Corn Pith in Naval Armor and Wartime Uses Revealed
An article surveys corn stalk pith as a key material for cellulose belts in battleship armor, water displacement to prevent flooding, and fireproof packing. It notes American lead, tests with 250 pound projectiles, and expansion into smokeless powder, pipe insulation, paper, and animal feed with multiple plants and regional sites.
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Seaboard
Lewis Nixon
United States Naval
Elizabethport
N. J
Univy
Columbia
New York
Olympia
Milize
Navy Department
Kentucky
Iee
Alabama
Wisconsin
Mark W. Marsden
Marsden
New Jersey
United States Army
Owensharpe
Rockford
Chester
Peon
Newport News
Indian man self-punishment over accidental killing in Utah
A Ute man, judged by agent H P Myton at White Rocks Utah, spent over twenty years in self denial for an accidental mother killing. He slept naked outdoors in freezing weather for decades, avoiding clothing and dwellings as penance. This record notes his belief his suffering was not enough.
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H. P. Myton
United States
White Rocks
Utah
Jess
Diplomatic Banter on Safeguarding by Staying Silent
A Washington Star snippet shows two diplomats debating whether revealing information endangers soldiers, with one noting secrecy is safer than leaving troops exposed. The dialogue hints at cautious diplomacy amid fragile military concerns.
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Dincretion
Paul Ap Wiit Atun
Washington Star
Filipino Fighting Methods and Prisoner Capture
A New York Evening Post correspondent in the Eighth Brigade reports limited prisoner captures in the Philippines as Filipinos escape in nearly every encounter. The largest single capture was 374 from Pasig during Wheaton's column sweep. many enemy wounded or dead are carried from the field. The bolo, a native knife, remains common, but close quarters are avoided by both sides, and prisoners are rare unless groups are surprised.
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New York Evening Post
Eighth Brigade
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Filippinos
Washington Regiment
Pasig
Wheaton
Manila
Kissing in Ancient Greece and Rome
The piece recounts ancient penalties for kissing in public. An Athenian youth faced death for kissing Pisistratus’s daughter until the tyrant spared him, quipping about removing those who love us. Publius Maevius punished a slave who kissed a statesman’s daughter. Cato banned married couples from kissing in sight of their daughter.
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Greece
Pisistratus
Publius Maevius
Rome
Cato
Barristers Seek Adjournment After Exhausting Court Session
In a busy Assize Court scene a leading counsel asks for postponement to next morning claiming fatigue from arguing all day. Another barrister, worn by listening to his learned brother, also pleads for a break as the judge inquires about the cause.
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Assize Courts
Grase
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