Navy to increase shipboard engineers and officer duty shifts
Rear Admiral Grawninshield unveils a general order to assign two line officers to each warship as assistants to the chief engineer to oversee and repair deteriorating machinery. The plan includes rotating detachments every six months and detailing officers to duty with cad engineers during overhauls and repairs. The move follows reports of extensive machinery deterioration on ships of war and signals a possible expansion of the engineer corps if relief is not found.
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Grawninshield
Bureau of Navigation
Tor Servier
En Guecane
Are
Wis
Lynching and Burning of Black Man in Tennessee
A Black man, Henry Noles, accused of harming a white woman, Mrs. Charles Williams, near Winchester, Tennessee, was captured near Cowan, jailed, and then burned at the stake in a crowd of thousands. A three mile procession accompanied the mob to the stake and liquor and fear spread as witnesses urged restraint but the mob overpowered authorities and killed him.
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Avenue
Henry Noles
Charles Williams
Winchester
Tenn
Noles
Cowan
Stewart
Matt N. Whittaker
Willams
Ila Guid
Bender Family Deeds Compare With Ward of Pluma Murders
The Bender family deeds in Kansas are likened to the Ward case at Pluma. Ward, captured near Devil's Tower, is said to have killed Kirk Shephard and miner Frank Neuenfeldt in a cold, single handed manner. Cabinet searches reveal hidden rooms and piles of rubbish, hinting at many possible victims and missing persons in the region.
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Ward
Pluma
Bender
Kansas
W. L Ward
Devil's Tower
Deadwood
World Way
Kirk Shephard
Frank Neuenfeldt
Tso
Prices and Peculiar Odds in Early 20th Century Society
A collage of social and economic notes notes on high salaries, rising food costs, seedless watermelons, and diamond-obsessed display. References to Mr Schwab earning a million, Schley inquiry questions, and Indiana’s plan to market French peas amid winter price pressures. European rulers and Zola also appear in a satirical current of the era.
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Schwab
Schley
Russell Sage
Europe
Zola
Rocky Ford
Indiana
Knights Parade Opens Twenty-Eighth Templar Conclave in Louisville
Thirty thousand knights march through Louisville streets as 80 000 spectators line the route for the grand parade marking the opening of the twenty-eighth triennial conclave of the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar in Kentucky. Railway officials estimate nearly 100 000 visitors filled the city. Grand Master Lloyd reports steady growth and prosperity since July 1 1809 with 125 108 members. A fireship of naval interest notes a British shipboard fire extinguishing machine using sulphur gas to smother flames.
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Knights Templar
Louisville
Seventh
Main Streets
Maline
Brook Street
Market Street
Sixth Street
Jefferson Street
Fourth Street
Court of Honor
Chestnut Street
Floyd Street
Broadway
Grand Arch
Kentucky Street
Third Street
Hill Street
Fifth Street
St. James Court
Central Park
Lloyd
Reuben H. Lloyd
United States
Spain
Great Britain
Knights Templar Conclave Drill At Churchill Downs
The parade featured about 1200 Knights from Illinois, Pennsylvania and Indians division units, with a formal welcome by Judge Barker and ex-Congressman Breckinridge. A grand drill at Churchill Downs drew visitors from across the country, showcasing multiple commanderies and signaling a broadening of the order’s mission.
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Ers
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Barker
Louisville
Beckham
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Knights Templar
Churchill Downs
Columbia Commandery
Washington
D. C
Colorado Commandery
Denver
Colo
Hanselman Commandery
Cincinnati
Ohio
A Happy Boy Shown Relieved by Dodd's Kidney Pills
In Oldenburg Illinois on September 2 a thirteen year old boy Willie Keil suffered three months of acute rheumatism. After doctors failed his father bought Dodd's Kidney Pills and three boxes cured him completely with no remaining symptoms. The case stuns Madison County as the medicine becomes widely talked about.
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Oldenburg
Willie Keil
Dodd
Madison County
Special Occasion Tramp Tale From the Fence
A fragment describes two tramps reacting to Bill crossing a fence chased by a bull. One notes it was the only time the man looked not tired, highlighting a rare moment of vigor amid hardship.
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Bill
Ramp
Puck
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