Fulton Torpedoes and the Liberty of the Seas
Long-ago inventor Robert Fulton predicted submarine warfare and urged a naval defense flotilla. The 1810 pamphlet recalls his undersea torpedoes on the Dorothea, the 1805 test near Deal, and his warnings about piracy and the future balance of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Fulton
United States Navy
New York Harbor
American Philosophical Society
United States Military and Philosophical Society
William Elliott
Water Street
Madison
James Madison
United States
Congress
Fulton
Great Britain
France
England
Ngland
Dorothea
Pitt
Headon collisions and notable deaths in early 1908 news
A compilation of mid Atlantic and national incidents. a man killed and nine injured in a headon crash near Hattiesburg Mississippi. Senator A O Bacon of Georgia reelected for the full term starting March 4 1908. multiple fatal accidents including a building collapse in Philadelphia and a sloop capsizing near Hanger Maine. notable deaths William Henry Perkin and others. international incidents from Odessa Seoul and Moscow. political notes on insurance in Texas and temperance causes. various ship and rail accidents and legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Mies
United States
A. 0. Bacon
Georgia
Wisconsin Senate
Bridgeman Brothers
Philladelphia
Prescott Bay
Hanger
Maine
Henjimin Corey
San Francisco
Manchester
N. H
Wiliam Henry Perkin
London
Odessa
Robertson Insurance
Texas
Wardine
Cuba
Mexico
West Bank
Hoffman
Swinburne Islands
EB. H. Cooper
Lake Bay
Tacoma
Mark Twain
Tilbury
Joseph Hansbro
Baltimore
Hansbro
Seoul
Korea
Seragno Palace
Francis Murphy
Temperance
Mines and mining notes from Utah and West
The Utah mining scene shows dividends of 3 cents a share totaling 3000 dollars in one week. Utahns form Dietrich Milling with a Nevada lease on Comstock dumps. Jesse Knight plans coal and railroad ventures in Uintah county. Detroit mining district revival, Heinze linked to new Miners Smelting in Maine. Wyoming ore near Centennial runs high grade. A New York woman adopts male attire while prospecting in Nevada. Iron Age notes June output 2,247,420 tons with May at 2,201,030. lead price cut by American Smelting & Refining. Rail and water needs emerge for Lee Nevada with pipelines and spur tracks planned. Owyhee Idaho wage tensions after July 20. Honerine Utah sinking shaft near Stockton. Balaklala and Trinity ore aims for September production. Hartville uplift copper prospects in Wyoming. Howard’s claimed gold extraction process touted as revolutionary. Secoma Mines of Salt Lake incorporated with 5 million capital. Golden Cup strike at American Fork excites prospects with high ore value.
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Utah
Dietrich Milling Company
Comstock
Virginia City
Nevada
Jesse Knight
Provo
Uintah County
Detroit
Oasis
Tintic
F. Augustus Heinze
Miners’ Smelting Company
Maine
Salt Lake Valley
Centennial
Wyoming
New York
Uwlast
American Smelting & Refining Company
Lee
Owyhee County
Idaho
Silver
Balaklala
Trinity
Brown
Hla
North Platte River
Hartville
Black Hills
South Dakota
Wn Aseaver
Howard
San Diego Union
Secoma Mines Company
Salt Lake
Comany
Lucin
Box Eliter
American Fork
Golden Cup
Fort Canyon
Alpine
Utah state news and incidents across the state
A wide Ullah of events from Utah appear in this issue including a bicycle sidewalk ban in Batt Lake City and a surge of lake traffic with merchant and passenger boats on Utah Lake. Postmasters from a Manti convention, utility valuations up, and a spate of accidents and crimes across Ogden Provo Salt Lake City Park City and Ephraim.
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Batt Lake City
Utah Lake
Postmasters of
Utah
Manti
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Mr. Fulton
Walmer Road
Deal
Walmer Castle
Thue
Arnauld
Spain
Baril St. Vincent
Kingston
Bir
Mr. Pitt
Lord Melville
Admiral Holloway
Bsidney Smith
Owen
Congreve
Lord Keath
Copenhagen
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Maryland
Loulaville
Frank H. Lehmann
National Casket Company
Anti-Saloon League
Alabama
Senate
Prohibition Counties
Great Northern Railroad
Brookston
Wis
Sterling Company
Barberton
Ohio
Washington
Gay
Mme
Fromenki
Rheinber
Moscow
United Mine Workers of America
Denver
Haywood, Moyer and Pettiene
Brownenders
Walter FE. Mason
National Bank
Commercial and Farmers’ National Bank of
Mid
Towon
Munichite Insurance Company
Gertrude Beoks
National Civic Federation
Panama Canal Sone
Margulis Vega de la Amigo
Utah State News
State Board of Equalization
Henry Foster
Nephi
Olson
Santaquin
Southern Pacific
M. Williams
Bennett Bussey
Ogden
G. H. Lowther
Park City
Margarite Golding
Brig
Linus W. Timby
Provoast
State Prison
BE. G. McGriff
North Ogden
Jas. M. Cambell
Bonneville
Colorado
Stanisa Mesich
Herman Obradovitch
Salt Lake City
Utah Fuel Company
Sevier County
Neal Vanausdal
Santaguin
Doresa Work
Hert Ratley
Samuel Newhouse
St. Mark's Hospital
Trom Newhouse
Beaver County
Rathey
Wale Jones
Ephraim
Dbherrlet
Renee
Rine
Harry Opehard
Victor Bernatrom
Milo Webb
Leslie Hamilton
Hamilton
Webb
William Lichsenring
West Ogden
Sherif Sebring
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