Navy to lay mines with new specialized vessels
The San Francisco and the Baltimore will be moved from the register of active fighting ships to a limited list of ships of special duty. A dedicated mine laying vessel is proposed for strategic coastal defense, with mines carried on deck and deployed via stern racks to create defensive barriers or deter enemy entry.
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San Francisco
Baltimore
Iist
Russia
Japan
Sys Harper's Weekly
Intervala
Humors of London Cabbies and Taxi Wit
A nostalgic snippet from London humor shows cabbies reacting to a new taximeter with facetious banter. The piece recounts witty lines as fares pay a shilling for a two mile ride, cabbies joking about malas, haranguing passengers, and one actor cabby crying at the tax. It ends with a suburban tale of a cabby telling a fare to be quiet to avoid waking the wife.
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London
Mae Bus
Guy
Government supervision of railroads debated by NY Central official
Vice President W. Brown of the New York Central in Syracuse argued for governmental oversight of railroads, praising fair supervision as beneficial to the country. He dismissed fears of oppression, and told a rural tale of a farmer and his son confronting crows to illustrate risk and responsibility.
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W. (. Brown
New York Central Railroad
Syracuse
Mr. Brown
New York Tribun
Marienbad
Edward
Austria
Vienna
Hla Atick
Rufus Choate and the Unprofessional Fee Tale
A tale recounts Rufus Choate in his law office where a clerk reports a gentleman seeking his services. The client offered a small fee claiming it covered a standard retainer, prompting Choate to remark that such behavior was unprofessional, then clarifying the fee was indeed acceptable. The clerk, embarrassed, notes the man lacked a proper presentation and Choate defends the professional standard.
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Chonte
Ole Mld
Choate
Strength of Crocodile Jaws and Unusual Escapes
Reported feats describe crocodile jaw power bending hook metal and splitting a seventy pound fish. Accounts include crocodile force measured by a dynamometer and a shark scare that proved to be a wet tape. A Kingston earthquake anecdote highlights calm after shock and retrieval of a lost item.
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Chicago News
Samuel Maker
Paul Bert
Hoa
Hlen
Joseph Payter
Bahamne
Kingston
Sue
Tottering
Restoring Holy Rood Shrine At Edinburgh Abbey
A reported £4000 £400 or about £200,000 has been pledged to restore the Holy Rood chapel adjoining Edinburgh’s royal palace. The 12th century abbey was linked to King David I who legend says witnessed a miraculous cross rise to shield him from a pursuing stag. The Abbey’s nave and tombs of Scottish royal figures remain, including David I James II and V.
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Rosary Magazine
David I
James II
Scotland
James V
Magdelen
Henry
Lord Darnley
Riccio
Fragmented excerpt from a surreal period piece
The text presents a jumble of invented names and dialog set in a dreamlike scene. Characters like Melvin, Cyril, and Walter appear amid garbled speech, with references to hunting, a campilan, and a misfired exchange about a soup remark, all in an abstract midsummer tone.
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Melvin
Othe
Tin Butte
Walter
Lusitania to Sail Soon as Fastest Ocean Liner
The Lusitania, built by John Brown & Co. at Clydebank, will depart Liverpool for New York in September marking a landmark in seaborne commerce. Trials promise 25 knots, with 70 000 horsepower from four turbine engines powering four propellers, exceeding former liners in speed and capacity.
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New York
Cunard Express
Liverpool
Clyde
Regiae
Cunard Ne
Mesers
Clydebank
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Lloyd Line
Goulds plan Oklahoma mansion amid city life style
Plans filed for a George J. Gould city mansion on the northeast corner of Sixty seventh Street and Fifth Avenue. The six story house will include an 80 by 60 foot top floor pool, grand halls, a spiral escalator style stairway, and an upstairs servants’ area. Architect Horace Wrumbauer of Philadelphia. Estimated cost $200000. Also notes a Lakewood Georgia move and a Chicago boy Earl Simmons 12 earning $6 daily selling meals to Rock Island passengers in Clinton Oklahoma with sister Edith assisting.
