Subsidy bill argued to build American shipping for all
Washington: Senator Frye, a leading maritime expert and Senate Commerce Committee chair, defends a ship subsidy bill. He warns foreign competition and high freight costs harm the US, forecasting substantial savings and nationwide employment gains from a strengthened merchant marine.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
Congress
Committee On Commerce
Commerce Committee
Iis
Irre Yose
Mere Bagatelle
United States
Andree Now Given Up Daring Explorer Loses Life
Nearly four years have passed since S A Andree the Swedish aeronaut vanished after launching to reach the pole in a balloon from Amsterdam Island. Despite carrier pigeons and bottle messages no trace has been found and Swedish expeditions failed to locate him or any wreck. Scientists now deem him perhaps reckless but the polar mystery endures with no conclusive evidence of survival or disaster.
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United States
America
Sivel
Frrench Society of Aerial Navigation
Zenith
Hermite
Besancon
Andree
Sweden
Mr. Andree
Bezold
Pole
Spitzbergen
Polar
Berson
Neumayer
Admiralty Office
Arctic Pole
S. A. Andree
Amsterdam
Darth Pole
North Pole
Patent Office
Dane’s Island
Phipps’ Island
Andrew
Swedish Geographical and Anthropological Society
Lena
Oleneck
New Siberian Islands
Odd Uses of Indian Corn at the Paris Exposition
The Paris Exposition showcased many Indian corn products from the United States. Items included cornmeal, hominy, samp, meal, canned corn products, starches, oils, glucose, and plastics. Notably corn oil vulcanized forms a rubber substitute and cornstalk pith aids paper, varnish, films, and explosives.
China’s Coal Fields Show Vast Shansi Deposits
The article notes immense Shansi coal reserves, with anthracite estimates around 680 million tons. It cites Prof. Drake of Tien-tsin and Baron von Richtofen’s 1870 survey, describing thick beds, horizontal seams, and proposals for rail tunnels to load coal directly in mines for transport.
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China
Drake
Tien-tsin
Shansi
Baron von Richtofen
Pennsylvania
Tow Is Ponsonby’s Boy Making Out At College
A Philadelphia Press quip describes Ponsonby’s son at college as not making a strong athletic impression but excelling in study. The dialogue contrasts athletic visibility with scholarly progress, noting the boy’s focus on education over sports.
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England
United States
Great Britain
San Francisco Chronicle
Ponsonby
Philadelphia Press
Caret Candy Cathartic Health Ad
Bold health ad touts Cascarents as cure for ailments from headaches to cancer claiming bowel regularity with gentle natural movements. Mentions Cascarets Candy Cathartic boxes stamped C C C and warns against imitations at ten cents to start restoring health.
Census Taker in Col Pullett’s Chicken Coop
A Harlem Life quip depicts a census taker halted by a Colonel and Uncle Mose with the punchline that the census taker was simply performing his duty. The joke lampoons local authority figures and rural manners in a lighthearted exchange.
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Col. Pullett
Mose
Harlem Life
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McKinley
Minneapolis Journal
Aftenbladet
Stockholm
Krasnoyarsk
Antzifirovskoye
Yeneseisk
A. Andree
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Seven Islands
Lapland
China’s
Grace
Nell
Syracuse Herald
Carter
Carters
Bright
Morrow’s
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Frank Phelps
Maiden Lane
Wooster
Edward Mullen
Parkman St
Warren
E. Sherman
Court St
J. J. Kreuter
Zanesville
J. Barfell
Wayne St
van Wert
Samuel Wright
Central Iron & Steel Co
Brazil
Ind
Charles Bailey
McFarlan
Connersville
Chas. Shearer
Parkhurst St
Pontiac
Mich
J. Stevenberg
Catherine St
Muskegon
Edward Flanders
Simon’s Dry Goods
Lansing
Morrow
John Morrow
Springfield
Ull
Twentieth Century Trust Co
Chamber of Commerce Building
Detroit
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