Polo ponies and the American sport spirit in polo history
The piece compares English and American polo ponies, noting English ponies are smaller bred from Arab or Barb stock, while American ponies are broncos trained from cattle work. It explains training steps from backing to turning, mallet acclimation, and rider-pony trust, stressing American ponies’ tougher, more independent nature.
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New York Sun
China
India
England
Alder
Hussars
Lancers
Advances in armor plate and projectile evolution
An account traces armor and weapon development from early steel plates to hardened surfaces, nickel additions, and smokeless powder. It describes breech loading, armor piercing projectiles, forged steel and tempering, and the progression to Kruppized plate, highlighting engineers and innovations of the era.
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Gunpovn
Fee
Fredson Fea
Leslie
Ve Entore of War Lessons on Naval Tactics
The text argues future warfare will favor air and agile forces over heavy armor. It predicts armorclad ships would be divided and vulnerable, leading to swift, unprotected vessels dominating sea battles. It notes cost and speed as decisive factors and mentions Maxim and Franx Les lies in a discussion of Popular Monthly.
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Bulileips
Cousiac
Quail Covey Tale From a Long-Read Cover Story
A fragment from the Los Angeles Times recounts a hunter recalling a quail hunt with a black horse. He describes spotting a large covey on a tree branch and firing, causing several birds to fall and the rest to scatter. The anecdote ends with the limb snapping back and the horse springing away.
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Los Angeles Times
Fine Marble in Alaska From Shakan Quarry Claims
J E Cronin and W K Sneidon report superb marble near Shakan on Prince of Wales Island Alaska. They describe texture color and quality rivaling the best Italian marble noting blocks quarried cut and shipped to San Francisco for evaluation and sale potential.
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J. E. Cronin
Marble Creek
Prince of Wales Island
W. K. Sneidon
San Francisco
Shakan
Prince Edward Island
Sheldon
Pitt
Skeletons Strike the Heer
In a report from the Jewelers Review a single ornate clock features a ghastly display with a gong and a heap of artificial skulls arranged to form twelve views. At 1 o clock the mechanism activates, striking a skull and bones scene before resetting to its prior position.
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Skemon
Sheleicus
Scene of a Streetwalker Oracular Tale in London Theatres
Fragmentary OCR describes stage performance with a female character reacting to well dressed crowds and tears on stage. It contrasts the emotional display with the idea of professional sobbing by women in small theatres. It cites a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quip on married men and wages.
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London
Menegers
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
President Diaz Guards Patrolling Mexico City Streets
Dr. Frank J. Toussaint returns from six months in Northwestern Mexico where he met with President Diaz in relation to mineral rights in Yaqui Valley. Diaz is guarded by secret service. detectives bar odd threats by stopping pedestrians, lifting baskets, and checking for weapons to prevent attacks.
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Frank J. Toussaint
Mexico
Toussaint
Chihuahua
Sonora
City of
Diaz
Yaqui Valley
McKinley
Tion
Secret Service
Mena
Mane
Ngerjdene
Iis
Fine Fans From History Awe The Eye Of Collectors
The piece highlights famous fans from Mme. Pompadour to Marie Antoinette, noting a $30,000 lace mount, five sections with minute medallions, and several memorabilia fans including those gifted to Christine Nilsson and one from the City of Venice. The text praises fans as graceful accessories admired by portrait painters and linking them to historic personas.
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Mme. Pompadour
Naken
Christine Nilsson
Thakore Sahib
Morri
Venice
Marie Antoinette
England's electric car runs far on light fuel charge
An English electric automobile recently traveled 34 percent of a mile with four passengers aboard. It averaged 12 miles per hour, weighed 39 hundredweight with a 22 hundredweight battery.
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England
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