Great Atlantic naval maneuvers off Provincetown draw crowds
A summary of summer exercises off the Massachusetts coast from July 7 to August 5 features 50 warships led by Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder aboard the U S S Connecticut. The mock battle ends in a draw with ships declared sunk or destroyed but no real casualties. Torpedo boats and submarines tested new devices including wireless torpedo launches and an inverted waste mast.
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Province Iicetown
Mass
Atlantic Ocean
Sam
Massachusetts
Stars and Stripes
Taft
Mear
Seaton Schroeder
U. S. S. Connecticut
Schroeder
Davy Jones
Locker
Connecticut
Provincetown
United States
Castine
Sinewater
Virginia Capes
Montgomery
Dixie
Cruel Starvation Method Amid Naval Maneuvers at Provincetown
The account recalls a doctor and Guelpa debating starvation as a means to purge toxic matter, then shifts to the Provincetown maneuvers with ships from Boston to Booth Bay. The fleet drills, night firing, and militia participation unfold under Taft and Meyer watching. Torpedo boats and submarines test fates alongside battleships in an extensive Atlantic exercise.
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Guelpa
Itm
Amico
Provincetown
Navy Department
Taft
Meyer
Nicholson
O’brien
Chester
Salem
Birmingham
North Carolina
Montana
New York
Starvation diet urged by Dr Guelpa for sickness cure
In a New York World report Dr Guelpa, famed Italian physician, advocates occasional starvation as a cure. He claims weight loss signals healing and urges three days without food, noting initial weakness but eventual comfort and better elimination of toxins. The text also notes increased clothing and hot drinks during adaptation.
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Guelpa
Italy
New York World
Dr. Guelpa
He A Woman Holds On To Letter Without Recall
A humorous note describes a woman who cannot tear up a love letter even after forgetting its author. The quip emphasizes forgetfulness paired with lingering sentiment.
Say civil service and a joke about stamps
A humorous exchange contrasts a boy asking what civil service means with his father’s pragmatic explanation and an observation of a governor’s calm in a government office. The dialogue touches on patience and perception in bureaucratic settings with a nod to the painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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Pop
Civil Service
Department
Customs
Postal
Bunker Hill
Widow to Widowers letter seeks marriage for widow
A London police court missionary, Mr. Robert Marshall, received a letter from a widow asking if a very respectable man knows of a suitable widower to marry again. The widow, now middle aged, states she has been alone for years and signs with deference to the recipient.
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Robert Marshall
London Police Court
Post Toasties Package Includes Tid Bits Recipe Book
Each package of Post Toasties offers a small Tid Bits booklet with about a couple dozen recipes. The booklet serves as a guide for entertaining guests at home. Packages priced 10 to 15 cents are available from grocers.
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New England
Boston
Penobscot Bay
Portland
Marblehead
Portsmouth
N. H
Eastport
Brockport
Gloucester
Booth Bay
Capt
Ellis D
Morson
Battleship
Indiana
Colorado
Chamber of Commerce
Port Au Prince
Chambers of Commerce, Producers and Manufacturers
Colonies
Sills Food Products
Libby
Vienna
Libby, McNell & Libby
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