Future target practice may doom old U S battleships
The Atlantic fleet plans to dismantle the Indiana and use her as a target for new super Dreadnoughts as older ships like Texas, Massachusetts, Illinois and Iowa near obsolescence. Modern gunnery at 12 000 to 15 000 yards shows hits are possible, with immense costs and intense training emphasized by officials seeking high efficiency.
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San Marcos
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Illinois
Iowa
Santiago
Utah
Uncle Sam
America
Spain
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Hampton Roads
bin Marcus
New Hampshire
Live Scarecrow in London Farms Birds Near St Pauls
A London Chronicle report profiles Wille Taylor a farm youth using an old bird clapper to scare crows from a wheat field near Ilford eight miles from St. Pauls. He earns eight shillings weekly with a two shilling raise and aspires to join the farm carts and team work. He has visited London once to Covent Garden with vegetables.
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St Paul's
London Chronicle
Ilford
Wille Taylor
Wheatfelds
St. Paul's
Taylor
Covent Garden
Original Folks in Panama Discoveries of Indians to Whites
Professor Pittier of the US agricultural department for Smithsonian exploration describes Panama's Chocos on the southwest coast. He notes their tall, hospitable, honest nature and isolation from whites, with self-rule and grass huts. Similar tribes exist on the southeast coast, many never having seen a white face. They lack religion, fashion, and social structures as understood by outsiders.
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United States Agricultural Department
Panama
Smithsonian Institution
Pittler
Santo Domingo
Republic of Panama
Show Your Grit Detroit Free Press Verse
A brief Detroit Free Press verse urges resilience after a setback. It emphasizes rising again to fight another day and turn misfortune into opportunity.
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Detroit Free Press
Gossip of the Sport World Highlights A Busy Regatta Season
The SCORE KEEPER notes club and college oarsmen are active with a packed regatta lineup. Events include Cornell vs Harvard at Lake Cayuga, Penn vs Annapolis at Annapolis, Schuylkill River races in Philadelphia, Harlem regatta in New York, intercollegiate meets at New London and Poughkeepsie, and multiple regional regattas across Boston, Peoria, and Lake Erie venues through July and August. The season is billed as possibly the most successful in the sport’s history.
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Marvard University
Lake Cayuse
Athaca
Pennsylvania
Annapolis
Conn
Poughkeepsie
Columbia
Syracuse
Wisconsin
Schnylkill Navy
Royal English Henley
Thames River
London
Independence
People's Regent
Philadelphia
New Bngland Rowing Association
Boston
Necticut Valley Rowing Association
Palin Bay
Lake Erie
Detroit Boat Club
New England Rowing Association
Early baseball notes from Ton Mich to Pittsburgh Pirates lore
The article recalls Dee You Know That first no hit game in Ton Mich on Aug 17 with Reds and Detroit club, cites record shortest game at 32 minutes on Sept 17, while reflecting on faded stars like George Ilkeen and Gilson. Manager Clarke applauds veteran catching and past praise of Gilson as best catcher in the country two years prior.
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Ton, Mich
the &T. Louie Reds
Cosa Club
Detroit
Jim Galvin
Reds
Atlanta
George
Ilkeen
Pittsburgh Pirates
Clarke R
Giieon
Gibbons Plans Law Studies After Ring Career
Mike Gibbons of St. Paul white collar Welzlet prepares to enroll at Minnesota State University next fall to study law. He plans to leave boxing by degree completion and believes he will have money by then.
The Height of the Ridiculous Slippery Path of Fame
A collage of humorous cuts and quotes from multiple papers includes lines about a defeated congressman in Plankville, a London porter and a penny bit, watered stock quips, a released prisoner noting changes in women, marital antics, and stage banter. This parade of jokes mirrors early 20th century humor pages with quick, punchy gags and a mix of regional references. The items blend political satire, everyday absurdities, and light social pokes, cataloged as a single humorous miscellany.
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Washington
Plankville
Washington Herald
Duties of the Office Boy in New Orleans Lampoon
A humorous exchange shows an employer asking the office boy about duties and the boy replying with a quip about waking the bookkeeper when he hears the bass. The brief vignette appears in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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New Orleans
Thwes-Democrat
Fully Approved Wille’s Mamma Is James a Nice Hot For You
Fragmentary line from Lippincott's Magazine mentions a playful exchange about playing marbles. The dialogue suggests confidence in winning and casual social banter without additional context or events.
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Wille
James
Willie
Lippincott’s Magazine
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