Newark Navy Cruiser Launched Amid Impressively Protected Design
The Newark new cruiser is a steel vessel built in Philadelphia for the United States Navy. It features curved steel protection over machinery and magazines, 240 feet long by 49 feet beam, a 19 foot draft, coal capacity for 10,500 miles voyage, and a cost near 1.3 million dollars. It is not armored but aims to safeguard vital parts with full-length protection.
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Philadelphia
Senator’s Mail Attracts Proposals From Many Women
Wisconsin Senator Philetus Sawyer, a widower, was described as rich and besieged by marriage offers from diverse women. He declined, sending his letters to Senator Allison of Iowa for possible accommodation. The piece also notes a fatal landslide at Troy, New York, and its warnings, plus a proposal to blow up Warren Hill with dynamite.
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Philetus Sawyer
Wisconsin
Washington
Allison
Iowa
Troy
N. Y
Warren's Hill
New Commissioner of Emigration Named for New York Port
Ex congressman John B Weber of Buffalo appointed commissioner of emigration at the port of New York. Born in 1812 at Buffalo, he served as a private in the late war and rose to colonel after battles. He later became sheriff of his native city and two-term representative from New York’s Thirty third district. His business has been wholesale grocer.
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Bultalo
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New York
Bulfato
The Cold Air Cure Promises Frosty Health Reform
A quoted Herald of Health piece extols cold air as antiseptic and digestive stimulant arguing hospitals become ice houses. It advises moving bed to draft side, opening windows full, sleeping to cold air, and claims illnesses like catarrh and fever can be frozen out with warm bed clothing and breathable icy air.
How the Appeuriter Wan Invented and Its Makers
The Milwaukee winter of 1966 to 1967 saw C L Sholes Samuel Wi Soule and Carlos Glidden develop a paging machine to print numbers on bound pages and later letters. Sholes proposed pivoted type circles, Glidden urged building the device. by September 1967 a machine produced letters albeit imperfect. James Dinsmore offered to fund a quarter share, and Soule Glidden left, leaving Sholes and Dinsmore as sole proprietors.
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Milwaukee
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Ile
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James Dinsmore
Meadville
Soule
Sholes and
Dinsmore
Aransas City
Authors Prefer Pen Over Pencil in Poets Circles
A New York Commercial Advertiser note surveys poets and writers showing varied tool choices from pen to pencil. Lowell Holmes Whittier Aldrich Deland Stedman Stoddard Stevenson Burnett Curtis ah Ells Stockton Fawcett Green and others favor different drafting instruments in drafts and manuscripts.
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Margaret Deland
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Stoddard
Robert Louis Stevenson
New York
Incandescent Care and Superstitions on Electric Lights
A street exchange humorously links electric lights to medical cures in a tale about using a dropped candle as medicine. The piece notes Electric World and New York Herald discuss long held Scottish superstitions about infant care such as sweeping nail and hair trimmings to avoid danger, with Livingstone cited on African tribes.
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New York Herald
Clerk Grants Marriage License Then Corrects Name Mixup
A county clerk office incident describes a young man obtaining a marriage license for a woman, then returning in haste to reveal a mistaken surname. The names shared a first name but differed greatly in last names, prompting a correction before completion. The couple proceeded after the fix.
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Swain
Des Moines
Mrs Slogan Warns Against Trusting Men At L Station
A New York Weekly item portrays a sharp exchange between Mrs Slogan and her daughter about deceit in men. The daughter notes a man near a news stand who appears gentle but gazes at a rat poison poster, quipping his “pet puddle” becomes a joke on his character.
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New York Weekly
Warsaw Youth Seeks Suit Lost Evening Ambition
A young Warsaw man sued a tailor for failing to deliver a dress suit on a set day. He claimed the missed coat ruined his chance to attend a party and offer to marry the daughter of the house, arguing he suffered damages to his pride while a rival succeeded.
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Warsaw
Fiddler Saves Party After River Canoe Capsizes
A party of three young ladies with a fiddler escort crossed the swollen Rivanna in a canoe. After the boat overturned, two clung to the craft while a third was swept away and drowned. The fiddler used his fiddle as an improvised paddle to reach the shore, saving the others.
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Colmbia Bulletin
Oldest Couple in Monastir Die in Village Home
An elderly couple in Monastir vilayet died recently. the man aged 155 and his wife 123. They built their home a hundred years ago and tended a plot that grew into a venerable orchard, with trees aged 10 and 100 years, planted and cared for by the husband until his death.
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Pittsburg Bulletin
Nature's Provisions for Protecting Defenseless Animals
A survey of nature adaptive coloration and defense mechanisms across species. Birds, hares, and aquatic life blend with surroundings to avoid predators. The cuttlefish uses rapid ink release to mask and escape danger, with a second flood if pursued, while other species display camouflage in flowers and water.
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