The Navy's Great Sea Game of Gunnery and Strategy
A vivid account likens a naval gunnery contest on the Atlantic fleet’s southern drill grounds to a world series of sport. Twelve-inch guns replace bats, 870-pound shells replace baseballs, and ten thousand sailors play before sea birds, with no gate receipts but a bronze plaque as prize.
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New York Giants
Soldiers’ Field
Cambridge
Latonia
Narragansett
Shinnecock Hills
United States Navy
Virginia Capes
Texas
Tangier Sound
Tyrus Cobb
Honus Wagner
Waterloo
Eton
Navy
United States
Republic
Yale Bulldog
Princeton Tiger
Delaware
Utah
Red Sox
Giants
Florida
North Dakota
Smoky Joe
Guantanamo
Cervera
Naval Academy
Hull
Decatur
Farragut
Carribbean
New England
Portsmouth
Key West
Santiago
Manila
If Life Is Worth Living We Ponder Social Dress and Plumes
The piece contrasts gender blame in social norms with calls to regulate women's dress and prohibit wild bird plumes. It notes women’s clubs passing resolutions against importing plumage while birds appear on hats, condemning commercial greed that harms songbirds.
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Birds of Paradise
Break Procrastination with a Strict Promptness Drill
Lucia Bosley explains her method to replace procrastination with promptness by creating firm daily engagements. She details a year and a half of discipline, developing a mental habit path and testing routines to ensure on time actions.
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Lucia Bosley
American Magazine
Petrified Tree Sparks Ancient Ax Mystery Near Montana Butte
Near Sullivan ranch at Cut Bank and Two Medicine creeks in Montana a 450 to 500 foot butte holds a petrified pine tree two feet in diameter and 80 to 100 feet high. The log lies in two foot lengths with axe marks visible, confirming deliberate cutting and reveal questions about the age, people, and type of ax used.
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Sullivan Ranch
Cut Bank Creek
Two Medicine Creek
Montana
Missionary Pursuit Sparks Mountain Village Incident
Mayor Henry T. Hunt of Cincinnati, vacationing in a Kentucky feudist region, sprang up as a barefoot mountaineer and a missionary chased each other past a hotel veranda. The pursuer shouted he had chased the “high hipped” man since sunrise to shoe his unchristian feet, then the pair vanished toward a mountain cave.
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Henry T. Hunt
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Hunt
Cold Woman Reveals Harsh Kitchen Dispute
A bridegroom laments low spirits and tells of offering his wife two kisses to light their kitchen fire, only to have her refuse in a terse exchange. The dialogue hints at marital strain and practical tensions within domestic life.
Tripoli in Barbary From a Traveler's Early View
Dwin Asa Dix writes of Tripoli as seen from the deck, noting its buff colored walls seven green minarets and two fortresses while the bazaar and Hara reveal a lively Turkish city. He describes landings with kavass escort, harsh desert hinterland, a Roman arch in the city center, and a population including Berbers Arabs and Maltese with growing public schools.
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Dwin Asa DIX
New York Evening Post
Barbary
Tripoli
Souk el Ture
Rome
Lucius Aelius Verus
Marcus Aurelius
Tangier
Algiers
Tunis
Salem
Regeb Pasha
Vilayet
British admiralty yacht Rose visits Marseille route along French canals
The 38 ton Rose yacht arrived in Marseille en route to Gambia illustrating the French canal system. It sailed from Portsmouth to Havre then along the Seine to Paris and continued via Loing Nemours St Mammes Briare Montargis Loire Chatillon Nevers Bourgogne Chalon Macon Lyons Avignon to Port de Bouc.
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Admiralty
Rose
Marseille
Gambia
Portsmouth
Havre
Seine
Paris
Loing Canal
Nemours
St. Mammes
Briare Canal
Montargis
Loire Canal
Chatillon-sur-Loire
Nevers
Bourgogne Canal
Chalon-sur-Saone
Macon
Lyon
Avignon
Port-de- Bouc
Fairy Godmother or Competent Cook Question
The quote presents a humorous compare and contrast between wanting magical aid and preferring practical skill. It reflects characters debating ideal helpers and raises a light tone about problem solving through ability rather than magic.
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