Rise and Rise of the U S Navy Through the 1890s
The text traces U S naval growth from 1888 reforms through 1895, highlighting the Dolphin as the first steel US warship, followed by armored ships like Puritan and Maine. It notes expansions in battleships, cruisers, torpedo boats, and industry, with personnel rising to 25,000 and the Naval Academy planned, while Congress delays new ships.
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Dolphin
Chicago
Boston
United States
America
Forty-eighth Congress
Maine
Texas
Columbia
Ericsson
Havana
Indiana
Santiago
Oregon
Iowa
Brooklyn
Cleveland
England
Providence
Naval Academy
Congress
Navy
Morgan Rules the Waves in Morgan Gilded Era Marine Merge
The Leyland line and Morgan interests move to control fifty four Leyland steamers plus the Wilson line and Atlantic Transport fleet, forming a global maritime power that could exceed US and British fleets. Analysts note potential American dominance and shifting naval economics amid Morgan’s transatlantic travel and market implications. The piece also argues for prison education as a cure for crime, urging authorities to use inmate schooling to reduce recidivism and improve public finances.
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Pierpont Morgan
Leyland Line
Wilson Line
Leylands
Atlantic Transport Line
Leyland
United States
Mediterranean
Portugal
Montreal
R Morgan
Lloyd
British India Steam Navigation Company
John Bull
Douglas Factory Expands to Six Thousand Pairs Daily
W L Douglas plans a large factory expansion to add 6000 pairs per day output. The project includes 16000 square feet more space and a 400 hp engine with 150 hp boilers. Start up is July 1 with payroll about 22000 weekly. Advertising and sales rise 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Youth’s Companion
Brockton
Mass
Times
Austrian scientists claim serum protects animals from foot and mouth disease
Professors Loettler and Uhblenruth announce a serum that would inoculate animals against foot and mouth disease for four to eight weeks, providing immunity after vaccination. The statement presents the discovery as a preventive measure for livestock health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Loettler
Uhblenruth
April Fools Echoes in Hawthorne’s 1838 Note
In 1838 Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge about migrants and soldiers as “April fools.” He contrasts New England homesteads, youth seeking grave sites in New Orleans, and Yankees enlisting for Texas as a motley group.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Magazine of
New England
Mississippi Valley
Heaven
New Orleans
Texas
Solid Air Claim From Tulane Professor
Professor A L Metz of Tulane University announces solid air as the century’s first major scientific achievement. He notes that air has progressed from gas to liquid and now to solid form, with temperatures too low to measure accurately.
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A.L. Metz
Tulane University
Centur
Chinese Woman Lecturer At Shanghai For Manchuria Treaty
A remarkable event in China sees a Chinese woman address a public audience in Shanghai opposing the Russian Manchuria treaty. Reported as the first instance of a woman delivering a public speech in China.
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China
Shanghai
Manchuria
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Morgan
Hamburg- American Line
Steel Trust
Mr. Morgan
Atlantic
Douglas Factory
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Chicago, Ill
Doctor McKinley
Dr. Shoop
Wis
Hatcher
American Egg Company
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Benedict
Primley
California
South Dakota Farms
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Aberdeen
Missouri River
W. W. Cook
Denver
Ferris
The
Colorado Historical Society
Oeed
Assurl
ANIS
New York
Bears
Gastoria
Johnny
Tom
Stan Plains
Guarant
ASO
Sterling Exmedy CO
Eel
Aera
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