Navy fleet sails from Hampton Roads for Pacific voyage
A vast Pacific fleet sails from Hampton Roads led by the battleship Connecticut with 16 battleships and support ships. The 116 day voyage to the California coast carries 681 officers and 11,500 enlisted men, vast coal and food stores, and new wireless and fire control systems as the nation shows its naval growth since 1775.
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Hampton Roads
Pacific
United States Navy
Esek Hopkins
Continental Congress
Minnesota
Uncle Sam
Edward
England
Satsuma
Japan
Holland
Colon
Algiers
Washington
United
Tates
Etlll
San Francisco
California
Bob” Evans
Tain
Columbia
Culgoa
Trinidad
Rio Janeiro
Punta Arenas
Callao
Magdalena “Bay
West Virginia
Atlantic
Namied
Pitteen
San Frans Élaco
BOELO
Marcellus
Haiibal
Leonidas
Rio
Raffrafts
Magdalena Bay
Mare Island Navy Yard
Connecticut
Norfolk
State of
Idaho
Wasington
Clumbia
Colorado
Partiols
New-York
Brooklyn
Limelight Dictator Joao Franco Aims to Stabilize Portugal
Portugal’s premier Joao Franco, named dictator by King Carlos I, consolidates power to steady finances and curb aristocrats. Franco faces opposition from monarchy critics and anti-liberal factions while denying rumors of royal banishment and army discontent. His health and reserved temperament contrast with his bold governing push.
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Joao Franco
Portugal
Carlos I
Franco
Austria
Dom Miguel of
Braganga
Furope
Paria
London
Vic
France
Pittsburg steel magnate Phipps seeks New York tenement city
Hens Phipps, a Pittsburg steel magnate who funded early tenement housing for the poor, plans a New York cement city project. From modest beginnings, he joined forces with Thomas Carnegie and Andrew Carnegie to build a vast steel empire and later spent years in Britain while amassing vast wealth.
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Hens Phippa
Pittsburg
New York
Edison Cement
Rrand Tey Fuewn
Klemen
Duquesne
Thomas Carnegie
Andrew
Phipps
Britain
France
Thomas Waller
Millvale
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Miller
Tod
Scotland
May Bare Society Secrets of Hungarian Master Whip
Aurel Hateny claims three $500000 damages for alienation of his wife Frances Work Burke Roche. He married her in July 1906 at Newport then separated. He names Frank Work and Frank K Sturgis and Peter Cooper Hewitt as targets, vows to reveal society secrets in court to cause a social upheaval.
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Aurel Hateny
Wifp
Francia Burke-Roche
Newport
Hatenyi
Frank Work
Frank K. Sturgis
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Mra. Batonyi
Matenyi
Hungary
New York
Frances Work
James Boothby Burke-Roche
Baron Fermoy
Delaware
Batonyi
Burke Roche
Arthur Burden
Publc
Fr Petroff Released From Russian Monastic Prison
Fr Petroff, an Orthodox priest and former duma candidate, has been released from a monastic prison. Once favored at court, he preached reform from the gospel and was silenced by the Holy Synod. His release follows broader liberal priest activity and a new duma election.
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Petroff
Duma
God
Holy Synod
Russia
Atate
Chereminteki
Of-Aptes
Doma
Sr. Petroft
Man Bites Furniture in a Curious Chair Bargain
An elderly man travels to the city to bargain for furniture in an old curiosity shop. He buys a chair and returns days later with it in pieces. The proprietor inspects the wreckage and dryly remarks that someone has been sitting on it.
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Hlaski
Entertains and Instructs the Boys
Herbert Strong novels Rob the Ranger and On the Troth of the Arabs, published by Robbs Merrill Co. of Indianapolis, Ind, promise fascinating adventures and wholesome instruction for the average boy. Strong writes engaging stories with accurate information and clean English, suitable for young readers at home.
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Rob
Herbert Strong
Robbs-Merrill Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Stranga
Flowers as a Cult in Alzey School Plant Program
In Alzey, Germany the city funds a plant care program in public elementary schools. Each girl receives two plants each spring to nurture, with inspectors reporting consistently positive results at season’s end.
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Alzey
Five Little Peppers Newest Pepper Family Tale
Margaret Sidney author of the Pepper books presents Five Little Peppers In the Little Brown House issued by Lothrop, Lee & Shephard Co. Boston. Mrs Daniel Lothrop of The Wayside Concord Mass created the Pepper children famed for their humor and human qualities. The new volume adds a fresh, entertaining episode for readers of all ages.
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Little Brown House
Margaret Sidney
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co
Boston
Daniel Lothrop
Concord
Mass
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Pepper
Irregular School Picnic Scene With Six Boys
Fragmentary report describes a Sunday school picnic where a trolley car stops to collect six hatless boys and a bright eyed girl. The woman volunteers to supervise the group but cites lack of funds to continue transporting all six.
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Golis
How to Invest Your Savings by Isaac F Marcosson
A new book from Henry Artemus company of Philadelphia offers guidance for the average saver. It emphasizes safety, conservative investing, and practical facts aimed at those with funds to invest.
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Isaac F. Marcosson
Henry Artemus Company
Philadelphia
Marcossop
Fragmentary Ode Reflections in a Baltimore American Note
An experimental quotation heavy fragment quotes a Baltimore American sense of heart and soul and life’s flowers. It laments humanity’s ruse and the consoling plea of hope seen through windows of longing.
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Baltimore
Ammonia Poisoning Advice From Historical Note
A fragmented paragraph advises that exposure to ammonia fumes can be countered by scenting with vinegar to revive an unconscious person. The text uses archaic spellings and cites practical first aid guidance from a past newspaper.
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