Admiral Dewey praised as hero amid public fault lines
A perceptive piece laments Admiral Dewey's lack of diplomatic tact while defending his brave public service. It traces his rise to fame at Manila and contrasts praise for his naval achievements with scorn from critics, blaming envy and malice for the storm of attacks.
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Dewey
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Manila
Olympia
Inca
Cumberland
Mampton Roads
Alabama
New Book Shelf Update At Public Library
Last week the library added titles including The Jamesons by Mary E Wilkins The Turf Smoke by Seumas MacManus Through the Turf Smoke and Cracing De Berzerac by Edmund Hostand Sylvia and Bruno Cun chided Lewis Carroll Diary of Kitty Trevelyan Persuasion by A Charles Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Helen Popular Tales and Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth Scottish Soldiers of Fortune by EB C Gaskell Annals of the Parish by John Galsworthy Sintran and Mis Companions and Undine and the Two Captains La Matte Fourac
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the Jamesons
Mary E. Wilkins
Seumas MacManus
Crring de Berzerac
Edmund Hostand
Sylvia
Bruno
Amateur photographers seek Cushoc ton scenery for county exhibit
Amateur photographers band together to prepare artwork for a county exhibit. They plan to show Cushoc ton’s unequaled scenery and invite inquiries to A.IG. Mayo, secretary of the association.
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Cushocton
A. IG. Mayo
Association
County School Board Report For Quarter Ended Nov
Professor Shutt of the county board of school examiners filed the quarterly report ending November 30. Applicants numbered 45 with 24 males. The board collected 822.50 from the applicants.
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Shutt
County Board of School Examiners
Russia plans great Ta lien Wan port city tied to Trans Siberian rail
A Washington report outlines Russia leasing Port Arthur and Talien Wan from China to build a southern Pacific terminus for the Transsiberian railway. Russia would invest 8 to 9 million dollars in harbor works and city layout, with American capital offered concessions to establish large manufacturing enterprises at Talien Wan and related port facilities for Pacific trade.
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United States
Russia
China
Failen Wan
Port Arthur
Fallen Wan
Talien Wan
Vladivostok
Washington
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Pacific
Europe
Victoria Bay
Shanghai
Russians Seek American backed Industry at Talien Wan
The plan aims to establish a Russian backed industrial city at Talien Wan linking Siberian ore and Pacific woods with American capital. It envisions car and ship building and iron and steel works, offering about 20 million dollars in investment under government guarantees and Russian official negotiations.
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Tslen War
Asis
Cod Iron and Steel Works
Talien Wan
Siberia
Pacific
Taken Wan
Balien Wan
Ching
Russia
United States
St. Louis
Armored Trains Planned to Be More Formidable
Feilden's Magazine argues armored trains should be made more formidable and effective. The idea envisions trains carrying heavy armor and large caliber guns, reflecting engineering ingenuity and potential future developments.
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Feilden
Armored Locomotives Proposed for Heavy Duty Use
Discussion notes the possibility of adding true armor plate to large armored locomotives and cars to guard against attacks. A heavy, well built train could deploy a fast scout engine and a single small track section armed with Nordenfelds or Gatlings, preventing interference with the line.
Anecdote of Buller and a War Stories Told at Waldorf
An old anecdote about Sir Redvers Buller circulates in New York showing him as a popular figure. A Liverpool man recalls Buller’s voyage to Canada with his regiment, a transport shortage, and a shipwrecked sailors station on a small island where a stern woman refused aid, saying provisions were for shipwrecked crews.
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New Yorsg
Admiral Dewey
Battery Park
The
Bronx
Krupp
George Dewey
New York
Jesse
Cpear
Bob
Rosanna
Gloria
Bank of the United States
Bank of Aladdin
Hudson
W. R. Miller
Brooklyn Hayle
Formost
Franklyn Syndicate
Miller
Broadgrim
Philippines
South Asia
Wall Street
Franklin Syndicate
Greenbecks
Eis
Miss Simpkins
Express
Fiters
Redvers Buller
Aniui L
South Africa
H. J. Walters
Liverpool
Waldorf-Astoria
New York Tribune
Tome
Beefshak Club
Redvers Builer
Canada
Foz
St. Lawrence River
Reconstruction Era Verse Echoes War Time Resolve
Fragmentary verse laments England's war weariness as Europe reels beneath rising tides. Poem shifts to defiant resolve, praising resilience of a nation and its leaders while denouncing traitors and foes. Names and exact references are obscured in damaged OCR, but tone remains martial and patriotic.
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England
Charles
Copper vein seen in Grand Canyon reports by Randall party
Kansas City civil engineer Frank D. Randall recounts a Grand Canyon trip with Bill Hull C Sharpneck and Frank Lee, describing a 60 foot wide copper vein in granite walls, veins branching and a rich mineral belt. They plan another expedition to tap the ore with water power and a smelter prospect.
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Creed Camyea
Coleca@e
Gee
Frank D. Randall
Kansas City
Randall
Chicago Times-Herald
Grand Canyon
Bill Hull
Arizona
C. Sharpneck
Council Bluffs
Frank Lee
Williams
4. T
Clart
Verde
Grand Cam
Hull
Branton
al. C. Sharpneck
Bill Hall
Bright Angel
Colorado River
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ME Franklyn
Pax Vobiseum
Art League
Omidale
Manefacturere
Transsiberian Railroad
Buller
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