Two Iconic Ironclads and the Quest for Naval Invention
The piece traces the Monitor's era as the United States pushes ironclads into service and inspired a wave of experimental designs. It recounts Admiral Ammen's Katahdin ram and the Vesuvius dynamite cruiser, noting their grand promises and ultimate failures in the late 19th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ien
Hampton Roads
Delilah
Merrimac
Samson
Confederacy
United States
Necessity
Ericsson
Mother Necessity
Kansas City Star
Navy
Admiralty
Yaang
Daniel Ammen
Ammen
Phoenicia
Rome
Navy Department
Spain
Uncle Sam
United States Navy
Vesuvius
Washington Havy Yard
Vesuvius in Action Terrorizes Seas and Navy
A historic account notes the Vesuvius firing improvised dynamite shells near Santiago in 1898. Its immovable tubes limited aiming, yet the ship earned the nickname earthquake maker and terrorized the American navy, despite fears of magazine explosions in heavy seas.
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Cuba
Santiago
Premonition of tragedy haunts Bucknell in Titanic tale
Mrs. Bucknell wife of Bucknell University founder felt dread about sailing and warned a friend in Cherbourg. The ship struck and in the lifeboat she recalled her warning and vowed to heed any future premonition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bucknell
Bucknell
Cherbourg
Bluebird Luncheon A Spring Fancy By Mrs McLean
Mrs Edward McLean hosted a Bluebird luncheon for Mrs Peter Goelet Gerry visiting her mother Mrs Richard Townsend in Washington. The table featured bluebird motifs, live birds in wires, electric lighting, miniature feathered birds on place cards, and Maeterlinck inspired charms with flowers and blue gauze. Suggestions for cheaper lines use blue velvet birds and spring blooms on decorative place cards.
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Edward McLean
Peter Goelet Gerry
Richard Townsend
Washington
Maeterlinck
New York Press
Lincoln's Superb Oratory in Cooper Union Speech
Joseph H. Choate, in praising Lincoln on his eightieth birthday, recalls the Cooper Union address of 1860. He notes an awkward start but a brilliant delivery that lit Lincoln's presence and captivated listeners for an hour or more while he discussed the era's great questions.
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Lincoln
Joseph H. Choate
Mr. Choate
Mr. Lincoln
Cooper Union
Bis
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Barstow
California
T.G. Nicklin
M. J. Smith
Mohave Desert
Nicklin
Clark & Wright Lawyers
Washington, D. C
Calvert Wilson
Attorney-At-Law
Wilcox
Los Angeles
Cal
T. G. Nicklin
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