Warships testing by an experimental naval basin
Admiral Hichborn’s bureau pushes a 500 foot tank with a towing carriage and a Ward Leonard driven model system to optimize ship forms for speed and power. Tests compare twenty foot wooden models to real ships, with waves, wind, and varying speeds to prove the final hull shapes before full construction.
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Admiral Hichborn
Chile
Construction Bureau
Navy
Sterélary Chandler
William Denny
the &Coleh Builders
Lha
United
Eaates
Bureau of Constriction
Congress
Oleg
Dlis
Ward - Leonard
Bonn
Wulf
Monterey
David W. Taylor
The Audience Chooses A Moment With The Speaker
A chairman pointed to the audience and the speaker, then vanished. Farchild opened with a story as the gallery sung a racial insult, and a young mob shouted Rate. The speaker paused, then mocked the gallery with a waitress joke, drawing an electric reaction.
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Farchild
Pairchild
Biel
Jedges
Dewey Portrait As Seen By A Close Friend
A Washington friend recalls Admiral Dewey after thirty years of association noting his consistent popularity and professional presentation. The account describes Dewey as a courteous guest, a refined dresser, and a man of manly sentiment, with a distinctive voice and a neat, well built appearance.
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Washington
Dewey
Saii
Navy
Bankguets
Admiral Dewey
Campaign repartee and speech ban plans emerge
A report credits Lee Parrhild with a clever campaign line as he surged into national attention in 1869. He backed a gold standard in the South and learned a rally would start and end near the same time. Republican speakers were barred from finishing, prompting Fairchild to push a plan with no music and to introduce him.
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Slivielng
Lee Pmrehild
Fairchild
The Victoresca’s Shady Wax Joke
A boy visits a shop asking for cob’s wax. The shopman jokes about “showmaxer’s wax.” The lad replies that his father says there is no difference between the shopkeeper and a donkey, except they’re both hell alike, then departs.
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V &Help
London
Sroupman
Innovative Bowling Light Reflector by Gustave Burkhardt
Chicago inventor Gustave Burkhardt introduces an improved light reflecting device for bowling alleys. The system concentrates light to illuminate pin sets without glare, eliminating shadows. It includes a pin set face with numeral openings aligned to the pins so bowlers can verify each pin number with quick checks by attendants.
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Gustave Burkhardt
Chicago
Intensity of Sunlight and Standard Candle Compare
The text explains measuring light using a standard candle and compares sunlight brightness. It notes sunlight is about 60,000 times brighter than a candle at 39 inches, and sunlight is roughly 600,000 times brighter than the full moon. It adds that the brightest artificial light, an electric arc flare, is only one third as bright as the sun.
Horseshoes in Odd Regions Stir Afootnote Debate
A quirky catalog of hoof footwear from diverse places. In Toeland horses are shod with sheep horn while Oxtts valley uses antlers with horn pins. Soudon uses camel skin socks and Australia tests cowards shoes. A German innovator once made a paper horseshoe, treated with oils to be durable and moisture proof.
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Toeland
Soudon
Australia
Deiren by Louzine Motor Invention for a Three Speed Cycle
R Endden of Londen reveals a new motor cycle design with a benzine receiver connected bars carrying lighting gear and drive components. The machine uses friction coupling and levers along the receiver to select three speeds and a top regulator controls gas supply for speed changes.
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Deiren
Louzine
R. Endden
Londen
Electric light bath offers relief for fatigue and pain
Scientists promote the electric light bath as a free from exhausting Turkish bath, soothing sore muscles and joints. It helps nervous headaches and benefits sedentary individuals.
Quarantined Snakes and German Horse Feed Traditions
The article notes a London zoo python swallowing its mate in 1894 and a Bombay exhibit similar entanglement outcomes. It also describes Thuringian potato bread for work horses, detailing preparation, baking times, and feeding schedule claimed to boost horse work capacity.
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London Zoo
Bombay
Bombay Natural History Society
Patent Spiral Wire Barrel Hoop by Depew
George M. Depew of Canandaigua New York has patented a spiral wire barrel hoop to replace wooden hoops. Demand for barrels is high with many shipped abroad. wooden hoops are scarce. The spiral wire hoop reportedly performs well under copper treatment and offers greater durability under rough use.
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George M. Depew
Canandaigua
N. Y
Burglar devices target intruders with floor grate steam trap
A new burglar device uses a heated water chamber under a floor grate near a safe. When the safe is tampered with, steam rises, forcing the thief to flee. Also described is a Chinese emperor’s monica clock with an automatic orchestra of forty foreign and twenty four Chinese pieces.
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Monica
China
Comforting exchange on aging and legacy
A dialogue between Little Elmer and Grampa I reflects worry over a life’s purpose at 60. Grampa laments lack of deeds to be remembered, while Elmer reassures that everyone leaves a mark as someone’s grandparent during their lifetime.
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Elmer
Grampa
Chicago Times Herald
The Good Ol Daya and The Man Question Fire Sales
The City Independent notes a humorous exchange about “fire sales” and chaotic merchants. A playful, fragmentary dialogue references Sodom and Gomorrah imagery as a satire on market behavior.
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Daya
Sodom
Gomorran Slovhiers
Kangay City
Fragmentary Dialogue in a Domestic Dispute
A caller asks a witty question about slang, and the husband replies he asked her not to. The exchange hints at a tense domestic moment with a knowing tone and playful banter between the spouses.
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Boston Globe
Turing
AU Ant
Taylor
Thy
Towa
Aun
Myerytilag
Blawayurebe
Brooklyn Magle
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