Maryland Members Rally For Memorial Highway Route Choices
Maryland representatives push for a Washington to Gettysburg memorial highway funded by a 2 million dollar federal appropriation. They discuss routes via Olney Unionville Westminster and Frederick, aiming to offset length with a 25 mile Frederick option and to secure strong House support ahead of a March 1 report submission.
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Maryland
Congress
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Washington Potomac Park
House of
Washington
Unionville
Union Hadge
Westminster
Frederick
Frederik
Gettasburg
House
Fractured Note On An Obscure Topic
A garbled fragment discusses an unnamed sister and Liners bridging a decline. The text includes misspelled phrases and incomplete ideas about American reference diligence and perceived esteem, leaving the intended subject and facts unclear.
Ship clocks and the quest for longitude in old seafaring
The article surveys ancient timekeeping on ships, detailing sand glasses, pendulums, and sun sightings used to estimate longitude. It highlights the 1714 British prize for longitude methods, John Harrison’s chronometer development, and its impact on navigation, culminating in the 18th century advances and parliamentary rewards.
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John Harrison
Haller
Lisbon
Harrison
Jamaica
Portsmouth
Larcham Kensal
Darrison
Peter
Rendal
Pontington
Miners Seek Eight Hour Day and Wage Rise in Conference
New York hosts a preliminary gathering of United Mine Workers officials with district presidents arriving to press for a 20 percent wage increase for all mine employees and eight hour days for inside and outside labor. The coal operators face April expirations and union recognition as a party to wage talks. In Wilkes-Barre eight hour law for mine stationary engineers goes into effect across Lackawanna companies, with broader adoption anticipated.
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New York
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Purpone Ab
Air Vacite
United Mi Fkers of America
Vietorifi
Yes
United Mine Workers of Districte 1
Wilkes-Barre
Lackaiwhnna
Bogus money circulating in Ademtown and surrounding area
Police report a high value counterfeit operation in Ademtown and nearby towns. A man and an attractive young woman from Bethlehem allegedly passed counterfeit tens and twenties to buy goods, with sums rarely exceeding 25 cents in some cases. Authorities urge vigilance as investigations continue.
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Ademtown Pa
Pescis
Lehigh Valley
Copia
Coumbedelts
Belpg
Amon Haakianteel
Mar
Bethlehem
Eft
Roosevelt Bust Chip Reveals Accidental Damage in Senate Corridor
In Washington on Feb 20 a janitor accidentally chipped a Roosevelt bust in the senate corridor. The missing piece bore the letters Theo and KE OL, and the sculpture will be replaced. Separately in Baltimore on Feb 26 the frozen body of Daniel Hines was found in woods near Guynn's Falls park after reportedly freezing to death following a fall.
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Jom Faulkner
Lancashire
Faulkner
Manchester E&ss Works
Jotin
London
Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Theo
Baltimore
Daniel Hines
New Guynn's Falls Park
Food and Drug Inspection
Th. W. Wiley
York County farmer dies by suicide in barn near Mt. Wolf
Martin Stork, a farmer near Mt. Wolf in York County, ended his life by hanging in his barn. He went to the lot seemingly to work, but a noose around his neck ended the attempt as he jumped from the loft.
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York County
York
Martin Stork
Mt. Wolf
Stork
Hair comb damaged tortoise shell ornament returned to hotel
A New York woman, visiting a German factory town, bought a tortoise shell hair ornament that was badly damaged by a servant. The note sent back with the item suggested repairs and preservation, while leaving uncertainty about what should be done next.
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Germany
New York
Rcshonkio
New York Tribune
Explosion damages and deaths prompt $50,000 suit in Talbot county
In Easton Maryland on February 26 a suit seeks $25,000 damages for each of two deaths from an explosion alleged to involve coal oil sold as kerosene. The plaintiffs hold Texas Oil Co responsible, claiming the product contained gasoline instead of kerosene.
