America's oldest dwelling La Fuerza fort in Havana
Facing Plaza de Armas La Fuerza, Havana's historic fort, began 1638 under Hernando de Soto and stands as the Western hemisphere's oldest inhabited building. Once royal residence for island captains, its towers, moats, dungeons, and the La Habana statue remain famed landmarks for sailors worldwide.
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Plaza de Armas
Senate
Advisors Commission
Havana
Hemisphere
Santo Domingo
Hernando de Soto
Cuba
Mississippi Valley
de Soto
Isabella Bobadilla
Skeptical Doctors Await Confirmation On Polio Serum
Washington reports doctors cautious about Rockefeller Institute claims of a poliomyelitis germ and a serum. They note the disease starts in the spinal cord, causing paralysis, and while mortality is not high, crippling cases rise in warm climates. A surgeon doubts the report and cites limited cures from serums.
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Washington, D
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
New York
Brooklyn
Rockefeller Institute
Henry A. Robbins
His Faithful Servant Made Rich
Margaret Higgin s long service as a city servant ends in unexpected wealth when her former employer Miss Annie Johnson of Red Bank New Jersey promised a will. After years of faithful work in New York and Florida she learns there is no legacy and meets a visitor representing the now vanished heiress.
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Margaret Higgins
Annie Johnson
Red Bank
N. J
Miss Johnson
Broadway
Florida
Margaret
Maggie
Helen Johnson
Amile
Woman Receives $10,000 Check From Benefactor
Miss Johnson give Margaret a $10,000 check then returned to Florida. Margaret confirmed the funds at a bank, then laughed and cried with happiness. She plans to help nephews and nieces and may settle in Red Bank.
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Miss Johnson
Margaret
Florida
Red Bank
N. Y
Professor Lowell’s Housekeeper Suspects Planets Found
At a dinner Prof Percival Lowell recounts a joke about an old housekeeper Janet who teased him. He promised five dollars for the next planet discovered and she quipped she hoped he would soon uncover one. Months passed and she speculates he finds planets while sleuthing at night.
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Percival Lowell
Janet
Lowell
Lodge as New London Ambassador Hint Circulates
Rumors in diplomatic circles say Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts may become ambassador to Great Britain after Whitelaw Reid. Roosevelt offered the post previously. Lodge delayed acceptance. Lodge’s term ends March 4 1911 and Taft would appoint if he agrees.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Senator Lodge
Roosevelt
Washington
Ambassador Reid
Lodge
Taft
London
Reid
James Bryce
United States
Historic royal and judicial chairs traced to present holders
The king will sit in the Henry VII chair at the next levee recalling historic royal chairs. Charles I’s trial chair is at a cottage hospital in Moreton-in-the-Marsh Gloucestershire. The chief justice of the common pleas chair belongs to Lord Coleridge as an heirloom. The Irish speaker’s chair, linked to Viscount Masereene Farrard, rests in the National Museum in Dublin.
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Charles I
Westminster Hall
Moreton-in the-Marsh
Gloucestershire
Court of Common Pleas
Lord Coleridge
the Common Pleas
England
Regulation of the Trusts and Presidential Regime
The article argues that Roosevelt and Taft favor regulating trusts rather than banning them. It contends that larger combinations are inevitable and should be made subject to federal oversight, with public contracts, railroad rates, capitalization, and profits disclosed. It also notes state charters as secrets that shield trusts, urging a federal incorporation act to curb evils while preserving efficiency.
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Taft
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Washington
Unclear Dialogue About Mule Name In Houston Quote
A fragment quotes a humorous exchange about naming a mule with a farmer asking what to call the animal. The line includes dialect and a reference to Ali, attributed to Houston.
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Boss
Ali
Houston
Cardinal vacancies in Vatican narrow American contenders
The Corriere della Sera reports a Vatican view that nine to ten new cardinals around mid January will be non American. Italians likely include Granito di Belmonte and Lugari, while Bourne of Westminster appears destined for a red hat.
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College of Cardinals
Vatican
Corriere Della Sera
Portugal
Pius X
Mons. Bello
Lisbon
Granito di Belmonte
Vienna
Mons
Lugari
Holy Office
Giustini
Congregation of the Sacrament
France
Annette
Paris
Cabrieres
Montpellier
Jubillard
Chambery
Bourne
Westminster
George Tyrrell
Dr. Bourne
Drifter and Waitress Courtroom Scene Report
A vivid hotel tale unfolds as a dapper traveling man chats with Ella the waitress. She asserts she is respectable, from the country, and has worked at the hotel awhile, while recalling her brother who once fended off a male suitor. The visitor settles for coffee and hot cakes.
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Ella
Avalanches Triumph Over Steam Rollers In Thriller
In a heated football clash the Avalanches of George Washington school defeated the Steam Rollers from Benjamin Franklin high school. The game stayed close throughout with pivotal plays deciding the outcome.
