Newport Forts Guard Atlantic Coast In Guided War Drills
Newport stands as a major fortified post with extensive defenses built since the Spanish American War. The Narragansett bay coast houses Forts Wetherill Adams Getty Phil Kearny and Greble guarding the entrance to Narragansett Bay and Newport’s torpedo station and Naval War College.
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York
Atlantic
Army
Navy
Newport
Atlantic Sea
Narragansett Bay
Naval Training Station
Naval War College
Col
Walter Howe
Fort Dams
Narragansett District
Port Arthur
Engineering Corps
Fort Adams
War Department
Rhode Island
Fort Mansfield
Watch Hill
New London
Department of the East
Sound
New York
Brooklyn
The
Wetherill
Adams
Getty
Phil Kearney
Greble
New England
Spain
Cervera
Santiago
Seaboard
Newport Littoral
United States Navy
Forta
Middle Channel
Fort Getty
Jamestown
Phil Kearny
Fort Greble
Dutch Island
Fort Wetherill
Mtmveral
Naval Establishment
Across the West Indies Aboard an English Traveller's Trail
An English traveler describes a three day overland journey from Roseau to Rosalie and St Marie in Dominica. He notes quarantine in Bridgetown, the stifling heat, fog on the 4000 foot ridge, rough road crews, a night in the constables' house, and a Carib country school where children sing Rule Britannia and God Save the Queen.
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West Indies
Leeward Islands
Dominica
Kingston
Jamaica
Young Bullen
Barbados
Roseau
Bridgetown
Castries
St. Lucia
Hesketh Bell
Government House
Sylvania
New Road
Lancashire
Rosalie
Rose
Bullen
Chestervale
St. Marie
Carib Country
Man Keeps House as Wife Earns Money and Meal by Meal
William O Day a St Louis man kept house for 18 months while his wife worked outside the home. He was sent by Judge Pollard to the work house to break rock for six months after being arrested for chasing a boarder with a knife. He described a rigid daily routine from 4 am cooking breakfast to 7:30 pm bedtime and claimed mastery of domestic economy. He said he learned to cook with a railroad crew and believed divorce would vanish if his methods were followed.
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St. Louis
William O'Day
Dawson
O'Day
Pollard
Dayton Street
Lizzie Schmitz
Ungallant Bostonians Recall Opera Figures in Boston
A South End resident recalls Madame Nordica formerly Mary Norton and her Warren Street days, while another elder recalls Lillian Russell as a Boston resident. The reminisces reflect a vanished era of local cultural figures.
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South End
Mme. Nordica
Mary Norton
Warren Street
Lillian Russell
Boston
Boston Record
Quote by Andy Flower on pessimism and darkness
A quote from Andy Flower defines a pessimist as a man who turns off the lights to look on the dark side of things. The remark frames pessimism as self limiting and shadow driven.
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Andy Flower
Napoleon’s Masked Ball Disguise Fails to Conceal Identity
An 18th or 19th century Parisian tale recounts Napoleon I attempting multiple disguises for a ball at the Italian embassy during Carnevale. Despite costly costumes, boots, and altered behavior, he is continually recognized by attendees, ultimately concluding concealment is impossible.
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Napoleon
Paris
Napoleon I
Constant
Silent Maxim gun silencer draws police fear and legal doubts
A gunsmith’s silent silencer alarms Pittsburgh police fearing violence and crime rise. Officials warn that law enforcement must tighten restrictions as criminals could shoot unseen from 100 feet, escape, and vanish. Maxim defends device promising partial noiselessness but audible bullet crack remains.
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Army and Navy Journal
Pittsburg
Maxim
The Religious Mustache Signifies Beauty
A Lent sermon claims the mustache began as a Christian cross formed with the nose. The clergyman notes Moorish Spain forced mixed marriages, leading to shaving all facial hair except the mustache. He argues its origin is religious, now refined as an adornment of beauty rather than faith.
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Spain
Odd Recovery of a Tape Measure
Dr Stein produces a spring tape measure claimed as his since 1906 in eastern Tibet. Dr Sven Hedin asserts ownership saying he valued it in Tibet in 1901 and identifies the drop site near a great lake.
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Dr Stein
Dr. Stein
Tibet
Sven Hedin
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Oace
Navy Yard
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John P. Merrell
Raymond Perry Rodgers
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