Holland Boat Impresses French and British Naval Attaches
French naval attaché Lieut Faramond and French engineer M Louis Revier visited New York to study the Holland submarine. They signaled intent to negotiate for several vessels and for exclusive use of patents, and proposed sending a French expert to study the design. British naval attaché Capt Ottley endorsed rapid adoption of Holland type submarines, deeming it the era’s most formidable and capable of guarding harbors and coasts from mines or obstacles.
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Lieut. Goutrin de Faramond de Lemjole
Washington
M. Louis Revier
New York
Holland Company
Lieut
Faramond
Tam
Holland
Charles 1. Ottley
Wi. N
Board of Admiralty
Irilish
Hag
Thera
Bray
Mail Bag Used As Hearse In Unusual Funeral Rite
In Milwaukee a box from Sleidelberg Germany carrying the ashes of Mrs Alf Melms arrived at the post office. The box marked Menschen ashe was sent to Fred Strassau and then forwarded to a undertaker for placement in the Melms family vault. Mrs Melms had moved to Milwaukee in 1835 and died abroad after returning for health.
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United States
Milwaukee
Sleidelberg
Germany
Alf
Maria Melma
Charles LT. Melms
Fred Strassau
William Becker Leather Company
Melms
Schweitzer
Weisbaden
Bertha
Teitdelberg
Cheap coal for west promises lignite conversion plant rush
A new process by J Moersch Herman Wolff and Ales Menke aims to unlock North Dakota lignite for western fuel needs. They plan three 30000 dollar plants to crush and remove impurities, compressing carbon to yield cheaper coal than eastern imports. A test and a contract for 100000 tons follow.
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West
North Dakota
Deller
Duluth
Elkins Plans Nonsectarian Girls College in Philadelphia
Philadelphia magnate William L. Elkins considers founding a girls college on a scale rivaling Girard College for boys. Negotiations seek a site on the city outskirts. The endowment would reach millions, aiming to provide orphaned girls opportunities lacking under Girard’s will. The plan envisions a national institution open to all faiths, excluding ministers from governance.
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William L. Elkins
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Stephen Girard
Girard College For
Elkins
Girard
Tts
Cape Town Jail Holds World Prison of 1000 Inmates
A Michigan traveler reports Cape Town prison housing over 1000 convicts from many nations. Worldly inmates are employed on fortifications as a hilltop battery of guns guards by electric links. Convicts are classified by colored bands and faced with flogging or caning only by a weekly visiting magistrate. The article highlights native resilience, a former Oxford-educated interpreter, a capable Bible carrier, and embezzlement cases among staff and affiliates connected to Cape Town institutions.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Transvaal
England
Cape ‘Own
Oxford University
Tie
Joe
Young Men’s Christian Association
Becrass
s-Eribune
Bdaminek
Priestess of Anarchy Leaves US for England
Emma Goldman, famed anarchist leader, departs the United States for England under an assumed name. She cites dissatisfaction with American working conditions and government restrictions, claiming the country stifles her views and noting past imprisonment for advocating free speech and public lectures.
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Anarchy
Emma Goldman
America
England
United States
Lalk
Lberty
Tale
New Yorkesty
Klondike Route Opened for American Miners Says Abercrombie
Capt. William R. Abercrombie, after surveying an all American route to the Klondike, passes through New York en route to Washington to report to Secretary Root. He asserts the expedition opens Alaska for American settlement and miners with land rights at Valdez and freedom from foreign interference. He foresees many enterprises in Alaska and Yukon, fertile soil, abundant game, and strong grain prospects along the route.
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William R. Abercrombie
Klondike
New York
Washington
Root
Valdez
Alaska
Yukon
Copper River
Siberia
New Trephining Method Used in Chicago Hospital
A new trephining technique was used at the Undergrad Hospital in Chicago to remove a skull section for excision of a vein from patient Frank T. Gordon, a carpenter. The operation, performed by Dr. I. G. Schaeff er, left Gordon seizure free since, with high hopes for permanent recovery.
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Chicago
Frank T. Gordon
I. G.schaeffer
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Magnificent College For Women
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