Isle of Pines title dispute settles with US transfer to Cuba
The Supreme Court ruling holds the United States never controlled the Isle of Pines, deeming it part of Cuba and noting its transfer to the Cuban republic upon US withdrawal in 1902. The decision affects pending Senate ratification of a treaty relinquishing claims in exchange for coaling stations in Cuba.
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Isle OF Pines
Supreme Court of the United States
Isle of Pineal
United States
Cuba
Cuban Republic
Senate
Hoot and Otter
Neto Jam
Isle of Tines
Stork
Boston Dispatch
Philadelphia
American Birth Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Echo of GridIron-Dinner in Des Moines Dispatch
Des Moines Dispatch reports at a Grid Iron Club dinner remarks praising Robert M La Follette as a reformer and criticizing Theodore Roosevelt. Bryan defends government action but calls for anti-watered stock reforms and rail transportation fixes. Clark lauds Parker and cites party discord aiding Democrats for 1908. Roosevelt portrayed as too corporate and too Democratic for reform.
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Des Moines
New York World
Bandai
Thomas Jefferson
Hste
United States
Robert M. la Follette
Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Champ Clark
Alton B. Parker
St. Louis
Parker
Champ
Harriman
Liars’ Club
Gridiron Club
Harriman- Bliss-Odell
New York
Sing Bing
Bryan
la Pollette
Mo. Taft
Moving pictures reveal lungs and heart in breath and disease
X ray and cinema combine to record lung motion and heart action. Moving pictures show both healthy and sick patients, enabling lecturers to display real lung lessons and heart movement. Doctors in a hospital for consumptives expect valuable diagnostic results beyond the stethoscope and eye.
Plugging 2 Hotel Guest
A Kansas City Star account describes a hotel detective explaining the tactic of “plugging” a guest’s door to force payment. The plug fits over a key, blocks the lock, and the guest must settle charges or leave belongings behind.
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The
Kansas City Star
Jim
Fen
Origin of the term dark horse traced to Lord Beaconsfield
The New York Herald explains the phrase dark horse as historically arising from Lord Beaconsfield in The Young Duke. It describes a hidden contender suddenly winning, noting the color once mattered but now is ignored. The piece links literary use to racing idiom and popular imagination.
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New York Herald
Lord Besconsfield
Duke
Vic
Tory
Nashville
Asia
Moses
Egypt
Spain
Italy
Siberia
Honduras
Nile
Macon
Charlotte
Shalott
Yield of One White Oak From Stewartstown Chronicle
Oscar Maimfeld of Stewartstown York County cut down a large white oak tree that stood in front of his house. From the sawed 164 feet of lumber and 37 railroad ties, 128 feet to the cord were obtained. The total lumber, including the logs, amounted to 2 976 feet.
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Philecelphin Itecord
Oscar Maimfeld
Stewartstown
York County
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Preca
A fragmentary piece argues that many people lose natural sense through education. It claims a woman's two ambitions are motherhood and grandmotherhood and jokes about social expectations. The text mentions theatergoers thinking of drinks and observing others during performances.
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New York
Remarkable Bellevue brain surgery saves Kane after multiple operations
From the New York American Roburt recounts the extraordinary Bellevue Hospital case of Tim Kane a 42 year old man who suffered epilepsy paralysis and loss of speech after a head injury. Surgeons led by Dr Gregory removed brain tissue restored function and fashioned a path to recovery through a daring sequence of operations and intensive training.
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New York American
Roburt
Timothy Kane
Bellevue Hospital
Sur- Seong
Kane
Dra. B. F. Curtis
L. B. Rogers
J. M. Vanderhoff
Menas
Gregory
Bellevue
Kana
Fragmented Chicago notes echo stray adages and musings
A cryptic Chicago News passage collects aphorisms on romance thrift and judgment. It touches on permanence in action, moral stance against polygamy, and a caution against belittling others, all conveyed in terse, quoted fragments.
