Submarine Power Challenging Battleship Dominance
Scientific American argues that submarines could decide naval war by isolating enemy battle fleets. It notes Admiral Sir Percy Scott’s view that battleships may be rendered ineffective as submarine fleets advance. The piece questions British fleet proximity to Germany and describes patrols protecting a distant blockading force.
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Sir Percy Scott
Percy
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Wilhelmshaven
Heligoland
Baltic
Scientific American
Delavan's Comet Visible Across October Bright Naked Eye
Amateur observers can track Delavan's Comet through October as it sits high north after dusk and near dawn in the northeast. The tail appears visible to the naked eye, though foreshortened, with a length of several degrees and a travel distance about 145 to 160 million miles from Earth by month end.
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Delavan
Barnard
American Astronomical Society
Halley
Jupiter
Henry Norris Russell
Scientific American
War jokes show news with a wink from many papers
A collage of witty wartime quips from papers like The Eagle Macon Telegraph Columbia State Montreal Daily Mail and Washington Post skewering Austrian moves tax burdens and patriotism. It notes playful digs about Francis Joseph dreadnoughts and pacifist stances while reflecting the era’s press humor.
Brighter Western Canada Business Prospects Ahead
R G Dun notes conditions in the far west and north west are normalizing with a fair fall and winter outlook. Winnipeg shows fair demand for staples as grain sales boost farmer prosperity. Saskatoon retail lags. Calgary wholesale steady but not highly active. Edmonton area merchants buy more, expansion in lumber supplies groceries and jewelry. Regina trading steady, crop returns boost staple demand.
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Nity
Edmonton
Regina
Gas Works Horror in Lisbon Traps Workers and Passersby
A Lisbon gas works explosion Saturday night left about a hundred dead or injured. The blast sparked a fire that trapped workers plus passengers in tramcars and nearby pedestrians, according to a Reuters dispatch from London.
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London
Lisbon
Portugal
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Columbia State
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Francis Joseph
Pittsburg
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Brooklyn Eagle
Europe
Mexico
the Eagle
Pramys
Daily Mail
Washington Post
Edmund Walker
C.V.C
D.C.L
Alexander Laird
John Aird
W. C. Brown
Central Western
T. S. Leitch
WEDD
Pas Drug Company
A. J. Slaney
Moran
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Louis Bacon
Gentleman
Winnipeg
Bank OF Commerce
the Tribune
Blackwood’s & Golden Lion Drinks
McKinnon
S $ Edwards Avenue
Peabody
Gent
Bunting
the Club Cafe
Canada
R. G. Dun
Hudson Bay Junction
Basil Noble
Just
Government OF
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the Davis Produce CO
Hudson Block
Fischer Avenue
Swift Canadian CO
C. A. Spence
Fourth Street
W. H. Escott & Co, Limited, Brokers
General Western Agents
Calgary
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