Plans for New Maine Battle Ship and Sister Ships
The Maine Ohio and Missouri plans call for ships around 12 150 tons with 88 foot waterline length 72 foot beam and 24 foot 6 inch draft full stores ammunition and speed 18 knots at a cost of 82 955 000 They will resemble the Illinois Wisconsin and Alabama in appearance and armament carrying four 18 inch breech loading rifles fourteen inch rapid fire guns and 24 rapid fire and machine guns The armor will switch from 16 inch Harvey plates to Winch Kruppized plating for a broader belt.
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Ty Hergrede
Maine
Ohio
Missouri
Harper's Weekly
Alabama
General Wheeler as Seen by a Philadelphia Drummer
A Philadelphia drummer recalls General Joe Wheeler from a campaign stop. The boyish Wheeler, described as small in stature, speaks to a rural class and inspires a shy pupil’s joke about future congressmen. The scene ends with audience delight and a local note on a medicinal cure advertised by KS Bolton.
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Philadelphia
Joe Wheeler
Alabama
Sehyul-Henge
Tmiong
Gen. Wheeler
Henry
Washington Star
KS. Bolton
Druggista
Fall Fashion and Foolish Hats in Society Musings
A column surveys women’s hat trends and dress dictates from Paris, noting how fall styles influence mood and vanity. It jokes about women correcting their wardrobes, sneezes affecting attractiveness, and letters from college sons hinting at luck at poker. It reflects on compliments, past and present fashion, and the changing roles of women.
Power of Palestine Shaping World Rail Lines and Empires
The Fortnightly Review argues three great railway lines will converge at Palestine, linking Ostend to Port Arthur, the Cape to Alexandria, and a route from Constantinople through Persia India to Hong Kong. Control of Palestine would grant dominance over sea routes, the Suez Canal, and Egypt, shaping future power balances and regional defenses as Syria rises anew.
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Ostend
Port Arthur
Vna
Cape
Alexandria
Constantinople
Palestine
Persia
India
Burmah
Hong Kong
Syria
Shax
Egypt
France
Germany
Herbert Kirchner
Babylon
Nineveh
Quotation Fragments and Health Ads From Chicago News
A mix of social aphorisms, light philosophy, and a health advertisement on deafness. The page features quips about love, fortune, and education, alongside a Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion claiming cureable deafness and a Toledo firm. The writing imitates a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper voice.
Greenbacks or Government Money
A quoted London Times passage from 1865 warns the North American policy could flood the government with money, destroy monarchies, and reshape world finance. The text cites Hazzard and Buell circulars and notes gold’s rise amid war costs, urging readers to study the money question via the Cincinnati Enquirer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London ‘Times
North American
North America
Hazzard
New York
Buell Bank
United States
London
England
Germany
Cincinnati Enquirer
My Little Girl Wants Pictures and Stories
A catalog or children's feature titled Our Little Ones and the Nursery offers pictures and stories aimed at young readers. It highlights animals plants and diverse children while inviting imagination and curiosity through illustrated narratives.
War Memorial Spoons Offer From Quaker Valley Mfg Co Chicago
The Quaker Valley Mfg Company of Chicago offers subscribers a free set of six edha silver plated War Memorial Spoons. Each spoon shows a different Cuban War design and soldiers in Camp, Morro Castle, and four U.S. battleships. Subscribers must remit 78 cents within 30 days to keep the set.
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Quaker Valley Mfg. Company of
Chicago
Tun Coser
Apoens
Cuba
Morro Castrelana
U.S
W. Harrison St
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The
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Coles
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Rochester
Ren
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Observer of Nature
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Beoes
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Southern Railway
Joan Law
Knoxrilie
Lonnessee
Alee Ee Kanaas
Colony
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the New“Maine
General Wheeler
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