Submarine Proposal For Army Stirs Naval Debate
Army experts urge five Lake pattern submarines following testing at Newport under ice and clear water. The plan aims to strengthen coast defenses with submerged weapons while the Navy's stance remains unsettled. Finance and strategic fit are under serious review by military staff and officials.
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Army
Navy
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Navy Department
Naval Board of Inspection
Newport
Protector
Robert G. Skerrett
Boston Herald
Simplicity of the Pope Coffee Moment
Venetian nobleman visits Mgr Sarto and, amid urgent work, asks for coffee. Sarto serves coffee himself in the kitchen, coaxing the flame as monsignor assists, and they share a simple breakfast together at the kitchen table.
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Mer. Sarto
Rialto
Mgr. Sarto
Ducal Mantua
Monsignor
William J. D. Croke
Jimmie Blaine's Flag Insult Triggers Sherman Temptation
In a Lippincott's Magazine account young James G Blaine disrespected a flag. Camp Sherman intervened when Blaine repeated the gesture prompting dismissal from the wagon. Blaine walked ten miles home as punishment for the offense against the banner.
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Sherman
Gen. Sherman
James G. Blaine
Hoyt
Jimmie”. Blaine
Dampie
Jimmie Stout
Jimmie Blaine
Campie
Jimmie
Lippincott’s
Dates of the New Pope in the Century
The fragment references the term dates for a new pope within the century. It notes ongoing discussion or scholarly interest in papal timelines without citing specific names or exact years. The readable portion hints at historic framing but lacks full context or concrete events.
Elephant Drive in Siam Described by Burgoyne
Harper's Magazine recounts a royal elephant drive in Siam where trained elephants capture wild ones. Allan H Burgoyne witnessed the three day spectacle invited by the crown prince learned at Oxford. Several men were killed by enraged elephants amid both tragic and amusing episodes. The Siamese army fields the finest elephant corps and runs drives to maintain its elite unit.
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Siam
Harper’s Magazine
Allan H. Burgoyne
Burgoyne
Crown Prince of
Oxford
Origin of the torpedo by Maury in Virginia waters
Col Richard L Maury recalls his father Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury engineering torpedoes in Virginia. The design originated in Richmond with a powder keg device and triggers, tested in James River at Rocketts. A naval bureau for coast harbor and river defense followed, with Maury leading the effort and funding.
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Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Richard L. Maury
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Virginia
James River
Commodore Maury
Robert H. Maury
Clay Street
Talbott & Son
Cary Street
Col. Maury
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Committee of Congress
Rocketts
Maury
Naval Bureau of “Coast, Harbor and River Defense
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Patient
A letter from Laura Emmons of Walkerville Ontario credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing years of ovarian trouble and discharge without surgery. She urges other women to try the remedy and promises quick personal improvement.
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Lydia E. Pinkeham
Mars
Laura Emmons
Walkerville
Ont
Case of Ovarian Trouble Cured Without Operation
A Nashville Tennessee woman writes that three months of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her ovarian trouble and inflammation without surgery. She credits a friend's recommendation and urges others to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice, noting a $5000 forfeit for nonproduction of original letters.
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Woma
Lydia E. Pinkham
Laura Belle CoLesran
Commercial Hotel
Nashville
Tenn
Feosinte and Pilion Fodder Plants Sell Catalog Samples
Feosinte and pilion Dollar Grass touted as top fodder plants with high yields per acre. Claims 14 tons hay or 80 tons green fodder and 60,000 lbs per acre for Victoria Rape. Send 10c in stamps to John A. Salter Seed Co. for catalog and seed samples. CW. N. 02) note on conscience gap when neighbors err.
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Victoria
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Ad Teething Relief
An advertisement claims Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup eases teething pain and gum inflammation for children, reduces cramps and wind colic, and comes in a 25 cent bottle. The copy promotes tranquil bearing of others' crosses with complacency.
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New York World
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Whitehead
Torfedo
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Watertown
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