Wireless telephony at sea shown near Ramsgate
At Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate Mr. A W Sharman demonstrated a portable wireless telephony system claimed to be beyond experiments. The device can transmit over water and may allow warships to talk to shore with minimal power using an impulse coil and a Morse tapper, costing about 50 to 100 dollars for a full set.
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Ramsgate
Eng
Pegwell Bay
A. W. Sharman
Webb
Mr. Sharman
T. Thorne Baker
Sharman
Hidden War Warnings From Global Makers Across the Atlantic
Cromwell Childe notes in Harper's Weekly how U S manufacturers once knew of impending European conflicts months or years ahead. Large firms in Philadelphia New England Chicago and New York reportedly received secret orders for machine tools from Russia and Japan to repair big guns signaling looming war. The signs appeared clear yet distant until official declarations followed over a year later.
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Atlantic
Philadelphia
New England
Chicago
New York
Far East
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Russia
Japan
Cromwell Childe
Harper's Weekly
Stocker Annie Grant Spotted Shopping in Dillon
Annie Stocker of Grant was seen shopping in Dillon on a Tuesday between trains. The brief notice places her in the town during travel, noting her activity amid transit.
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Annie ‘Stocker of
Grant
Dillon
Hazing at Naval Academy Returns With New Twist
Superintendent Captain John H. Gibbons orders a board of inquiry into recent hazing at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. A cadet confession followed a probe that initially cast doubt on the entire class as the misdeeds appeared to target first year plebes in the sight of their rivals’ girlfriends.
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United States
Naval
Military Academies
Annnapolis
John H. Gibbons
Naval Academy
Man in a Dr Fred Ellis disguise stalls traffic with a beer drinkin horse
A self described Dr Fred F Ellis of Hamilton Montana dons western attire and rides a horse Don Fulano to drink beer on Broadway at Forty first street New York The scene at the Hotel Albany drew spectators and a bet dispute with Butte attorney I G Denny over horse barroom stunts and public decency.
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Fred F. Ellis
Hamilton
Montana
Broadway
Forty-first Street
New York World
Albany
Dr. Ellis
Don Fulano
Butte
Fritzie Heinze
I. G. Denny
New York
Astor
Belmont
Knickerbocker
Moving Picture
Hotel Albany
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Society For the Prevention
Maine Sinking Blamed on Exterior Explosion
The U S battleship Maine sunk in Havana harbor in 1898 is attributed by the naval board to an outside explosion from a low form of explosive. The report supports the original investigators, noting a mine rather than a dirigible torpedo as the instrument of destruction and hinting at hidden details in navy files.
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Washington
United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Naval Board
Navy Department
Meyer
Navy
Department
Fragmentary quote appears indated confession line
A fragment shows a speaker saying he didn’t need it and that he hasn’t had a drink for three days. The text reflects a personal lapse or recovery note with no clear event, date, or identifiable source.
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Dillon Bakery
Anderson Bros
Feed & Sale
Mont
Dillon : Furniture . CO
G. T. Paul
Edison Phonographs
Tattersall
Tribune
War and Business
Gibbons
Montana Horse
New York City
Naval Examining Board
Bright
Laton Crane &Pike
Crane’s Linen
Tribune Book Store
the Metlen European Hotel
THE
Edisson Hotel CO
Kolman
Acadia
Martin’ & Critz
Prope
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