Navy Tests Steel-Mesh Mast For Range Finders
Navy engineers test a steel mesh mast on the monitor Florida to withstand battle damage. To simulate combat at long range, the Arkansas fired on the Florida at 3 1/2 yards with reduced charges, examining how the new mast holds under shellfire and protects range finding gear.
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Lkely
Taushima Straits
Souvaroff
Rojestvensky
Semenoff
Florida
Arkansaas
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Old Point Comfort
Cape Charles
Cape Henry
Arkansas
United States Navy
Zurich A Model Modern City and Its National Museum
The piece extols Zurich as a highly organized modern city with efficient tram lines water supply and public gardens. It highlights a new national museum of local antiquities ten years old and praised for a 5000 year Swiss national history across fifty rooms surpassing other capitals in historic continuity.
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Wominy Ade
National Gallery
Turner
Zurich
Salls
Munielon
Switzerland
Europe
London
Berlin
Vienna
Vacation's Riches Beyond Money The World They Bring
A Motivational piece contrasting two vacation outcomes. One returns tired and bored, the other radiant and inspired, claiming true wealth comes from beauty and health found in nature. It urges travelers to seek inner riches, appreciating flowers, trees, and landscapes as God's gifts.
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Success Magazine
Dock Bosses Grip Power on Buffalo Waterfront
A historical reminiscence recalls W. J. Connors then a New York political figure who summoned a thousand dock workers at the Buffalo Ohio Street dock to enforce a contract. One large worker challenged Connors while the crowd watched, and the scene shifted toward intimidation and payment demands.
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W. J. Connors
New York Democratic State Committee
Ohio Street
Buffalo
Connors
Jim Commers
Piogy
Weekle-So Supply in a Defaulter Notice
The text notes an ongoing issue with Weekle-So Supply described as a defaulter. It laments why a person named Weekle-By George would repeatedly express thanks during deposits, suggesting a recurring financial problem discussed in the Bohemian Magazine.
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George
Bohemian Magazine
Grammatically Speaking Shall vs Will in Questions
A short note from Home Herald explains differences between shall and will in questions. It suggests using I shall for futureintent and I will for promises, with modern usage favoring will in most contexts.
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Home Herald
The man who never attempts to sing at any other thaw
A cryptic line notes that a man who avoids singing in other warm spells will instead burst into song in a picnic wagon. The item reads as a playful, enigmatic observation likely from a humor or poetry column.
Cold Plates Said to Be Prolific Cause of Crime
In a provocative remark, Phileminthroe argues that cold plates indirectly drive crime, suggesting a minor act or circumstance can tilt a person’s life toward wrongdoing. He cites a traveler from Cheshire who moved to Canada and faced near starvation, then was drawn into an art scam involving a pig’s likeness. The tale expands with European sightings of artists drawing animal expressions in Paris and Florence, illustrating how appearances shape perception.
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Phileminthroe
New York
Bunman
Cheshire
Camoda
Montreal
Bie Sfelio
Paris
Florence
Matnraizza
The Plight of Cold Plates and a Call for Hot Dinners
The text argues that cold plates cause domestic strife and crime, claiming meals heated to proper warmth prevent quarrels and even major offenses. It warns that cold meals may trigger irritability, poor sleep, and violent acts, urging hosts to provide hot plates for humanity and happiness.
Portrait Painters Skepticism Of Animal Eyes In Humans
An 19th century note reports painters find animal eyes, especially possums eyes, can mislead audiences and prejudice owners. A northern English solicitor cites cases where a look of profound wisdom from uncanny eyes helps some clients but ultimately harms their social standing and prospects. Three men linked to painters illustrate the pattern, each descending in fortune.
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England
Siamese Proverbs Reflect Shrewd People and River ethos
The Siamese are portrayed as sharp, guided by the Menam river like the Nile to Egypt. Proverb examples warn against careless tool use, warn of currents, judge character by manners, advise cautious companionship, and stress brave acceptance of hardship.
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Siam
Nile
Egypt
Landun Merris
It Is Pathetic How Inmates Read Surreptitious Papers
A New York Press item laments prisoners reading secret papers behind cell doors. A chaplain decries rule violations and peephole surveillance as inmates try to peek at illicit newspapers, risking discovery for a momentary distraction.
