Hawsers of Vast Strength in Heavy Tow Lines
The Greek liner Patris towed to New York saw three 4½ inch steel hawsers part under strain of 62,000 pounds during rescue efforts. Three inch steel hawsers withstand about 23 tons and cost 29 cents a foot. The 44 inch hawser is favored for heavy towing, with 54 ton breaking strain. Hamburg America liners Vaterland and Imperator used the largest hawsers in bulk, while permanent moorings relied on 24 inch hemp hawsers.
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Thessaloniki
Patris
New York
Vaterland
Imperator
Political Gossip Dangers in Public Life and Industry
A critique of political agitators and middlemen who distort business with gossip. It urges direct dialogue between industries and the public to prevent misunderstanding, demagoguery, and harmful rhetoric in governance and commerce.
Potash From Feldspar Emerges As Fertilizer Substitute
The war pushes the US to find fertilizer substitutes. A Canadian patent extracts potash from feldspar by heating with limestone and iron oxide to about 2200 degrees, yielding potash salts after acid decomposition. A New Orleans distillery plans to convert molasses waste into fertilizer, potentially producing over 106 tons of potash daily.
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United States
New Orleans
Accident near Washington street and Vermont avenue
William A. Lucas recounts a crash on Washington street at Vermont avenue where his light car was struck amidships by an unknown powerful motorist. The vehicle rolled, Lucas was thrown out but escaped serious injury, as did his wife and sister in law Kate Holmes, all over sixty.
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William A. Lucas
Washington Street
Vermont Avenue
Kate Holmes
Towne Avenue
Lucas
Appeal Overruled by a Wise King and Poultry Advice
A tale recalls Philip of Macedon’s joke as a prisoner appeals from his intoxicated judge and wins a new trial. The piece shifts to practical farming tips on keeping poultry healthy, preventing indigestion, preventing cattle pests, and improving breeding to avoid scrub poultry propagation.
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Philip
Lowell Dreaded Old Age
E S Nadal recalls Lowell’s intense fear of aging in a Harper's Magazine piece. He quotes Lowell in Boston during a March blizzard, noting Lowell’s lonely mood and attention to the frailty of growing old.
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Lowell
Boston
Hoppin
E. S. Nadal
Harper's Magazine
Medical Lectures for Women at Philadelphia College
The Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia offers lectures on first aid and personal hygiene for women. Dr. Clara Marshall directs twelve talks on burns fractures and simple surgery with practical bandage demonstrations. Dr. Harriet L. Hartley oversees ten lectures. Dr. Mary P. Rupert covers heat prostration drowning and poisoning.
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Woman's Medical College
Philadelphia
Clara Marshall
Harriet L. Hartley
Mary P. Rupert
Sam Gompertz Plans Free Yet Costly Coney Island Amusement
Sam Gompertz aims to build a Dream land site at Coney Island with free attractions except ten cents admission. He was the top bidder at the Eder Musee sale, buying Mitchel, Sulzer, Bryan, Held, Bernhardt and others for $190 total. He narrowly missed 19 makers of history at $230. Edison and Goethals fetched $10 each while Whitman sold for $7. Auctioned group figures included Fletcher, Funston, Appomattox, Pope Pius, the Inquisition, and the execution of four gunmen, all fetching varied sums.
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Sam Gompertz
Coney Island
Dreamland
Eder Musee
John Purroy Mitchel
William the S. C
Bill Sulzer
W. Jennings Bryan
Anna Held
Sarah Bernhardt
Cleopatra
Roosevelt
Thomas A. Edison
Colonel Goethals
Whitman
Admiral Fletcher
Vera Cruz
General Funston
Lee
Appomattox
Pope Pius
Hans Schmidt
New York
Man Survives Elevator Crash with Cork Leg
Joe Brousett fainted when the service elevator jammed his leg, but the lift stopped before dragging him. Doc Bassett rushed him home after ambulance transport. Three hours later Brousett returned to operate the elevator, joking that a cork leg had been smashed and his reserve leg saved him.
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The
Alexandria
Joe Brousett
Brousett
Doc”Bassett
Bassett
Los Angeles Times
Grand Duke Nicholas Promotes Via Playful Display
Julius West recounts a tale from Soldiers of the Czar in which Grand Duke Nicholas orders General Russky to step forward and have epaulettes cut off then placed on Russky. The soldier then cuts off the grand duke's epaulettes and parts them on the general, effectively promoting Russky to adjutant general.
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Grand Duke
Nicholas
Julius West
Russky
Mr. West
Glass industry study boosts Sheffield output
Developing English Industry. Glass making research at Sheffield University expands product range. The war cut off many glass items but investigations have helped 8,000 Yorkshire glassworkers shift from cheap bottles to a variety of fine glass materials.
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Sheffield University
England
Yorkshire
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J. McCambridge
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U. 5
Dwight L Moody
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