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...placid, palm-fretted harbor where the Maine was blown up, guarded by hoary Morro Castle, which was begun in 1587 by Felipe II of Spain as protection against Sir Francis Drake and his marauding ilk. Perhaps someone on the Texas could point out the stone chute in the seaward wall where executed prisoners used to be slid to the sharks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: To Cuba | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

...little boy jumped with a para- chute made from a tablecloth, felt the parachute give way above him, felt the world come up beneath him, rolled over uninjured. He had landed on a pile of hay. The boy was James De Witt Hill. About 35 years later he jumped from Old Orchard, Me., in an airplane made of wood and wires and steel; felt the airplane give way around him; felt the world coming up beneath him; splashed down into the ocean, disappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notes, Sep. 19, 1927 | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinach | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

...Western State Bank of Cicero, Ill., announced last week the installation of a safety chute, wherein gamblers, thugs, bootleggers, honest merchants may drop deposits at any hour of the day or night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinach | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

...good, and few bucks got beyond the line of scrimmage. The lineup was as follows: McKinlock, Lewis and Borden, ends, Oetinger and Ross, tackles, Crawford and Brewer, guards Bell, center, Howland, quarterback, Hart and Parsons, halfbacks, and Faxon, fullback. Standish--Johnston and Read, ends, Davis and Warner, tackles. Chute and Hodge, guards, Donham, center, Lomasney, quarterback, Hazell and Ware, halfbacks, and Lauris, fullback...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McKINLOCK WINS 7 TO 0 VICTORY OVER STANDISH | 10/14/1926 | See Source »

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