Floating lighthouses to reshape coast defense and naval warfare
New York reports William Murray's steady floating steel structures may anchor off coastal cities to create mobile breakwaters coaling stations and floating fortresses. The design uses deep submerged caissons with wide flanges to resist waves enabling lightships and harbor protection with potential military applications.
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New York
William Edward Murray
Murray
Canada
Great Britain
France
Germany
Roosevelt
Diamond Shoals
Hatteras
War
Navy Department
Chinaman’s thoughtful reply ends naive interview attempt
Two reporters in a large city attempt to interview Chinese residents about immigrants and voting. A novice’s clumsy questioning fails as the well educated Chinaman calmly declines to speak on suffrage for Chinese citizens.
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Congress
Billings
John
Stan
United States
London
Capitol Frieze Deadlock Delays Finishing Rotunda Decorations
Lawmakers cannot agree on a final allegory to complete Constan tine Brumidi’s frieze in the Washington capitol rotunda leaving a gap in the dome feature. The ongoing stalemate halts work long promised by guides and architects.
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Washington
Constantine Brumidi
Columbus
California
Cortes
Temple of the Sun
Mexico
Pizarro
Peru
de Soto
Misafasippi River
John Smith
Penn
Pennsylvania
New England States
Oglethorpe
Georgia
Lexington
Cornwallis
Tecumseh
City
National Capitol
Capitol
Appomattox
South
George Washington
America
Fanny Crosby Rated As Model Of A Successful Life
The Universalist Leader praises hymn writer Fanny Crosby for her nearly ideal life, noting she is totally blind, lives simply and independently, yet maintains peace of mind and exalted faith at age 88, reigning as a queen of human happiness.
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Fanny Crosby
Vast British Landlords Holdments Across the Realm
In early nineteenth century terms the marquis of Stafford and the duke of Sutherland are noted as immense landowners. The family holdings span England and Scotland with over a million acres under their lordship. The marquis of Breadalbane is also mentioned as a major landowner, indicating the era of vast aristocratic rent rolls and entrenched estates.
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Stafford
Edward
England
Scotland
Mrs Perry Belmont to Cover Washington Floor With Royal Rugs
Mrs Perry Belmont wife of the former American minister to Belgium and New York politician plans to cover the parquet floors of her new Washington home worth 1 000 000 with reproductions of rugs and carpets trod by royalty in Europe. The federal bureau of manufactures assists by collecting top design patterns from foreign countries for American manufacture and displays 10000 prints of fabrics including printed velvets silks to aid manufacturers and schools.
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Perry Belmont
Belgium
New York
Washington
Europe
Federal Bureau of Manufactures
Floral Path to the Capitol plan by Senator Wetmore
Senator Wetmore proposed a bill to spend 2 600 000 dollars to acquire six blocks between the capitol and the new Union Station. He would demolish existing buildings to form lawns with statues and flower beds.
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Capitol
Senator Wetmore
National Capitol
Union Station
Apeierte
Tribute to a Flute Player in a District Office
Irving C. Norwood recounts Lewis Miller, a House District of Columbia committee clerk, enduring gloom until his German silver flute lifts his spirits. A messenger recalls Miller’s powerful playing moving Mr. Jones and bringing tears and reverent awe to observers.
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Lewis Miller
House
District of Columbia
Irving C. Norwood
Miller
Hector
Mr. Miller
Yassir
Aldrich Credit Health To Care and Outdoor Exercise
Visitors note Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island looks youthful at seventy, with white hair and vigorous health. He credits no fixed rule to aging well, praising care regular habits plain diet and outdoor exercise. He invites a colleague to a golf match to prove his fitness. Aldrich is regarded as a top golf player in Congress.
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Capitol
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Senate
Mr. Aldrich
House of Congress
Selah
Bureau Chief Surprises Visitor With Glue Prank
A government bureau head accused a regular visitor of glue prank on a chair. He ordered water and sponge to free the restrained victim, then vowed to investigate the prankster and stop his pay if found. The scene ended with the official dismissing the visitor and promising action.
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Jimmie
Oor Dike
Twilight Angling at the Bayou Bridge and Short Essays
A nostalgic poem about twilight by a bayou, with lines on moonlit water and night birds. The piece blends nature imagery with reflections on night, peace, and the dark. Interwoven prose segments poke at gender roles and social curiosities through brief humorous essays on women, horses, and equality.
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Bayou Bridge
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Chinaman
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Senator Aldrich
Byron Williams
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