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Steam Rollers
Benjamin Franklin School
Avalanches
George Washington School
Collar Bone Breaks After Tackle In Hopeful Game
A hero from the winning team returned home with neck soreness and a swollen collar region. The father and a surgeon confirmed a fractured collar bone after Walter recalled landing on Skinny Morgan during a tackle and hearing a crack.
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Walter
Bes
Morgan
Buttons and Button Holes in Laundering Care
The article discusses oversized crocheted buttons and simulated buttonholes used as decoration on a French model. It explains the impracticality of actual openings, long heavy embroidery, shank buttons, and a washday fastening method using linen thread loops. It also gives mending tips for neckband buttonholes with edge tape to outwear the shirt.
Governor tours asylum and questions inmates
The governor visits an insane asylum on an inspection tour and chats with inmates. He meets a man who claims no more insanity than the governor, describing others who think they are Napoleon, a poached egg, Lucrezia Borgia, and Julius Caesar, revealing the inmates’ varied delusions.
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Napoleon
Alps
Lucrezia Borgia
Miere
Julius Caesar
The First Pure Food Crusade and Its Canning Legacy
The article traces Napoleon Bonaparte’s push for pure food preservation, leading to Appert’s canning method. It notes the 12,000 franc prize, the shift from crude vessels to airtight cans, and the standard sterilization of foods by boiling at 212 degrees or higher. It mentions ongoing avoidance of chemicals despite preservatives.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
United States
French Academy of Science
Paris
Napoleon
Academy
Nicholas Appert
Appert
Globe fish able to float and swim upside down
The diodon and tetrodon tropical globe fish can float and swim on their backs due to loose abdominal skin that inflates with swallowed air. Darwin confirmed they can swim forward and backward in this inverted position, countering Cuvier’s view. The tetrodon occurs off Cornwall and Ireland.
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Cornwall
Ireland
Cuvier
Darwin
Shark and dogfish turn on their backs to strike prey
The report explains that sharks and dogfish must flip onto their backs due to the underjaw position to seize prey, a movement powered by fins and tail rather than any special device like the globefish. The note cites St James' Gazette.
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St. James’ Gaeeltte
Growth of Universities Shows Columbia Leads Enrollment
The Knoxville Sentinel reports that among the top American universities Columbia registers 6132 students while Harvard has 5558 and Chicago 5487. The article compares 1909 and 1905 enrollments, noting Yale falls from the top ten when summer sessions are excluded and summer study broadens access for ambitious or financially limited students.
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Columbia
Harvard
Chicago
Esas
Michigan
Naaaee Ee
Scornens Ch Cee
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
S. Wisconsin
California
Yale
Princeton
Knoxville Sentinel
The Table Centerpiece Trends Rise in Popularity
Centerpieces remain in demand for tables of all shapes with sizes expanding to twenty four to thirty inches. Circular designs suit round tables best, while color replaces white centerpieces and plate doilies. Mercerized cottons gain since they launder well compared to silks and floss.
Trouble of the Juryman in Lockups
The article argues that imprisoning juries may be legally dubious and ethically degrading, likening it to an extorted agreement under duress. It cites a New York murder trial where jurors were jailed from voir dire, questioning the necessity and fairness of such measures.
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Court of Justice
New York City
Mrs De Deland on Suffrage
Margaret Deland declares in New York that women should not have the ballot now. She ridicules suffragists for pushing the idea and argues manhood suffrage not proven and that women are not ready to vote. She warns that giving women equal rights may empower the ignorant voter.
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Margaret Deland
Archbishop Whately
Novel methods of old Venice in California town
Venice California pioneers a center walk street plan replacing traditional streets. Pedestrians share broad concrete aisles while alleys behind lots handle deliveries and vehicles. The system aims at safety cleanliness and a resort town image likely to influence other developments.
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Venice
Cal
Sas Angeles
Ocean Front
Trafic
Elvil Im
Diplomatic Rewards and the Value of Service
The article discusses how rewards for conspicuous diplomatic service vary among nations. It notes that while fellow powers may grant higher posts promotions or honors for preventing war or shaping policy, Americans receive official congratulations and public praise, with the intrinsic satisfaction of duty as the principal incentive, as reflected by General Horace Porter.
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General Horace Porter
Japanese Laborers In Mexico
A historical report notes Japanese laborers have ceased to figure in Mexican industry. It states Mexico will continue the Japanese policy forbidding emigration, with an embargo to remain effectively in force for many years.
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Mexico
Auto Industry Boom Prompts Record Growth Across U S
A statement from the general manager of the American Motor Car Manufacturers Association notes rapid expansion since 1898, with US car concerns rising from 25 to 253, capital expanding toward 200 million, and vehicle production soaring to about 130 million in value this year.
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American Motor Car Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Europe
New York State
Americas
New York
Mexico
South
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