New Device Exhibits 636 Foot Ocean Vessel Model in New York
Richard Painton unveils a working model of a steamship 636 feet long designed to reach 88 nautical miles per hour and cross the ocean in three days. The craft uses 14 to 20 independent propellers, four at the bow and stern and eight on the sides, each powered by separate motors.
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Maritime Exchange
Richard Painton
Stedham & Marceron
United States Navy
Board of Naval Constructors and Engineers
Philadelphia
Melville
Navy
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
la Gascogne
Molville
Cushing
Journa
Various 1900s Humorous Snippets and Quips
A compilation of short humorous items and quotes from newspapers. Bits include political jabs about Harrison, reflections on presidential friendships, a quip on dialect writing by Crockett, a clerk mistaking ice cream seeds, a remark on golf and youth, and a light note on stealing a kiss in the East.
Ancient Nipmuc mortars and a watering trough tale
From the Worcester Gazette account a stone mortar used to pound corn by Nipmuc people is linked to a 17th century capture by Colonel Benjamin Church. The piece notes many millstones and soapstone troughs found in Millbury Snutton and other Nipmuc areas, with one 75 pound trough near Ramshorn stream used for generations as a hen watering trough on a local farm.
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Benjamin Hurch
Annawan
Philip
Nipmuc
Grafton
Haranamisco
Kitville
Millbury
Snutton
Worcester Gazetté
Clever horse helps garden work in Englewood yard
Benny Moore of Englewood near Aia trains his horse Kit to pull grass in the garden. The colt once sprained a knee and, kept away from harm, learned to weed and trim cocoa grass by walking belt lines and piling trimmings for removal.
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Dener
Benny Moore
Englewood
Aia
Kit
Moore
Regmar
Philadelphia
Rain of fried fish astonishes Kinzua valley readers
The New York Recorder reports a remarkable event near Bradford Pennsylvania where rain during a forest fire brought fish to the burned area. Villagers in Kushequa say the fish cooled on hot ground and embers, feeding survivors who later shared the tale with neighborsto avoid ridicule.
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Kushequa
Bradford
Kinzus Valley
Kinzua “Creek
New York Recorder
Indolence in Education Sparks Debate on Energy Storage
A essay notes that competitive schooling trains for life yet may dull youth later. It cites a statesman who answered a charge of indolence by saying he was storing energy, illustrating concerns about energy reserves after early triumphs. England's self-image as painters of conquest is mentioned, alongside Cleveland Plain Dealer reference.
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Quarterly Review
Transparency canvass costs in New York City election
A New York Sun report notes about 1000 political canvass transparencies were printed on canvas and mounted on wooden frames, averaging 85 per assembly district with total expense near 16 000 dollars. The piece highlights the extensive network of party and independent groups and the prominence of Tammany Hall.
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Tammany
Milhollandites
State “Democracy
Anti-Tammany Democracy
Independent County
Ganization
Good Government Clubs
German Reform Union
The
New York
Voorhis Democracy
Prohibition
Asia
Young
Pemapetia
Tammany Hall
Court of Appeals
New York Sun
Journalistic Changes Foreseen in Newspaper Making
A survey of imminent shifts in journalism cites telantograph use for text and pictures, editor teleprinting orders, and rapid telantographic proofs. It notes writers becoming typographers, and machines reducing hand compositing and printing costs to boost profits.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Yacht with History Named El Presidente
The president of San Domingo recently bought a steam yacht named El Presidente. The trim craft formerly known as the Deerhound took part in the duel between the Kearsarge and the Alabama and rescued Captain Semmes and most of the Alabama’s crew when she sank.
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San Domingo
el’ Presidente
Gray Gables Oysters Label Questioned by Bay Fisherman
A Buzzards Bay fisherman asks if the label My Gables Oysters can be used on his next crop of oysters. He wonders whether the president has copyrighted the summer home title for exclusive use and if he could object for reasons related to trademark potential.
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Gray Gables
Buzzards‘ Bay
My Gables Oysters
Baltimore American
Schedules for Auctson Gas trains in Meridian Time
The notice announces operating schedules for the trains with Meridian Time reference, warns schedules may change without notice to the public, and lists the following entries for November 3, 1895.
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Auctson
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