High explosives fired tests at Sandy Hook proving grounds
Experiments with explosive gelatin shells and thorite at Sandy Hook tested coast defense guns and armor plate. A 12 pound thorite shell passed through 44.5 inch Harveyized armor without exploding, showing potential for high explosive delivery from standard rifles. Observers included board members and engineers, with safety measures and range finder tests continued nearby.
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Tuttle
Sandy Hook
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Anya
New York Herald
J. N. Lewis
Board of Ordnance
P. C. Hains
Nica
Tagne Canal
War Department
Shief of
Engineers
Henry ©. Haebrouck
J. P. Storey
H. L. Harrin
Artillery
J. C. Ayres
Ordnance
Judson
Willard. Isham
Thorlte
Pr. Tuttle
Hasbrouck
Unclear fragment hints at international university games
Fragment mentions blue colors for Oxford Cambridge Yale and crimson for Tar ward pony Up, with garbled names and inconclusive context. No identifiable events, dates, or participants clarified for a proper news card summary.
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Bing
Oxford
Cambridge
Yale
Tarward
Bopton Berald
Mysterious murder threat sparks tense household scene
Detroit Free Press outlines a quarrel between a husband and wife over trust and an imminent murder plot. The man lashes out about disguises and a tailor tied to an intruding family, while the wife pleads for restraint as danger looms.
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Robert
Ike
Detroit Free Press
Other Victims Thomas My Dear A Shame Creature Howling
A fragment from the New York World quotes a speaker lamenting a disturbing scene. The speaker recalls threats and the idea of throwing a bootjack to restore sleep as a dark, compressed aside.
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Thomas
Howla
New York World
Quotations and Snippets From Various Newspapers
A collection of humorous lines and brief exchanges from multiple papers, including references to a father approving a son’s marriage proposal, a gambler quitting, and observed teasing at social events. Also notes on sports banter, social exchanges, and a Punch theatre line, with scattered one liners and captions.
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B.C
N. Ry
Minnesota
South Dakota
Shell Rock
Abbott Crossing
Waverly
Inc
Farmer,a. G. P
T. A
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Curious Victorian contraption told in a curious tale
The excerpt recalls a crude poster hoax and trick to hang a bill by weights and tacks, followed by assorted travel notes describing Alto Crucero weather with freezing nights and hot noons, and short humor from Chicago Record anecdotes and readers around the late 19th century.
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Alto Crucero
Chicago
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D. D
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Indianapolis
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Brooklyn
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Morganton, Tenn
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Pfander & Rackrowt
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Louisville & Nashville. Railroad
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