Greatest airship station on American continent at Fort Omaha
Omaha news reports a massive new U S Army airship station at Fort Omaha with a 200 by 90 by 75 foot steel balloon house, 300 tons, 75 foot doors, and a hydrogen gas house. Colonel W A Glassford leads the aero department as experiments with dirigibles begin in September.
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United States
Great Plains
Washington
Great Steel House
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Aero Department
United States Army
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Fort Crook
Glassford
France
Germany
Italy
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Omaha Post
America
Ambidexterity Condemned as Cause of Insanity
London special: Sir James Crichton Browne campaigns against ambidexterity movements sparked by Eton headmaster. He argues left hand writing wastes evolution and that ambidexterity stems from brain organization, warning it would swell lunatic asylums.
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London
James Crichton Browne
Eton
Browne
Sir James
James
His Business
A railroad engineer explains he has lived a fast life for ten years and rejects reform, asserting his identity and stubborn stance despite the preacher urging change.
Horatio Brooks and Athene Echo in Tennyson Verse
The fragment references Horatio Brooks as the orator and Athene noted for cleverness. It resembles a line invoking a brook akin to Tennyson, suggesting a literary meditation on endurance and memory.
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Horatio Brooks
Athene
Brook
Tennyson
Woman Tennis Player Seeks Tan Despite Sun
Silas Scrubbs laments the sight of a woman playing tennis in the hot afternoon sun to gain a tan then spending hours at home in front of a mirror trying to cover the tan with clothing or makeup.
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Silas
Get the Hook Origin Traced to New York Theaters
A New York gallery owner publishes Get the Hook tracing the phrase to Miner's Bowery Theater in October 1993. The tale describes amateur nights where audiences shouted Get the hook to remove failing performers, with a staged hook used to pull them off.
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New York
H. Clay Miner
France
Senate
Miner's
New York City
Beever
Dience
Edwin Booth
Richard Mansfield
The 23 Start Rule At Sore Tracks A Curious Belief
The passage notes a phrase of disputed origin linked to race tracks, claiming no more than 22 horses start a race while a 23rd is sent back. It cites Morgan and Belmont offices supposedly guarding portals to keep out undesirables, a tale likely apocryphal.
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J. P. Morgan
August Belmont
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Ames, Iowa
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Boone, Iowa
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Chicago
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Des Moines
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