Powerful Fleet Revealed Three Armored Cruisers Planned Abroad
Details of three new ships named California Nebraska and West Virginia outline an armored cruiser program with 66 guns. Each vessel features high superstructure protection linoleum-decked towers and rapid ammunition handling plus onboard facilities including a 75 man laundry and a machine shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Construction Board
California
Nebraska
West Virginia
Lwor
Aatomatic
Diamonds In Teeth Spark Global Dental Trend
Peoria doctor F D Kelly and partner Miss Margerite Dorrance travel to New York en route to Paris to promote diamond filing teeth. He notes farmers in Peoria and others across the country have dental diamonds, with figures including John Hergot and Valenting Oelrichs among patients. many report gum pain yet keep the gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Kelly
Peoria
Margerite Dorrance
New York
John Hergot
Whisky Trust
Cillima Browne
China
LB. Farreworth
Canton
Mra. Sloane
Portland
Ore
Bob Iutmiimmmm
Knife Star Saves His Life In Hospital After Card Game Attack
Otto mat Joka Wika and Boemos Williams planned a drink then played cards. Hopper stabbed Williams in the abdomen during the brawl but the wound cut the appendix cleanly and Williams survived after surgery. He is recovering at Faetera district hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sxiunigyaight
Otto Mat
Joka Wika
Tna Boemos
Williams
Duarre
Hopper
Jarife
Butt Hopper
Faetera
Wil- Mines
Willams
Census of the Philippines to determine population and tribes
Prof. Carl C. Plehm is appointed by the Philippine commission to conduct a census of the Philippines. The effort faces military restrictions, language barriers with 54 distinct tribes, and possible incomplete coverage due to unsettled conditions. Population estimates range from 6 to 9 million, with no reliable prior census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Plehm
University of California
San Francisco
Philippine Commission
Ite
Philippines
Philippine Islands
United States
Germany's Predicament in Securing Remanned Meats
Germany faces severe difficulty obtaining canned and corned meats before an expected exclusion bill takes effect. Consul Pitcairn reports Kiel naval authorities must import meats now barred by the law, raising prices and hampering provisioning for Kiel and China troop movements as the navy seeks alternatives in England and other markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West
Germany
Pitcairn
Hamburg
Kiel
China
Navy
Cigar-shaped Adams train sets new speed marks Philadelphia to Baltimore
The cigar shaped train invented by Bred A. Adamim of Chicago cracked old records on the Philadelphia and Baltimore line in a Chestnut Street to Baltimore run in one hour and 40 minutes. It averaged 82 miles an hour at peak, and the entire trip surpassed the former best time of 1 hour 33 minutes. The Adams tram weighed about 55 tons and drew high attention for its extraordinary pace. Furniture of match boxes: a hotel keeper in Budapest houses a 4000 box collection to build furniture including a table and chair. England's army horses are individually numbered with feet marked for identity and history kept for each animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bred A. Adamim
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Adar
Buda Pesth
England
Novel Cane for Bryan Stirs Political Sentiment
A New Fork craftsman presents a decorative cane for William J. Bryan featuring inscriptions in red white and blue and a small Bryan portrait on the handle. The accompanying silver box bears slogans Sixteen to One and Anti Imperialism with two woodcarved political cartoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hotes
New Fork Deys Haaageium
William J. Bryan
Bly Bryan
Brynx'1
Mmainee
Wea
Botts
Mr. Bryan
McKinley
White House
Hanna
Trance like episode ends with girl’s revival in Milford
Sophie Fowler an 11 year old of Brood Street Milford Conn lay unconscious from Sunday to Friday then awakened, described visions and music claiming she had been in Heaven. Dr A L Tuttle ruled she recovered to full health and normal function after the episode surprising the family and doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Conn
Sophie
Mark Fowler
Brood Street
A L. Tuttle
Sea horses born in a jar stun Atlantic City crowd
An Atlantic City laboratory event reports sea horses born after a pound net capture. A crowd of visitors, police and scientists gathered at the Pier to view the newborns, claimed to number over 1,000, with observers forecasting further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlamtie City
N.J
Electric future promises a quieter cleaner city
Charles W. Price, editor of the Electrical Review, writes that future cities will be powered by electricity replacing horse drawn transport. He notes electric light, telephones, and rail propulsion advancing, with steam locomotives and coal stoves giving way to electric motors and heaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Price
The
Electrical Review
Wpon
New York
Greater
Woman's Odd Monument Near Atlanta Grows From Remembrance
A rural Battle Hill Cemetery tombstone near Atlanta marks Mrs. W. E. Bartlett. Her Confederate veteran husband, now remarried, has built a nightly shrine over her grave using an odd collection: porcelain bowls, glassware, china, a toy wheel part, a grindstone, oyster shells, bottles, and many colored glass fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Battle Hill
Mra W. E. Bartlett
Bartletts
Bartlett
Eccentric Prize Suiter Seeks Matrimonial Lottery
A Chicago man calling himself L Samoon offers to appear at Huber's New York museum exhibit and promises to marry the woman who draws the prize number. He claims to be 36, a chemist, but provides no photo or proof of legitimacy. Huber asks for appearance details to judge the offer and possible engagement. Salmon hunting reports arise as steamboat crews shoot salmon from deck with small rifles, filling the strait with jumping fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perso
L. Samoon
Rai
Chicago
H. Huber
Fourteenth Street
Mueum
New York
Huber
Matzyuonia
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Poodle Accessory Sparks London Society Trend
A London society trend centers on a poodle with its owner’s monogram embroidered into the dog’s curly hair. The fashionable accessory signals status as society women seek unique styling for their pets.
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Meeetz
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Atlamdiie City
K. 4
Spain
Dar
L. Samoom
Murer
the Smith
Fea
Premier
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Rice
White Sewing Machine Co
Cleveland
Omo
Iter
Theopold
de Kalb Fence ¢ Co
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de Kalb, Ill
WM. PF
Aender
Jac, Klossner
van Brunt and Wilkins and Hoosier
Avery
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Deering
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