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Easton
Dorothy Saunders
Thomas M. Saunders
Josephine Wherrett
William JF. Wherrett
Wherrétt
Windy Fu
Talbot County
Texas Ol Company
Navy accepts resignation of Lieutenant Nixon
Washington, Feb 2 The Navy Department has accepted the resignation of Lieutenant Warren C Nixon United States Navy Nixon a graduate of the Naval Academy and a native of Illinois. The effective date is March 1 next.
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Nixon
Washington
Navy Department
Warren C. Nixon
United States Navi
Naval Academy
New Diocese For Texas Headed By Brownsville
The papal legation reports a new Texas diocese to be created with headquarters at Brownsville. A bishop will be named later. Russia readies break with the United States as St. Petersburg notes agriculture minister introduces a bill proposing $60.1 million to study agricultural machinery imports from Canada, England, Germany, China and Sweden.
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Texas
Washington
Vatican
Brownsville
Russia
U. S. St. Petersburg
Canada
England
Germany
Csina
Sweden
United States
Wedded a Month, Dies Rich Man and Bride in Hospital
Elijah Marshall Allen, a 74 year old rubber trader, died at St Vincent's Hospital after a January 10 wedding in Norwalk to Mattie Laura Walker, a 19 year old comic opera performer who is near death from pneumonia. The bride is a Taft relative, and reports say a recent will nets half the estate to the bride heiress and half to Mrs. Daniel Cooke, Allen's daughter.
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New York
Elijah Marshall Allen
St Vincent’s Hospital
Mattie Laura Walker
Norwalk
Conn
Allen
Taft
Song
Daniel Cooke
Disaster in Men's Cooking at Newark Church Supper
At Belleville Reformed Church in Newark Nova Scotia a turkey dinner hosted by the Men’s League led to ptomaine poisoning. Sixteen guests, both men and women, were affected with eight critically ill. investigators traced illness not solely to pudding as some had turtle meat.
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Newark
N.S
Men’s League of the
Belleville Reformed Church
Chicago Skyscraper Settles
Chicago residents fear for safety as the Masonic Temple, one of the citys tallest structures, shows signs of settling about two inches over the past six months during high winds raising concerns among tenants about structural stability and wind impact.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Fortifications appropriation bill eyed in House debate
Washington February 26 The fortifications appropriation bill carries over 2 580 000 for maintenance at coast defenses in the United States and will be considered in the House today as the chamber returns from a recess.
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Washington
United States
Bar Knox demonstrations in San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua
February 26 report that the government has issued a preliminary order for a demonstration in San Juan Del Sur. The action relates to the arrival of the American secretary of state Mr Kao and signals whether the demonstration will be allowed or disallowed.
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Bar Knox
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Ici
American Secretare of State
Kao
Starving Woman Seeks To Feed Hungry Angels Myth
Anna sespalla, a Paterson girl confined at Morris Plains state asylum, once fed by angels, now refuses most food hoping to starve. Doctors fear she plans to die while claiming an angel visits each morning to sustain her. An unrelated ad touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
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Mornstown
N. 7
Anna Sespalla
Paterson
Morris Plains
Dimonds Store Promotes Vast Stock and Low Prices
The advertisement touts the largest, most varied stock of Dimonds Watches Jewelry Clocks Cut Glass Umbrellas Chafing Dishes and Silverware with best goods and lowest prices. It emphasizes completeness and invites readers to visit to be convinced.
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Bnerican Cross Association
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Thomas Kennedy
Hazelton
John Fabey
Shamokin
John Dempacy
Scranton
Allentown
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Western Union
Western Union Telegraph Company
ITI AG
Salem
Ore
Humboldt
Thom
Teir
Piince
Andrew
World's Dispossary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M.D. Prearent
Buffalo
N.Y
Prince
Garyr Fawsiag
People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
Ceer
F. Columbus Knott
Benant & Finoit
Harper Kentucky Whiskey
Louis Otte
Pophams
Whliams Mfg. CO. Preps
Cleveland
Obie
Drax Co
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Robert Graves CO
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