Launch of Thirty-Five Foot Torpedo Boat Designed at Bridgeport
A Bridgeport factory shows a motor torpedo boat design by Charles Frederick Hersholl. The thirty five foot hull uses a two crank, double combustion chamber motor aimed to reach speeds near thirty one miles per hour. The project aims to demonstrate power for a future fleet of fast torpedo boats for major navies.
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Besigner
Westy
Emi
American
Wisi Manufacturing Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Charles Frederick Hersexton
New York Herald
Mator
United States
Herresi
Quniestic
Seon
Kferreshoff
Threermaitional Power Company
Zens
Comng
Weeials
Fecuss
Conrua
Heresholl
Ge Elerated
Plant Sanitarium in Paris Treats Exotic Plants
The Plant Sanitarium in Paris aims to aid exotic plants suffering from light exposure. The method places plants in moist houses with minimal handling, exposing them only a few times daily to reach better growth.
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Sa Sanitarium
Paris
Tobacco and Deafness Warned by French Scientist
French physiologist M Welie reports tobacco has a protorious effect on the auditory dale and cautions limited use. He advises avoiding tobacco where deafness has begun or in cases with a vanity history of ear troubles.
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M. Welie
Automobiles tackle Pike's Peak climb in September race
A record automobile ascent of Pike's Peak is planned for September promoted by George R Wahlgreen. The route starts at Manitou near Colorado Springs with a 17 mile ascent to 14 107 feet. The course features steep grades up to 15 percent and a dangerous zigzag wind exposed summit.
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Pike’s Peak
George R. Wahlgreen
Denver
St. Louis
W. B. Felker
C. A. Yent
John Brisben Walker
Manitou
Colorado Springs
Cascade
Ute Pass
New York Marines Club Launches Star Bachelor Cruises
The New York Marine Outing Club plans summer cruises to Newport Lake George Atlantic Highlands and Shrewsbury with twenty members buying the dark rigged auxiliary yacht Hildegarde for 10000. Built for the Prince of Wales and once owned by George Gould it now sits at Harris Heights and will be commissioned July 1 with crews chosen soon at an estimated 600 dollars monthly operating cost.
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New York Tribune
New York
Newport
Lake George
Atlantic Highlands
Shrewsbury
William A. Hayes
Hildegarde
King Edward
Prince of Wales
Gosport
George Gould
Blakeley Hall
General Whitloesk
Harris Heights Basin
Royal Yacht Squadron
Hayes
Japanese Students Embrace Athletics Growing Interest
A British journal notes that twenty years ago Japanese students valued study over games but now show keen interest in rowing lawn tennis and baseball. Cricket’s inactivity does not appeal. Waseda University players travel to the United States to test against American champions, with a possible Tokyo eight at Henley.
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Waseda University of Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Henley
Chinese minister joins Boston Chinese mission
Rev Chan Lok Shang, recently transferred from the California to the Northeast conference, will lead the Chinese mission work in Boston as part of the New England Methodist conference’s recent actions.
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New England
The Little Japanese Postscript Prefers the Paper Fan
A fragment essay references the paper fan as a wiser tool to outflank the world. It mentions a heavy stick and a fleeting glimpse of Bertrand Shadwell in Chicago Post style. The tone suggests a playful musings on nonviolent methods over force.
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Inguman
Bertrand - ‘Shadwell
Chicago Post
Brigadier Sugar Cakes Humiliation By Cuban General Gomez
The New York Times recounts General Maximo Gomez disciplining an officer who sold sugar cakes to Spaniards for 400. He orders the man to be renamed Brigadier Sugar Cakes and stripped of stars, reduced to private duty, with a warning to behave henceforth.
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Maximo Gomez
New York Times
Gomez
Cuba
The Only General in Cuba Says Gomez Sends Visitor Home
A French officer arrives at Maximo Gomez’s Cuban camp offering to serve as a general. Gomez rejects him, declaring there is only one general in the world and that title belongs to him. The visitor is sent back to France with safe conduct to leave Cuba.
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Gomez
Leutenant
Army of Liberation
Gaul
Saussier
Cuba
Maximo Gomez
France
Viscount
Prize Poem by a Woman at Lewis and Clark Fair
A prize ballad on The Trail for the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland Maine was awarded to Mrs A A Lindsley, wife of a former Washington state treasurer. The poem extols westward exploration with vivid scenes of travel, sails, mills, and a marching cadence celebrating the trail to the promised land.
