Submarines as Battleship Threat Looms For Future Navy
Washington reports bold plans to build larger undersea fighters that could rival battleships. The Benton’s success undersea sets a record, with earlier runs by Octopus, Lake, and Fulton showing growing endurance. Navy designers foresee submarines replacing Dreadnoughts in front lines.
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Washington
Congress
Atong Beach
Cal
Navy de
Partment
Benton
John M. Gage
Newport
Champ Clark And His Son Bennett In A Family Rift
In Washington on June 12 a correspondent recalls a Quincy incident from the last campaign where Champ Clark and his son Bennett were in town. The father juggled duties from a teachers’ talk to a Taft interview reply and heavy correspondence, while Bennett briefly left for home. A moment in the Speakers rooms, a quiet exchange, followed by the speaker rising to address a crowd later in the day.
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Cryés & Tavenner
Washington
Champ Clark
Een
Tmnois
Quincy
Taft
Bennett
Sweet parting kiss from father to son noted
In a quiet room a father kissed his son on the cheek and said goodbye. The speaker recalled how the habit repeated since childhood, noting Bennett is very close to him and that he does not want to break the custom.
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Mr. Wheeler
Bennett
Sixth Episcopal Clergyman Joins the Catholic Church
Philadelphia June 13 The Rev Brana Maximilian Schneeweiss formerly a curate under the unfrocked Dr Mortimer at St Marks church became a Catholic at a Dominican monastery in Washington yesterday He first joined St Marks in 1900 stayed until 1906 returned in 1910 and served until January when he resigned after Mortimer charges He is the sixth Episcopal clergyman in the city to convert to Catholicism All had ties with St Clement s church Schneeweiss was born in New York.
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Philadelphia
Brana Maximilian Schneeweiss
Mortimer
St Mark’s Church
Washington
Schneeweiss
St Mark's Church
Educated at Ammendale and Ordained in 1897
He studied at Ammendale in that state and was ordained in 1897 by Bishop Scarborough of New Jersey. His first assignment was at Trenton.
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Ammendale
Scarborough
New Jersey
Trenton
$900000 Bequest Planned for Loomis Institute Memorial
Windsor trustees learned that William H Loomis a Wall Street operator who died in Brooklyn NC left about a million dollars to the Loomis Institute. The residue of the estate is to fund a memorial building with roughly 900000 earmarked after bequests. Plans include school buildings costing 275000 with bids to be opened next week.
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Hartford
Loomis Institute
Windsor
William H. Loomis
Wall Street
Brooklyn
N. C
Seelys Waist Shop Offers New Summer Models and Bargains
Hundreds of new summer models and bargains will be available on Saturday at Seelys Waist Shop located upstairs at 1115 Main Street. A shopper observed crowds gathered near downtown windows and noted September Morn Maid as the girl who brightened lingerie.
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Seely
Main Street
Minneapolis ‘Tribune
Stratfield Improvement Association Seeks Concerted Action
Fairfield June 13. Stratfield residents pursue concerted action to improve fire facilities with a watering trough plan and clearer street markers. The local improvement association pledges female support, while an entertainment committee hints at major events. The Greenfield Hill Country Club plots a 1913-14 season with biweekly sessions and various social events.
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Fairfield
Stratfield
Greenfield Hill Country Club
J. Nelison
William Hull
Anna Gray
J. Frank Brothwell
W.O. Burr
Sprague Brothwell
Esther Wade
Levi Cobb
Annie L. Bulktley
Grace Bulkley
Katherine Elwood
Southport
W. O. Burr
William O. Burr
Charles Gray
J. Morris Wilson
Charlies Gray
Dwight M. Banks
Howard N. Wakeman
New House
Simon C. Bradley
Jennie Risley
Rocky Hill
Conn
F. D. Hotchkiss
Mill Plain Road
Mae Walter
New Haven
Sherman School
Fairfield Beach
Thorwald Larsen
Switzer Pharmacy
Canada
E. Willett
Ralph Perry
Guilbert
A. Sophia Grumman
Miss Grumman
Omaha
Neb
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie.y
Edmund Guilbert
George Schulte
Samuel Randall
Sanford Avenue
Brown Garage
Hargrove
Randall Pharmacy
Frost & Barnett Co
Stamford
Stewart L. Woodford
William Stanhouser
Bridgeport
Library
John J. Phelan
Boyle
Yale
Hargrove School
New London Firm Wins Navy Oil Burner Contract
New London Ship Engine Company announces a contract for the largest oil burning engine yet built for a U.S. Navy cargo vessel. The Maumee will use twin six cylinder engines totaling 5,000 horsepower, designed to burn oil.
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New London Company
Navy
New London
New London Ship Engine Company
Maumee
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Lippe
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Remington Visible
Mullins’ Typewriter Exchange
Main & State Sts
Lawn Meadows Farm
Nichols Center
Harry B. Maurer
Surrey
A. Elwood
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