Visit of the cruiser Hai Chi in New York harbor
The Hai Chi, first Chinese flag vessel in American waters, arrived in New York with Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang aboard. The 450-man crew includes English-speaking officers, a wireless Marconi outfit, and a strict discipline regime with daily drills and clean quarters. The ship will tour U.S. ports, Cuba, and Mexico before cruising to England for convoy duty and then return to China via the Suez Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hai Chi
Imperial Navy of
China
New York Harbor
Chin Pih Kwang
Imperial Naval Academy
Chefu
Marconi
Kuh
Shanghai
England
Navy
New York
American
Mexico
Cuba
Suez Canal
Navy Seeks Ear Protectors For Gun Concussions
The naval medical corps led by Dr. E M Shipp studies hearing protection for sailors against gunfire. Foreign ear guards are compared with current American devices, as cotton-filled car protectors may fail against the blast from mammoth guns and repeated rifle shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Medical Corps
E. M. Shipp
Naval Medical Corps
Woman 104 Makes Shroud for Self Dies in Gloucester
Mrs Lucey and Mickey aged 104 died in Gloucester Massachusetts and were buried in a shroud she made for herself fifty years ago. A brother aged 107 attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucey
Mickey
Gloucester
Mass
Blind hunter leads Fox Hunters in New London club
Paul W Flow eree of New London Maine is totally blind yet an enthusiastic fox hunter and serves as president of the Fox Hunters association of Ralls county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Floweree
New London, Me
Fox Hunters’ Association
Ralls County
Tesla’s New Mechanical Invention Promises High Output
The Electrical Review reports a novel turbine principle by Nikola Tesla based on liquid and gas adhesion and viscosity. A tiny steam turbine, nine and three quarter inches by two inches, supposedly develops 110 horsepower with no blades or moving contacts, offering high efficiency and broad commercial potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikola Tesla
Electrical Review
Tesla
New York
Farmer Slays Mountain Lion Saving Son in Texas Farmhouse
Juan Morales, a 42 year old Texas farmer, killed a mountain lion in a 15 minute struggle after the beast mauled his three year old son. Morales sustained severe arm wounds and was aided by his two surviving children as they walked to Brownsville for medical help. The 400 pound animal lay slain by Morales knife thrust to the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Morales
Brownsville
Tex
Morales
No Fleet Delayed as Pacific Cruise Heads to Honolulu
Acting Secretary Winthrop refused a San Francisco civic request to postpone the Pacific fleet cruise to Hawaii for a naval parade tied to the Panama Pacific exposition. He warned delaying the sail from San Diego on Oct 1 would harm fleet efficiency ahead of President Taft’s Oct 14 visit to San Francisco.
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Winthrop
San Francisco
Hawaii
Taft
San Diego
Honolulu
His First Day at School Poem by Leonard H. Robbins
A Newark Evening News poem about a mother sending her young son on his first day of school. The text contrasts hopeful journeys with the risks of hardship and poverty, urging divine blessing for the child's safe and joyful steps. It reflects on parental worry and the uncertain road ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard H. Robbins
Newark Evening News
Taft Campaign May Choose Five Candidates For Manager
Five men are named as potential Taft campaign chief or national committee chair as insurgent balancing and a possible vice presidential pick shape early decisions. Charles D. Hilles, Frank Hitchcock, William Loeb, Calder of Brooklyn, and Secretary Fisher are discussed with Hilles leading the internal race while others gain support depending on Taft’s vice presidential choice and post allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Republican National Committee
Charles D. Hilles
Secretary Fisher
Department of Interior
William Loeb
New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Representative Calder
Brooklyn
National Committee
Sherman
Thilles
Hitchcock
Hilles
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Fisher
West
Old Fashioned Kane County Spelling Bee Draws 14500
An extensive spelling bee spans Kane County public schools from fall to spring. Contestants proceed from room champions to school champions, then city or township champions, with city leaders meeting for the final spell down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane County
Champion Eater Sets Boston Corn Record