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Chicago News
Alwaya
Bringin
Famous Castles of Edgecumbe and the Mount Edgecumbe estate
Lord Mount Edgecumbe, long linked to royal circles, governs the Cornwall based duchy and holds Mount Edgecumbe and Cothel(e) House as principal homes. The article tours Mount Edgecumbe’s Tudor interiors, garden beauty, and legendary escapes connected to Cothel(e) House, with notes on family ties, marriages, and royal service. It also highlights the centenary of pate de foie gras linked to Napoleon and Doyen, tracing its rise to Strasbourg and Vienna with present Strasbourg production.
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Prince of Wales
Duchy of Wall
Lord Spencer
Cornwall
Mount Edgecombe
White Lodge
Richmond Park
Lord Mount Wdgecumbe
Edward
Queen Victoria
Ald Deecamp
Sanston
Plymouth
Southampton
Cherbourg
Mount Régecumbe
Plymouth Sound
Devonport
Drakes Island
Coichele House
England
Edward II
Howard the Black Prince
William Hidgecumbe
Richard Edgecumbe
Richard II
Richard
Bosworth
Duke of Buckingham
Sir Richard
France
Cotchele
King Richard
Henry Trenoweth Agecumbe
Tamar
Henry VII
Cotchele House
Mount Edgecumbe
Arras
Ireland
Richard Holgecumbe
Elizabeth
Charles I
Queen ‘Arme
Edgecumbe
Lancaster
Lord Beaconsfield
Lothair
Twios
Lansdowne
Buccleuch
Caroline
Ravensworth
Emma
Havensworth
James Wiliam Wadsworth
Arthur Thomas Liddell
Napoleon
Doyen
Strasbourg
Waterloo
Vienna
Toulouse
Huffer
Tn Ae
Natal
Duboig
Bernard
Marquish DE Fontenoy
His Seventh Time
A dialogue about engagement lies and romance as Rosa notes Emil has been engaged six times before and Gretchen recalls his boast of the seventh heaven following a Yes.
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Pligseode
Gretchen
Emil
Rosa
Premature Burial Tests Spark French Debate on Death Proofs
A Savant cites Dr Teard’s La Nature paper detailing automatic tests to prove death and avert premature burial. Reports describe acetate paper over nostrils and silver coin tests, with Besancon and Bordeaux cited as early adopters, amid calls for quick, simple death verification to protect public health.
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Savant
Poe
Hoffman
Realife
la Nature
Teard
Marseilles
Abn
Tesiment
Fearch
Seard
France
Besancon
Bordeaux
Dicard
Go fishin on the river in a restless lullaby
A fragmentary verse evokes quiet waters and drifting corks as fishermen seek respite from troubles. The river whispers into the night with shadows, blossoms, and a wind urging sleep, capturing rural, nostalgic mood.
Panama trip sparks tariff talk in Nassau Parliament scene
Rep James A Tawney recalls the Panama voyage as guest of Mr McKinley to Nassau where Parliament debated tariff revision. Other reports note James Mann and J Hamilton Lewis commenting on canal work and expositions in Europe, with Cannon dancing in Nassau and meeting officials in Havana in contrast.
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Panama
McKinley
Nassau
Bahama Islands
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
Riggs
Tawney
Banaman
Congress
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Themestier
Canadas
Nis
Europe
Roosevelt
Charles W Kohisa
London
New
Willard
Kehlsaat
England
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Germany
Italy
Sweden
Pomentimeter
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Kraopps
Thomas Lipton
King Edward
Hampton Roads
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Walter
James BR. Mann
Iwinos
Arlington
Mann
Canal
West Indies
J. Hamilton Lewis
Chicago
Windy City
New Willard
United States Supreme Court
Dunne
Lewis
New York
Roger Foster
Nessau
Jonn de Eversman
Willand
Gexea
Mr. Cannon
Havana
Magoen
Republic
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Simon Kenton
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