First steel balloon house built for U.S. experiments at Fort Omaha
Omaha reports a $50,000 steel balloon house rising for government aerial navigation trials. The 325 ton, 200 by 90 by 76 foot structure uses 120,000 Norway rivets and 14,000 rivets to mount, with a single 75 by 14 ton entrance and twin towers flanking the front. Hydrogen gas house to be ready by September for dirigible and captive balloon tests.
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United States
Fort Omaha
Minneapolis
Norway
Falconio May Be Named Red Hat Cardinal
Washington Archdiocese reports rumors that Washington Archbishop Diomede Falconio will be called to Rome within six months to receive the cardinal’s hat in recognition of his Vatican diplomacy in the United States. Falconio, a naturalized American and former papal delegate to Quebec, has long served the church in Buffalo Allegheny and other districts.
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Diomede Falconio
Rome
Vatican
United States
Holy See
Mgr
Falconio
Buffalo
Allegheny
Niagara
Gen
Grant
Prince of the Church
New York
Quebec
Cardinal Merry del Val
Tale of the old colored brother and Satan
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt retells a humorous folk tale in which a wary elder watches Satan ascend a tree and, when spared by a fright, provokes a quake that swallows both Satan and the tree. The short joke centers on cunning and superstition.
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Satan
Atlanta Constitution
Sacred Bath for Jagannath Temple Amid Bird Guide
Thousands of pilgrims from Hooghly area gather at Jagannath temples for the festival. The bathing ceremony begins at a fixed hour after a bird sits on the top banner, signaling the start. the bird is believed to travel from Puri for the festival and vanishes soon after the bath.
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Hooghly
Jagennath
Calcutta
Puri
Marine Insurance as Ancient Foundation of Shipping Law
Marine insurance is described as the oldest form of modern insurance with origins in Barcelona during the fourteenth century. Merchants of Barce lona and the city’s mariners contributed to its early use and the creation of the consulado del mar, a maritime code shaping current shipping laws worldwide.
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Barcelona
Spain
Kingdom of
Catalonia
Edinburgh sale nets Selkirk Crusoe gun relic
Hulda B. White of Philadelphia bought the firelock used by Alexander Selkirk in Defoe’s Crusoe at an Edinburgh sale. The relic, with a confirmed pedigree, had long been in Selkirk’s relatives’ possession in Fife Scotland. The bid price was $160.
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Hulda B. White
Philadelphia
Alexander Selkirk
Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Edinburgh
Selkirk
Fifeshire
Scotland
Pale Girl Credits Postum Over Coffee for Health
A North Dakota woman formerly nicknamed the pale girl says coffee worsened her health, causing headaches and indigestion. After switching to Postum she reports clear skin, restored energy, no headaches, and improved digestion, and she and her husband now avoid coffee. She notes their children also thrive on Postum and Grape-Nuts.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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