Charles W. Glidden of Boston, a champion eater, devoured fifty eight ears of corn in one hour and forty five minutes to surpass the previous record of fifty four ears. After finishing, he pulled down his white vest and said he felt fully satisfied and could not eat for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles W. Glidden
Mr. Glidden
Woman Wants Dog Buried Beside War Hero in Lexington
Mrs. Sarah Bowman Van Ness sought to bury her Irish setter near graves of Revolutionary War heroes in Lexington cemetery. Lexington officials, led by Herbert Wellington, blocked the burial after police intervention, and the dog was temporarily buried at Mrs. Van Ness’ East Lexington home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bowman van Ness
Ruthemas van Ness
Second Unitarian Church
Boston
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lexington
Concord
van Ness
Joseph van Ness
Locomotives Compared Show Eight Decades Of Progress
A Lyons period compare between the largest Pennsylvania Railroad Pacific passenger locomotive and the John Bull shows the leap from 1831 to 1911 in steam power. The new engine weighs about 430000 pounds with eighty inch driving wheels, while John Bull weighs 24625 pounds with fifty four inch wheels. The boiler tubes total nearly a mile and a half, with 359 tubes at 20.9 feet each, and the new engine achieves 205 psi steam.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
America
Bordentown
N. J
Camden and Amboy
John Bull
National Museum
Washington
World's Biggest Warships In Navy To Break Record
The last naval act authorizes two new battleships likely to reach 28 500 tons displacement, exceeding current American giants New York and Texas at 27 000 tons. Heavier armor and a main battery of ten fourteen inch guns are planned, with discussion of sixteen inch guns and a potential 80 000 ton class to absorb recoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas
Navy Department
Poet to inscribe Panama Canal peace monument base
Denver poet Howard V. Sutherland will write the inscription for the peace monument at the east entrance of the Panama Canal. The statue, carved by Mrs Frances Barette, features his verse praising blessed peace and a shift from war to benediction among the world’s peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard V. Sutherland
Panama Canal
Denver
Greece
Frances Barette
State W C T U Convention Set for Warren in October
The Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold its thirty seventh annual convention in Warren from October 6 to 10. About 500 delegates from county units will attend, with sessions led by Mrs Ella M. George and featuring prayers, addresses, memorial services, Bible readings by Madam Sayyah Barakat, and a mass meeting with Capt. Richard Pearson Hobson. Public welcome to prayers and sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Warren
Pennsylvania Bulletin
Nellie Showman
Showman
Fayette County
First Presbyterian Church
Ella M. George
Beaver Falls
Pennsylvania W.C. T. U
George
Roberts
Ada B. Parsels
Deborah Knox Livingstone
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of
Rhode Island
Sara Philips Thomas
S. P. Stilwill
S. S. Hildebrand
Baltimore
Livingstone
Esther
Richard Pearson Hobson
Merrimac
Alabama
Hobson
Deaths Roundup in Warren Area Obituaries
Warren area residents mourn multiple deaths including William Hertzel born 1852 in Pleasant Township who died of heart disease at his Hertzel homestead. Also Lydia Augusta Sill widow of Geo. W. Sill and Mrs Will Dickinson formerly Lydia Krimbill of Warren died of heart disease. Funeral details follow for each, with survivors and civic ties noted.
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William Hertzel
Hertzel Homestead
Pleasant Township
Cora Birch
George Trushell
Warren
D. A. Samuelson
Phil EK. Hertzel
Will Dickinson
Ridgway
Lydia P. Krimbill
Salome Ruhlman
Christine
John G
Presbyterian Church
Herbert Lane
Russell
Craig
Missouri
H. W. Lane
Lane
Blanche Cook
North Warren
W. W. Cook
Lydia Augusta Sill
Geo. W. Sill
Queens of cards and winds from Africa described in brief
The London Telegraph notes royal figures like Elizabeth I Mary Stuart Anne of Austria and Anne Boleyn fond of gambling with Anne of Aragon not gambling while Catherine avoided the game. Separately the Karmatan wind from Africa December to February with fog and a scorching dry haze dries plants and even grass almost instantly.
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Elizabeth
Mary
Queen of Scots
Anne of Austria
Anne Boleyn
Africa
Atlantic
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Dennison
William A
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Fourth Street
J. W. Smith
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