Illinois Launches the Ili Hols, the Navy's Powerful Ship
The Illinois launches event celebrates a battleship hailed as the strongest built, comparing it to Majestic and detailing its guns, armor, speed, and design choices. Officials note superior endurance, lighter structure, and better harbor access as key advantages in this class of vessels.
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Ilinois
Kearsage
Kentucky
Newport Nayis
Alabama
Crampa
Wis
Manila
Santiago
Navy Department
Illinois
Wisconsin
Scientific American
Majestic
Keargarge
Spain
The Sickles Skeleton Engagement Revealed in Washington
The engagement of Migs Eda Sickles to Daytell EB, secretary of the British legation in Madrid, recalls Gen. Daniel Sickles and the famous 1859 Key murder case. The piece recounts Sickles, his Italian bride Teresa Bagiolo, and the Washington scandal of his time, highlighting public fascination with honor, forgiveness, and social power.
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Migs Eda Sickles
Denzel E. Sickles
New York
Daytell EB
M. Creckanthorpe
Madrid
Gen. Sickles
Daniel
Sickles
Philip Furton Key
Washington Street
Teresa Bagiolo
New York City
London
Palmerston
Clarandon
Ameron
Congress
Washington
Lafayette Square
Sudders
Philip Barton Key
Francis Scott Key
District of Columbia
Mr. Sickes
Willard’s
New Use For A Ray Reveals Bones and Blood Vessels
X rays may map bones arteries and veins in the fingertip and hand. Dr Harold Styles of Edinburgh and the Medical Supply association demonstrate seeing the nutrient artery and blood distribution in a child. The report also covers a sensational US trial where Gen. Sickles killed an intruder but was acquitted, and details of Miss Sickles and the Crackanthorpe marriage plans in London with a future post in Madrid.
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Crookes
Roentgen
Harold Styles
Edinburgh
Medical Supply Association
Ernest Wrevile
Sickles
Mr. Butterworth
Butterworth
Kes
Mr. Sickles
Key
Edwin Mc Stanton
Gen. Sickles
Third Army Corps
Gettysburg
New York
Miss Sickles
Parle
Madrid
Amertex
Lorenzo Snow Heads Mormon Church in New Era
Lorenzo Snow, named head of the Mormon church, rises from New England roots. Born 1811 in Mapton Ohio, educated at Oberlin, he joined the church in Kirtland and led missions in England Italy Malta and Gibraltar. He supports plural marriage in principle but says U S law prohibits it and all former plural wives have been released.
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Lorenzo Snow
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Mormon Church
New England Rock
Mapton
Portage County
Ohio
Oberlin College
Snow
Kirtland
Davies County
Missouri
England
Aarate
London
John Taylor
France
Italy
Malta
Gibraltar
Mies E. R. Snow
Joseph Smith
Bringham Young
Mr. Snow la
Twelve Apostles
United States
Aiding the Farm of Weeds in Fence Corners
An Ohio farmer describes a weed control plan that focuses on fence rows. After rain he pulled weeds along fence corners by hand, a method that prevents weed seeds from spreading into fields and halves future field trouble.
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Ohio
Horseless carriages and the dawn of the horseless age
The article compares early automobile progress to bicycles in London. Many horseless carriages have been booked in advance, leaving few available to the public. Vehicle owners anticipate profitable use and foresee widespread patterns suited to good roads, signaling the coming horseless age.
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London
Mistress Oh Bridget Mixes Potatoes With Skins
A comic exchange centers on Bridget and Agnes as a guest arrives to witness a domestic miscue. The dialogue highlights a culinary mishap and the playful teasing between friends.
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Agnes
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Chicago
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Prussia
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Miss Creagh
Mr. Crackanthorpe
Montague Hughes Crackanthorpe
Crackanthorpe
Dayrell Crackanthorpe
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