Cuba’s New White House to Cost Half Million
Cuba's president forms a board of officials to study plans for a new presidential palace funded by a $500,000 lottery surplus appropriation. Members include Public Works and Sanitation chiefs, Havana city chief engineer, university architects, and Beaux Arts bureau head. The project may cost more and will favor Cuban architects and materials. Site likely the Villanueva railroad area now exchanged for the arsenal property.
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Cuba
Department of Public Works
Havana
University of Havana
San Alejandro Academy of Paintings
Cars Used as Park Benches Washington Visitor Discovers New Benefit
A Washington visitor notes a novel use of trolley cars as informal park benches in the capital. He observes passengers waiting aboard a car for a long chat, quipping that signs might warn strangers of cars reserved for conversation and rest during cold weather.
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Washington
Treasury
Third Class Passenger Decline Records 1909 Britain
The first drop in British third class railway passengers was noted in 1909. Official figures show 1,265,061,000 third class passengers, a 13,034,000 decrease from 1908. Second class also fell by nearly 22,000,000 since 1905, while first class slid by 1,472,000. The 1909 decline is linked to the Franco-British exhibition in London.
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England
London
Marion County 1910 Election Proclamation and Hospital Bond Question
Sheriff W J Wilson of Marion County Iowa proclaims the general election to be held November 8 1910 for county officers including auditor treasurer clerk sheriff recorder attorney superintendent surveyor coroner and a board of supervisors with terms starting 1911 and 1912. It also submits a hospital bonds measure up to 25000 and a one mill tax for up to twenty years to finance site construction and maintenance. A notary public authenticated the document on October 13 1910.
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I. W. J. Wilson
Marion County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Knoxville
A Hint to Mothers About Gossip and Curiosity
A warning to mothers about cultivating a censorious spirit in children. It advises interrogating children on others' attire behavior and words after trips or church. The aim is to mold them into gossips who embellish tales, provoking the adult’s remarks and curiosity.
Prefers Army To Baseball by former Knoxville pitcher
Washington Johns a former pitcher for Knoxville and Atlanta clubs says army life is preferable to professional baseball. He boards a Columbus train to rejoin the army, citing better care and orderly discipline under military command versus the rough handling of teams and roaming hotels. Lieutenant Simington helps him return to service.
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United States Army
Washington Johns
Knoxville
Atlanta
Johns
Columbus
Sam
Simington
Jolena
Persia Plans Reforms by New Cabinet
The new cabinet in Peram plans reforms to the courts of justice and the school system with aid from advisers for age groups. The initiative signals broad modernization efforts across the legal and educational sectors.
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Persia
Peram
Eye Glass Fitting Specialist Offers Proper Fit
An advertisement claims headaches neck pain and dizziness from ill fitted glasses. It invites readers to visit the specialist who promises expert eye frame fitting as a sole specialty to relieve the discomfort.
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