Voyage of the Battle Fleet to the Pacific
The author argues the Pacific coast is U S territory and a battle fleet should be equally at home there and on the Atlantic. The Pacific voyage will train officers and sailors under varied conditions, reveal ship or personnel weaknesses, and prove the navy’s readiness through peacetime practice before possible war.
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Battle Fleet
The
Pacific
United States
Atlantic
Naval
Admiral Evans
Department
Washington
Pacific Coast
The Social Side of Obesity and Fat Formation
The article argues obesity blends biology and social factors, noting fat primarily comes from starches and sugars rather than fat itself. It contrasts natural body mass with fatty overgrowth, warns against drug-only cures, and stresses lifestyle and diet as key to reducing corpulence.
Finding the Pivot to Win in Business Proposals
A motivational piece urges dreamers to focus on the main point, find the pivot in any business proposition, and concentrate energy on the germ of the idea. It cites engineers and Rockefeller as examples of identifying the point, mastering tasks, and bending effort to seize opportunity.
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Pittsburg
John D. Rockefeller
Home Patronage Lesson on Keeping Wealth Local
The article argues that west wheat regions should buy flour locally to avoid losses from commissions and freight. It notes the value of supporting home mills and shops to retain labor and capital within the community, making the area wealthier.
Local control urged to keep utilities in community hands
A cautious essay warns that outside ownership of water works street cars and other utilities drains wealth from towns. It argues that municipal or local investment preserves earnings for reinvestment and benefits residents, urging commercial clubs to favor home capital and municipal ownership.
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Wall Street
New York
Home Capital
Mail Order Houses Described as Harmful to Local Merchants
The piece argues mail order houses undermine small towns by concentrating capital in large cities. It calls them pernicious, draining local earnings and reducing community development while urging consumers to oppose the expansion of such systems.
Principle of advertising fuels mail order growth
The article argues advertising drives the growth of mail order houses, noting a US annual volume over one billion dollars and a twenty year rise from no mail order system to widespread use. It cautions small city merchants against aggressive department store tactics while affirming a universal advertising principle.
Songs of Civil War Echoes From Campfires and Bonds
Veterans recall favorite Civil War songs from camps and prisons. They recount tunes like The Cottage by the Sea Lorena and Marching Through Georgia and reflect on Battle Hymn of the Republic and Maryland My Maryland as lasting inspirations.
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Kentucky
Illinois
Camp Douglas
Ays Douglas
Lorena
Bunker Hill
Union
Linkum’s Land
Georgia
Maryland
Ada C. Sweet
Chicago Journal
A Letter from Seward and Garibaldi Letter
A reported discovery in Italy reveals a letter from Secretary Seward written at the start of the Civil War asking Garibaldi to lend his sword to the Union. The note suggests foreign aid was sought before American generals emerged and the conflict hinged on American-born leaders.
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Italy
Seward
Garibaldi
Lafayette
Washington botanist William R. Smith marks 55 years as superintendent
William R. Smith, a Scotchman by birth, is about to complete his fifty fifth year as superintendent of the botanical garden in Washington. He says he has served the federal government in the same position longer than any other of its employees.
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William R. Smith
Botanical Garden
Washington
Spy Pass and Hanging Tale From Civil War Outpost
During the winter of 1863 64 near Little Rock Arkansas a cavalry squad captures a Confederate spy named Dodd found with maps sewn into saddle flaps. Steele orders the suspect jailed and later hanged after attempts to escape. The narrator, later captured at Mark s Mills, recalls prison suffering and exchanges in Galveston and New Orleans.
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Steele
Little Rock
Ark
Gen. Steele
Slingerland
National Tribune
Bill Whiteman
Capt. Whiteman
Dodd
Mark’s Mills
Missouri Cavalry
Camp Ford
Tex
Austin
Galveston
New Orleans
Admiralty Plans Eight 13.5 Inch Guns For Dreadnoughts
The British admiralty proposes arming Dreadnought class vessels with eight new 13.5 inch guns arranged to fire from either broadside. The gun, over 50 feet long, is estimated to pierce 20 inch Krupp armor at 3000 yards.
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Admiralty
Mammoth Skeleton Found Near Starunia in Good Condition
The Pall Mall Gazette reports miners near Starunia uncovered a well preserved mammoth remains including two teeth six feet long in pieces jawbones vertebral sections hide with hair intact joints and other bones and a full foot of the animal. Preservation credited to mineral oils earth wax and natural gas in the district.
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The
Pall Mall Gazette
Starunia
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Mail Order House
D. M. Carr
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