First Successful Submarine to be Preserved, Holland No.
New York on Oct. 7 report the first successful submarine built just before the Spanish War will be saved for Americans. The Holland No. will travel by guard of honor to New York and be housed in a new public museum after a year at the Bronx exposition.
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New York
Philadelphia
Commercial Museum
New York City
Holland
William Bourne
England
Bushnell
Connecticut
Robert Fulton
Fulton
Hudson River
France
Napoleon
Smithereens
America
Hudson
Evolution of the Holland Submarine and its Legacy
History recounts the Holland No. 9 and earlier craft, from Isaac Ward Holland's experiments on the Passaic and West 13th street yards to the Navy purchase after years of trials. It details dives in Peconic and Chesapeake Bays, near-sinking ballast issues, and the public fate of the vessel as scrap before preservation by Dr. Gibbons and loan to the Bronx Expo.
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Pig Iron Ag
Peconic Bay
Long Island
Holland
Chesapeake Bay
Navy Department
Spain
Santiago
United States
United States Navy Department
Henry A. Hitner’s Song Company
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
Hitner Company
Gale
Walter A. Hall
Peter J. Gibbons
Austin Flint Gibbons
Madison Avenue
New York City
Bronx
The Pleasure Is All Yours Heating Stove Sale
An advertisement touts a large stove assortment with no advance payment and expert service. It lists Air Tite Heaters, Cast Iron Heaters, Cook Stoves, and Ranges with prices, plus related kitchen goods and special Monday ammunition offers.
What Lord Roberts Said Lord Roberts remark on nation on its knees
In London on October 7 a sermon quoted Lord Roberts saying before his death that the men and the munitions are secured, and what is needed now is a nation on its knees. The Bishop of London relayed the remark during the sermon.
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London
Lord Roberts
Lorfion
Crete: Cradle of Culture and a Continents’ Crossroad
The article portrays Crete as a central historic and cultural hub, detailing its Minoan civilization at Knossos, archaeological finds, and the legendary Minotaur. It traces the island’s long history from ancient Greek culture through Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman rule to its 1912 annexation by Greece, highlighting its strategic location and enduring revolts.
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Island
Pacific
Constantine
Crete
Venizelos
Assyria
Minos
Pasiphae
Theseus
Labyrinth
Babylon
Nineveh
Assur
Knossos
James Baikie
J. A. Evans
Syracuse
Phaestos
Hagia Triada
Greece
Corsica
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Cyprus
Napoleon
Europe
Asia
Africa
St. Paul
Zeus
Mt. Ida
Lukia
Knossus
Cnossus
National Geographic Society
Mithradates the Great
Rome
Metellus
Andalusia
Boniface de Montferrat
Beautify Your Hair with Danderine for Dandruff Stop
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine promising fuller softer hair in minutes. It claims dandruff vanishes and scalp becomes healthier, with new hair growth after weeks of use. The ad urges readers to buy a 26 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
Fletcher Advocates Powder Use for Women Beauty
Dr Philip Cone Fletcher Texas preacher and defender of Cozy Corners for Courting Couples arrives in Los Angeles with views on beauty modesty and dress. He says women may use powder and paint if needed to enhance appearance and calls ugliness a sin in modern times while supporting woman suffrage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Philip Cone Fletcher
Texarkana
Tex
Fletcher
Ireland Threatened With Conscription
Dublin reports Conservatives push conscription in Ireland claiming Irish regiments suffered losses at Gommont and Ginchy. They warn Britain’s age extension could force Ireland into service, while Ireland’s recruiting stalls persist. The Irish Times notes English hostility if conscription is imposed. Dublin recruiting committee remains hopeful for renewed Irish enlistments.
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Dublin
Ireland
Guillemont
Ginchy
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Irish Times
Costs of guarding the U S border and Villa chase
The War Department estimates show the punitive Mexican expedition and border protection cost the United States about 100 million dollars so far. The figure is used by Republicans to attack Wilson policy, while defenders argue intervention was cheaper than a wider war and unnecessary alternatives.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Mexico
Caprt
Villa
Learder
Colubus
United Stat
Pershin
Border Guard
Wilson
Hughes
Hugh
Mr. Wilson
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Kiel
Bauer
Berlin
Museum of Oceanography
Bowiny
New Orleans
Hunley
Dickson
U.S. S
Mississippi
John P. Holland
Lisconnor
Monitor
Merrimac
Naval Engineers
Passaic River
Paterson
N. J
West 13Th Street
North River
Delamater’s
State Department
Washington
Crescent Yard
Elizabethport
Perth Amboy
Holland No. 9
Perco
Winchester
Comygnerce
Candia
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Egypt
Armour’s Star
Herchey’s
Hershey's
van Houten
Rona
California
Martin Wagner
van Camps
O. B. Brand
Julius Horn
Travis
County of Dublin
Earl Meath
Der
The
St. Anthony
San Antonio
Army
T. B. Baker
Gunter Cafe
Rogers Orchestra
Miss Jone White
Hot Wells
Arthur G. Jury
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