Submarine Sleep Gas Invasion Foe Ship Capture Proposal
inventor Carl M. Wheaton of Newtonville proposes anesthetic submarines armed with a sleep gas to disable battleship crews and seize ships. Backed by Adm. Wilde and Prof. Dolbear, the plan uses a puncturing gun to deploy a nonlethal bomb and a 150 mile electric powered flotilla. cost about 1.266 million dollars. The system aims for bloodless warfare and would push U. S. naval prowess if secret.
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Technical World Magazine
Monitor
Holland
United States
Carl M. Wheaton
Newtonville
Mass
Amos Dolbear
Tufts College
Wheaton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wilde
Romance of Sea Derelicts and The White Ghost Sailor Tale
The tale recalls derelict ships from the Strait of Belle Isle to Labrador and the Atlantic. Westmeath Linlithgow Agnes Manning and W. H. White are chronicled as doomed wrecks and fated wreckers. The White Ghost sailed 7000 miles adrift before striking rock and sinking with all sails set.
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Strait of Belle Isle
Greenland
Westmeath
Agnes Manning
Manhattan
Jersey
Cape Cod
Sandy Hook
W. H. White
Atlantic
Locomotive Breaker Details Modern Engine Tests
The Chatauqua Times notes locomotive breaking as engines undergo staged tests after leaving shops. John Miller of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway breaks about 20 engines monthly, detailing throttle, track, and heating concerns in starting, and recounting Nos 1s and other consolidations as he explains evolving mechanical aids and safer procedures.
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Chatauqua Times
N. C
St. L
Phillips & Buttorff
John Miller
Nashville
Chattanooga and St. Louis
West Nashville
Consolidated
St. Louis L
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for women's illnesses. It cites ancient practices, Indian remedies, and a testimonial from Mrs Bertha Mutt of Louisiana Missouri describing twelve years of pain and eleven doctors, claiming health restoration after using the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Mutt
N.C. St
Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Muff
Spirit of Winter Influences and Hood’s Sarsaparilla
The piece notes winter’s varied effects on health and urges Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a cure for rheumatism, twinges, catarrh and scrofula. It claims the medicine is easily obtained and offers proof of radical, permanent cures.
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Hood
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