Torpedoes Transform Naval Power From Whitehead to Bliss-Leavitt
An overview of torpedo design and use explains the Whitehead and the American Bliss-Leavitt models, detailing warheads, air flasks, and afterbody mechanisms. It notes ranges up to 10,000 yards, speeds up to 85 knots, depth control, and naval training at Narragansett Bay.
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Europe
Britain
Weymouth
England
United States
Newport
R. L
Navy Department
Narragansett Bay
Rush M. Hoag
Leslie’s Weekly
Last Chance for Smaller Hands Sparks Quick Reply
A Chicago Herald item, framed as a witty exchange, ponders whether women’s growing participation in activities like driving, golf, and tennis will enlarge their hands. The man claims a trend toward larger hands, while the woman quips about her own small hands as the punchline.
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Chicago Herald
Leaping Treason Against King William III Chronical
A tale recounts Mr. Cherry who aided the exiled Stuarts by joining royal hounds and leaping ahead of King William III. His dangerous leaps were intended to cause the king’s death, but the king balked at one feat and Cherry ultimately perished by a broken neck, removing the hazard.
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William III
England
Cherry
William
Mr. Cherry
Salt Mountains in Roumania and Mining Methods
Veritable mountains of salt dot Roumania as deposits stretch 600 to 800 feet deep. Sarat features a salt mountain where steam shovels load awaiting cars, while galleries and electric machines produce cubic yard blocks like granite. A separate quip from the Birmingham Age-Herald questions a motorist who ran someone down yet offered help to a hospital.
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Roumania
Sarat
Birmingham Age-Herald
The Arabic Language Compared To Everyday Speech
The piece contrasts the Koranic Arabic with daily colloquial Arabic and likens their differences to Latin and Italian. It notes the Koran Arabic as the literary form and everyday Arabic as the speech of common people.
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East
Not Clear to Paw in Glass Eye Riddle
A exchange between a father and son about vision through a glass eye. Lemuel asks why Uncle Joe cannot see through his glass eye while paw explains.
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Paw
Lemuel
Uncle Joe
Why do writers speak of angry flames
A brief quip from the Baltimore American notes that writers use flames as a metaphor because flames are often extinguished, reflecting on the transient nature of anger and conflict.
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Baltimore American
Complication Of Love Revealed In Ten Year Double Wedding
Isabel Haskins learns a charismatic Mr King may be the same man she met in Rome ten years ago. He admits a legal marriage occurred by design and, after years of pursuit, asks for a real union. Isabel and King discover they are already married in a quiet, ironic twist.
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John King
Isabel
Mr. King
Haskins
Miss Haskins
King
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Ofice
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Wenatchee
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J. A. Adams
Hughes& Adams Attorneys At Law
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee, Wash
Fred Kemp
E. L. Baker
Ira Thomas
G. H. Hannan
Thomas & Hannan Lawyers
Wenatche
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
Washington
B. J. Williams
A N.corbin
Williams
Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
FOX Lawyer
Eight St
Weeler
Leavenworth, Washington
John E. Porter
Attorney At Law Notary Public
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Knights of
Pythias
Harry Warner
A.R. Brown
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
E Mohler
W.M
A. G. McKeown
The
Echo
Johnny
Tacitus
Alsace
Vosges
F. Alexander Powell
Scribner’s Magazine
Japan
Ryuto
Avalokitesvara
Nagasa
Kil
Mandjusri
Kiredo
Tango
Louisville Courier-Journal
Nolan
Dental Service of Quality
P. A. Snyder
Rutherford Mercantile Co
Leavenworth State Bank
Front Street
Standard Oil Company
California
U. Pearl Oil
Mutual Mercantile Co
Harrington
Missouri
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Leavenworth
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