Navy yard builds fourteen inch guns for dreadnought battleships
The Washington navy yard is crafting fourteen inch guns for the New York and Texas dreadnoughts with plans to arm Nevada and Oklahoma later. These weapons, largest in the world, weigh over sixty tons each and cost over sixty thousand dollars per gun plus mounts. The piece details construction, testing at Indian Head, and compares global battleship armaments through 1914.
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Wenty
Washington Navy Yard
New York
Texas
Nevada
Oklahoma
United States
Arthur M. Evans
Chicago Record-Herald
Navy Yard
Washington Monument
Capitol
White House
Congressional Library
Washington
Cornwalse
Yorktown
Cornwallis
Naval Proving Ground
Indian Head
Germany
Great Britain
France
Japan
Russia
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Great Huntair
The Child's Confidence and Home Character bulwark
The article argues that whether the mother or father or both lead, they should secure the boy's complete confidence. It claims a stable home, with truth as an anchor, will keep him receptive to guidance and protect his character from outer-world storms.
Adoption Dance of the Shawnees Observed at a Grove Rite
A Shawnee Adoption Dance features fasting performers and a central bonfire used for light and rhythm. Leaders adopt a child while two groups move in a circle, with tin pails and rubber balls marking time. Drums provide the music and discipline is enforced. a daylong feast follows.
Paris mask makers face high pressure before Lent Carnival
In Paris the mask industry, with 17 houses employing a mixed workforce, operates year round to supply the carnival. Designers include celebrated artists who create caricatures as art, while earnings vary and strikes are rare in this long-standing trade.
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Paris
We Are a Nation of Frog Eaters Demand for Frogs Grows
Frogs once shunned as food have become popular with the public. Minnesota alone kills about 6,000,000 frogs annually to meet demand. Northwestern frogs are noted for delicacy while southern bull frogs are larger but less tender. Frogs are trapped year round, with peak catches in spring and fall, and winter fishing hindered by thick ice.
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Minnesota
Fish memory debate heats up in Delage experiments
Biologist Yves Delage reports fish learn from prior hooks. In trials a red disk on a hook deterred bites after several catches, while changing disk color prompted repeated returns, suggesting memory interacts with greed and perception of danger.
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Yves Delage
Wenal
The First Postage Stamp Discovery Debate
A French antiquary claims postage stamps were a seventeenth century French invention. He cites a 1663 Paris wall notice promising safe speedy letter delivery if tickets were affixed, sold for one sou at law courts or college doorkeepers, with option to prepay a reply using two tickets.
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England
Paris
Independence and Monmouth Railway Timetable Summary
Daily trains connect Independence Monmouth and Dallas with multiple departures from 6:00 a.m. to 8:40 p.m. From Independence to Airlie and back, trains depart mornings and afternoons, with several arrivals in Dallas and Airlie and several connections at Monmouth.
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Independence
Monmouth
Dallas
Airlie
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