New type of torpedo shown to pierce ship bottoms
The Davis torpedo demonstrates interior explosive capability by puncturing a ship’s bottom and detonating a second charge inside. Lt Commander Cleland Davis, with vanadium alloy, claims radical changes to battleship armor and submarine warfare after a Sheep Island test witnessed by Secretary Newberry and Army General Murray.
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Great Britain
Newport
Cleland Davis
Sheep
Quincy Key
Truman H. Newberry
Navy
Arthur Murray
Army
Davis
New York Herald
Quincy
Mass
Sheep Island
Davis Hav
Ofl Company
Chelsea
Allo
Newberry
Commandery Davis
Dispatch
Dolphin
Italian Americans Plan Anti Black Hand Society in New York
A coalition of Italian citizens and groups in New York planned a secret anti Black Hand society with a hoped $100000 to fund operations. It aims to deter outrages and aid victims, with espionage and independent work from police, pledging substantial support and possibly thousands of members.
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New York
Itty
Unien
Anti Black Hand Society
Gerardo Lusa
Naseau Street
Publc
Black Hand
New Society
New York City
Idaho Adopts Bounty Plan to Cull Predators
Idaho switches to a bounty program effective January 1 to curb predatory animals. The plan reduces costs and nearly doubles results. Counts show coyotes 4077, bobcats 832, lynxes 18 killed since its start.
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Idaho
Yankee Pride Triumphs in Old Time Wrestling Verse
Poetic chronicle extols American wrestlers, rivals the Britons and Hollander, praising strength and heroism. Mentions giants, teeming crowds, and the Yankee spirit in a balladlike survey of matches and champions. References to Yankee athletes, heroic feats, and national pride across dramatic verses.
Comfortable Little Cottage Design and Cost Estimate
A compact cottage plan measure thirty nine by forty three feet with stone foundation and collar of good ash. First and second story heights seven and eight feet with nine feet on the first floor. Exterior features include siding and shingles. Cost ranges from 1800 to 2000 dollars and includes plumbing but no heat.
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Grorgm Yy
Paynh & Bon
Peril in Cebu Coal Mines Fueled by Superstitions
A New York Sun report recounts tensions between American miners and Filipinos in Cebu. Locals feared a blood ceremony said to reveal coal deposits, prompting guards and camp tensions before beliefs were debunked. The piece also notes Cardinal Gibbons leaving Rome for Switzerland with a list of clerical appointees.
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Philippines
Cebu
New York Sun
Spraia
PhD
Mighier
Retired Editor Unveils New Freezer Ice Cream Method
William A. White of Stamford Connecticut, a former editorial writer for Connecticut papers, shows a novel freezer setup that uses a regular press to chill ice cream. In five minutes he can freeze enough for dinner, drawing neighbors and friends to his shop as demand grows. He offers to freeze all brought during work hours and may take a portion of each batch as payment.
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Wiliam A. White
Stamford
Labered
Combeticut
Httle
Stanford
White
Tony Pastor's Start in vaudeville tale of early days
The veteran actor and vaudeville manager recalls his first foray into performance in a Greenwich Street basement, cooking up a tambourine act for neighborhood friends, and a circus apprenticeship that shaped a lifelong show business career. He recounts family support, a fateful gospel meeting, and a dramatic first trips including a near disaster with an elephant in Cincinnati.
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Tony Pastor
Henaki
Greenwich Street
New York
Sonething
Strape
Letug
Nathan
Jearn
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Cinceinnati
Cinefunati
Hoyttke
Ai Teeta
Elephant memoir echoes from a vaudeville era
A narrator recalls a London vaudeville circuit, noting an elephant’s antics backstage and the audience's changing tastes. He credits the animal with guiding him away from danger and reflects on his thirty five years in the business, thanking patrons on a milestone anniversary.
Greedy Little Salmon Misogynist A Size Lesson
A fragment describes a batch of about 20 000 young Chinook salmon released at the aquarium. The two inch fish would eat little yet fed collectively required only one pound of liver and a quart of herring roe daily.
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Aquarian
New York
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