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A. A. Lindsley
Lewis and Clark Fair
I. N. Freischner
Portland
New York Post
John Malcolm Graham
John
Washington
Real Fourth of July Celebrations in Historical Context
Harper's July piece by Paul Leland Haworth revisits John Adams’ claim that July 2 marks America’s true independence milestone. It notes the final vote on independence occurred on July 2, with the Continental Congress debating into July 4 amid heat.
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Paul Leland Haworth
Harper’s
John Adams
America
Great Britain
Thomas Jefferson
War Veteran's Suggestion for Bridge Memorial Ceremony
Ambrose Hammond an ex sergeant of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry writes to President Roosevelt proposing a ceremony to honor Civil War veterans. He suggests dismantling the old wooden Potomac Bridge in Washington and distributing the pieces to veterans, noting a million northern soldiers crossed it and that its sight on return in 1865 was a glad memory.
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Ambrose Hammond
Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Roosevelt
Hammond
Washington
Boston Herald
Potomac
Japanese destroyer captain recalls sinking of Suvoroff
A Japanese destroyer captain describes the May 27 attack at daybreak, firing a Whitehead torpedo that crippled the Suvoroff. He says the fleet concentrated fire on the flagship, its funnels and masts destroyed, the ship listing and sinking after a final torpedo strike.
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Wiurasag
Rojestvensky
Suvaroff
Sea of Japan
Sasebo
New York
Suvoroff
Germs in Doctors Beards Prompts Coroner to Consider Clean Shaven Policy
Deputy coroner Dr. O H Parker tells Kansas City Star reporters he may shave his whiskers to reduce perceived germ risk. He notes patient concerns about beards spreading disease and predicts future doctors might be bald headed and dressed in protective gear to stay germ free.
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O. H. Parker
Kansas City Star
Badges For Clergymen Advocated
The Church Economist argues for Protestant ministers to wear badges reading Clergyman New York to ensure quick recognition and access during emergencies. The piece notes priests are readily identified and admitted to aid victims, while Protestants may lack obvious identification in crises.
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Church Economist
New York
Thornless rose bouquets take society by storm
The New York Press notes maids and matrons carry thornless roses this season. Flowers from the parent stem are used only for blooms. stems are discarded. Bouquets shaped like a fan are attached to a silk lined frame to cling to delicate frocks. Originating in London, Queen Alexandra praised them and lent her name.
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New York Press
London
Alexandra
Engagement Ring Collector Stirs Nebraska Mail Inquiry
A young Nebraska woman is under postal investigation for cultivating engagement rings. She wrote to hundreds of men via matrimonial bureaus and agencies and often reaches the ring stage but ends the pursuit there.
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Post Office
Nebraska
Lakeshore and Other Railroads Relaying Steel
The Big Four is engaged in relaying a considerable amount of steel between Claypool and Warsaw. E. J. Van Camp, clerk in the Engine Dispatcher's office, spent yesterday in Chicago visiting the White City. James Cathcart, clerk in Road master Wirley's office, and Harl App, formerly in the freight office, went on a fishing trip down the St. Joe river yesterday.
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Claypool
Warsaw
E. J. van Camp
Chicago
White City
James Cathcart
Wirley
Harl App
St. Joe River
Cartwright Named Foreman at Rupel Gravel Pit
H W E Cartwright is appointed foreman of the Rupel gravel pit located five miles southwest of South Bend on the Three I. The mine baying cat loads for ballast on the main line, with the pit remaining open until late fall.
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H W. E. Cartwright
Rupel
South Bend
Engineer John Guimever Praises 20 Hour Twentieth Century Schedule
Engineer John Guimever, holder of the last time record on the Michigan division of the Lake Shore railroad, notes satisfaction as officials revert to the twenty hour schedule for the Twentieth Century flyer. He asserts that this pace is fast enough.
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South Bend
John Guimever
Michigan
Lake Shore Railroad
Train Jumped Tracks Near Hillsdale No Injuries Reported
The Lake Shore north bound passenger train leaving Fort Wayne at five oclock derailed between Reading and MBankers in Hillsdale county Michigan. The engine and two cars left the rails but no one was hurt as the train was moving slowly. Conductor Patterson led the train which carried several Fort Wayne passengers.
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Lake Shore
Fort Wayne
Reading
Mbankers
Hillsdale County
Mich
Patterson
Lake Shore Tests Radical Car Cooling Device
Extensive experiments are under way at Lake Shore with a car cooling device described as one of the railroad industry’s most radical ventures. If successful, it would remove a major objection to summer travel and marks a historic first in railroad history.
