Eclipse Tour Maps Global Science Trek Across Asia
This year’s total solar eclipse will traverse Siberia and the Pacific with observers in Japan and Russia coordinating via telegraph. U S scientists led by Todd and Newcomb plan extensive photography of the sun’s corona, supported by Admiral Chandler and a Russian team led by Young as allied efforts span Moscow to Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
North Pacific
Siberia
Prof
Young
Japan
Berlin
Russia
Sea of Japan
Vladivostock
Pacific
Tokio
Lake Baikal
India
National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Nautical Almanac Office
Simon Newcomb
United States Navy
Bache Fund
David P. Todd
Amherst College Observatory
W. J. Holland
Princeton
N. J
Brackett and McNeill
Otto von Struve
Imperial Observatory
Pultown
Moscow
The Queen's Sea Show At Spithead Naval Review
A lengthy description of the grand naval review at Spithead aboard the yacht Victoria and Albert. The Royal procession included 135 vessels with 20,000 officers and men and about 500 guns. The Prince of Wales attended with the princess, as cheers and bands celebrated England's modern fleet and naval science against earlier wooden ships and slower warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
England
India
Spithead
Victoria and Albert
Prince of Wales
Osborne
Boo
Nelson
Trophies For Yachtsmen From New York And Boston Crowns
The Boston Herald offers a $1,000 silver punch bowl trophy for a yacht race between New York and Boston yachts in Massachusetts waters. The bowl, 16 inches wide and 7.5 inches deep, weighs 250 ounces, with Neptune and mermaid motifs, three shell supports, and a Three-faced record space. First class sloops compete under Eastern Yacht Club on Marblehead course. Volunteer is the winner. A separate silver cup, two feet high, inscribed by New York and Boston donors, is presented to the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht squadron for Halifax regatta jubilee of Queen Victoria. Names include George M. Curtin, Oliver W. Holmes, Allen Thorndike Rice, Benjamin F. Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
New York
Boston
Massachusetts
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
Canada
United States
Nova
Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
Royal Nova Scotis Yael Squadron
S.A
Halifax
Queen Victoria
George M. Curtin
Oliver W. Holmes
Allen Thorndike Rice
Benjamin F. Butler
Rear Admiral Greer Named to Command European Squadron
Rear Admiral James Augustin Greer, newly designated to command the European Squadron by President Cleveland, was born in Cincinnati in 1868. His career includes key Civil War actions at Vicksburg and Grand Gulf, command of the Benton ironclad, Arctic expedition with the Tigress, and service as president of the Navy examining board before relieving Rear Admiral Franklin at Leghorn, Italy.
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James Augustin Greer
United States Navy
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Board of Admirals
Vicksburg
Grand Gulf
Navy
Dayton
Philadelphia
St. Mary’s
Pacific
Columbia
Paraguay
Africa
Naval Academy
San Jacinto
Wilkes
Mason and Slidell
Eustis
Trent
Greer
Blue Jackets
Donald McNair Fairfax
Mr. Greer
Mississippi
David D. Porter
Benton
Admiral
Admiral Porter
Bell
Washington
Arctic
New York
Upernavik
Greenland
Lyttleton Island
Cape Sabine
Navy Department
Leghorn
Italy
Samuel R. Franklin
Revolutionary Widows and a Senator’s Silence
Two Revolutionary War widows are highlighted Mrs Mary Casey of Washington D C and Abigail Tilton of New Hampshire. Casey widowhood follows her soldier husband Johns service in Virginia and Kanawha county life while Tilton receives both state and national pensions totaling 300 annually. The piece also recalls a senator famed for silence on gossip and a quoted remark about facing talk at table.
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Mary Casey
Washington D. H
John Casey
Virginia
Kanawha County
Jackson County
Emerson
Tin
Arnold Burges Johnson
The
Cosmopolitan
Thrift and Labor Build Prosperity and Independence
This piece argues that labor and thrift are the sole path to national and personal wealth. It urges young people to curb unnecessary spending, question every purchase, and invest diligently to secure family provisions and old age. It also warns alcohol expenditures hurt the poor and hinder independence.
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America
Professor Todd
Review
Theston
L. E. Jenks
Neptune
Rear Admiral
Oficer
Sumner
Scandal
Bankers
City and Farm Loans
Curtis St
Denver, CoLo
Portland and Lomville Cement
Plaster OF Paris
Cross Paints
Marshall and Welch Coal
SPURS
Main Street
Greeley Colorado
Z. Hart
Rorat Baktxeowber Co
Wall St
N. Y
J. H. McLean
J. Ikk. Thompson
East Greeley
Taylor's
Watson & CO
Gale, Lee & Wilson
W. A. Nichols
Greeley
Walnut Street
Madison Avenue
H. A. French
A. Z. Salomon & Company
A. L. Welch & CO
Weld County
City
Sixteenth and
Champa Streets
Greenlee & C9
Brooks
Denver, Colorado
A. Arcuen
M.D
Oxford
Brooklyn, N. Y
Tas Cayrans Company
Fulton Street, N. Y
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