
Porras
Iaey
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