Can a Ship Be Made Unsinkable
The article describes a method by Wotherspoon and King to use a ship’s own submerged compartments as buoyancy chambers by draining water with compressed air. This system aims to keep damaged vessels afloat and allow repairs, potentially reducing loss when attacked or grounded. It cites tests aboard the cruiser Yankee and the case of the U S S Nero.
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Yankee
Newport
W. W. Wotherspoon
R. O. King
John Arbuckle
Messrs
Wotherspoon
King
Mr. Wotherspoon
Wotherapoon
Navy Department
Nero
Brenton’s Reef
Rhode Island
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Roads Around Jingla Villa Corners
An exchange between Billkings and Slathersberry recalls a motor trip and the question of road conditions around Jingla villa Corners. Slatherberry notes he was not stuck, while Billkins recalls being stranded for a full day last year.
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Jinglavilla Corners
Billkings of
Slathersberry
Slatherberry
Billkins
Harper’s Weekly
All Needed Vacation
Jones tells a deacon they will grant their minister a three month vacation. The deacon agrees the rest is needed for the preacher as well.
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Jones
Cleveland
Statue of America Unearthed Beneath London Soot
Washington Star reports a long hidden statue of America uncovered on Cannon Street in London after decades of grime. The 15 to 16 foot high female figure holds a gun and corn, once gilded letters spelling America now faded, with Africa still dark amid soot haze.
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America
London
Washington Star
Cannon Street
Europe
Asia
Africa
Keeping Love Alive and the Withered Hand Metaphor
Rev J H Jowett warns that miracles reveal how spiritual faculties can wither like a paralyzed hand. Love, conscience, and will require divine power and deliberate action to be restored. By bringing these faculties to Christ and stretching them forth in obedience, spiritual vitality is renewed.
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J. H. Jowett
D. D
Faith and intellect compared in a Congregationalist view
Rev F P Berry argues faith is essential to life beyond intellect and calls for spiritual conviction over mere reason in a spray field sermon setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Berry
Congregationalist
Sprayfield, Masa
Fort Scott Storywide Tone and Cussing Joke
A Fort Scott boy loses a wagon wheel and, with a friend, mutters a joke about cussing. The Fort Scott Tribune notes the humorous exchange as the owner laments, then resolves to join in swearing with the boy.
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Fort Scott
Kansas City Star
Clerical Wanderer Seeks Aid From Editor
A modest, refined man entered a newspaper office asking for a contribution for a gentleman in need. The editor declared he was the only person answering that description and pressed for the name. The requester refused to disclose it, prompting the editor to praise the gesture and shed a tear.
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Parson
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Dudley M. Hughes
Georgia
Sam Yopp
Saturday Evening Post
Carla Hich
Bild
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Monyon
Bie
Bourbon Remedy Co
Lexington, Ey
Gray
Ixists
A. G. Olmsted
le May
Barnhill Coo., Inc
Karpen Building
Chicago
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