Salvage Experts Show How Ships Are Raised At Sea
The article details British salvage work during wartime, recounting the shift from private to Admiralty control, and how new methods and devices like submerged electrical pumps enable raising and repairing sunken or damaged ships. It notes the 1915 1917 progress, the year 1918 surge, and the ongoing challenges from weather, tides, and cargo hazards.
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E. C. Berraby
Admiralty
Liverpool Salvage Association
United Kingdom
Tats
P. W. Young
Atlantic
Naasmyth
Wreeks
L48
Compliments at Bonhomme's Furniture Store
In a dim old Montreal furniture shop, Mssieur Bonhomme battles troublesome young suitors for his daughter Marie. A bold Corson and Moorson wooers in gallery intrigue as Bonhomme fends them off, delivering two ward robes to Barron and Corson with his compliments.
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M'sicur Bonhomme
Marie
M’sten
M’sieur
Moorson
Jong Oblong
Bonhomme
Cire
Amselle
Ting
Ma’amselle
Gallery No
Madame
Mr. Moorsom Dow
M'shur
Lawil
Mr.Afverson
Edd M'sleur
Mr. Moorson
Maleniselie
Val’ Mileur
Nunober
M'siewr
Gallery Number One
myVvaraselle
M'slen
Carson
Mr. Corson
Mal? Apsieur
Will
Mister Barron
Mrs. Barron
Mr. Barron
Bonhamine
M'sieur
James Moorson
Cookson Avenue
Hal
Masieur
Arthur Corson
Marion Terrace
Corson
Model A. Bonhommie
Ma’amscie
Intricate Weapon Behind the Torpedo Its Internal Design
The passage describes a torpedo with a fish shaped body housing a compressed air engine a gyroscope for steering a balance chamber to control depth and a buoyancy chamber. It notes propellers and rudders aft outside the tube and explains how high pressure air drives the engine and keeps the projectile on its path. It then shifts to a Bonaparte family remark about Madame Mere Queen Caroline and a statue resembling a mother.
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Nero
Bonaparte
Madame Mere
Naples
Caroline
Wonderful Resemblance of Noted Figures Across Ages
The text notes striking likenesses among Dion Boucicault and Sir Kenelm Digby, Douglas Jerrold and Mont selfier, Montagu Williams and Charles II, Byron and J L Motley. It cites a widow’s remark on Byron’s likeness and recounts Charles MacFarlane's reminiscence of meeting Shelley in Naples in 1820 and showing him a statue of Agrippina. The passage blends literary memories with entertainers and historians in a period voice.
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Dion Boucicault
Kenelm Digby
Douglas Jerrold
Montselfier
Montagu Williamis
Charles II
Peter Loly
Byron
J. L. Motley
Dutch Republic
Charles MacFarlane
Shelley
Royal Burbon Museum
Naples
Agrippina
Commodus tragedy by Lew Wallace never staged
Lew Wallace wrote a tragedy Commodus based on the Story of Maternus about a slave rebel who aimed to seize Rome and crown himself. Lawrence Barrett called it the best English drama since Richelieu, but it was printed and never produced according to the Boston Globe report.
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Cen
Lew Wallace
Commodus
Maternus
Rome
Lawrence Barrett
General Wallace
Richelieu
Loston Globe
Opry house manager cites trouble from unruly trapeze acts
The Yaoun sheriff and the opry manager discuss why acts at the venue are causing sparks and laughter. The manager blames the performers for misbehavior and disruption as tension rises in the crowd.
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Opry House
Yaoun
Fair Treatment at Ticket Window Joke
A humorous vignette shows a young woman asking the fare to the fair at a ticket window. The clerk replies with a light rebuke contrasting beauty and tidiness, ending with a playful line about sameness to the homely.
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Nui
Bargain Day Extra Innings Quip From Courier Journal
A playful Louisville Courier Journal line features a remark about a game that stretched into four extra innings, highlighting baseball banter with a witty exchange about extra charges and fondness for the sport.
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Louisville Courier Journal
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