Colorado Battleship Colorado III Sets Sail as Modern Sea Power
The Colorado, a 32 600 ton superdreadnaught with eight 16 inch guns and 21 knot speed, represents a leap from wooden frigates to electric driven turbines. It carries 69 officers and 1 266 enlisted men with 75 marines under Captain Reginald Belknap and reflects the nation’s naval armament limits. The ship highlights advanced engineering, aircraft catapult, and extensive armor, while contrasting past Colorado I and II vessels and noting the treaty-led pause on new battleships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. S. Colorado
Centennial State
Colorado
Pueblo
National Merchant Marine
Navy
West Virginia
United States
Westinghouse
Washington
Mutsu
Delaware
North Dakota
Maryland
Reginald Rowan Belknap
Belknap
Annapolis Naval Academy
Messina
May
North Sea
Naval War College
Wilson Brown
United States Navy
Colorado River
Norfolk Navy Yard
Colorado I
William Marvine
Gulf of Mexico
Key West
Rio Grande
Farragut
New Orleans
Mississippi Bar
H. K. Thatcher
Territory of
Louisiana Purchase
Texas
Mexico
Congress
G. W. Williams
New York
Bos
N’s
M. A. Neeland
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
R. R. Belknap
U.S. N
Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy Promises Help for Working Women
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women in laboring roles who suffer monthly troubles and general weakness. Speakings from Carolyne Mangels, Eleanor Sheblank, and Mary Plaza attest improved health and work capacity after using the product. The notice offers a free private text book on ailments peculiar to women from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn
N.Y
Carolyne Mangels
Milwaukee
Wis
Eleanor Sheblak
36Th St
Milwaukee, Wis
Webster, Mase
Mary Plaza
West Street
Webster, Mass
Ohio sandstone quarries near Amherst and Berea described
The world’s largest sandstone quarries lie south of Lake Erie near North Amherst and Berea in Ohio. Whetstones and grindstones are produced, with one quarry reaching 165 feet deep, its walls terraced like ancient Colosseum seats as wedges and steam drills carve blocks. A channeler completes the cut. Advertisements note Cuticura skin products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Lake Erie
North
Amherst
Berea
Colosseum
Beanspriced Quart at Seventy-Five Cents in Exchange
A Boston huckster quotes string beans at seventy five cents a quart and the Lady questions the price. The vendor insists the beans are high quality and high-strung, prompting a humorous exchange.
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Boston
Yale Record
If one doesn't tell his troubles he forgets them sooner
A brief proverb emphasizing that sharing worries helps lessen them, suggesting speaking about troubles prevents their lingering. It reflects a common-sense view on emotional relief and personal coping.
Method of Measuring Ozone at Seaside Resorts
The article describes a simple ozone test using blotting paper soaked in iodide of potassium and starch. Papers are exposed to air away from sun and rain, and their yellow color deepens with higher ozone levels, suggesting seaside resorts might announce ozone proportions to attract visitors.
Fine Linen and Courtesy in a Countess Shadow
A new maid defends her status to a superior, claiming aristocratic lineage with coronets on her bracelet. The exchange reveals class tensions and a heretofore hidden display of social pedigree within a household.
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Sans-Gene
Test of courage and honor described in old adage
The line presents a moral maxim about bravery in hardship and integrity facing temptation, reflecting a historical thread of virtue ethics. The phrase emphasizes character over easy paths and enduring trials as a measure of honor.
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John Dickinson Sherman
ALTH
Lydia E.pinkham
14Th St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Central
FOR
Theresa
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