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Lake Shore
Freight Train Wreck Delays Lake Shore Trains Near Brimfield
Early morning wreck near Brimfield on the Lake Shore destroyed five or six cars. Defective air connections are suspected. Several damaged cars carried oil and coal. Westbound passenger trains used the Old Road. No. 37, No. 3, and No. 5 arrived late.
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Brimfield
Lake Shore
Old Road
Mentor wreck blamed on open switch and human error
George K. Trask, head of Indiana railways, criticizes the Lake Shore wreck analysis as shallow. He cites open switches and human negligence as recurring causes, noting no system can fully prevent accidents from careless errors regardless of train speed.
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Mentor
George K. Trask
Railway Authority of
Indiana
Lake Shore
Restriction Placed on Eighteen Hour Train Crews
A new order limits engine crews on the Pennsylvania eighteen hour train to not exceed schedule speed. No more than ten minutes may be made up on any division, shifting responsibility away from engineers. The rule, applied to other fast trains, curbs reckless running by setting the timetable as the guide.
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Pennsylvania
Credr
National Guard Notes: NCO School in Armory Tomorrow
Non-commissioned officers' school will be held in the armory of Company E tomorrow evening. The event concerns Guard training and unit readiness for the local detachment.
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National Guard
Company F Reorganizes at Twin Branch Range
Company F of South Bend held a shooting drill yesterday at a rifle range near Twin Branch firing at one and two hundred yards with regulation reduced ammunition. The unit marched to the scene Saturday evening as changes in the officer corps were announced. Sergt Clyde Frick was elected second lieutenant, replacing Charles B Calvert promoted to first lieutenant and Harry Kaulkner promoted from former first lieutenant to captain.
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South Sbend
Twin Branch
Clyde Frick
Charles B. Calvert
Harry Kaulkner
Indiana Girl Breaks Record in Government Service
Laura Hopkins of Evansville Indiana sets an unprecedented typewriter speed record in seven and a half hours of work. The remarkable achievement marks her as the fastest operator in government service, with figures deemed nearly unbeatable.
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Laura Hopkins
Evansville
Ind
Hopkins
Made
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Elkhart Endorsements
A local endorsement claims Doan's Kidney Pills cure many kidney issues from backache to urinary disorders. Samuel Morehouse of 1200 Middlebury Street testifies he was cured after buying at Houseworth Brothers drug store. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Elkhart
Dean
Samuel Morehouse
Middlebury Street
Houseworth Bro
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Freight Gar Bandits Shot Near Wolf Lake
Five train robbers were captured after a shootout near Wolf Lake Indiana while attempting to steal silks from a freight car. Albert Burns was wounded and hospitalized. the gang members named include Albert Burns Joseph Smith Frank Smith John Metzger and Albert Greening.
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Wolf Lake
Ind
Albert Burns
Winchester, Avenue
Albert Greening
Avenue M
Joseph Smith
Page Street
Frank Smith
John Metzger
Burns
South Chicago
Bonner
State Line
George W. Miller
Grain Dealers’ Protective Association
Lake Shore
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Bert Yoder and Dr King Medicine Co Tour Ohio Indiana
Bert Yoder of the Dr King Medicine Co Elkhart prepares for a Michigan trip while touring central Indiana and Ohio He displays a $1000 outfit a $400 Arabian horse span and a fancy medicine wagon Accompanied by Chas Goode of Versailles Oh they perform banjo and song on street corners Mrs Yoder joins the tour as they visit larger towns and stay weeks at a time The act claims success with local crowds crediting Dr Yoder’s lectures and performances
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Middlebury
Bert Yofer
Dr. King Medicine Co
Elkhart
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Chas Goode
Versailles
Yoder
Simple Life Sermon From Queen of Roumenia
The Queen of Roumenia advocates frugal living, urging contentment with Earth’s fruits and basic bread and vegetables. She criticizes costly comforts and pinpoints fault to both men who press women to lavishness and women whose extravagance demands sacrifices from husbands.
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Roumenia
Swiss flag cross carries religious meaning
Fragmentary text notes the white cross on the red field of the Swiss flag has a religious meaning and was adopted as an appeal to len. It mentions electricians and papermakers, a double header, and a Sunday morning game where the electricians finished first.
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Len
Electricians
Teva
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SKF
Plant Sanitarium
Pike's Peak OR Bust
Marine Outing Club
Lewis and Clark
Lakeshore and Other Railroads
Miller
Wolfe Lake
Colehour Junction
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