Training Raw Recruits at Presidio Turn to Sharp Shooters
The Presidio in San Francisco has transformed thousands of recruits into competent marksmen at the new rifle range. Under Captain W. N. Hughes, recruits learn sighting, stance, loading, and firing across 10 200 300 and 500 yard ranges with automatic targets. The program emphasizes correct technique over older methods, with many recruits from small towns proving adept and completing rapid training en route to the Philippines.
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Thrteenth United States Infantry
Americ
Yawest
War Department
Fresh Trade Developments Across Industries
Reports show shifts in raw materials and energy sectors with experimentation in wood substitutes like hemlock in Cannicatti mills, Alabama coal demand steady, and miners expected busy through winter. Buffalo capitalists eye a major gun foundry rivaling Kepp works, while copper prices trigger abroad demand and American export growth. Venezuelan coffee growers seek a producer confederation to curb low prices. Uruguay housing lacks heating outlets but US oil and regulation stoves enter the market, with locals making waterback stoves.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
United States
Mystery Graveyard Stones Found Near Ridge and Dauphin
Workmen digging for a timber project along Ridge Avenue and Dauphin Street uncovered many tombstones statues and urns at ten feet depth. The Philadelphia Record notes a 1715 Swede named Fosepu Petersen built a cabin on the site later named Shester and Whale Pat and the ground was never used for burials. A marble cutter hid stock here to avoid Sheriff threats and the cache vanished with time leaving the mystery unsolved.
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Ridge Avenue
Dauphin
Thitt
Laud
Fosepu Petersen
Dauphin Streets
Philadelphia
Sailor’s Dinner Invitation Sparks Citywide Search
A Brooklyn sailor avoided a long search by sounding his bugle from a street corner in the East Side. The shipmate, lost amid city streets, followed the signal and found the house where the Brooklyn crewman waited. A strong voice from a window summoned the guest to a ready meal after a half hour wait.
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United States
Bias
Smiley
Brooklyn
Sara
New York ‘Tribune
The Merry Side Of Life Humorous Fragments
A fragmented compiled set features jokes and quips about love marriage and domestic life. It includes playful lines about a steadfast hearted girl and a man pondering a wife while reading humorous exchanges from various papers. The piece mimics a breezy, late 19th or early 20th century humorous column with quick-fire gags and diary like observations.
Fragmented early 20th century dialogue snippets in slang
Readable scraps from Chicago and Detroit papers show casual exchanges and jokes. Snatches refer to medical offices, golf evenings, marital tensions, and a camel keeper's query, reflecting period slang and mixed newspaper voice.
Vision of city life and Indian school work in 1890s talk
Professor Frank Pargons speaks at a national conference on urban growth predicting rapid city expansion by 1990 with new transport, electrification, and education transforming rural workers into city partners. Major R. H. Pratt touts Carlisle Indian School outcomes, noting Indian youths as productive labor in Bucks County farms and rising roles in nursing and hospitality.
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Frank Pargons
United States
Nvidh
Alaskan
Gulf
Carlisle Indian School
R. H. Pratt
Carlisle
Penu
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
Connecticut
Point Treasant
Nwwl
Pratt
Porto Rico
Culin
Manila
Changing Roles and Social Gossip in Atchison
An Atchison Globe snippet notes women discuss reactions to weddings as if funerals and remark on rising costs. It cites easier routines with ready-made goods and more subdued men, plus a local woman who jokes by sending a breakfast note to her husband. A recent party reportedly avoided gossip, yet guests left early to discuss the hostess.
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Atchison
Lefk
Atchivon Globe
British navy docks control sixty two tin slip docks
The British navy controls sixty two docks for tin slips with sixty one stone and one wood. All wooden docks used by the United States require extensive repairs and will need replacement with stone when feasible.
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Stine Werke Vortribel Shipee
United States
Uneasy Pursuit of Jones Grave and Border Grievances
Paris authorities cannot locate the grave of naval hero John Paul Jones, while a long dispute over Alaskan boundaries underlines the ironies of gold and territory. The 1724 Masgian census reached 14 million, rising to 129 million by 1897, with expectations to double by 1900. Russia advocates another peace conference, signaling influence in its councils.
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Paris
Jon Paul Jones
Pate
Davy Jones
United States
Great Britain
Dad
Russia
Bicyclists Face Generations of Enmity and Mockery
A historic reflection notes the bicycle’s troubled history from early stone-throwing boys to later clashes with horse drivers and gender prejudice. The piece frames cycling as a long battle against hostility, fear, and professional jealousy, yet highlights resilience among riders.
Devotion of Elia Clendenin on Swinburne Island
The article praises Elia Clendenin, an ordinary American girl who chose to go to Swinburne Island to nurse her sister with yellow fever. She risked her life willingly to spare her sister from strangers, asking whether such devotion should be the rule for right-minded women.
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Elia Clendenin
Swinburne Island
Dubis
Commencement Marks End and Beginning in Education
The excerpt reflects on commencement as a transition from study to application in life and work. It argues that every ending leads to a new beginning, with theory giving way to practice and schooling to real tasks, framing commencement as a universal pivot.
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Hitler
Golf Aims at Amateur Ideal Not Spectacle
The article argues golf remains an amateur sport with professionals acting as instructors and manufacturers, noting it lacks baseball style gate receipts and the crowd spectacle. It emphasizes golf still fascinates those who participate, proven by its spread through imitation.
Industrial home for blind workers planned in Indianapolis
Plans propose an industrial home for the blind in Indianapolis following models in Ohio and Tennessee. Seventy five citizens support the project after reviewing its potential to be self sustaining and provide training and wages to blind men in need of work.
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Indianapolis
Ohio
Tennsylvania
Cura
Suicides in New York City Reflect Grim Poverty Toll
A New York Journal report notes 140 plus annual suicides in three months near 672 yearly figures, equating to epic mortality for a 130000 population city. Poverty, unemployment, and hunger drive desperate acts amid family distress and despair.
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New York City
Exis
New York Journal
Bringing Home the Cows by Harry Douglas Robins
A rural poem describes a boy learning to bring the cows home with help from Uncle Billy and family. The speaker recalls crossing streams and paddling through snow while handling cattle, with advice from a father figure and themes of summer tasks and nature.
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Snormer
Quips and Dating Lines Spark Lighthearted Dialogs
A collage of short witty exchanges from various sources shows suitors and deciphered hints of romance. Lines touch on weather forecasts, wealth, proposals, and playful misunderstandings among named characters.
Chinese Telegraphy and the Chinese Opposition to Telegraph Wires
Professor Francis B. Crocker details Chinese methods in telegraphy in The Electrical World and Engineer. The natives oppose modern conveniences, even cutting wires and poles for fuel. Crocker explains how messages are encoded without an alphabet by using a vast system of syllables and makers to compress the language.
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Plvctrical
Francis 8. Crocker
Crocker
Balloon Shooting Incident Near Paris Hazy Balloons
A balloon near Balloony AL Mendon, close to Paris, was lifted to 1450 metres and fired upon. Shots pierced lower and upper sections, with light damage and a slow descent. Observers note easier damage from a stronger gun with better calibre.
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AL Mendon
Paris
Gayilive Batloon
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