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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1904
Page
10
A historical overview argues the United States is rapidly closing the gap with great naval powers. It notes America’s expanding shipbuilding, armament, and manpower, with projected future battleships, longer ranges, and advanced machinery. The piece compares U S progress to Britain Germany France and Japan, highlighting costs and strategic implications for global naval balance.
The piece discusses twelve inch gun warfare and the cost of U S target practice. It compares navies of the United States Great Britain France Germany and Russia, rating ship classes and tonnage, and concluding England holds the top position while noting ongoing shipbuilding and future fleet plans. It emphasizes range finding, gunnery accuracy, and the high expense of maintaining proficient marksmanship.
A December 20 editorial contends that Secretary of the Navy William E. Hunt and President Arthur originated the modern navy. The letter cites Chandler’s Senate speech of May 3 1892 and Hunt’s 1851 report to the President as foundational arguments for naval rehabilitation, tracing the genesis of the new era to 1881 and the accompanying views.
Instructs on making large soap bubbles using paper cornucopias instead of clay pipes, detailing a simple froth-free solution with distilled water Castile soap and glycerin. Shows tricks like bubbles around a goblet, nested bubbles, smoke bubbles, and floating bubbles with objects, plus a method to create a bubble dome over a rose or flower.
The Post quotes Chandler on the 1881 advisory board and the push to build a modern steel navy under Hunt and Chandler. It traces the origin of today’s force to early 1880s reports,inations, and authorization of new ships including the Atlanta Boston Chicago and Dolphin amid a broader rehabilitation urged by President Arthur.
A detailed description guides using a white table cloth and a large plate with a covered rim, inverted butter plate center, and a funnel to spin a top inside a bubble. The process includes wetting the funnel, lowering it into solution, and covering the spinning top with a bubble to heighten the effect. If available, a large humming top enhances the illusion.
Summary of William Gullioth Brown’s North American Review piece on southern race dynamics. It notes a shift of African Americans from rural labor to towns or the North, with whites, including immigrants such as Italians and Bohemians, moving into Southern jobs. Brown cites census data showing competition in twelve occupations, with five showing Negro gains and seven showing losses, across sectors like servants, miners, nurses, iron and steel workers, seamstresses, and carpenters, highlighting ongoing racial economic displacement into 1900.
American Cup yacht Mischief, formerly defending the cup, is under customs surveillance in Glace Bay BC after reportedly failing to declare a large liquor cargo aboard during its Newfoundland voyage. Owner is a Lynn Massachusetts businessman, with several companions. A steward drowned on the rough return voyage.
Neom Rebekah Lodge No 10 OF elects officers including Noble Grand Miss Netila P Wallace Vice Grand Mrs Irene A King Recording Secretary Miss Anna M Roberts in 22nd term Financial Secretary Mrs Alice Thomas Treasurer Mrs Cora B Anderson in second term Degree conferred on Joseph Hornstein a member of Columbia Lodge No 104 OF
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