United States advances in steel shipbuilding methods
The narrative surveys U S steel shipbuilding evolution from riveted frames to pneumatic and electric cranes, large scale hot forging, and streamlined shop layouts. It highlights the shift to domestic production, modern machinery, and the ability to build ships rapidly at Atlantic coast yards, boosting the navy and commercial fleet while acknowledging higher domestic wage costs.
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United States
Indiana
Massachusetts
Oregon
Attig
Ara
Atlantic
Eng
Atlantic Coast
Great Northern Railways
Pacific
Princess Stephanie Countess Lonyay Endures Royal Turmoil
Countess Stephanie long consists of sorrow as Leopold of Belgium, Emperor Franz Joseph, and Hungary’s rulers clash over her marriage to Count Elemer Lonyay. The royal widow loses most of her widow’s allowance, while Elizabeth, her daughter by Rudolph, stands to inherit Hungary’s crown after Francis Joseph’s death amid strained Austrian-Hungarian ties.
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Petnecas
Stephanie
Leopold
Belgium
Marie Antoinette
Rudolph
Austris
Iuili
Elemer Lonyay
Austria
Lonyay
Elemer Longay
St. Stephen
Veiled Prophet Festival Opens in St Louis Riverside Pageant
The Veiled Prophet festival marks its twenty fourth year with a riverfront arrival on Tuesday Oct 7. A reception committee will meet the visitor at Jefferson Barracks and escort him to the city where crowds await the Veiled Prophet. The order, formed in 1878, stages nocturnal pageants noted worldwide. The first procession featured floats like Glacial Period of Winter and Chariot of the Sun, evolving annually with themes from history and myth. Last year’s floats depicted the Louisiana Purchase states. Following the pageant, the Veiled Prophet ball honors a Queen chosen from St Louis society.
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St. Lotta
Tofferson Barracks
Far East
Et Louis
BodiHes
Mobile
New Orleana
St. Louis
Ceres
Louisiana Purchase
St Louis
Black Diamonds Sold as Jewelry in Chicago Scams
A New York Herald report notes a craze in Chicago where forged black diamonds are sold as jewelry. A man near Adams and Dearborn offered genuine looking diamond sticks at 15 cents each, with the stones appearing as lumps of coal affixed to gold pins, seen by hundreds in men’s cravats.
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Chicago
Hoyt
Reuben
Cynthia
Cynthis Tyaa
Saya
New York Herald
Adams and
Dearborn
Jerome on the Stage Mary Wilkins Freemans Poor Man Play
An upcoming mid October debut features Jerome Poor Man dramatized from Mary Wilkins Freeman. Walter B Perkins takes the title role in a Bouchet farce project she supports. The production aims to stage in New Hampshire as part of a regional tour.
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Mary Wilkins
Mary H. Wilkins-Freeman
Jerome
Walter. B. Perkins
Waltas
Bouchet
India
Shocked Her Subjects Wagital Wife of Prince of Pleas Too Strenuous
Princess Henry of Pleas, wife of Prince Henry, has angered her subjects by hunting and shooting in the park at Purstenstell. The English beauty, favored by the king and queen of Buogland and godparents to their son, draws criticism from nobles who prefer a more decorous court. The couple remains close with German magnates and English guests, shaping light social ties across British and German society.
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Henry of Pleas
Thia
Roynd ‘Park
Purstenstell
Hood
Henry of
Preseng
Ebancellos
Black Eagle
Vuystenstein
Buogland
Hdward
Wilholrg
Furgten
Mont Pleasant
Bogota Gunboat Seeks Padilla in Pacific Stakes
The Colombian gunboat Bogota, formerly Jessie Banning, sailed from San Francisco to chase the insurgent Padilla near Panama. Manned by American crew with Dewey veterans and led by Captain Marmaduke, the vessel mounts four rapid pounders and two Maxim-Nordenfeldts. The crew proclaims bold battle readiness, aiming to capture or destroy Padilla within ten to fourteen days.
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San Francisco
Panama
Buccaneera
Golden Gate
Bogota
Padilla
Jessie Banning
Kutch
British Columbia Porte and
Lynn Canal
Alaskan
Seattle
Risdon Ironworks
Colombia
America Navy
Dewey
Manila Bay
Uncle Bam
Oregon
H. Marmaduke
Virginia
Arthur H. Dutton
Annapolis Naval Academy
United States Navy
Dutton
Gloucester
Wainwright
Santiago
Charles
Mitchell
Dogola
United States School of Gunnery
Washington Navy Yard
Joseph J. Meany
United States
Irla
W. @. Graham
Cuba
Philippine
China
B. ©. Clark
Winslow
Cardenas Bay
Isthmus
Pacific
Cearles
Richardson
Freneh Plan for a Desert Cable Across Dutch Africa
Fragmented 19th century ad copy and anecdotes describe a project to lay 1500 miles of cable across a desert from Tynis to Leake Tehad, plowing a furrow a mile wide and deep, with a moving engine and a single operation. The text also includes durable patent medicine ads for Dewitt’s witch hazel salve and Rocky Mountain Tea, plus miscellaneous travel quips and a testimonial about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
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Freneh
Tynis
Leake Tehad
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