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New York
Georgian Court
Goulds
Horace Wrumbauer
Philadelphia
Lakewood
Chicago Daily News
Clinton
Okla
Chicago
Oklahoma
Rock Island
Earl Simmons
Edith
Douglas
Kas
Mamma
Scarcity of Cameos Amid Old-Cutter Decline in Jewelry
A Globe-Democrat report notes a severe shortage of cameos in Europe and America due to dying-off of old cutters. Most St Louis jewelers lack unset or small sets, raising prices. The piece explains cameos as low relief carvings on various substrates, not the stones themselves, with emeralds and onyx common precedents in history.
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Europe
America
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Alont
Deal
Diimonda
Camort
Trilioh Museum
Hell
Como
Ambassa dor Jusserand At Jamestown Exposition
In a Saturday Evening Post tale Ambassador Jusserand of France struggles to hire a carriage at the Jamestown exposition. He clings to courtesy while the driver rebuffs him, insisting the carriages are reserved for the president’s friends, and a heated exchange follows before the ambassador finally departs with Madame Jusserand.
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Alphonse
Saturday Evening Post
Ambassador Jusserand
France
Madame Jus
Provident
Theo Driver
Iate
Hoager
Alphonsa
Dialect Typewriter Proposed by Ivankiin Ton Club Members
A discussion in the Ivankiin Ton and literary club centers on a dialect typewriter idea. A minor poet challenges the plan, while advocates argue adding keys for common dialect words would speed dialect writing and save labor.
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Ivankiin Ton, & Literary Club
Nelson
South
Elvira and Thomas serenade wakes Broadway sleepers
A late night feline serenade unfolds in a megaphonic Broadway archway as Thomas the cat sings with bold timbre, Elvira approving, waking three hundred sleepers who remain undisturbed in the city’s nocturnal hush. The performance inspires awe among one awake neighbor who recalls New York’s metropolitan music scene.
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Broadway
Seventy Second Street
Thomas Cat
Elvira
Elvira Lstens
Thomas
Tamagno
Cinali
Scalchi
Cat
New York
Cure for Red Noses by Dr Kapp of Berlin
A Berlin physician Dr Kapp touts a galvanic treatment for nasal erythema with five minute sessions. He claims thirty seven cures published in Berliner Kiluliehe Woehensehritt showing veins receding and skin clearing after nightly applications.
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Kapp
Berlin
New York Times
Howe
Prominent Story Sparks Odd Exchange At Store
A garbled report describes a shopper and a salesman in a misheard exchange about a program and a pale of something. The dialogue suggests a humorous or mistaken moment with a wife mentioned in context.
Ten Year Record Of Roentgen Ray
A historical overview notes four deaths among English speaking Roentgen ray workers in ten years, mostly pioneers before safety methods. It cites cases of dermatitis and finger loss from operator enthusiasm, warns against unsupervised use, and praises the ray as essential in surgery and cancer relief, with medical, military, and industrial applications and a 20 nation American Roentgen Ray Society convention.
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van Norden
Miss Fleischman
San Francisco
Barrie-Blacker
London
England
Ts. A. Weigel
Rochester
Edison
Japan
United States
Canada
Outdoor Life in Porto Rico for the Beauty-Loving Home Maker
An excerpt from the Craftman of July describes Spanish style home life in Porto Rico. It highlights airy galleries with bookcases, hanging baskets and family photos, tropical patios filled with plants and birds, and social meals featuring Spanish cooking and fruit desserts like vanilla ice cream and downe geletied with ayllabub.
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Tarnily
Worldly Breath and Quiet Counsel from Vheadere Tiltan
Fragmentary reminiscence quotes Vheadere Tiltan claiming lifelong abstinence from eltar and heiiater, praising truth and reform. The passage recounts a dramatic scene where Tiltan argues a point to a gathering led by George W. Dungey, intertwining antique phrases and terse moral prompts.
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Vheadere Tiltan
Timon
Abby Tie
George W Dungey
Tobaccur
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Rufus Choate
Cyril
Siich
Lusitania
the Goulds
Onfos
Roentgen Ray
Porto Rico
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