Lifeboat Boom After Titanic Lessons Prompt Safer Ocean Travel
After the Titanic disaster ships now deploy more lifeboats and drills, and crews are better trained. Routes are adjusted to avoid iceberg zones with new great circle paths, while wireless and life saving gear are upgraded though harmonizing maritime law remains a challenge.
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Mercantile Marine
New York
Europe
British Isles
Maritime Congress
Atlantic
The Summer Girl Seaside Bathing Suit Fashion
A stylish satin foulard bathing suit in brilliant red shades is showcased with a tucked bodice and arm protecting sleeves. The design aims to endure the season while appealing to women at the seashore and suggests using less costly materials for similar effects.
Peary on Icebergs and Searchlights in Arctic Travel
Admiral Peary explains in the Army and Navy Journal how a powerful searchlight could aid iceberg detection in clear weather, its limits in fog, and its comparability to naval searchlights. He describes bergs and growlers, risks from submerged ice, and experiences aboard the Roosevelt in Arctic waters with observations on speed, weather, and navigation.
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Robert Eleury
Admiral Peary
Army and Navy Journal
Arctic
Melville Bay
Roosevelt
Robeson and
Kennedy
Woman Miss Myra Lee First Orient Voter Registered in U S
Myra Lee described as an attractive Chinese woman and the first orient member to register to vote in the United States. An ardent suffragist she plans to teach in Los Angeles and later in Canton China to promote woman suffrage and English literature among Chinese children. Her father Lee Kwai Sing is a wealthy Los Angeles resident connected with Chinese Republican leaders.
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Myra Lee
Miss Lee
Los Angeles
China
Canton
Polytechnic High School
Lee Kwai Sing
Fox Lake High Schooler Wins $100000 Rat Trap Award
Benjamin Card an amateur electrician and high school student from Fox Lake Wis has been awarded 100000 by the United States government for a rat trap designed to exterminate rats on warships.
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Benjamin Card
Fox Lake
Wis
United States
Norway's wild animals include trapped wolves and beavers
The Boston Transcript notes Norway traps wolves foxes minks weasels badgers martens otters and seals while beavers are protected year round. Bears and deer are hunted by shooting not trapping. The piece adds a clipped remark on corn and rye affecting gait.
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Norway
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