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Newspaper
Coeur Dalene Evening Press
Location
Coeur D´Alene, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
4
The Evening Press advertises a limited 42 piece dinner set with a year long payment plan. New subscribers can join for 1.50 down and 20 cents weekly for 40 weeks. Agents will display sample patterns for selection.
The article recounts Union soldier Thomas Kivoed Rose of 1 RA who led Libby Prison tunnel escape efforts during the Civil War. It details the plan to dig from the kitchen to a shed, the use of a rope hidden in clothing exchanges, execution in three relays, and the brutal conditions inside Libby with a crowded nine-room warehouse. Rose and Major 4. G. Hamilton masterminded the breakthrough, the escape sequence, subsequent pursuit, and Rose’s eventual exchange in April 1864, ending his service.
An analysis of gross and net tonnage as fixed by law, detailing how displacement and capacity are measured, the differences between gross and net tonnage, and how these standards affect duties, canal charges, and naval versus merchant ships. It discusses examples from Boston and the broader maritime practice.
Fragmentary text presents unclear dialogue and garbled phrases. No coherent events, names, or places emerge to form a factual summary.
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