Navy faces torpedo shortage and armor bids scouted
Rep. Fred A. Britten of Chicago warned Congress that the U S Navy has only about 700 torpedoes for 463 tubes leaving ships exposed to attack. He also cited steel armor bids by three producers totaling 77 million dollars and a 454 a ton offer for armor plate that Secretary Daniels rejected for battleship No 39 at the Brooklyn navy yard.
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United States
Japan
Russia
China
Fred A. Britten
Chicago
Britten
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Daniels
Navy Department
Kaid MacLean Engaged to Ella Prendergast in Royal Context
The article recalls Kaid Sir Harry Aubrey MacLean, a famed soldier of fortune, who in Tangier trained the sultanate’s imperial bodyguard and led forces to quell uprisings. It notes his engagement to Ella Prendergast, daughter of the late Gen Sir Henry Prendergast, tying his adventurous career to a noble alliance.
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Kaid
Harry Aubrey MacLean
Ella Prendergast
Henry Prendergast
Harry Aubrey de Vere MacLean
Her Majesty
Sixty-ninth ‘Regiment of Foot
Tangier
Morocco
Moulai Hassan
MacLean
Imperial Bodyguard
Sultann
Murat Abd-el-Aziz
Duchess of Aosta Plans Six Month Congo Jungle Expedition
The duchess of Aosta vows to enter the Congo jungles for six to seven months to hunt big game with only a native boy as guide. She will travel light, wearing leather breeches and a rough shooting coat. She aims to penetrate the equatorial region and fraternize with the natives.
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Aosta
Civilization
Naples
Africa
Equatorial District
Little Bobs the idol of England and his human touch
Frederick Roberts known as Little Bobs by English workers and soldiers became a national hero for his tact, humanity, and leadership. His rise began in India during the 1857 rebellion, where he earned the Victoria Cross after the siege of Delhi.
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Nelson
England
Frederick
Baron Roberts
Kandahar
Waterford
Bobs
Lord Roberts
Roberts
India
Her Majesty
Indian Army
Nicholson
Delhi
Little Bobs
Chris
Basemant Philosopher exposes casual bigotry in janitor scene
A janitor and his Scandinavian assistant discuss a Chinese man in a degrading light. The dialogue reveals racial slurs, self appointed superiority, and threats of violence, illustrating entrenched prejudice and a moment of moral flare.
Understanding Each Other Before Marriage Ends Engagement
A couple debates confessing faults to avoid lifelong misery. The man mocks golf and ethnic stereotypes while the woman seeks full candor before any end to their engagement. They insist on truth even as they question commitment and fault sharing.
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Janita
Wild man eats grass from jail lawn in California custody
San Rafael California deputy sheriff Jack Donahue holds a “wild man” captured near Camp Taylor. The silent prisoner scribbled Ant Bey on a paper. authorities believe a link to Anthony Benko. The man tore up grass on the courthouse lawn and ate it before pebbles were restrained. Doctors deem him sane. memory loss and primal behavior unexplained. Former US Attorney John L. McNab represents the hermit's estate.
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San Rafael
Cal
Jack Donahue
Camp Taylor
Ant Bey
Anthony Benko
Donahue
Court House
Jaser
Stone
Firth
Anthony Renko
United States
John L. McNab
No Kissing Among Japanese
A Tokyo based Japanese writer Shimasa Ichi chii describes in Far East a Western kissing habit and why in Japan it is avoided. He notes English children learn to kiss, while Japanese emphasize bowing. He recalls disapproval of public kissing and observes a London couple kissing in public, which unsettles him.
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Tokio
Japan
Far East
Shimasa Ichichii
West
England
London
Hampstead Heath
Prodigal Parent Col Roosevelt Tales From Marquette
Col Roosevelt, speaking to newspaper correspondents, critiqued urban attitudes and shared Arkansas anecdotes. He recounted a log cabin dinner invitation and a baby handling a loaded revolver, prompting a backwoodsman quip about his many children and risk.
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Col. Roosevelt
Marquette
Arkansas
Playwright Examines Marriage as Sacred Bond in New Work
A newsplay explores marriage as a sacred relationship rather than cheap intrigue. The heroine is married and faces a moral test as she falls in love, with the plot emphasizing genuine happiness in commitment.
Wet cargo drifts from Yonkers to Harlem river救
Robert Tisdale a Black laborer floated from Yonkers to Harlem early today. He drifted ashore at 138th street after Patrolmen Osterhaus and Sullivan and Street Cleaning Inspector Royle pulled him from the water. He said he could not recall how he fell in.
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New York
Robert Tisdale
Yonkers
Sullivan
Tisdale
Swipes the Cat Hails Chickens in Winsted
A cat named Swipes owned by George M. Bradford of Meadow Street has become obsessed with Abel R. Woodward's chickens. Each night Swipes climbs to a tree limb where the fowl roost and shooes them down, then chases them into the henhouse.
First Woman Elected President of Columbia Telephone
Esther C. Young, a Philadelphia society figure, was elected president of the Columbia Telephone Company, becoming the first woman in the country to hold the post.
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Philadelphia
Esther C. Young
Columbia Telephone Company
Find Colony of Rattlers in Gadsden Land Dispute
Alan Duncan and Osburn McQueen toured a land tract hoping to rent it for the year. They found a pair of large rattlers and killed them, then discovered a ground full of rattlesnakes. They killed 32 in total, 30 young snakes with one rattle each, 12 to 18 inches long, ending with Dun and McQueen arguing over the rental.
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Gadsden
Alan George Duncan
Osburn McQueen
Duncan
McQueen
Bolt Kills Worker at Blackwood Colliery Shaft
Lightning struck the bottom of a 1,200 foot shaft at the Blackwood colliery near here operated by Lehigh Valley company instantly killing a workman another was seriously injured in Pottsville Pennsylvania reports say a deadly underground accident occurred at the mine.
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Pottsville
Blackwood
Lehigh Valley Company
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W. G. Chapman
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