Missouri Battle Ship Design Described In Detail
The article reviews the Missouri class battleship built at Philadelphia with a 288 foot hull and 123,200 tons displacement. It details armor belts, casemate armor, diagonal plating, main battery of twelve inch rifles, sixteen rapid fire guns, and a secondary battery. It notes two military masts, a twelve inch steering wheel, and propulsion via water-tube boilers. Secretary Long discusses naval defense funding and education or charity tradeoffs amid calls for a $100,000,000 increase in naval capacity.
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Anil
Maine
Philadelphia
Uice
Adeondary
Aixddineh
Rapid Aris Cine
Long
Longe
French Warships Crews Report Ill Treatment
A Nantes report claims French ship crews are ill treated and barred from returning to their vessels until masters pay heavy ransom. The piece notes tensions between French sailors, local authorities, and the French consul in Portland, with claims of government intervention and protests by shipowners for government action.
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Nantes
France
Cody
Freech
Portland
Patiaail
Littie
Dominion railway telegraphers demand higher pay
The union of telephone and railway telegraphers in the Dominion plans to push wage demands on Canada three largest systems the Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk and the Canada Atlantic. They say the proposed minimum of about 40 a month is not sufficient.
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Ldee
Dominion
Canada
Clara Barton to be thanked with gold medal in Senate
Senator Mar son will introduce a resolution in the senate to vote thanks of Congress and award a gold medal to Clara Barton for her valuable services during the war with Spain.
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Washington
Marson
Senate
Congress
Clara Barton
Spain
Review of Business Year 1901 Records United States Trade
The 1901 annual review of American trade and industry, compiled for Pratt's, marks a record year despite strikes by machinists and tech workers, May stock panic, corporate failures, and price manipulation efforts in copper, with shortages in corn, cotton, and oats. It notes overall brisk mercantile activity and strong bank clearings.
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New York
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Aod
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McKiney
Yisiness
Grecodina Joepiad
Ovleupe La Dee Shew The Rie Of Orant Dicken
A historical report describes a court case in Lexington Kentucky involving a white male accused of assault and murder. Judge Lynch sentences the defendant after a trial with open prisoner observation and legal representation.
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Orant Dicken
Lexington
Mink
M Donut
Cova Anseult
Bila
Lynch
Weachlington Den Names Next Cabinet Member
Secretary Long will be succeeded by Charles Allen the present governor of Porto Rico Allen served as assistant secretary of navy during the war with Spain and is expected to depart the cabinet.
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Weachlington
Den
Long
Charles Allen
Porto Rico
Spain
Three Trainmen Killed in Nashua Collision
A passenger train collided with a freight train near Nashua New Hampshire this morning killing the engineer fireman and flagman of the passenger train.
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Manchester
N. H
Nashua
Roosevelt backs senator Mason on telegraph nationalization
President Roosevelt signals support for Senator Mason to champion a bill authorizing government ownership of all telegraph lines. The plan reportedly includes government purchase of the telegraph system, with Mason planning to introduce the measure in the Senate.
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Wallington
Dew
HiTpore
Honea
Roosevelt
Willian Mawes
Auac
Congress
Mason
Boer Victory Surprises British Forces in South Africa
War Office reports Boers achieved a victory British thought impossible. Half of the British force captured, heavy casualties, Boers humane in leaving wounded behind. Dewet's forces strong at Langberg, reinforcements arrived, British unable to pursue. Lord Kitchener notes Boer behavior toward the wounded.
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Kitchener
Dewet
Langaberg
oWine
Kitchener Saye
Omen
British Losses Reported in Zeefontain Battle
The war desk reports heavy British casualties at Zeefontain with six officers killed and fifty men wounded. The frontline exchange shows captured privates and men killed in action as the engagement with opposing forces continues.
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Zeefon
Wheat Prices in Chicago and San Francisco Reported
Chicago markets show 88.8 wheat per ton with S24 and S14 per tithe. In San Francisco on December 28, Ban Froaneisen lists wheat at 1.08 dollars per hundredweight. The report notes price contrasts between two major grain hubs and consumer rates.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Educational Topics Discussed at Southern Association Meeting
Columbia hosts a session of the South er Educational Association with Superintendent Hinemon of Pine Bluff Arkansas and Professor Junius Jordan of the University of AvhKaneet presenting on fencing and related topics. The event includes notes on summer meetings of the Association of Lakeout Mountain and the Ratablissanent of Southern Chaetangan. Robert Rowlands, 19, is jailed in Portland on a separate charge tied to alleged theft rings.
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Dew
Fem Neem
Souther Educational Association
JO. Hinemon
Pine Blof
Ark
Profuxaor Junius Jordan
University of AvhKaneet
Bsuperintendet
Hinemon
Jordan
Laokout
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