Notable German Statue Unveiling Parade at Army War College
Washington scene shifts to a grand military pageant for Frederick the Great statue unveiling, with German Ambassador von Sternburg presenting to President Roosevelt. The ceremony, amid a strong U.S. and German presence, emphasized friendship and shared history, following Rochambeau dedication traditions.
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Washington
National Capital
Frederick the Great
William
Army War College
Washington Barracks
Rochambeau
Lafayette Park
Supreme Court
Army
Coast Artillery
Hospital Corps
Signal Corps
Engineers
Artillery
Fort Monroe
United States Marine Band
Navy
Baron Speck von Sternberg
United States
von Sternburg
von Loewenfeld
Count Schmettow
Salut
Peary Details Next Arctic Vessel Built in Maine
Commander Peary outlines plans for a new Arctic ship built this winter at Verona Maine. A 250 by 60 by 50 foot shed houses construction with steam heating and electric lighting. The vessel, 184 feet long, will be a steam powered sail ship with 1000 HP engines, headed for Cape Sabine by July, likely frozen in at 83 degrees, and a 15 man crew with possible daughter voyage participant.
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Peary
Verona
Penobscot
Bangor
Robert I. Peary
Portland
Maine
Virginia
Washington
New York
Cape Sabine
Pole
Ingenious Tent Bed Proposed to Improve Camping Comfort
A New York inventor introduces a tent bed that suspends a bed inside a standard tent to lift sleepers off the ground. The design uses bands from the bed to connect with side tent openings, guy ropes, and a ridge suspension, allowing quick folding to clear interior space.
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New York
N. O. Times- Democrat
Published Poetry As Ads In A Mock Newspaper Piece
An English tourist recalls Herbert Spencer calling poetry caterwauling while noting favorable poems by Shakespeare and Longfellow. He recounts reading Yeats to Spencer who acknowledges one poem as not caterwauling, then cites an American clipping from Manunkachunk praising poetry and paying for it via an $8 advertisement.
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Herbert Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Shakespeare
Longfellow
W. B. Yeats
Manunkachunk
Mapunkachunk
Illinois inventor’s novel iron for trouser creasing
An Illinois inventor describes a pair of rollers on hinged handles forming a tong like creasing tool. Heated by a gas jet or other heat source, trousers are pressed between the rollers to form a crease. The inner roller ends are beveled for better shaping.
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Illinois
Novel trousers creaser promises crease without line
The device features a dual-roller system with an arm and slot engaging a pivot stud to limit movement and guide cloth. It allows creasing while the wearer remains clothed. A second note reports that despite labor-saving devices in glassmaking, employment and payrolls rise as use expands.
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Scientific American
Plating aluminum with thin zinc coat for improved finish
A historical note describes aluminum surfaces dulling quickly and resisting electroplating. It reports a newly discovered method to apply a thin zinc coating that enables plating to imitate other metals. The finding promises improved durability and sheen for aluminum finishes.
Costly harness ordered by the Khedive of Egypt
A fragmentary report notes a costly harness ordered by the Khedive of Egypt for a four horse team. The garbled text hints at an English connection and high value, but details are unclear.
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Khedive of
Egypt
England
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Baroness von Sternberg
Baron von Sternberg
President Roosevelt
Ambassador von Sternberg
Roosevelt
the Artilley
Satterlee
Gillespie
Baroness von Sternburg
Baron von Sternburg
Germany
Republic
War College
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Caesar
Hannibal
Napoleon
Gustavus Adolphus
Hohenzollern
Prussia
German Empire
Middle
Europe
Jamestown
New England
Hudson
Delaware
Alleghenies
Muhlenberg
Steuben
House of Representatives
Valley of
Herkimer
Frederick
Puuuitech
North Pole
American Town
Price
Rosé Peterson
Parkdale Tennis Club
Chicago
Hannah E. Mershon
Collingwood, N. J
Pinknam
Neipeg Fannie Kumpe
Chester St
Little Rock, Ark
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wanehich
Lynn
Sui Autor
Ita
Bodie
Leether Coltakin
W.L. Dougla
Winchester
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