Navy gunners set world marks in target practice
A detailed look at US battleship Indiana and its crew reveals record magazine hits by skilled gunners using Morris tubes on thirteen inch guns. The piece explains training methods, daily drills, and the pay boosts for first and second class gunners, highlighting the American navy’s emphasis on marksmanship over sheer ship size.
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Pio
United State
Fifth Avenue
Atiron
Washington
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Cook
Stoker
Annapolis
Navy Yard
Indiana Photographic Cannon Crew Star Snapshot
H W Treanor stands on the right and pointed the cannon that made Sourbull’s eyes flare with four shots in two minutes and sixteen seconds. H B Bagberg trained the gun. Both men are part of the Indiana crew photographed by Charles Curtis.
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Alabama
Wilson
Allen
Brightup
H. W. Treanor
Sourbull
H. B. Bagberg
Indiana
Charles Curtis
Strange Story of an American Family in Athens
A Paris journal reports that the modern Greeks are amused by the antics of an American family parading Athens in sandals cloaks and tunics of ancient Greece. The journalist omits any local habitation or family name, while noting there are about 270 distinct religions in the United Kingdom.
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Paris
Athens
Greece
United Kingdom
Old Sailors Were Seasick After Hurricane
Veterans in shipping discuss why seasoned Delaware river pilots fell ill during the late hurricane along the Atlantic coast. Older pilots like Thomas Virden Harry Maull Fred Burton Louis Bertrand and John West suffered severe seasickness, while Jere Ellridge Alphonzo Bennett and William Poynter were among the few to escape.
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Atlantic
Delaware River
Thomas Virden
Harry Maull
Fred Burton
Louis Bertrand
John West
Jere L. Eliredge
Alphonzo Bennett
William Poynter
How to Sleep and Sleep Postures
The text notes some authorities favor lying flat on the back with arms raised as the ideal sleep position. It warns that this may cause snoring, suggesting readers should avoid attempting it if they mind snoring.
Weather Wisdom from an Onion Method
An old French farmer shares a Christmas Eve weather prediction ritual using twelve onions labeled for months. Salt melted in the March onion signals rain in March, while salt unmelted in the April onion warns of dryness. If salt melts at the top but not the bottom, the month breaks into a wet first half and a dry second half.
Rare Servian Stamps Reached By Belcher Town Man
William Burr Hill Jr of Belcher town Mississippi has received two Servian stamps from Europe. The stamps bear the government seal and date May 29 the day after the murder of the king and queen. Only about 100 exist and the heads were stamped out leaving only the body.
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William Burr Hill, Jr
Belchertown
Mays
Europe
Racer's Fate and Touchstone Skeleton at Eaton Hall
The famous St Leger winner Touchstone is preserved as a skeleton at Eaton Hall the Duke of Westminster’s seat. Touchstone reportedly had an extra rib and a robin nests in its skull each year, highlighting enduring legend around the horse.
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Touchstone
Duke of
Westminster's
Eaton Hall
Dogs Attend Funeral in Norwood Ceremony
At a Norwood funeral for a Bermondsey dog fancier, three Newfoundlands wearing crepe and matching collars led the procession to the graveside. Perched atop the coffin were two stuffed toy terriers, kept as the deceased’s pets who wished to accompany him to his last resting place.
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Norwood
England
Bermondsey
Rain of Butterflies Descends on Milan City Center
Tens of thousands of butterflies or moths blanket ground and building facades in Milan’s central quarters. The insects are described as perfectly black and marvellous active, attributed to an air current in front of a hurricane.
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Milan
Old Settlers' Reunion adds village natives to conversation
In a North Newport New Hampshire store a trio of locals and a Kelleyville youth, all natives, were seen talking about old times. The four residents together totaled 366 years in combined ages.
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North Newport
N. H
Kelleyville
Father of Thirty Five Children in Rockland Tale
John Butler of Rockland Massachusetts is described as the father of thirty five children. He is five years old in the report though the oldest child is forty five and the youngest two years old.
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John Butler
Rockland
Mass
Hat Obstruction Provokes Theatrical Feud In Oamaru
In an Australian theater a large hat obstructed Miss Annie McDermott. She used a walking stick to tilt the hat from viewers’ sight repeatedly. Magistrates labeled it a series of minor assaults and fined her ten shillings plus costs. Citizens contributed funds afterward to protest oversized hats in theaters.
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New Zealand
Annie McDermott
Oamaru
Mrs. Brady
Goat steals veil at Bayonne wedding
Miss Amelia Paschinski and Adam Weiner wed at a Polish Catholic church in Bayonne. After the ceremony a goat forced its way into the festivities, biting the bride’s veil of smilax and roses, then escaped with portions of the veil and crepe from nearby doorways believed to be the same goat accused by the New York World of prior thefts.
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Amelia Paschinski
East Twenty-second Street
Bayonne
N. J
Adam Weiner
New York World
Irishman's Grim Jest Duel Tale From 18th Century
A duel in the mid 1700s between Lord March and an Irish nobleman takes a grim turn when a coffin bearing the inscription James Douglas Earl of March born 1725 died 1750 appears. The Irish challenger threatens with a fatal joke claiming fate will claim Lord March within minutes, causing March to refuse the duel.
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Lord March
James Douglas
Earl of March
Novel Method Extracts Fish Bone From Throat
A physician reports a new technique to remove a crosswise fish bone from a patient’s throat by threading a string through a button eye and swallowing the button edgewise. The bone is then drawn out as the button is pulled back, freeing the airway. Nearby, railroad accidents involve John Neely of Trenton and his 13 year old daughter, the latter injured five years ago and the father later struck by a train.
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John Neely
Trenton
N. J
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