Living on a Warship Food and life aboard the navy’s man of war
The article describes sailors meals and budgets for 30 000 crew on a battleship style ship. It details breakfast luncheons and dinners with varied menus and the paymaster’s tasks managing stores and costs. It notes officers messes and a hierarchical system of mess tables and the role of the paymaster in keeping men fed and healthy. It also covers training in trades aboard, cleanliness, and the disciplined daily routine from reveille to study.
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Sam
The
Home Magazine
Virginia
Idaho
Wisconsin
Uncle Sam
Jack Tars
Annapolis
Jacktar
Scotsmen in Kilts Contrast Edinburgh Humour and Silence
A London Tatler writer visits Edinburgh and notes the scarcity of kilts and Scotsmen in public. He mocks misconceptions about Scottish speech and describes a Perthshire hunter named Donald who seldom speaks, breaking silence only with a surprising Jamaica earthquake quip.
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London Tatler
Edinburgh
Queen City
The
Forth
Gormuck
Hodgkins
Lothbury Avenue
London
B. C
Scotland
Frederic Street
Braw
Brient
Whateffer
Gible
Donald
Perthshire
Jamaica
News Of The County Snatches and Scandals Across Town
Lieut. Carl Fatland returns to Cambridge on furlough after five years in the navy. Cadd marble works in Nevada suffers vandalism as a ton weight monuments are toppled and boxes looted with a $50 reward for arrest. A Cole Observer remark mocks a nerve exposed by a grocery coffee request labeling the man as not fit for a Christian community. Nels Russell faces a $2000 slander suit from Miss Anna Carlson tied to his daughter's actions. Des Moines police chase a smooth grafter who lured a widow with land claims, stole her furniture and sold it, leaving for parts unknown.
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Carl Fatland
United States Navy
Cambridge
Navy
Cadd Marble Works
Nevada
Cadd
Nels Russell
Roland
Anna Carlson
Ellsworth
Russell
Miss Carlson
Des Moines
Slater
Collins
The Cussedness of a Sail From Outing Magazine
A vivid excerpt by T. F. Day in Outing Magazine compares sailing to a battle with a willful canvas. It describes the dangerous, sneaky fights a sail can mount and the mix of cunning and courage needed to conquer. The piece emphasizes nerve, timing, and the thrill of a hard won victory at sea.
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T. F. Day
Outing Magazine
Polite Standoff at Cemetery Gate Ends with Elder Yielding
Two men meet at a cemetery gate and bow politely as they try to pass. After moments of politeness neither yields. The younger man smiles and says the elder should go first, highlighting courtesy over urgency.
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Sourire
A Knocker That Meant Life at Durham Cathedral
Cruel past punishments in England granted criminals sanctuary within churches. A relic survives as the Durham Cathedral door knocker. A priest peered through a copper mask above the knocker and, after parley, admitted the frightened applicant seeking protection.
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England
Durham
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promoted as Safe Cough Remedy
Advertisement notes Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble is not affected by the national pure food law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults. Also Foley’s kidney cure claimed to cure kidney trouble not beyond medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Cagwin
Fog at Sea Looms Over Hook of Holland Arrival
A fog enshrouds the Hook of Holland as passengers and crew search the deck for unseen dangers. Lewis Hind recalls the moment of alarm with helm, sirens, and the fogbound spectacle, while breakfast table conversations reveal calm and tension aboard.
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The
Hook of
Holland
Lewis Hind
Morning voyage memory of fog, Berlin wreck site
The narrator recalls relief as the vessel speeds up and the siren ends. The captain seeks coffee as some feel like dancing. On deck they see Holland, the sun clearing fog, and pass the Berlin wreck location with fear fading into a new day ahead.
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Holland
Berlin
Crape in Windows Draws Mourning on Second Avenue
Passengers on the Second Avenue elevated observe streams of crape tied to second and third story windows near fire escapes. The practice signals which flats have suffered a death, marking mourning on the front doors and within the rooms affected.
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Second Avenue
New York Press
Smoking in Washington Senate Report
The Westminster Gazette notes senators smoke in committee rooms and in the senate chamber. An orator is described delivering a periodic speech while puffing a cigar, with reporters jotting down each utterance.
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London
Westminster Gazette of London
Washington
Senate
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Cole Observer
America
Montgomery Ward
Cole
Ames Conservatory of Music
Iowa State College
Ames, Iowa
Alexander S. Thompson
Rooser’s Store
Sherwin-Williams Co
Bosworth Drug Store
Mutual Telephone
Lowa
City
College
365 Mutual and
Ames Pantorium
C. E. Holmes
Ames, la
W. G. Stockwell
Prop
Bell Phone
I3ix
Adams
Mutual Phone
AMES
Iowa
the Bank of Kelley Kelley
B. J. Penfield, Co
L. Siverly
Pres
Undertaker
Kooser Brothers
Mutual
L. A. Morris
East Main Street
F.D. Burdick Mutual Phone
Boone ST. Ames
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