Lost Sea Battle Revealed Skyrocket vs Sharp 1779
Historian Maclay reports a previously unknown 1779 naval clash between the American privateer Skyrocket and the Scottish vessel Sharp off the Irish coast. Capt. Burke’s brig Skyrocket, armed with carronades, pursued and fought Capt. Archibalt Bogge’s Sharp, with both ships exchanging fire before the American privateer withdrew.
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New York
Edward Stanton Maclay
United States Navy
Gijnburgh
Scotland
Skyrocket
Sharp
Maclay
Edinburgh
Archibalt Bosg
Glasgow
Burke
Boge
Emmons
Bogg
Carron
France
Bond
Jamaica
Trish
Anaile
Tulker
Kinsgate
Boggs
America
Capt. Boge
Betsy
McArthur
Clyde
Oporto
Arthur
Ariving
Greenock
Japanese refineries pledge $245000 gold guaranty
The three leading sugar refineries in Japan provide a 245000 dollar gold guaranty to secure an agreement limiting their combined operation to 279A. The pact aims to restrict their combined production or cartel-like activity within a defined parameter.
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Japan
Efficiency In the Public Schools Debate
Colonel Charles W. Larned argues in the North American Review that public schools show inefficiencies based on his West Point admissions experience. He notes 223 of 351 cadet applicants failed, all having ten years in common and high schools, and urges better preparation in well organized high schools.
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Charles W. Larned
North American Review
West Point
Military Academy
Larned
Wonderful Invention and the Modern Man
A humorous meditation on inventions and domestic life, noting a clock powered alarm device and the shift in gender roles. It reflects the era’s social humor with anecdotes about modern conveniences, travel, and Christmas wishes, sprinkled with literary references and playful observations.
Soulding Into Our Natural Resources
The drive to conserve natural resources grows nationwide with state conservation commissions multiplying weekly and many national groups forming committees. Federal agencies push resource inventories as the first nationwide inquiry into the country’s wealth, surveying farms, timber, minerals, crops, irrigation, water power, and livestock.
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United States
Nation Conservation Commission
National Conservation Commission
Bureaus of Statistics
Noise laws spread as cities follow New York example
An editorial argues that anti noise ordinances are spreading nationwide as cities follow New York. It notes whistles bells and alarms disturb sleep, debates necessary noise, and cites holiday observances and political shams. The piece critiques public speakers and cautions against trivial jokes causing panic.
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New York
Notice to creditors for the Seidel estate
Creditors who know themselves indebted to the estate of F. W. Seidel are urged to call at the Wegner & Walseth office or write and state the amount due. The administrator N. C. Wegner asks for prompt action on the theory that creditors are honest.
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F. W. Seidel
Wegner & Walseth
Axa
N. C. Wegner
Notice of Publication Land Entry at Devils Lake
Department of the Interior announces Christing Gretnainger of Cordelia North Dakota who filed a homestead entry on August 2 1902 for the land in section 25 township 16 range 14 fifth principal meridian. He is notified of the intention to make final five year proof to establish his claim before the receiver at Devils Lake on the Sunday of November.
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Department of the Interior
Davila Lake
North Dakota
Christing Gretnainger
Cordelia
Seb Wei
Devils Lake
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Ken Teen
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Tasso
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Coal City Wurres
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Biog
Napoleon Bonaparte
Antoine
Napoleon
Thibaudeau
Sfar
Mars
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Bottineau
PB McMillan
Prop
Bottineau County
H. M. Trent
Ttineau
S. B. Mahaney
Willow City
Han
Bottineau Courant
Julius Mickelson
Juno
N. Louis Wisgen
Joel Miller
Hattie Crawford
Seters M
D. Wm. Miller
Register
H.h.hovda
M. W. Mathews
London
England
College of Music
Johnsgaard
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