Fortunes from Chemistry and Synthetic Rubber Prospects
The Philadelphia Press quotes Mr Huntington predicting vast fortunes from chemistry in business and transportation. He argues a chemist could rival steel magnates by discovering rubber substitutes or extracting wealth from plant fibers, especially with advances in artificial rubber and papermaking from pine-like pulps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Huntington
Holland
Philadelphia
Huntington
Heasemer
Africa
South America
Traveler Returns From Sahara Dreamlike Journey
A traveler returning to Washington recalls a Sahara visit with date palms in Arizona like North Africa. He describes scorching days, cool windless nights, a long caravan and Arab guides guiding by theatre, sunrises over glittering sands, oases, Hedculus tents, and herd animals while savoring goat milk bread dates and coffee. He fears it may be a dream from a storybook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara Desert
Washington
Palma
Arizona
Africa
Arabia
Submarine Boat Expansion Debated by Naval Board
The board of naval construction weighs increasing submarine torpedo boats with Aide Admiral O Neil and Chief Constructor Hichborn favored, while Admiral Melville and Bradford oppose. Lang will rely on experts as Holland boats gain attention. pilots urge light torpedo boats to counter submarines and tiny pickets may be added to ships. Seven boats under contract provide a base, but calls persist to await trials and possible improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Naval Construction
O'Neil
Ordnance
Hichborn
Melville
Hausptment Bureau
Bradford
Lang
Congress
Holland
Bes Kinnlog
Folger
Naval Atrntegium
Trade in Animals Exposed by Global Curio Dealers
An era of collecting natural history curiosities fuels a vast trade in live and preserved animals. Catalogs advertise bullfrogs by the dozen, crayfish, newts, snakes, crabs, insects, and exotic everythings shipped alive or preserved in alcohol. London hosts the grand bug market with high prices for rare specimens. American and Hamburg dealers source Asia Pacific and South American specimens, including a unique tardigrade-like reptile and guanaco skeletons, reflecting a broad international trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ilani
Plata
London
Hamburg
Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Whitebay
Dinler
South Americ
Guanaco
Angora Cat Kills Snake in Oris J Bradshaw Yard
An Angora cat owned by J. Hammond Bradshaw of Oris J. killed a house adder after noon. The snake measured about four inches in width and three feet two and a half inches long, coiled in the roadway in front of Dr Hendahan's residence. The cat first attacked, then again grappled the serpent and strangled it after a brief struggle with Mrs. Margaret Haughwout assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hammond Bradshaw
Oris J
Margaret
Haughwout
Headshaw
Maughwout
Hendahan
President McKinley Photographed Amid Democratic Habit Shift
President McKinley and Secretary Cortelyou visited a photographer's shop for a formal portrait the morning after a White House stay. The article notes a shift toward more democratic habits and thinner appearance, with plans to use a prior campaign image for the upcoming period. The piece blends this with unrelated notes on nobility and distant military references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Cortelyou
McKintey
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