Navy Yard at Kittery Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Last Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the navy yard at Kittery Maine on the Piscataqua opposite Portsmouth New Hampshire. Secretary of the Navy Stoddert in 1800 urged permanent yards at several ports and described Fernalds island as a suitable site for a large establishment. The yard features coal handling plant plans Seaveys island, new telephone system, gas works, electric lighting, and a modern fire protection system with hydrants pumps and sprinklers.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Washington, D.C
Langdon
Fernald
Navy Yard
Seavey’s Island
Santiago
Bartlett G. Cromwell
P. W. Harrington
W. H. Harris
John ‘G. Tawrsey
W. T. Swinburne
Luther M. Gregory
D Bellows
J. T. Camm
William Dubose
J. H. Sypher
Castellane's W N E A Tale Of Wine And Robbery
Count Boni de Castellane plans a grand palace on Avenue du Bois de Boulogne with a vast waterworks and irrigation system. Wine buyers funded the land and improvements as the project grew, while workers discovered a hidden wine cellar beneath the future mansion leading to light thefts and a near housewarming improvisation.
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Paris
Chicago
Count Boni de Castellane
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Count Bont
Palais de Versailles
Malakoff
Demi
Castellane
France
Count Boni Dé Castellance
Pleasant Treatment of Disease Report
A pamphlet on Bernese peasants notes witchcraft beliefs recede as education advances. Dr Zahler, a Bernese Oberland native, cites medical literature rooted in ancient manuscript family traditions.
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Zahler
Bernese Oberland
Inland Lake Project Takes Shape in Barton County
Kansas City capitalists back a Barton county plan to dam a natural basin eight miles north of Great Bend. The basin spans about twelve miles by six with a 260 foot outlet. The gumbo land in the basin is largely barren, unsuitable for farming, and salt-tolerant vegetation is minimal.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Kansas City
Barton County
Great Bend
Appeal for funds to continue Rome catacomb excavations
Archaeologists are urged to support Christian antiquities as the sacred archaeology commission continues work begun by De Rossi. Pope Leo XII has aided the effort, yet funds remain insufficient. Only about five of Rome’s forty five cemeteries are accessible to visitors.
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de Rossi
Leo XII
Rome
New Dairy and Poultry Guidance from California Farm Bulletin
Bulletin 24 outlines dairy education gaps in California and the need for a state dairy school. It contrasts California with 31 other states that offer formal dairy instruction, notes dairy value vs. gold, crops, and education. Also covers practical feeding, broiler risks, goose merits, incubator care, Tennessee feeding economics, and proper hatch techniques.
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California
Department of Agriculture
Dairymen’s Convention
State Board of Trade
Toto
Horses for Europe stamp market needs and export mix
The piece outlines German and European demand for varied horse types, noting draft, carriage, trotting, and polo horses across Britain, Germany, France, and Belgium. It also covers Wisconsin dairy breeding insights from G. P. Goodrich, emphasizing breeding and feeding to improve herd yields and the role of silage and protein-rich pasture supplements.
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Europe
Germany
Hamburg
Austria
France
Belgium
Antwerp
Wisconsin Dairyman’s Convention
G. P. Goodrich
Mr. Goodrich
Youngest Brown Kin Describes Harper’s Ferry Hero
Mrs. Martha Davis of St. Johns Michigan, the sole surviving member of John Brown’s family, recalls her brother’s role at Harper’s Ferry. She argues he acted to arouse northern sentiment and believes history will judge him as a courageous figure who believed war was the only path to end slavery.
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Martha Davis
St. Johns
Mich
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Harper’s Ferry
South
United States
Saddier's Wells Faces Decline to Flats in London
The oldest London theater Saddier's Wells, dating to 1683, is slated for demolition to make way for residential flats. Once a music house and later a venue for light entertainment, it hosted many eras from the Circus to Mrs. Siddons and grand water shows.
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Old Saddier’s Wells
London
John Saddier
Grimald
Vote Debates Air Powered Rail Route In Berne
In Berne Switzerland a rail line referendum asked whether to power trains by electricity or compressed air. The vote totaled 1964 for electricity and 1772 for compressed air, deciding the electricity option.
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Berne
Switzerland
Marshall's Pillar Rock in Fayette County Virginia
A striking natural curiosity in Fayette County Virginia stands as a columnar rock pillar rising about 1006 feet. It attracts many tourists as a notable geological feature in the region.
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Afershall
America
Marshall
German Hen Laying Capacity Across Ten Years
The average German male laying capacity is described as 600 to 700 eggs over a decade. In year one the yield is 10 to 20 eggs, years two through four produce 100 to 185 eggs each, and year ten drops back to about ten eggs, indicating a fluctuating output pattern.
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Corbett
Jefferice Kanter
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Coney Island
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Maslin
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Admiral Cromwell
E Marine Hospital
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Tennessee
Andrew M. Soule
Tennessee Experiment Station
Santa Cruz
San Francisco Examiner
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