St Louis steamer once famed now a blackened hull
The passenger steamship St Louis long famed as an American banner ship and war service vessel has a blackened hull after a painter’s torch fire at a shipyard. American Line says repair is possible but costly, requiring months. The vessel helped in Spanish American War and carried U.S. troops in World War I.
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New York
St. Louis
United States
American Line
W. Goodrich
Santiago de Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Moro Castle
Germany
France
Butter Crises Reported In Mexico City
Mexico City reports a bitter commercial crisis due to coin shortages and lack of small change. Dealers charge up to seven percent to exchange gold for silver as silver spikes raise prices and hoarding continues.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Sual
Haggard Warns Middle Class On Road To Ruin
Sir H Rider Haggard writes from London that the middle classes beneath the peerage are on the road to ruin due to high child rearing costs and declining birthrates. He warns profiteers threaten free trade, urges unity to protect interests, and says disunity could strip England of wealth and greatness.
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London
H. Rider Haggard
England
Middle Classes Union
9000-Pound Shark Caught On Rod And Line
Miami Florida January 23 A 900 pound shark was caught with a rod and line by W Thompson Starr of New York who visited Rimini Island on a fishing trip and has joined his family at the Royal Palm Hotel The catch is said to be the largest ever taken in that method Other party members included Charles M Eaton of New York Rollin A Dewés of Dayton Ohio and Dean Brown of Washington D C
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Fra
W. Thompson Starr
New York
Rimini Island
Royal Palm Hotel
Charles M. Eaton
Rollin A. Dewés
Dayton
Ohio
Dean Brown
Washington, D. C
Berlin Egg Prices Rise Above 1870 Paris Siege
Berlin reports egg prices at 2.5 marks each, higher than the cost in Paris during the 1870 siege.
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Berlin
Paris
Energy from Chalk Sparks Talk at Royal Society of Arts
Sir Oliver Lodge told the Royal Society of Arts that harnessing atomic energy from a small chalk piece could lift 160000 tons to 3000 feet. He cited the wireless telephone as a first step and urged exploration of sun, tides, and waves as energy sources for future use.
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Royal Society of Arts
Sir Oliver
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