Senator Foraker on Building Our Own Ships
Senator Foraker voices strong support for building American ships with American crews and by government-supported but American-owned methods. He argues against subsidies, urging reciprocal benefits and a strong national merchant fleet to restore pride and independence in U.S. maritime strength.
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Senator Foraker
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Maine
Cuba
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Washington
Gevert Weyler
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Silk weighting methods and a German process for weight gain
The item discusses traditional silk weighting using tannate of tin and a new German method using silica as the weighting agent. It outlines three steps involving perchloride treatment, washing, and immersion in water glass or soluble silicate, with potential weight increases of up to 400 percent while preserving dyeing and bleaching options. The text shifts to politics, urging Kentucky Republicans to support a Republican candidate and noting comets and greenback taxation proposals in the Senate.
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Detroit News-Tribune
Saved by a Word Knowledge in a Mesicn Ter Proved Useful Abroad
A man home from Europe recalls a barber shop encounter where language barriers nearly doomed him. He yells Adagio and the barber stops, sparing his wife and illustrating how a single Italian musical term saved them from embarrassment.
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Giast
Washington Post
Acerlia Physigan
Europe
Haly
Halian
Fire insurance fears hit small businesses and yards
A historic note warns insurers avoid high risk stock such as rags clothes and dice found on premises. Marine stores timber yards and sawmills face steep rates with strict distance rules, as premiums jump from about 23 to 300 when timber storage moves within 18 feet of the house or building.
Mexican execution tale and odd Thames court notes
A chaotic mix of an attempted second execution in Mexico and a Thames magistrate scene. The Mexican condemned man survived bullet wounds and may be reprieved to avoid a second execution. In London, a case reveals a “National Liars” club card and a remark about Japan’s burial customs, with peculiar moral musings and a remand for further inquiry.
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Theiena
Luthe
States
Man With
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Alexander Fullerton
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Liars” Association
East End
Failorion
Wagistrats
Delegates favor McKinsey amid Republican Convention notes
Delegates chosen for the Republican National Convention show strong backing for McKinsey with about half believed to favor him. The report references regional diversity among delegates and hints at broader political implications while weaving in historical and economic commentary.
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MeKinsey
McKinsey
Quotations on Liberty Reason and Opinion from Historic Authors
A compact set of archival quotes reflecting views on liberty politeness happiness reason aging and human conduct. Notable lines touch Shaftesbury Voltaire Calton Coleridge Montaigne and Sir Walter Scott with sharp wits and moral reflections on age, action, and restraint.
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Voltaire
Coleridge
LE Strange
Montayne
Walter Scott
Tage
H O
Famous Eyes Through History and Art
A compact study traces notable eye depictions from Elizabeth I with sideways glances to Nero and Frederick the Great, noting blue and clear eyes in portraits and ancient Greek artwork. It touches on a jeweled eye observation tool and ends with a stray gardening tip about removing stains from carpet.
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England
Nero
Frederick
Venus
Hoads darsapatila praised for cure claims
The text extols Hoads darsapatila claiming unmatched healing power and large sales. A parent recalls a boy aged seven suffering rheumatism and scrofula with five sores on the thigh, deemed incurable by doctors until the remedy allegedly helped.
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Hoad
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