America's Largest Gun for New York Harbor Defense
Report outlines Watervliet Arsenal’s 16.95 inch breech loading monster gun to be built with eighteen units for New York Harbor defense. Six turrets planned on Romer Shoal with two 16 inch guns per turret. complex reinforced concrete bases, underground magazines, and armor protections.
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United States
Watervliet Arsenal
New York
Romer Shoal
Watervliet
America
War Department
Ordnance
Engineer
Metropolis
Chief of Ordnance
Watervliet Arsena
England
Trinity Church
Indiana
Massachusetts
Bethléhem Iron Company
Sandy Hook
Ordnance and Engineer
Washington
Fischner
Fischer
House Subcommittee On
Romer
Coast Survey
Turreta
Shane
Spenzia
Italy
Europe
New 16 Inch Guns Could Change Naval Passageways
The article discusses 16 inch guns with estimated costs and ranges. It notes their potential to dominate key waterways, threatening ships in New York harbor and possible routes through Swash or main channels. It highlights armor plating plans to command East channel Gedneys Channel and South channel and cites official estimates of impact, penetration, and range up to twelve miles.
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Funs
New York Harbor
Gedney
CIA
Ordnance Department
Thor
Paris
The Girl Butcher of Log Cabin Market
The Log Cabin Market in San Francisco features Lillie Kanitz a sixteen year old girl who runs the shop in her father Otto Kanitz absence. She handles orders from beef cuts to small pets, keeps books, and delivers to customers while her mother shares city real estate with her. Her polish and poise mark her as a skilled young businesswoman in a family of German immigrants.
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San Francisco
Lillie Kanitz
Miss Kanitz
Otto Kanitz
Ton
Kanitz
Kanits
Senu
A Corner on Juvenile Diseases
Dr. Otto Sutter faces two young patients at St Louis City Hospital Louis Raymer and Pearl Manly both under ten years old. They recovered from scarlet fever and near diphtheria but then contracted chicken pox mumps and enlarged cheeks in a puzzling sequence with no known exposure. The causation remains a mystery.
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Otto Sutter
St Louis City Hospital
Louis Raymer
Pearl Manly
House of Refuge
City Hospital
Pearl
Earl
Louis
End of a Shooting Excursion in Kuriles Colony
In the Kuriles Captain Gunji and companions establish farming and fishing on a large scale. An American sealing schooner the St Lawrence visited Shimu shiri for water. Some crewmen frightened colonists during sunset raids on homes. Gunji warned of artillery if insults continued. He deployed 2 guns and fired over the St Lawrence, prompting the crew to sail away.
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Kuriles
Gunji
St. Lawrence
Shimushiri
Scranton Couple Wed After Hour’s Acquaintance
J. W. Ellis and Misa Mattie Weaver of Scranton tied vows Tuesday night after a brief acquaintance sparked at a lecture on model husbands and wives. The ceremony sparked clashes over marriage fees, as a new probate law caps officiant charges at 1.50 while ministers protest, saying they still charge 5 to 10 dollars.
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J. W. Ellis
Misa Mattie Weaver
Scranton, &. D
Prof. McShane
Miss Weaver
Kansas
Polish Historian Waliszewski Marries Paris Countess
M Waliszewski author of histories on Peter the Great and Catherine II wed Countess Mnewska in Paris a few days ago. He, a Pole, is now writing a life of Ivan the Terrible. In Humboldt on Friday a 14 year old Maxwell son was shot in the foot. not dangerous.
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M. Waliszewski
Peter the Great
Mary Lloyd
Catherine II
Paris
Mnewska
Ivan the Crueles
Humboldt
Thomas Maxwell
A Faithful Traitor A Story of Mayfair
In a Bloomsbury Square drawing room Elizabeth endures sharp truth from her stern grandmother Mrs Latimar after Feodorovna departs with Gregory Latimer seeking a quiet night. Elizabeth finds a letter from Richard Saville, while tensions simmer over loyalty, gratitude, and living under one roof in a fragile household.
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Bloomsbury Square
Grannie
Elizabeth
Pesderowna
Feo
Andy
Peo
Gregory
Feodorovna
Mrs. Latimer
Gregory Latimers
Richard Saville
Martha
Tony returns to Mayfair by surprise
Antony Peile arrives at Lady Feo Latimar's Mayfair home after a trip, is warmly welcomed by her astonished yet delighted self. The reunion stirs memories of Gregory as Feo teases him about forgetting old friends. The scene unfolds in a refined parlour with tea to follow.
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Feo Latimar
Mayfair
Antony
Sir Antony
Antony Peile
Wendon
Lady Weo
Victoria
Anony
Feo
Tony
Sira Antony
Gregory
Back in England Tony Saville Faces a Matrimonial Push
Lady Feodora Feo Latimar exhorts her cousin Sir Antony Saville to marry soon after his return to England from abroad. He resists bravely, while Feo jokes about his bachelor life and hints at a match she is quietly arranging. He explains his plans to settle near Speed with work still in view. The two share family affection as Tony recalls letters from distant postings and debates his future amid social pressures.
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Peo
Weil
Antony
Fea
Tony
Antony Peile
England
Gregory
Feo
Bertha
Sir Antony
Southampton
Savilie
Seach
Saville
Lady Feodora
Bome
Lady Feo
Feo Latimar
Notable Family Portraits Mention Suffolk Aristocrats
Fragments describe a comparison of two women with noble lineage. Aptony Peile, baronet and heir, sits as the central figure alongside Fee and the Countess of Wessex. Likeness appears more in expression than feature, with cousins and twin-sister connections hinted. (To be continued.)
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Aptony Peile
Hersel
Antony
Peile
Fee
Cuntess
Wessex
Tself
Believe Him Now Oil Wizard of Indiana Returns to Fame
Jacob Long, famed oil wizard of Indiana, has risen to prominence again by locating extensive fields in Chioa using his forked-stick method. Once mocked as a water witch, Long’s predictions have proven accurate, earning him fresh attention from major oil companies yet he remains poor at age 60.
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Jacob Long
Indiana
Chioa
Long
Women's Fur Fashion Rules The Season
A fashion note extols fur wear as the winter trend. The piece praises otter, mink, and sable skins used on hats collars gowns and muffs, laments Persian lamb slaughter, and notes Kreitschwang costumes as a new extravagance while doubting climate suitability. It highlights fur as a universal style across garments from ball gowns to debutantes’ cloaks.
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Esquimaux
How to walk stairs for ease and safety
A physician explains the best ascent technique focusing on even weight distribution. He warns against springing or bending over, which strains muscles and impairs breathing. Lift, place feet squarely, progress slowly to keep heart and lungs functioning smoothly.
Klondike Episode Ends In Bizarre Bar Gambit
Frost-Bitten Pete in the Glazier house bars a tenderfoot who, in a drunken display, produces a revolver. Pete disarms him and secures a small repeating cannon asking to borrow it until morning to win Avalanche Sal’s ears with a pair of earrings. The scene shifts to a reckless celebration ending in a toast to romance and a drunken misadventure.
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Pete
Tenderfoot
Flere
Desperado
Avalanche Sal
Savill
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Grammie
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