Guardsman Injured in Auto Accident Near San Antonio
Vyron Gibson reported an enlisted Second Illinois Infantry man injured in an auto wreck twelve miles from San Antonio. The chauffeur, not a soldier, escaped. both were pinned under the overturned car. The soldier was taken to the Leon Springs field hospital. names were not learned.
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Vyron Gibson
Chicago
Illinois
Leon Springs
Second Illinois Infantry
San Anonio
Gibson
IH Pots
Woman jockey license debated in early sporting essay
An unnamed applicant in Answers London seeks a jockeys license as a legal gateway to riding on English racecourses. The piece reviews historic female riders like Mrs Thornton and argues licensing women faces conservatism, protests, and physical challenges, while noting alluring pay and the class barrier in horse sports.
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London
Thornton
Colonel Thornton
York
Aintree
Satisffy
Nothing Gained Senator Fall’s Mexico Sree remark saga
Senator Fall critiqued the Mexico Sree issue, arguing the proposed action offers redress but yields nothing. He compared it to a boarding house quip about roast beef, suggesting the remedy repeats the same outcome.
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Senator Fall
Washington Star
British Naval Expert Clarifies Vessels and Ship Classes
London July 29. Naval writer H. C. Ferraby clears up common ship type confusions. He defines capital ships as battleships and battle cruisers, explains dreadnaught terms, cruiser roles, armored and armed cruisers, auxiliary cruisers, patrol squadrons, commerce destroyers, and torpedo boat destroyers, and notes submarines as the weakest warships.
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London
H. C. Ferraby
British Admiralty
Ship group terms in naval terminology discussed
The article explains proper terms for warships, noting destroyers and submarines use flotillas while other ships form squadrons. It clarifies the German בלinienschiff translation as battleship and states ironclads belong to a past Victorian era.
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Linienschiff
Fishes Hearities and Voices in the Ocean Study
A discussion on why fish lack true vocal organs yet hear with inner ears. Dr David Starr Jordan notes fish sounds may exist but are not well studied or differentiated as voices. The piece mentions pharyngeal bones and air bladders as possible sound sources and hints at a mysterious singing fish on the California coast.
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David Starr Jordan
Jordan
Fishes Show Hearing Link to Sounds and Language Claims
An anecdote attributed to Dr Cr C Abbott describes a roach warning nearby fish by signaling danger, suggesting fish may hear via swim bladders and even possess a form of language. The discussion notes sound travels faster in water, and fish could perceive delicate noises as information.
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Izaak Walton
Cr. C. Abbott
Roach
Dr. Abbott
Ponerquissings Creek
New Jersey
Road connects Dixon's Run and McKim for Beechwood school
Farmers between Dixon's Run and McKim completed a one and a quarter mile road after six months for a school at Beechwood near McKim. One pupil, Ralph Jackson, attends the Beechwood school taught by Edward E. Long, with daily studies ongoing.
Musketry Instructor Seeks Lookers In Recruiting Speech
A London Opinion note describes a musketry drill where an instructor urges recruits to look at the sights while a recruit asks about the other sights. The scene emphasizes training discipline and attentiveness to the weapon.
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London
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