Big Ships of War Compare World Fleets in 1893
In the Denton Journal's January 14 1893 issue Howard Melvin surveys naval power among European powers. The Royal Sovereign leads with 14000 ton displacement and 18.1 knot speed while British ships Indiana Massachusetts and Oregon lag by about 4000 tons and three knots. Italian ships Italy Duillo and Italia rival though differ in gun size and hull proportions. Comparisons extend to French Baudin Formidable and other fleets, contrasting merchant fleet sizes City of New York City of Paris with battleships.
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Royal Sovereign
Admiralty
Admiral Baudin
Formidable
Indiana
Massachusetts
Italy
Russia
Germany
Austria
Spain
City of
New York
Paris
Italia
Duillo
Baudin
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Shereef of Wazan Sid el Hadj Abdesalam in Tangier
Tangier’s famous Shereef Sid el Hadj Abdesalam, aged over sixty, rich in Arab features and famed for courtesy, owns homes near Tangier. Despite European ties and an English wife, he remains socially distant, admired for kindness yet seen as limited in official life. Blackwood’s Magazine remark. Dog Language joke concludes the clipping.
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Shereef
Wazan
Tangier
Sid el Hadj Abdesalam
Blackwood's Magazine
Rich scientists and millionaire inventors in US history
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers lists rich figures led by Alexander Graham Bell whose telephone profits reach eight figures. Edison follows with seven figures, then Brush Elihu Thomson and Edward Weston surpassing a million. Frank J. Sprague, once a Navy officer, lives in a Grants-era mansion. his company was sold to Edison for 1.25 million, with half to the inventor.
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American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Alexander Graham Bell
Edison
Brush
Electric Light Fame
Elihu Thomson
Edward Weston
Frank J. Sprague
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Edison Company
Inventor
Exchange
Weekly Herald 1893 promises best and cheapest family journal
The Weekly Herald will be the premier and most affordable family journal in America during 1893. It will feature ample illustrations by top artists and serve as a magazine of literature art and news unmatched in quality.
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Grant Allen
Weekly Herald
America
Chicago
Jerome K. Jerome
Stepnink
Mrs. Gritwood
Edwin Arnold
John Strange Winter
Marie Corelli
Helen Mathers
Florence Warden
Hume Nisbet
Hamilton Aide
At &c
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Porto Rico
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Baltimore
Denton
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Avent
Brockway
Masten
Harry A. Rok
Sun
James Gordon Bennett and the New York Herald
A concise record noting James Gordon Bennett associated with the New York Herald newspaper in New York. The item centers on Bennett as a key figure in 19th century American journalism and the Herald’s role in the city press.
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New York
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