Yermak Ice Breaker Near Pole Voyage Plans
New York Sun dispatches detail the Russian ice breaking ship Yermak built at Elswick by Armstrongs under Admiral Makarov. The vessel, completed 1899, sought to smash through polar ice with a reinforced bow and high power, a plan tested north of Spitzbergen before returning for further upgrades and a spring 1900 polar voyage.
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New York Sun
London
Armstrong Yards
Elswick
Enghand
North Pole
Armstrongs
Makarok
Makaroff
Forsiard
Ler
Maharoli
Gulf of Finland
St. Petersburg
Neva
Adiiral Makarov
Spitzbergen
Yermak
Enouh
Lord Brassey
Sheep Fed by Electricity Catches Farmers Interest
An inventor, McNair, has devised an electric powered sheep feeding pen tested at Michigan State College in Lansing. The 15 foot square wire pen, mounted on wheels, crawls through pasture via a motor connected to electric lines. Sheep stay sheltered and content as the pen reclaims fodder, with lucern regrowing as it moves. It keeps grazing orderly, but requires water transport and incurs electricity costs.
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Michigan
McNair
Agricultural Experiment Station of Michigan
Lansing
Sys
New York Sun
Big coal find in Alaska near tidewater
A Tacoma dispatch reports coal outcroppings traced 17 miles along Chienik bay 325 miles from Duimak pass Alaska. Deposits along Linese area mapped by miners for Thomas Mayon Apollo mines Unya. Veins 44 5 and 9 feet thick yield lignite and bituminous coal. Spring diamond drills to test depth and continuity with large scale development planned. Nearby sheltered harbor enables loading. find may secure permanent Alaska towns coal supply and affect the West Coast.
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Chienik Bay
Duimak Pass
Alaska
Tacoma Dispatch
New York Times
Miers
Thomas Mayon
Apollo
Unya
Wacilie Coast
Cold Air to Regulate Home Temperature Century Ahead
The December Ladies' Home Journal forecasts future homes using Spigots to release cold or hot air for temperature control. Central plants will supply the air the same way electricity now powers houses, making furnace fires and chimneys obsolete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wome
English yacht captain praises American rigging for Shamrock
An English yachtsman in Boston praised American wire rigging for its lightness and strength, prompting designer Watson to secure three thousand dollars of Apremen wire to Glasgow for Shamrock I. The captain also advised Watson to use crosscut sails on the challenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore
Boston
Watson
Glasgow
New York Herald
Watson Fm
Phallenger
Hese
American Engines Cheap and Then Russian Rail Plans
The article notes American locomotive price advantages and quality debates with British makers. It reports on the Paris exposition congress choosing Washington for 1904 meetings, Loree of Pennsylva Dialines coordinating delegations, and expected congressional funding for official programs. It cites a new fast brake trial on the Paris Calais express and a Russian railway survey from Orenburg to Tashkend.
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International Railway Congress
Washington
St. Louis
Brewels
American Railway Association
United States
Loree
Judge Knapp
Interstate Econmerce Commission
Paris
London Express
America
England
London Daily Mail
Northern Railway of
Russia
Central Asia
Syr-Darla
Orenburg
Tashkend
Russian Central Asia
Black French Batiste and Logish Lace Fashion Note
Black French batiste is all these with Logish women for wonderlinen and corsets, both trimmed with lace. Black broadtail or caracal coats, with cuffs and waistcoats of red cloth striped with black and gold braid, are startling innovations.
Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys
Ad copy describes kidney function and links fatigue pains and heart symptoms to kidney trouble. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy with a risk of classic 19th or early 20th century patent medicine framing. It offers free sample by mail and a pamphlet to diagnose kidney or bladder issues.
Omega Oil Liniment Ad Warns on Authentic Wrapper
An old advertisement warns buyers to insist on Omega Oil with a green leaf trademark and Higinio Espinosa signature on the wrapper. It urges purchasing only from reputable druggists, notes the product relieves pains in the back and limbs, and offers direct mail purchase from Omega Chemical Co. 57 Broadway New York.
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Omega Oil
Higinio Espinosa
Omega Chemical Co
Broadway
New York
Wal
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ICE Crusher
Arctic
Makcroft
Hin Venmelto
Melda
Spitabergen
Ruasin
Aldof
Central London Rethway Company
Aplee
Alice
T. Baltily
Massillon, O
Meuser
Stark ‘County
Massillon
Meusha Bros
North Erie St
New Armory
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