Havana Fortifications Marked by Decline and Weak Modern Defenses
The article surveys Havana’s seaward defenses now seen as insufficient against modern artillery. It notes Morro Castle stripped to a prison and lighthouse role, La Cabana as a vast prison, and other batteries along the harbor with dwindling armament. It highlights the vulnerability of Playa del Chivo and surrounding batteries to coastal attack.
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Havana
Aindnance
Havanas
Havame
Morro
Areer
Hamilton
Wadsworth
Caya
Enen
Casa Blanca
la Cabana
noth‘Gas
la Ca
Ena
Maine
Brest
Playa del Chivo
Cojimar
la Punta
Almendares River
Carmelo
New World
Reina
Santa Clara Battery
Ordonez
Spain
Santa Clara
H Street
Vedado
Azares
Principe
Humor as daily sunshine in life and its careful use
Carrie E. Garrett praises humor as a bright, life renewing gift that lifts dull days and sustains hope. It should comfort not wound, and a cruel joke risks lasting harm, while forgiveness often heals open wounds from thoughtless fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie E. Garrett
The
Woman’s Home Companion
Keys as Currency for Tennessee Farm Purchase
A Tennessee farm worth $1,200 was bought entirely with hens eggs. Installments were paid daily, sometimes at three cents per dozen, with eggs delivered in sets of four dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keys
Tennessee
Big Pear Yield From Corvallis Orchard Tree
A lone Bartlett pear tree near Corvallis Oregon produced nine hundred pounds this season marking an exceptional harvest for the orchard and demonstrating strong tree vigor and fruit set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis
Ore
The Trouble With Men And Time
Quote reflects on male impatience with personal time and the tendency to squander it. Presents a general social observation about discipline and self control in daily life. No specific people or organizations named.
Ivory Carving Traces Ancient Skill in Ivory and Bone
Fragmentary descriptions trace ivory and bone carvings from prehistoric times to ancient civilizations. Evidence includes engraved horn and mammoth tusks, cave finds, and museum pieces in the British Museum and Louvre. Egyptian ivory work cited from Moses era, with ivory inlays in 16th century B C chairs and 11th century pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Louvre
B. C
B.C
Burial Money in China and a Casket Coin Tale
The article describes Chinese burial money made of paper and cardboard imitations burned for the afterlife. It notes the ritual belief in currency for spirits and recalls a tale of a miser who buried a cross‑cut check with his coffin to meet a demand that could not be cashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Earth
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Punishment for the Ungodly
The American Bible Society reports from Peru that four men who hindered evangelical work have died within a year, a development described as cheering information by supporters.
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American Bible Society
Peru
Russian Dainties In Markets Mention Curious Foods
The passage notes varied Russian market offerings including eels snakes and chicken legs. Lambs feet are described as a dainty while calves feet are used for soup indicating a range of traditional fare in local markets.
Witty Takes on Marriage and Fashioned Pride
A compact quip on repeated marriages likened to a horse passed between owners. The reader is told some people are born tired, while others seem to be born to exhaust others. The line about a woman with small feet hints at vanity wrapped in pride.
Virginius Massacre and Aftermath in Cuban Crisis
The Virginius affair worsens tensions as the ship pursuing Spanish authority encounters the Tornado. A violent sequence follows with trials and executions, including Brigadier General Washington Ryan, as American observers decry the haste and harsh sentences amid the Cuban revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginius
Spain
Ets
Renius
Erea
Irginius
Tornado
Fry
Gaba
Joseph Fey
Ramhead Court-Martis
Washington Ryan
Bry
British Courage and the Virginius Crisis
Captain's swift demand to halt slaughters led to a stand against Spanish aggression in Santiago de Cuba. Sir Lambton Lorra ine saved ninety three from death by declaring U S and Great Britain would shell if harm came to any, prompting Spain to indemnify with eighty thousand dollars after the Virginius affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Drake Down
Great Britain
Lambton Lorraine
Weylers
Santiago de Cuba
United States
Sickles
Madrid
Spain
Bahia Honda
Virginius
Havana
Inside the Dead Letter Office The Record Keeping Behind Lost Mail
Washington Star outlines the Dead Letter Office operations preserving valuables. Six record sets catalog money receipts stamps photographs and parcels with two year retention for property. Frauds orders stop swindlers mail while postmasters stamp clearly to aid delivery and future inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States Treasury
Department
Kent
Washington Star
Six Hundred Words Enough Says Hale on Language
Dr Edward Everett Hale argues six hundred words suffice for human communication and used examples from European couriers and Italian opera. He notes the Judges book uses fewer than seven hundred distinct words yet conveys thought effectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Everett Hale
Europe
New York Journal
Mrs Weaver Credits Pink Pills For Pale People Recovery
A Bushnell woman, 56, wife of ex-city marshal Jacob Weaver, recounts five to six years of illness ended by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She praises the remedy, notes full recovery after March 1897, and recommends the pills to other women facing similar health issues.
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Bushnell
Jacob Weaver
Weaver
Williams
J. H W. Weaver
A. D
C. Hicks
Parson Finishes Sermon After Lightning Burns House
An itinerant colored preacher at a protracted meeting is interrupted by a messenger announcing lightning struck his house and burned it to the ground. The parson asks if the land was harmed and then urges the congregation to sing How Firm a Foundation, thanking the Lord for the land surviving.
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Constantinople
Popular Science Monthly
Cabanas
Laure
Playa Chivo
Ig Cabanas
Havana Harbor
Ee Il
Ieee
New York Times
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