King Alfonso to ride in palace Pullman cars from Wilmington
The little king Alfonso will travel in two palace cars shipped from Wilmington Delaware. One is a 30 foot drawing room coach in royal dive color with gold trim and coat of arms on each side. Interior is hand carved mahogany and elaborately furnished. The other is a red dining car with mahogany interior, a dining saloon at one end with six tables for four or two, two large sideboards, and a kitchen with two modern ranges.
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Spain
Alfonso
Wilmington
Del
Shetland Ponies Reach Across the Ocean
The Shetland ponies, tiny yet hardy, are said to outnumber in America the stock on the Shetland Islands. Bred in the United States from pure Shetland lineage, these ponies thrive in mainland, Bressay, Tetlar, Yell, Unst, and Fair Isle origins. They endure harsh island life, feed on heather or even seaweed, and occasionally dead fish, while carrying loads up to half their body weight in baskets. Only about a dozen hundred survive across the islands, though recent years see stallions used in English and Scottish coal mines.
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America
Shetland Islands
Unis
Shetland
Mainland
Bressay
Tetlar
Yell
Unst
Fair Isle
England
Scotland
A Yeoman Tenderfest of a rattlesnake and frying pan
In a camp tale from Chicago Record a narrator recalls stalking a giant rattlesnake on a frontier ride. Her horse Whiskers bolts, she drops, and her frying pan delivers a crushing blow, ending with the exhausted reptile wriggling as she secures its tail and rattles.
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Seton-Thompson
How Freshwater Clams Move and Breathe in Water
The article explains freshwater clams move slowly by using a muscular foot to push through sand and expand or contract their shells. They breathe by drawing water through an incurrent orifice and expelling it via an excurrent orifice, while sensing vibrations through water to navigate.
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Yor Tribune
Education and health notes in Detroit Free Press excerpt
The Detroit Free Press quotes a remark about educated Indians and mentions insurance company data on inheritance danger in cancer cases. The piece contrasts war time cheers with postwar attitudes and highlights public health and risk perceptions reflected in the era.
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Detroit Free Press
Polar bears hunt walrus and seals in Arctic methods
Two travelers report polar bears using height throws to stun walrus and stalking seals through snow tunnels. The bear feigns stillness to approach, then strikes with a paw to maim or kill, collapsing the seal’s snowhouse dome to feed through the long Arctic winter.
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Brain
Finland
Bruin
Arctic
London Telegraph
Scepters Through Time II A Jewelers' Circular View
The Jewelers' Circular Weekly notes scepters evolve from ancient ebony and apple wood to gold and gem crafted works. It mentions Prussia’s globe-topped scepter, the Russian imperial regalia with two eagles and crown, and the Holy Roman Empire's globe-bearing scepter, noting England lacks a historic scepter.
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Charlemagne
William
Prussia
Neptune
Hansburg
Otho II
Otho IV
Nicholas II
Moscow
Russia
England
Ten Years Advance in Steamship Speed
The net result in respect of speed is that while 10 years ago the highest sustained ocean speed was 7 knots, it is now 23.51 knots. The highest speed for large warships was 22 knots, and is now 23 knots on a trial of double the duration of those of 10 seats ago, the maximum speed attained by any craft was 23 knots, as compared with 36 531 knots now. While the number of ships of over 20 knots was eight in 1891, and is 58 now.
Spain’s iron ore supply tied to imported steel rails
The leading Spanish industrial journal laments Spain’s scarcity of steel works despite rich iron ore. It notes Basque and Catalonia industrial activity, but warns imports supply most needs. Britain and other nations buy most ore, smelted in Wales, while Sweden ships ore due to coal absence.
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Spain
United States
Basque
Catalonia
Kingdom
Barcelona
Bay of Biscay
Great Britain
Germany
France
Belgium
South Wales
Bessemer
Iocéus
Sweden
Maximite safe to handle as government tests praised
Hudson Maxim, inventor of Maximite, says the recently adopted material has passed all government tests. He asserts it is inexpensive to manufacture, melts safely over open fire, burns like asphalt if ignited, and expands and hardens upon cooling. The shell with Maximite resists armor penetration and remains nonexplosive despite breakups on impact.
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Hudson Maxim
Soldiers Not Needed on Warships
The article outlines a shift in England's navy doctrine proposing removal of soldiers from battleships as incompatible with modern naval warfare. It notes marines would be stationed ashore to meet land defense needs, with Malta and Gibraltar cited as examples for future defense considerations.
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Horal Marine Forces
England
Ree Marine
Malta
Gibreltar
Walter Baker cocoa praised by Dietetic Gazette
The Dietetic and Hyzhele Gasette lauds Walter Baker & Co of Dorchester MA for years of study in cocoa and chocolate making. It describes unique machinery and methods that preserve purity flavor and nutrients and notes world wide adoption and endorsements by medical professionals nurses and caterers. A humorous quip about a cook and a tablet brand follows. The piece ends with a government discussion of a waterway from the Gulf of Finland to the White Sea.
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Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mase
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