Gliding craft of Hewitt sparks speed claims
A New York Herald report details Peter Cooper Hewitt’s gliding craft, a sea vessel claimed to reach 30 to 38 miles per hour, with a 27 foot hull, 4.5 foot beam, and eight cylinder gasoline motor. The craft skims above water on plane surfaces and could reduce New York to Liverpool travel to about thirty hours.
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New York
Liverpool
New York Herald
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Cooper Hewitt
Long Island Sound
Reliance
Jacobs’ Shipyard
Aise
Mr. Hewitt
Hewitt
Towler Property Debate Over City Hall Site
Citizens question the city’s proposed Towler property purchase for a new city hall. Critics cite debt, central location concerns, price, and potential legal issues in buying from a board member or relative, urging rent until finances improve.
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J Battoe
Herald
Towler
County Court
Wonders of Automobile History and Innovations
A Des Moines, Iowa inventor William Morrison created the first successful automobile used in the city. Today millions of horseless carriages exist worldwide, with about a quarter in the United States. The mercury arc rectifier by Dr. Charles P Steinmetz at General Electric converts AC to DC to charge electric vehicle batteries.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Marly
United States
William Morrison
Morrison
Charles P. Steinmers
General Electric Company
Remarkable Cathedral Restoration At Trondhjem Norway
The Cathedral of Trondhjem undergoes a long restoration begun in 1869 under Herr Christie to preserve Olaf shrine history. The work aims for completion by 1914 with costs around 6,000,000 ikroner. The church, once battered by fires plunder and rebuilds, stands as Norway's sacred architectural crown.
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Haakon VII
Trondhjem
London Times
New Kingdom
Herr Christie
Dietrichson
Christiania University
Norway
Arctic Circle
Europe
St. Olaf
Novgorod
Constantinople
Estland
Ireland
England
Germany
London
Wonger
Copenhagen
Oluf
Brilliant in Action Berlin Dispatch Critiques U S Officers
A Berlin dispatch reports Admiral Sakamoto calling American naval officers brilliant ballroom ornaments and notes that such praise is not echoed in other navies. The dispatch questions whether the comment is intended as a knock or a boost. German officers claim London could be taken in thirty six hours.
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Berlin
Sakamoto
Kansas City Star
London
Government Vacations Question Work Load And Costs
A Treasury official estimates federal payrolls of about 55 000 with annual salaries near 60 million receive thirty days of vacation and thirty days of sick leave on full pay. He argues the government could be run with far fewer staff or by contracting work, noting more salary equals longer vacations and citing transfer of duties during retrenchment under Secretary Garfield.
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Sam
Treasury
Washington Dispatch
Kansas City Journal
Government Printing Office
Congress
Uncle Sam
Garfield
Department of the Interior
Indian Bureau
General Land Office
Land Office
Korean Emperor Abdicates Amid Turmoil in Seoul
Yi Huang the emperor of Korea abdicates after a midnight conference with elder statesmen. Prince Li Tehok named regent as mobs gathered in Seoul and violence flared during the forenoon abdication ceremony.
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Seoul
Yi Huang
Korea
Li Tehok
After the Blow
A hotel proprietor questions a guest about an unpaid bill in room notes. A waiter reports the guest singing, Meg Gendorfer Blatter, from his room. The brief scene hints at tension over dues and privacy as voices echo through the corridor.
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Sieag
Meggendorfer Blatter
Phenomenal heat in Philadelphia parade causes deaths and hospitalizations
A Philadelphia B P O Elks parade ended in chaos as a deadly heat wave and humidity sent 5 dead and over 1,200 treated in hospitals and on streets. Lemonade tainted with adulterants worsened outcomes while authorities addressed mass collapse and emergency responses. MEMPHIS, Tenn. July 14: Memphis officials sue city for back salaries totaling 2250 with interest.
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Philadelphia
Jely
Ubrongs
B. P.O
Patterson
Vietima
Elks’ Order
Henry J. Walters
St. Joseph's Hospital
John A. Mavino
Oakland
Cal
Public Health
Coplin
Broad
Dauphin
Memphis
Tenn
John T. Walsh
Ag BG
Healing
H. T. Bruce
David
Rice
City of
Chancery Court
Legislative Cousci
G. Henning
David Rice
James J. Malone
Ben R. Henderson
Fine Words and Glib Talk Across Town
The fragment shows locals praising polite chatter and the ritual of friendly greetings. It mentions a consulting fashion expert and a woman packing trunks, indicating occupations and social interactions in a Southern city.
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St. Louie
Indians Buy Magney Ranch for Dela ware Leader
John Exedine, a chief of the Delaware tribe, is near completing a purchase of the 260000 acre Magney ranch sixty miles northwest of Durango. Accompanied by his son and a Carlisle School graduate, Exedine plans a tribal colony there, citing Oklahoma conditions after statehood. Robertson, the El Paso agent, owns the tract with English capitalists. details await his arrival and further talks.
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John Exedine
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Magney
Durango
Il Paso
J. P
Pink) Robertson
Exedine
Oklahoma
Exidine
Mexico
Carlisle
Mr. Exedine
McKinley
Census Shows Growth In Mt Pleasant School Pupils
The Mt Pleasant census of school age children reports 499 pupils up from 407 last year, a gain of 92 and 22.35 percent. State aid increased the per capita allocation. the city plans to spend over two dollars per child. Prof. J. R. Thompson led the effort to confirm parent and guardian names and ages for accuracy.
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Mt Pleasant
J. R.thompson
Mt. Pleasant
Patti's Memory. Mme Patt Speaks Many Languages Perfectly
Mme Patt speaks Italian Spanish Russian German French and Portuguese fluently and English flawlessly. Her memory is prodigious with a repertoire of more than eighty operas, each detail memorized including cadenzas and words.
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Patti
Mme. Patt
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