Naval powers and ship counts in the great war era
An official Navy Department summary details world naval power standings in 1917 and projected builds. Britain remains leading in battleships and tonnage, the United States rises toward parity, with Japan and Germany evolving fleets. It notes ongoing destroyer programs and future tonnage growth across major powers.
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France
Japan
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Scapa Flow
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Russia
Italy
Navy Department
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England
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Britains naval lead over powers in World War I context
A fragmented wartime note states that Great Britain commands 118 naval vessels while the United States has 26, Japan 24, Germany 37, and France 19. It claims Russia and Austro-Hungary desalination their sea forces, Russia and Austria-Hungary’s fleets demobilized, leaving insignificance to other naval powers.
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United
Japan
Germany
France
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Russia
Austro- Hungary
Toda's Anniversaries 1306 to 1917 landmark notes
A compact timeline lists events from 1306 Napoleon creating Westphalia to 1917 US armed forces total 943,141. Notable items include 1855 Abbott Lawrence Hall establishing a Harvard science school, 1866 Berlin treaty toward a new confederation, 1870 Merrick dies as designer of the first armor clad warship, 1901 royal visit to Cape Town, 1908 Persia appointing diplomats in Athens, 1914 Tirlemont shelled, and 1915 Somme German gains, among others.
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Napoleon
Kingdom of
Westphalia
Prussia
Abbott Lawrencé
Boston
Lawrence Scientific School
Harvard University
Berlin
Samuel “.Merrick
Cone
Philadelphas
Hallowell
Princess’ of Wales
King George
Queen Mary
Cape Town
Pergia
Athens
Greece
Tirlemont
Russia
Somme
War Department
United States
fat and lean minds in history and today
The piece rails at Dr. B W de Busk, claiming no direct link between body size and intellect. It cites Caesar, Napoleon, Bismarck, and others to argue that brainpower varies with discipline and circumstance, not fatness, noting slim scholars and corpulent leaders alike.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Cassius
Caesar
B. W. de Busk
Universality of
Oregon
Plutarch
Napoleon
Bismarck
Li Hung Chang
Clothespole
Chaucer
Olver Cromwell
Henry VIII
Alexander Dumas
Victor Hugo
Charles M. Schwab
Marshal Joffres
Clemenceau
Burk
Hall of Fame
William -Howard -Taft
Busk
Robert
Louis Stevenson
Savonarola
Dante
Board of Supervisors
Fragmented OCR era clippings mix of court talk and odd facts
A scrambled OCR fragment runs through court jargon and stray notes. It references a judge, counsel, witnesses, and a stray question about resignations, plus scattered lines about beer tonnage and grain shipments and odd anecdotes. The text reads as disjointed historical reportage with no clear single event.
Nations Plot to Make Tool of U S in East Amid Turkey Controversy
A dispatch discusses American independence and public opinion amid Turkey and Armenia issues. It argues against foreign mandates and warns against ceding freedom to influence from European powers. It cites censorship in Turkey and stresses keeping the United States from entangling alliances while upholding liberty and ethical policy.
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East
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Constantinople
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Tate
Congress
Turkey
America
United States
Armenia
Constantino
Russia
Britain
France
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Entente
Aliance
Atlas
Humanity
Uberty
Smyrna
Wis
Buty
Americ
Ottofan Empire
Pulgarian
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Lexington
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George Adair
Edgewood
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Peentice Delet Junior
Lawrence
D.T. Lawren
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Harry G. Poole
Webb
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E. P. Webb
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Miday
H. M. Patterson & Son
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