Monitor and Merrimack clash marks ironclad era dawn
Reports recount the Union ironclad Monitor commissioned in 1863 under Lt. John L. Worden. The voyage to Hampton Roads nearly sank the vessel amid storms and gas hazards, while the Merrimack loomed. The encounter anticipated a new type of sea warfare and ship design.
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John L. Wortien
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A. CO. Stimers
W. O. Ghrardi
Doha
Hampton Roads
Newton
Chesapeake
Merrimac
Newport Newe
Dtnarota
John Hilesson
American South
Flom. Bennet
Cassier’s
Goodyear’s Vulcanized Rubber Discovery Chronicle
In a bitter cold Boston room a man toils with his starving family as a new rubber breakthrough emerges. Charles Goodyear, after years of hardship and misfortune, discovers vulcanization, gains world fame, yet remains poor at first, later earning medals in London Paris and the Legion of Honor while living modestly in New York.
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Boston
Charles Goodyear
Goodyear
New York
Enid
Vanderbilt
England
France
Hewen
Conneil
Boiling and Food Tips From Cookery For Girls
The article offers boiling rules for green vegetables, corn, asparagus, celery, and spinach, emphasizing minimal water use and rapid boil times. It contrasts hulled water with boiling water and warns water quality affects flavor, using tea and coffee as examples. It also touches on ancient Greek art viewing and notes on early metal use and silver discoveries.
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Jong
Anow shows what not to judge by coat or trousers
Dave Gelvin of Maitland Missouri, a Northwest Missouri cattleman, amuses readers with a misread hotel check episode in New York. He mistakes a clerk’s insistence on advance payment for a scam, but a Chemical National check confirms its legitimacy while Gelvin plans a future grand return to dazzle the clerk.
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New York
Dave Gellingzit
Galvin
Maitland
Cartls Harans
Vorthwest
Missouri
Cominy
Dave
Dara
Gelvin
Doda
Chemical Nationel
Merceenger
Chemical National
David Gelvin
Mmio
Darean
Amersenger
Gelvinia
Missourian
Charley Donovan
Maitland Bank
Charler
Thas
Fool
Dovorvan
Tie
Omaha World-Herald
Fragmented Dialogue From Chicago Pest Cartoon Scene
A clipped excerpt shows a speaker scolding another for imprecise words while caressing a dog. The responder insists someone bitten would not be angry but dead, reflecting humor and misreadings typical of the Chicago Pest.
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Thados
Chicago Pest
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