National Museum receives Schley memorial collection
The National Museum accepts a large collection of over 100 items from Mrs Schley honoring Rear-Admiral Win Meld Scott Schley. Medals swords uniforms and mementos reveal his naval career including actions in the Spanish American War and the Cape Sabine rescue. The display includes a diamond studded medal from Maryland a gold watch from Maryland a sword worn through 41 years and Admiral Schley's commodore flag from the Brooklyn.
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Ashington
National Museum
Win Meld Scott Schley
Schley
Admiral Schley
Humane Society of Massachusetts
U. S
Cape Sabine
Greeley
Maryland
Santiago de Cuba
Knights Templars
Annapolis
Brooklyn
Santiago
Cloth Testing Ensures Uniform Materials for Army Use
Government contracts for cloth trigger a rigorous testing regime at a New York laboratory on Governor's Island. Weighing, wear, strength, dye, acid, and washing tests qualify each bolt per yard, with defects charged to makers. Each component from thread to buttons undergoes special tests before assembly.
Federal Prison for Women Under Way at Leavenworth
Nearly five hundred federal women prisoners are scattered in state penitentiaries and will form a new prison inside Leavenworth. The facility will be enclosed by high walls and overseen by a female superintendent with several women warders. Inmates will weave bed clothing and uniforms and make their own bedding and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ncle Sam
United States Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kaw
Navy to Sell Battleships and Cruisers for Eight Million
The Navy Department has an $8,000,000 cash offer for the battleships Indiana Iowa and Massachusetts and the protected cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis. These ships, in first class condition, joined the Atlantic fleet in New York but are expected to become obsolete with the new dreadnoughts. Private sale after sealed bids is required, with past costs shown for Indiana Massachusetts Iowa and Columbia.
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Navy Department
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Columbia
Minneapolis
Antiago
Cervera
New York
United States
Bnder
Congress
Law
Faithful households and the promised child
The lesson traces fulfillment from Old to New Testament through John the Baptist. Zacharias and Elizabeth are portrayed as devout though imperfect, chosen to bear a vow of Nazarite rest on their promised child. The text urges ideal parenting, Spirit filling for workers, and belief despite doubt.
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John the Baptist
Zacharias
Elizabeth
John
God
D. L. Moody
Paul
Isaac
Christ
the Baptist
Egypt
Nile
Journey Through Fears of Datan in Matsushima Bay
Travelers recount a March visit to northern Japan visiting Sendai Shiogama and Matsushima. They ride jinrikshas to trains, sample cold lunches, dine in a palace car, land on a fishing village coast, tour temples, and end with a farewell to the pine island bay famed as one of Japan’s three most beautiful spots.
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Japan
Bay
Matsushima
Tokio
Gondalas
Venice
Kyoto
Sendai
Shiogama
Orient
Tiffin
Sampan
Rome
Chaira
Isles
Picnic Day Revolves Into Promise of Marriage
Barbara Larsen defies Aunt Hepzibah to attend a picnic with Jasper Burnham. After a day of shy glances and growing affection, Jasper defends her honor, confronts the aunt, and the two rush to wed. A minister confirms the union, and the couple finds release in a moonlit farmyard embrace.
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Hepzibah
Barbara Larsen
Jasper Burnham
Jasper
Soba
Barbara
Vancouver’s voter list shows rapid population churn
In 1901 Vancouver with 27 000 residents now 127 006 including suburbs, the city revises its voters list of about 20 000 names with some 6 000 to be removed for non residence. The ongoing revision suggests a high turnover with about one tenth of voters leaving annually and many residents moving to other parts or across the border to the United States.
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Vancouver
B. C
Vancer
Othen
United States
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Ches
Rev
Wliam D. D
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Vourney
Datan
Mayqar
FORIO
Wes
Sas
Associated Literary Press
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