New American battleship Michigan details revealed
The Michigan features twin funnels and masts placed starboard and port, with a lighter aft superstructure. Armor belts reach eight to twelve inches with casement and bulkhead protections, large turret side armor, and eight to ten inch barbettes. Power includes 16 500 horsepower engines, 12 boilers, 2200 ton bunkers, and eight 12 inch guns plus 22 eight inch guns. Trial speed targets 18 12 knots.
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Connecticut
Michigan
The Fury of a Woman Scorned Sparks Death on Rail Line
A fireman on the Norfolk and Western linked to Engineer John H. Simpson is involved in a fatal case. A jetter from the mother in Chase City Virginia was found in the victim's breast urging her to abandon her life and return home.
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Norfolk and Western
John H. Simpson
Chase City
Texas floods receding after west fork surge
Fort Worth Texas reports Trinity river crest passed as waters slowly recede. Nine teen dead and the flood damages estimated at one million dollars. Rail service unsettled and water supply compromised as mains run muddy. Denton river overflow rescues saved thirteen people trapped in floodwaters.
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W N Chancellor Dies In Parkersburg At 78
W N Chancellor Parkersburg prominent citizen and twice mayor dies at his home aged 78. He was a leading West Virginia Democrat and a key figure in building the Ohio River Railroad and the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad.
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W. N. Chancellor
Eity
West Virginia
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Pittsburg
West Virginia Democrats Back Bryan At District Conventions
In five congressional districts West Virginians held conventions to choose district delegates for the Denver national convention. All sessions endorsed W J Bryan for the presidency.
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West Virginia
Denver
Wheeling
W. Va
W. J. Bryan
Great Clothing Reduction At Korton Store
Local sale offers deep discounts on men and boys hats shoes and gentlemen's furnishings. Ladies waists and skirts priced to move with savings of a quarter on every dollar. J L Korton operates at 20 Bland Street.
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Bland Street
National College Baseball Scoring: Regional Results Update
In National play the results show Norfolk 4 Roanoke 2 Portsmouth 8 Lynchburg 2 Danville 2 Richmond 5. In a second game Danville 2 Richmond 0.
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Lynchburg
Danville
Richmond
Baseball umpires face long dispute over onfield calls
A historical look at players arguing about umpire decisions. The piece traces the debate back to 1860 with the Atlantics of Brooklyn and the Excelsiors and cites a 1867 New York paper noting uproar over decisions and even mentions Kelly Peck Scofield and a joke about an umpire dummy in a Haymakers Eckford game.
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Brooklyn
Excelsiors
New York
Monell
New York Tribune
Pheasant Tales and Odd Tricks From Old Writers
A clipping recalls old English observations about the pheasant. It notes a belief the bird hides its body by hiding its head and describes a fowler using a painted cloth portrait to lure the bird, who approaches the likeness and is captured by a net.
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Fowler
Mephisto's Ring and Its Supposed Mystic Power
The article recounts a large emerald ring with a ruby center once owned by Spanish royalty. Since the sixteenth century rulers faced disasters and Spain’s fortunes declined. The ring passed to a church during the Hispano American War, the church burned, then the ring moved to a museum struck by lightning twice. It is now reportedly buried in a strong box.
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Pearson's Weekly
The Dangers of Riches Reflecting on Wealth Temptations
The Strand Magazine warns that riches tempt duty and breed greed, risking defilement of life as affluence erodes responsibility, while a man of relative poverty is defended and kept from such moral collapse.
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Strand Magazine
Quaker Quip Questions Where Sympathy Belongs
A man told a tale of distress to a Quaker and said he felt for the sufferer. The Quaker replied that feeling for others is right but asks if the feeling was in the right place, i.e., in thy pocket.
Plodding Pete Trades Quip On Fear And Work Ethic
A wry exchange between an industrious man and Plodding Pete contrasts work fatigue with fear. The Washington Star quotes fear as nearly as bad as injury, while the New Orleans The Times Democrat remarks on the constant struggle to trim expenses and maintain appearances.
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Pete
Washington Star
Near Misses in Sums of Cubes Revealed in Early Series
The passage notes attempts to find integral numbers whose cube sums equal another cube. It cites near misses within the first twelve cubes, such as 125 plus 216 near 343 and 216 plus 512 near 729, illustrating close approximations to a perfect cube.
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Herom
Tailors Favor Natural Pose for Best Fit
The article argues a fan and a model should pose naturally, not before a mirror, to reveal true posture. Tailors and portrait painters seek authenticity to correct defects and create garments that suit the wearer's figure as it is worn. A separate quip notes a senator finding Washington’s farewell address more pleasing for its lack of demands this session.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Broadhead
Washington Herald
Harness sale at Mand street shop
A. P. Brown offers a good supply of harness at bargain prices. All harness on hand is well made from best material and guaranteed to satisfy. Call at Mand street No 119 to examine. Also insist on DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, popular for piles.
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Mand Street
DeWitt
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