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Athens Weekly Banner in Athens, Georgia

01 Mar 1901

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Athens Weekly Banner

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Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1901

Page

3

Naming the Ships of Our Navy

The article traces how the US Navy named ships after battles, places, and institutions, listing states and vessels such as Alabama Montgomery California California San Francisco Monterey Oregon Oregon Oregon New Orleans Maine Castine Machias Katahdin and many others, noting Dewey era names and the mix of battleships cruisers gunboats and harbor defenses with irony about university names and Ship names reflecting national power. It also mentions specific vessels like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology remark, the Pensacola as a receiving ship, and ships associated with Dewey’s Manila fight and Atlantic lists.

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United States Navy Solace Rainbow Bancroft Naval Academy George Bancroft Academy Chesapeake Alabama Kearsarge Congress Paris New York Yale Harvard Admiral Dewey Massachusetts Institute of Technology Spain Reina Mercedes Don Juan de Austria Isla de Luzon Isla de Cuba el Cano Villalobos Pampanga Catamianes Magileno Guardoggni Uncle Sam Minneapolis Indiana Columbia Montgomery Eureka Springs Pocomoke City Medicine Lodge Arkansas Monitor Newport News California San Francisco Monterey Yosemite Guam Colorado Denver Connecticut Long Faragut Hartford Delaware Wilmington Florida Pensacola Navy Goat San Francisco Bay Georgia Atlanta Idaho Nois Chicago Peoria Spain- Indiana United States Pnv Banka Boston Navy Yard Iowa Santiago Des Moines Kansas Topeks Kentucky Turkey Louisiana New Orleans Brazil Maine Havana Philadelphia Castine Machias Maryland Michigan Detroit Minnesota Naval Militia Massachusetts Mississippi Vicksburg Sraisera Albany Buffalo Saratoga North Carolina Rileigh Manila North Dakota Ohio Cincinnati Marietta Pennsylvania Lancaster Lebanon Rhode Island Newport South Carolina Charleston Navy Department South Dakotas South Dakota Yankton Tennessee Nashville Chattanooga Elizabethport N. J Texas Virginia Richmond Philadelphia Navy Yard Yorktown State of Washington Olympia Dewey Tacoma Washington West Virginia Wheeling Wisconsin
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Mother's Friend advertised as safe for expectant mothers

An advertisement touts Mother's Friend by a Kentucky attorney at law claiming it prevents nine tenths of childbirth suffering. It promises a relaxed, pain-free delivery and quick recovery, with the product sold by druggists at one dollar a bottle and a free illustrated book offered.

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Bradfield Regulator CO Atlanta
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Land leasing bill eyed for mining claims in Philippine province

Commissioner Worcester plans a bill to authorize land leases for mining while prohibiting mining operations and timber cutting. Squatters in Benguet and Lepanto mine metals as thousands work on the Dahupan to capital province road. Temperature records show cool, salubrious weather with a new health resort for soldiers and civilians under construction. Thirty third infantry to collect Companies O and M at Wigan after delays at Hocos due to swallpox, quarantine lifted. Government buildings at Iba Sambales burned with jail spared. Twenty fourth infantry stores lost, steamer sent from Manila with supplies. Detachment of Fourth infantry captures General Vinegra near Cavee?ca. Proclamation issued offering ten Mexican dollars per American head.

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Revaiis Masixa Worchester Commission Benguet Lepanto Dahupan Ba 2 Wigan Hocos Manila Iba Sambales Twenty-fourth Infantry Fourth Infantry Vinegra Cave Eca
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Ball Hits the Wrong Man in Florida Postmaster Shootings

Florida postmaster George Glass, a High Springs politician, fired at wealthy merchant A Levy but struck guest J D Newsberry, wounding him. Glass, intent on Levy, attacked at Levy home. Levy has since gone to New York amid a Florida-wide sensation over the incident.

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Jacksonville Fla High Springs George Glass A. Levy Levy J. D. Newsberry Glass Willi Im New York Florida
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