Automobile guns change clash in South Africa by Roberts
London reports British War Office tests automobile artillery to counter Boer mobility. Electric propelled small guns with armored shields, sent to Cape for first combat trials, promise decisive advance in future conflicts.
Automobiles in Battle Change War on South Africa Front
England faces a future of auto artillery as horses fall to Boer fire. Automobile guns promise continuous firing, protection behind shields, and motive power that does not tire. They would have avoided Colenso losses by keeping muzzles aimed at the foe and could keep moving under fire, reshaping land warfare.
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South Africa
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Loni Roberts
Hovsss
Bloemfontein
Roberts
Irish War Department
Cape
Colenso
Long
American Throng at Paris Exposition Guides Open
American girl art students have formed a bureau of guides at the Paris exposition led by Miss Nina Estabrook, aiding visitors with amiable, knowledgeable service. The article notes improving buildings, a police ban on indoor smoking, and diverse Alimenta tion Kiosks offering affordable fare as Americans plan June visits to see the Washington equestrian statue unveilings and the fair’s progress.
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Chicago
Nina Estabrook
Mey
Bristol
United States
Washington
Place d'Tena
America
France
Germany
Italy
Ida opens exclusive Paris roof garden tea rooms for American bohemians
A noted adventuress dubbed Gentle Ida has opened top-story Paris apartments with a private roof garden. She plans an aerial tea room for wealthy American bohemians, with tea at five dollars a cup and no other attractions. Ida invites American artists, singers, and writers to become habitues, promising gratis corral welcome in exchange for using their names. The note also discusses khaki as a uniform color and its supposed meanings.
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Seine
Paris
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