Uncle Sam May Surprise Em Naval Architects Plot New Ship Type
The article discusses a proposed radical warship concept named the Schofield. It envisions a 20,000 ton, low freeboard craft with armored deck, side torpedo tubes, and multiple compartments to localize damage. Torpedoes dominate armament, aimed at countering submarines and heavy guns. The design emphasizes long range, speed, and stealth, potentially offsetting Britain’s monitors and challenging German naval power.
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Robert G. Skerrett
New York Sun
England
Sir Percy Rcott
Atlantic
Eingland
Hagland
Sir Percy Scott
Germany
William
Bima
Wilhelmshaven
Sims
Great Britain
Belgium
Zeebrugge
War College
Naval War College
Schofield
Frank H. Schofield
Sim
Navy
Philanthropist funds campus building after prank memory
A generous donor explains funding a new building at his alma mater to memorialize a harsh welcome night he endured as a freshman. He insists the site is fixed to honor memories and express goodwill toward the college.
Victims of Friendship Prison Exchange Tale
A parson visits convict 41,144 in a state prison. The inmate recounts how a supposed friend manipulated officials to swap a death sentence for life imprisonment, revealing a bitter betrayal and a grim turn of fate. The dialogue hints at a flawed system and corrupted mercy.
He Loses Love Over Money Heiress Affair
A tale of a poor man who tried to change his fate by courting a wealthy heiress. The wedding fails and he accepts money cannot buy happiness, while the maid quips that money buys almost anything else.
Tail of a Dog In a Serial Style Tale
A lighthearted fragment presents a dog tale with banter about a dog’s tail evoking a serialized story with no end in sight. The exchange echoes penny dreadful cadence and playful bluff.
The Missing Word Proverb Pondered in Witty Essay
A witty essay debates the proverb a word to the wise is sufficient. It explores how context, tone, and audience shape what word fits best in a given situation. The piece toys with language and reader judgment as it weighs concise guidance against elaborate counsel.
Theatrical manager seeks play to fit auction scenery
The manager tells the writer he bought a job lot of scenery at auction and wants a play written to fit it. The writer asks what kind of job and the manager clarifies his request.
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T. m
Man and Wife Exchange Pocket Joke
A humorous exchange on pocket access and money. The husband notes the old joke about finding a woman's pocket. The wife agrees a man has no business with a woman's pocket while a woman has with a man's because she needs the money.
Birds and Wires Debate Splits on Underground Telephony
A social quip shows a man with long hair advocating underground telegraph and telephone wires, sparking a joke about roosting birds. The telegraph man challenges the plan with a jab about the Audubon society and its leader, highlighting a clash of ideas.
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Audubon Society
Why He Objected Doctor-Its Deaf-Mute Dilemma
A speaker complains that deaf mutes talk too loudly disturbing him. An attendant questions how talking with their fingers makes noise. The doctor replies that actions speak louder than words.
Sure to Come Back Poem Laundry Joke
A brief humorous exchange centers on a poet who lost a cuff with a poem written on it. His wife jokes the cuff was sent to the laundry, while the poet quips the poem will return as it always does. The exchange closes with light marital wit.
Wis Specialty Card Sharp Sails as Ocean Liner Expert
A remarked pasty-faced individual is described as a smooth card sharp aboard an ocean liner. Despite not swimming or sailing, he is praised for his famous skill at the gaming table and his nautical persona.
Beigns and Portents
A fragment asks what rising smoke in a stralght line signifies, answering that it indicates a fire somewhere nearby. The line hints at superstition and practical caution in reading smoke signals.
Quarrel Between Two Groups Described as Bitter
Report notes ongoing disputes with sharp exchanges and personal slights between the two sides. Observers describe the conflict as intense and unproductive, reflecting deeper tensions within the community.
Alas Poor Woman Poised Between Politeness and Interference
A reflective verse stanza notes a man’s reluctance to interfere as women navigate situations, describing social dynamics where modesty and propriety shape actions and boundaries in public life.
Where would man be without woman in Eden garden
A female suffrage orator demands in a fierce tone where man would be without woman. A masculine voice from the gallery retorts that he would be in the Garden of Eden eating strawberries.
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Garden of Eden
Just for a Chance Illustrators Questioned by Comic Exchange
A playful exchange questions magazine illustration work and its appeal. One speaker asks about a career drawing beautiful women while the other declines, suggesting a caveat about losing interest if the subject were uniform or homely.
Deserving Character
A brief exchange recalls a stout stranger in a car, later identified as the cook who uses the car two afternoons weekly. The banter hints at a humorous social dynamic and a pie saving the day.
Alibi Proved in Suit Over Reflections
Miss Over seven sued young Sapleigh for damages alleging reflections were cast. Sapleigh’s defense put him on the witness stand and the jury found he wasn’t bright enough to cast reflections, resulting in a loss for the plaintiff.
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Dixon
Miss Over
Sapleigh
Deeds of Daring Breakfast Plan
Two men plot an improvised heist style breakfast plan with eager talk of breaking into the house and stealing food. The dialogue features Cholly and Sweddy planning an extraordinary breakfast scheme with humorous slang.
Earlie and the comb joke swap
A storefront humor sketch shows Earlie replying he lacks a comb and refuses a suggestion to ask his wife to buy one. He quips that with a wife shopping, he would have to comb his hair himself. The exchange highlights light家庭 banter.
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Earlie
Safety Flrat and the Attentive Porter
A garbled dialogue centers on a porter who is unusually attentive to a traveler's needs. The banterist notes repeated travel on the road and mentions a conductor warning about handling a suitcase to avert germs, implying a cautious, humorous travel encounter.
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