Make Good Sailors for Those Who Love the Sea and Navy Careers
The navy has actively recruited in the middle west, finding a superior class of men with high aptitude. Apprentices start at $16 monthly during instruction with room for advancement to petty officer ranks and beyond. A commissioned officer path exists with salaries from $1,200 to $1,800 yearly plus retirement benefits, and the first enlistee to gain a commission was Lieut. H. B. Soule, who began as an apprentice at $9 per month in 1901.
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Navy
Middle West
Navy Department
Ratis
Isyarnee
Écaman
Naval Academy
H. B. Soule
Figures From Bacon Speech Prompt Maryland Senator Whyte
Senator Bacon of Georgia defended figures in a speech on the Erie canal while Senator Whyte of Maryland privately questioned their source. Whyte vouched for the data noting he used similar figures in a Senate speech in 1881.
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Senator Bacon
Georgia
Maryland
Whyte
Senator Whyte
Senate
Bathing Suit Plan Proposed by Husband at Sea Level
Mrs. Gailey laments fashion ideas for a bathing suit phrase Oh dear and her husband promptly offers a plan. He suggests building the bottom closer to sea level this year as a suggestion to her styling dilemma.
Apparel and the Man
A persuasive piece on personal appearance as a key to business success. It argues that clean dress, shined shoes, white teeth, and neat linen influence first impressions, employer respect, and sales performance. It cites Shakespeare and urges choosing being well groomed over mere comfort, noting even "dudes" can succeed where tramp-like behavior fails.
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Shakespeare
Field of Isandhlwana remembered in brutal detail
A British report recalls Isandhlwana’s 1879 battle. It notes 800 Britons killed, 102 wagons seized, 1 400 oxen, guns, ammo, and £60 000 in commissariat plunder. Five months passed before burial, with 500 bodies found and identified. Carcasses and relics marked a savage day, and Zulus reportedly lost about 2 000 men.
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Cetewayo
Isandhiwana
Lord Chelmsford
Flea troupe fuels party thrill gone wrong
An afternoon party escorts a novelty act of performing fleas staged by an anxious hostess seeking a sensation. The event ends in chaos as the impresario mourns the loss of the fleas while a guest in a gray gown brushes by, prompting a humorous correction from the manager about a gun of ny artistes.
One Blessing in Morner and Grouch Dialogue
Morner notes Browler has died and cannot return to lecture about it. Grouch agrees, remarking Browler’s passing ends his ability to argue. The exchange frames a grim pun on a traveler’s fate and a lecturer’s absence.
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Morner
Browler
Grouch
Lovely Woman Says Some Women Demand Blame For Husbands
An aged speaker notes some women refuse to accept blame, claiming the right to control their lives and choices, while criticizing husbands for letting them. The quip reflects gender tension and social expectations in a bygone era.
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Uncle Ken
Indian Capital Preservation Plans Spark Creek Council House Museum Idea
The article notes Oklahoma and Indian Territory merging capitals and prompts a movement to turn historic state buildings into national museums. It highlights the Creek capital at Okmulgee, its 1867 origins, and recalls the Red Stick War and Tecumseh era legends. It also tells of Moccasin Track Cliff near Sapulpa with a legend of a forbidden romance and a white lover who died on the cliff.
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Oklahom
Indian Territory
Five Civilized Tribes
Okmulgee
House of Kings
Houses of Warriors
Tecumseh
Vuis
Tercumseh
Hettom
Sapulpa
Sago
Jover
Lipton Aims at New Cup Challenge in 1907 America
Sir Thomas Lipton stays focused on reclaiming the America's Cup, planning a new yacht and a fresh race strategy under the New York Yacht Club rating rule. A lavish Massachusetts Bay cup, designed by London silversmiths, awaits its holder after two Class Q championships, with Lipton and Boston yachtsman Winfield Thompson arranging the event.
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Thomas Lipton
London
Thomas
Muassar Whusetts
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Winfield M. Thompson
Boston
Great Britain
America
Thomas J. Lipton
Massachusetts Bay
Big Thomas Lipton
Yacht Club
Yacht Roving Association of Massachusetts
Aeolus
Cure
Garnot
Torasin
Poets Remember Distant Days in Haunting Verse
Fragmented text recalls poets praising past days and old times. Names and places are garbled, but themes of memory, youth, and aging appear through scattered lines about crowns, snowy hair, and hours. The passage resembles a damaged literary fragment from a historical page.
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Raoud
The Princess Sonia of Kikamsk and the Lupinski Trial
In a distant eastern province a benevolent ruling princess faces revolutionary fear. Lupinski, a peasant, assaults Sonia and is condemned to death, but a forged threat is revealed when a maiden pleads for him. Sonia pardons him after a cat sighting exposes the prisoner's innocence.
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Russian Empire
Iroboken
Petersburg
Anfairs
Sonia
Lubinski
Kikamsk
Angora
Lupinski
Mary
Exacution
Ivan
Ivan Lupinski
Tuers
Lfe
Kimamak 1
Frigh
Tia
Tuupinsted
Sud
Daily Story Pub, Co
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Uncle Sam
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Ormul
Sir Thomas Lipton
Massachusetts
Bir Thommas
Prise
Tlas Buen
Massiachusetts Bay
Grandalamata
L. B. Kinder
Canterbury
Twe
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