Canada to build navy ships and drydock in Ottawa plans
A report outlines Canada preparing to join the Canadian navy with Rainbow and Niobe vessels under British Admiralty, plus a new drydock plant by Vickers Maxim for Montreal. It notes torpedo destroyers, ship repair capacity, and a two year training path in Chicago public schools. The piece also covers Alaska gold rushes, fashion color impacts, bankruptcy cases, and lighter society items.
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Orlam
Rainbow
Portah
Pacific
Canada
Niobe
Portsmouth
Halifax
Eaya Toronto Globe
Vickers & Maxim
Ich
Ottawa
Rks
Montreal
Chicago
Latrict
Walhalla of King Ludwig and the German Hall of Fame
An overview of Walhalla near Regensburg with its Parthenon style marbles and bronze ceiling, detailing busts of 104 Germans, recent additions, and the unique 19th century construction on the Danube site. It notes the 100 foot waterline, steel framework, and the $100,000 government cost plus a year to build amid tides and weather, yet no lives lost.
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Ratisbon
Ludwig I
Germany
Danube
Donaustant
Ratigbon
Valhallas
Parthenon
Athens
Rauch
Ludwig
Albertus Magnua
Martin Luther
Kant
Saint Boniface
William I
Bramarck
Moltke
Tableta
Cologne
West Indian Hurricane Described From Kingston Visit
A New York Sun piece recounts a Kingston hurricane experience from 1903. The narrator describes a sudden darkening sky, a collapsing watch tower, torn roofs, and palm trees snapping, followed by a heavy rainstorm flooding streets and crippling transport. Loss of life occurred island wide with extensive property damage and disrupted rail lines.
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Jamaica
Kingston
West Indies
New York Sun
Rocking Stone of Tandil in Argentina
A natural curiosity near Buenos Ayres on the Southern railway, the Tandil rocking stone stands 13 feet high and 16 feet in diameter, balanced on a rock mass. A circular under-side protrusion fits a depression in the foundation, causing slight vacillation in strong winds.
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Argentina
Tandil
Buenos Ayres
Iona Home for Destitute Children Aims for Real Family Life
Iona Minnesota runs a unique destitute children home caring for both boys and girls. No adoption, youths leave at twenty one, girls stay until marriage or a calling. Boys begin work at sixteen, girls often teach school and visit from Friday to Monday. No uniforms, few rules, visitors welcome, and all become self supporting.
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Iona, Minn
Mile Rock Light Station Shown as Structural Iron Pillar
The Mile Rock light at the southern San Francisco harbor entrance showcases immense strength and resilience of reinforced concrete and steel. A 40 foot high boiler steel cylinder forms a protective shell around a rock shelf, filled with reinforced concrete to fuse the structure into one solid mass.
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Mile Rock
San Francisco Harbor
Golden Gate
Champion Mustache Celebrates Eightieth Birthday
Albert Traeger, famed German teacher poet editor and Reichstag member, is best known for his mustaches said to be champions of their kind. He marked his eightieth birthday on June 12, with a photograph taken at the celebration.
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Albert Traeger
Germany
Reichstag
Sulphur Rain During German Thunderstorm Stuns Wiener
A strange fall of rain left Wiener roads powdered with sulphur and a strong sickly odor filled the air after a recent thunderstorm. The strange event caused panic and was blamed on a comet by some, while meteorological authorities think volcanic clouds from afar carried the sulphur.
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Wiener
Germany
Strange Pair of Twins Born to Gypsy Woman near Brunn
An extraordinary set of twins born to a gypsy woman near Brunn arouses medical interest in Vienna. The infants are normally developed in the upper body, share one pair of legs, but have a third leg structure from the back with six toes. Both babies are alive and well.
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Vienna
Brunn
Good Roads 605: A Vision of Roads as Educators
Walter K. Stone argues that roads are more than paths for travel they educate and inspire. He contrasts European and American practices praising flexible, imaginative routes over straight speedways and calls for roads that spur thought and exploration.
Mistah Johnning Sings in Dialect in Light Verse
An onstage prose poem features Mistah Johnning performing in a dialect as he boasts of wealth and social status with a top hat cane and gold watch. The piece weaves humor about a baby named Arthur weaved with political irony and a congressman joking about tariff and post office patronage.
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Mistah Johnning
Esquimau Candy and Paria Glove Cutter Wages
Esquimaux candy uses red bird feet pouches filled with reindeer tallow for children. Explorers note Eskimo overfeeding on raw frozen meat and blubber in Greenland. A skilled glove cutter in Paria earns nearly 100 dollars weekly.
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Esquimau
Esquimans
Greenland
Esquiman
Paria
National aid to food roads urged by leading figures
Many top national figures back federal support for road construction arguing it boosts internal commerce and social progress. Opponents cite constitutional concerns, but practice in Porto Rico and the Philippines shows government promotion of highways, with broad benefits for farmers, trade, education, and religion.
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Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
Professor Thayre’s Letter Puzzle on Theodore Roosevelt
Lexicologist Professor L QO Thayre shows a letter anagram from THEODORE ROOSEVELT forming a sentence. He challenges challengers after the Jeffries Johnson debate on the Fourth of July and offers more anagrams than any rival. His first exhibit reads 0 HE DOES LOVE REETORT.
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L. QO. Thayre
Theodore Roosevelt
Jeffries- Johnson
Colonel Roosevelt
What He Is and Does Window Cleaner Theme
A short, lyrical note describes a window cleaner who appears as seasons change. The piece depicts his song and presence as he makes windows shine, underscoring a simple domestic scene and the fresh, greener view it offers.
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Tel
Couldn't Come Back Enoch Arden Scene Stirs House
The former Mrs. Arden confronts Enoch’s successor at the window. She warns she can cast him out but forbids a return, a line she once told Enoch. Mr. Tennyson reportedly learned of the incident before the literary prize ring moved on it.
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Enoch Arden
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Kruptcy
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der Gesundheitsingenieur
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Comet
ST Indian
Model Children’s Home
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P. A. Foder
Utah
Walter K. Stone
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Mistah Johnain
Congress
Esquimau Candy
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