The Navy's Sea Battle Game That Dwarfs All Other Sports
A vivid account of a naval training drill at sea described as a colossal, annual game on the southern drill grounds near Virginia Capes. It features 10,000 sailors, twelve inch guns, 870 pound shells, and a home plate moved by sea swells, highlighting the spectacle and national pride without gate receipts or vaudeville ties.
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New York Giants
Soldiers’ Field
Cambridge
Latonia
Narragancett
Natonal
Shinnecock Hills
Atlantic
United States Navy
Virginia Capes
Texas
Tangier Sound
Tyron Cobb
Honus Wagner
Niga
Elake
Bion
Navy
United States
Munby
Republic
Yale Bulldog
Princeton Tiger
Delaware
Utah
Red Sox
Giants
Florda
Red Box
North Dakota
Smoky Joe
Guantanamo
Cervera
Naval Academy
Hull
Decatur
Farragut
Carribbean
New England
Navy Yards
Portsmouth
Key West
Landemen
Santiago
Manila
Women at the Forefront of Social Reform Rallies
A midwestern state debates bills targeting social evils tied to women’s dress and men’s behavior. Women’s clubs push resolutions banning feather plumes and condemning commercial greed, while birds of paradise appear on hats amid sympathy for songbirds.
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Coe
Birds of Paradise
Roman Farm Unearthed at Cran horne Chase Wiltshire
A small Roman farm site was found at Cran horne Chase near the Doreet border in Wiltshire. The remains include corn, horse bones, large quantities of pottery fragments from New Forest and Gam, and a surrounding ditch.
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England
Wiltshire
Cranhorne Chase
Doreet
Clesed
New Forest
Unclear Beale Program Fragment Noted
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a program called Hew are see eclag and references a person or group at a pear event. The readable items include scant phrases about pay, work, and growth but lack coherent facts or identifiable names or dates.
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Pewmans
Senator Luke Lea recounts Webb school discipline tale
In Washington Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee recalls advising his colleague William Webb on Senate conduct. Webb sought Len's tutoring for a formal transition to the Senate and Lea jokes about the Webb school's tough discipline and his own near attendance as a boy.
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Ashington
Luke Low
Tennessee
William K Webb
Webb
Len
Senate
Washington
Webb School
Profesor Webb
Tin
Professor Webb
Lea
Immortal Orators and a Georgia Judge Rally in Verse
A nostalgic piece on schoolboy orator traditions and famous speeches contrasts with a critique of political rhetoric. Judge James Adamson of Georgia is praised for a whirlwind delivery and wit, while reflections on protectionism, political divisions, and the era’s fiery rhetoric frame the discourse.
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Navare
France
Webster
Charles Bedford Young
Congress
Judge Adameon
Georgia
Armtory
Wheels of Government Excursions Pack Washington Hotels
A crowded Washington hotel scene shows women and girls on government excursions, learning about the federal machinery and pride in the capital. A cigar stand vendor notes the contrast between eager excursionists and shopkeepers selling stamps and postcards to pass the time.
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Washington
Capital Wayside Signs Fade From Weahington Roads
The article notes a decline in roadside signs advertising shops and goods along Washington roads. It describes how fences and trees once bore tobacco, hardware, and other ads, with signs vanishing as the local advertising culture declines across rural districts.
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Weahington
Weyeide Elgne
John Doe
Johe Doe
Jobe Doe
Must Have Known Johnsons in a Local Train Exchange
Raymond Hitchcock recalls a local train conversation before arriving at a rural town. A young man asks to stop to visit distant Johnson relatives, arguing he will stay as long as needed, while the conductor replies he does not know the stay but knows the Johnsons.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Weat
Mir
Hitchewek
Wien
Str
Johnson
Tsow
Deep Ocean Trench Found Near Mindanao by German Ship
A surveying vessel of the German navy reports the deepest known ocean spot near Mindanao Philippines about 40 nautical miles off the north coast. The sounding records 9 780 meters surpassing the prior record of 9 635 meters set by the US Nero in 1901 south of Guam.
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Philippines
Mindanao
United States
Nero
Thia Apot
Guam
Model juror dialogue quoted by Puck
A courtroom exchange features counsel testing a talesman on knowledge and courage. The talenson admits uncertainty while a chorus of lawyers jokes about stepping into the jury box as an express train speeds toward them.
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Talesman
Expres
Talentoan
Puck
Where Women Run Cars Across the Americas
The piece notes that women have served as street car conductors in Latin American cities for years. It cites examples in Chile and Peru where during wartime women joined the workforce on street cars as men went to the front, with cities like Santiago and Valparaiso mentioned as sites of female conductors.
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Philadelphia
Latin America
Chill
Peru
OHI
Santiago
Valparaiso
Plnce
Pleased to Meet You and the Square Foot Dilemma
A Saturday Review piece muses on the politeness of greeting new acquaintances with pleased to meet you and questions the origin and logic of the phrase. It also sketches a geometry note contrasting square foot and square foot in area with varied shapes like circle, hexagon, and triangle yet equal area.
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Saturday Review
Doubtful of God's Power in Rural Landladies
The fragmentary column shows rural chatter about faith and prayer. A girl replies she did not pray for recovery, doubting God’s power, while a neighbor jokes about trout and church notices. Other lines mention a Jimpe at club meetings and restless activity.
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Baben
Gertus
Duty and Honesty Reflections From a Bygone Era
A fragmented old column mocks reformers and the virtue of honesty. A bemused office boy asks for time off and is bluntly told he is too honest. The piece mentions a domestic rumor about Jinks and his wife and ends noting a prosperous man who earns more than his wife spends.
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Eaid
Fred
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