Navy's Last Monitor Heads to Davy Jones
The Cheyenne, last of the Civil War monitors, sails from Baltimore toward the ship's boneyard at Portsmouth. The vessel helped pioneer oil burning engines and remains in near pristine electrical condition as the era of monitors ends with a Washington memorial to John Ericsson overlooking the Potomac.
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Washington
John Ericsson
United States
New York Times
Baltimore
Portsmouth
United States Navy
Wyoming
Navy Department
Navy
Monitor
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cheyenne
America
Potomac
National Capital
National Cemetery
Arlington
Ericason
Franklin Letter Confirms Kite Flight Electricity Claim
A Cincinnati Public Library stash holds a Franklin letter detailing the 1752 experiment to prove atmospheric electricity during a thunderstorm. The document outlines kite construction, tail, insulated silk, a key, and the method to draw electric fire from clouds, igniting spirits and other electric tests.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Cincinnati Publicbrary
Royal Scientific Society of London
Dust Fueled Autos Predicted by Chemist
New York chemist W A Noel of the Bureau of Chemistry and Department of Agriculture demonstrated the explosive power of dust and said automobiles could run on dust fuel soon. He noted the dust must be carbonaceous and not from road grime but from factory floors handling such particles. He listed dust from sugar, cocoa, cinnamon, leather, flour, rubber, t e n u m wood as suitable sources.
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New York
W. A. Noel
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Hay prices plunge in Nova Scotia with uncut fields
In Halifax Nova Scotia hay is selling at one dollar per ton, a historic low. Much of the best grass remains uncut in areas near Annapolis Royal as farmers face ruinous prices.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Annapolis Royal
Restored log cabin birthplace of President James Buchanan
A weathered log cabin birthplace of James Buchanan the fifteenth U S president is to be rebuilt in Chambersburg Pa as a memorial. The cabin originally built by his father in southern Pennsylvania was moved to Mercersburg and later torn down and relocated again near the town center for preservation.
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Chambersburg
James Buchanan
United States
Pennsylvania
Mercersburg
Buchanan
America
Hilla
Maryland
Congress
Lancaster
European Hats Replace Fez in Turkish Modernization
The piece traces Turkish headwear from the turban and fez to western styles as part of broader reforms after World War I. It notes Sultan Mahmud II’s fez push, the fez’s decline under modernizing pressures, and a return to kalpak alongside shifts toward European dress and legal codes.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Turkey
Central Asia
Asia
Fez
Mahmoud II
Peter the Great
Russia
Brima
Mahmoud
Western
Europe
Mysterious Disappearance of Harold Lawton Unfolds in Probate Clash
Laura Lawton, 17, challenges her grandfather's will after being cut from a $75 000 estate. Her mother, Mrs Harold Lawton, forced to work as a domestic after her husband left six years ago, fights to keep custody and a share of the trust. The dispute centers on the will and a Winchester home.
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Boston
Fatta
Harold Lawton
Superior Court
George F. Lawton
Walter I. Badger
Laura
Gladys Dunbar
Lawson
Winchester
Naval observatory party to observe 1926 solar eclipse
An eight months voyage by a U.S. Naval Observatory group begins in Manila heading to Sumatra to observe the January 14, 1926 total solar eclipse. The expedition partners include British German French teams and Swarthmore College. tasks include photographing the corona and sunspot phenomena while a telecope tower is erected. Lieut. Henry C. Kellers heads the Smithsonian linked group with Capt. Littell and scientists Peters Raynsford and Anderson aboard.
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Washington
Sworld
Naval Observatory
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Swarthmore College
Africa
Manila
Indian Ocean
Henry C. Kellers
Smithsonian Institution
Frank B. Littell
George H. Peters
G. AM. Raynsford
John A. Anderson
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
Old Well to Cool City's Drinking Fountain
Decatur Arkansas workers repurpose the town well as a modern sanitary drinking fountain. Pipes from the waterworks will feed a submerged cell in the well shaft, delivering cool water to a fountain at the busiest corner.
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Decatur, Ark
Alaska Air Links Reach From Rail Head To Interior
Fairbanks becomes central hub as ten landing fields are built or under construction to connect Alaska railroad terminals with mining districts and settlements. Three fields lie southwest of Fairbanks at Lake Minchumina, Tacoma, and Fiat, with Ruby field starting and a route to Tanana covering 1600 miles.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Lake Minchumina
Big Ety
Tacoma
Fiat
Lake Minchwatima Belgic
Seresa
Mowat McKinley
Ruby
Faelebanks
Tascetha
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Davy Jones
Kite
Tower of Old Christchurch
Philadelphia
Betty van Arndale
Chicago
Margaret Heckler
Miss van Aredale
Miss Jean
Land Office
Law
Louis Wihegg
Curlilns
Sherman Pierce
Cattaraugus
N. Y
Collins i S
Pierce
Quebec
Chateau Frontenac
Dufferin Terrace
Chateau
Citadel
St. Lawrence River
Indian Sea
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