U S Navy readies thirteen and fourteen inch guns for dreadnoughts
The Washington navy yard builds fourteen inch guns for the New York and Texas battleships and later Nevada and Oklahoma. Each 14 inch piece weighs about 63 tons, costs over $62 thousand per gun plus $50 thousand for the mount, and fires 1,400 pound shells nearly thirteen miles.
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Wenty
Washington Navy Yard
New York
Texas
Nevada
Oklahoma
United States
Arthur M. Evans
Chicago Record-Herald
Navy Yard
Washington Monument
Capitol
White House
Congressional Library
Washington
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Naval Proving Ground
Indian Head
Germany
Great Britain
France
Japan
Russia
Italy
Austria-Hungary
United States Navy
Walnut ketchup tale from a walnut tree grove
A student asks a countryman what is obtained from a walnut tree. The man replies cheerfully that it is walnut ketchup as he continues boring the tree for sap or material, turning the inquiry into a humorous anecdote about nut processing.
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Indianapolis
Probing Sealed Proposals At Father Office
A father explains his sealed proposals file to his daughter asking if any pertain to her. The exchange hints at personal interest amid official paperwork and a family moment in a newspaper clipping style.
Irishman Asks If Saints Were Protestants In Presbyterian Church
An Irish visitor enters a Presbyterian church on Fifth Avenue and challenges the idea of saints as he notices wall paintings of the apostles. The sexton confirms the saints, and the Irishman asks when they became Protestants, prompting a humorous exchange from the Saturday Evening Post.
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Bethlehem
Fifth Avenue
Sexton
St. Mark
St. Timothy
Saturday Evening Post
Respect for Age Pedantic Old Gentleman and the Waiter
A witty exchange from London Tit-Bits where a pedantic elder admonishes a waiter for speaking disrespectfully of elders. The waiter replies about learned politeness, and the gentleman resolves to stay silent about the fowl he has just received.
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London
His Friendship and the Furniture Sale Bargain
A dialogue scene shows a male friend offering to buy the woman's furniture for 300 francs after a catastrophe, but she reveals it sold for 325 francs. The man expresses disbelief at her being robbed, in a terse exchange labeled Pele-Mele.
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Pele-Mele
Never Permitted to Forget
A humorous exchange shows a captain recalling he has crossed the ocean seven hundred eighty one times. When asked if he forgets, he says no because some silly person requires him to remember the number on every voyage.
Disappointed Man Exposes Wife Bridge Claims
A man recalls being misled about his wife’s bridge skills after assessing her culinary ability. He notes the deception centered on her claim to be a good bridge player rather than cooking prowess. The exchange reflects personal disappointment in the relationship.
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