Government wine spending sparks prohibition protest
Washington reports show naval officers’ dinner costs drew Prohibition glare. Treasury auditor Tracewell ruled the bill for wine and cigars must be paid and claimed the dinner was essential. Tracewell, a long‑time abstainer, was praised by Secretary Gage for his decisive stance.
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Washington
Houses of
Congress
Comptroller of the Treasury
Tracewell
Supreme
Hamlet
McKinley
Gage
Notable wartime chatter aboard the Dolphin voyage
In a vivid crossing scene a shipboard discussion unfolds onboard the Dolphin. Metcalf Hale Bonaparte and a newspaper man clash over secrecy and press ethics, while birds signals and extreme cold at high altitude color the moment. The Boston Post notes a daughter’s recollection of a vanished man.
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Senator Hale
Enna
Navy Deport
Metcalf
Naval Affaire Committee
West Indies
Mr. Hale
Dolphin
Fine Cemetery to Become Public Park in Trenton
The owners of Jovust Hill Cemetery in the Fifth ward meet at Mount Zion Church to consider selling the disused burial ground for park use. Trustees are reelected, with William J. Conover as president and Amos Congo as treasurer. Sale price set at $4,000, with provisions to relocate bodies on request and disturb only surface for park purposes. City title requires a petition and court approval before Common Council confirmation. The plan follows a precedent from Philadelphia and was backed by Olmsted Brothers for city park potential.
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Trenton
Jovust Hill Cemetery
Fifth Ward
Eighth Ward
Mount Zion Church
William J. Conover
Leonard Welsh
Amos Congo
John Lewis
Eli
James
Joseph H. Davis
Alexander T. Weber
Philadelphia
Rittenhouse Square
Mercer County Court
Olmsted Brothers
Committee
Secrets of the air balloonists learn
The growth of ballooning prompted experiments aloft with anchored instruments. Strassburg balloons rose to 26 000 yards, 19 000 to 20 000 yards common. Isothermal layers at 14 000 yards defy cooling, birds’ flight at extreme heights once thought possible is now seen as physically impossible due to rarefied air and exhaustion.
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Strassburg
Humboldt
J. Poeschel
Frankfort
Pennsylvania Road Renumbers Its Freight Cars
The Penway completes renumbering of its freight cars over two years. New numbers reduce wrong directional shipments and delays. East lines use 10001 to 500000 with Pennsylvan ia on sides. west lines 500000 to 909000 with Pennsylvania Lines on sides. Car repaints and a cross-system table aid changes.
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Penway
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lines
P. L
Morrisburg
Lucknow
Enola
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Canal
Dewey
Manila
Soo
Sart Geilominutes and Co
Crson Clark Hardware Co
Manners McManus Bros
Old & Textor Co
Boston Post
Hopkinsville
Tobacco Region
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Gertrude
Oatar
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Newark, N. J
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Newark, Nd
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Black
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Newark
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Broad Street
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Jery
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Seis
Lissner
Mi Lindeman
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