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Zelaya Has Two Americans Shot in Nicaragua

Two Americans who were aiding revolutionaries in Nicaragua were executed by the order of President José Santos Zelaya, and the United States is now allowing the insurgents to enforce a blockade.

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Good Progress on Panama Canal Is Reported

An upbeat annual report by the Isthmian Canal Commission was released yesterday by the War Department, and included an explanation for the increase in the project's estimated cost, to about $375...

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If It Looks Like Poe and Sounds Like Poe . . .

In the Saturday Review of Books, an article discusses "a curious and interesting Edgar Allan Poe item," sold at auction last Monday: a manuscript of a parody of "The Raven" inscribed under the name...

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U.S. Is Said to Land Force in Nicaragua

American armed forces landed yesterday at the Nicaraguan port Bluefields, according to a ciphered dispatch sent by an insurgent, Col. F. Golarza, to G. Spencer Holland, who has "considerable property...

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Mother Jones Speaks Out for Convicted Caricaturist

Mother Jones spoke last night at a meeting at the Berkeley Theatre to protest the sentencing of Carlo de Fornaro to one year's hard labor after conviction on a charge of libel for caricaturing a...

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East Side ‘Bomb Zone’ Is Hit Twice

Bombs exploded in two tenement buildings yesterday in a Manhattan district that Police Headquarters has taken to calling the 'Bomb Zone' — east of Second Avenue from 11th to 14th Streets.

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U.S. Breaks Relations With Nicaraguan Dictator

The United States announced last night that it has broken off relations with the government of Nicaragua under José Santos Zelaya, and opened diplomatic channels with his rival, Gen. Juan Estrada. The...

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Insurer Bribed State Officials for 17 Years, Insurance Superindendent Charges

The Phenix Fire Insurance Company evaded state investigation for the past 17 years by bribing former officials of the New York State Insurance Department with "loans," the department's superintendent,...

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Taft Focuses on Trade in Message to Congress

In his first annual message to Congress, President Taft's emphasis was on American commercial interests, in particular his plans to enforce maximum tariffs only if necessary to support American trade...

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Cook Hit With Fraud Claims on Pole Data

Whatever credibility Dr. Frederick A. Cook's claim to discovering the north pole might still have seems to be obliterated today as The Times publishes the sworn testimony of two men who say they aided...

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