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Renioet
New York Press
Indignation Makes Her Stand Tall In Quiet Defiance
In the ticks when a haughty girl is Indigiont she draws herself up to her full height, leaving the impression that ordinarily she carries her wolf folded IW like a Jack knife.
Missionary Societies Employ Over Two Thousand Natives
In a strong showing of organized outreach, more than 2,000 indigenous people are employed by missionary societies across the country and Europe to spread the gospel among their communities.
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Europe
Model Hussain Ke Thenpecked In Murky Exchange
A unclear report mentions individuals in a tense exchange involving a person named Hussain. Details are fragmentary but the incident centers on a confrontation and ensuing reactions. Further context and full names are not provided in the available text.
Opinions on chickens and marriage ages noted
An essay mocks naive chicken farming as easy money while stressing needed skill. It cites an issue suggesting proper coop design, feeding, and management. It then cites Shaw on fashionable marriage age and presents marriage odds by age brackets with sourced figures.
To Marry or Not to Marry
A discussion on the advantages of remaining unwed cites statistics. It notes lower death risk for single men, higher unemployment among the married, slightly higher crime risk for the unworried, and links drinking to unwed versus married men. The excerpt ends with a claim about men who wed before 20 often marrying women older by several years.
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Georges Bernard Shaw
Desperado Sam Brown Faces Nevada Trial Legend Tale
Senator Stewart Pace recalls the famed Nevada killer Sam Brown, six feet four inches tall and 250 pounds, feared in Virginia City for his Bowie knife and sixteen killings. In a courtroom moment Brown eyed the narrator, then backed off when shown two derringers. He later greeted the narrator amicably at a saloon and offered legal representation.
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Stewart
Nevada
Washington Post
Sam Brown
King
Virginia City
Flo
Diet and Sleep After Retiring From Work
The article notes digestion is slowed by late meals and that foods mainly cause no real hypnotic effects. It suggests avoiding meals within two to three hours of bed but acknowledges many workers sleep after supper and children nod off after tea.
South American neighbors and U.S. policy
The Washington Herald notes growing South American nations respond to U.S. aims while Roosevelt predicts vast development from the Rio Grande to Patagonia. Political instability fades, cities grow, railroads open new lands, and agriculture and industry flourish, signaling a peaceful, resource rich future.
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Washington Herald
Alcohol Output Under New Law Reaches 1.77 Million Gallons
The denatured alcohol production for the first half of 2007 under the new law totaled 1,774,272 gallons. The expected full year output is 4,000,000 gallons. The law has cut wood alcohol costs from 0 to 75 cents to 30 cents per gallon, suggesting a developing monopoly in the new alcohol industry.
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Scientific American
Sleep After Meals: Habit of Animals and Night Workers
Dr Woods Hutchinson notes in American Magazine that many animals naturally sleep after eating and that a moderate meal aids rest. He adds night workers may sleep better after a small dinner before retiring.
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Woods Hutchinson
American Magazine
Pastor Salary Dispute Sparks Rural Sermon Tale
Washington recalls telling a church crowd in a wooded area that the pastor must be paid his salary. A lone parishioner heckled from the back saying the pastor had already been paid for the same terms last year, ending the talk with a stubborn defiance.
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Tooker
Washington
Mr. Washington
Congression
Race day misadventure referenced in judge remark
A fragment captures a judge noting sleetcar breakdowns affected attendance at races yesterday. The dialogue asks about a husband's luck at the event and comments on travel disruption.
Water Spoils Asparagus Says Consul Reports
A German debate over soaking asparagus to keep it fresh ends with expert tests from Gelsenheim. Submerged asparagus gains about 10 percent weight in two days and loses nitrogen and mineral content. Parafin coated cut ends absorb water yet retain more value than uncoated in water, proving soaking deflates both quality and weight for buyers.
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Germany
Gardeners’ Union
Gelsenheim
Rhine
Frankfurter Zeitung
Win- Mach
Schmidt
Chicken Always Comes Home to Roost in Tale of Fate
A fragmentary line contemplates a chicken’s fate as it faces capture and possible death for a stew, yet the bird’s homeward instinct remains a recurring theme. The wording hints at caution and irony in survival.
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