Freak Craft For Pacific Ocean Ship to Carry Lumber Barges
Popular Mechanics describes a floating dry dock style ship 640 feet long with 40 foot beam and 41 foot hold depth. It would carry 10 barges loaded with 500,000 feet of lumber each or 5,000,000 feet total. Loaded or unloaded by water ballast, barges float in at the bow gates and are pumped out to seat on the bottom for sea travel. Three sets of barges planned along the route for continuous loading and transit.
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Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Otili
Simmons
Summerfeld
Culp's
Summerfield
George Davin
One Hundred and Second
New York
Satan
Stevenson
Ala
Sherman
Tennessee River
Davis
Ordnance Department
George
Mador
Poston
Ghostly Bhut and Salt Smugglers at the Malout Tomb
Harnam Singh recalls a night on the canal hedge near Malout where a haunted tomb spurred ghost sightings. Gunda Singh, Gurditte Singh, and others reported a flaming headed figure, later revealed to be a trained hyena used by salt smugglers. The cave tunnel under the tomb exposed a salt hoard and a hidden smugging operation.
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Sahib
Harnam Singh
Lamhartar
Malout
Canal
Sutlej
Fastika
Berar
Purdah
Gunda Singh
Helds
Ike
Ferozeshan
Ram Lal
Hle
Toash
Gurditte Singh
Alamwala
Sehib
Agecome Sahib
A Singh
Huspar
Sahib Anid
Aga
Huzoor
Ugécome Sahib
Bikanir
Bagris
Huscor
Psychology of Soldiers Past Battle Conflicts Analyzed
A veteran observer explains how soldiers misremember battles, mix events, and cling to personal quirks while describing Gettysburg and Antietam. He recounts George Golden's memory gap about Antietam, monument-location debates, and the varied temperaments, nerves, and pranks that shape combat memory.
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Glon Fe Hend
Gettysburg
Alexander Stewart Webb
Webb
George Golden
One Hundred and Second
New York Regiment
Golden
Antietam
Lewis R. Stegman
New York
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Pen
Vine Creek
Ringgold
Monumenta Commission
Chattanooga
Ed Davis
Justice of the Peace Threatens to Burn Laws in Tennessee
In a small Tennessee town a long‑serving Republican Justice of the Peace, facing a Democratic bid to unseat him, vows from atop a barrel at an old distillery that if ousted he will burn the constitution and laws, warning residents they may all go to ruin.
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Kansaa City
Tennessee
Justice of the Peace
Feller Citlens
State of
Delicate periscope advances submarine warfare tale
In an era of naval drills a journalist explains the periscope's evolution from early mirrors to hydraulically extended, rapid-erect systems. The piece details how submarines observe and maneuver beneath waves, the dangers of surface sighting, and a dramatic maneuvre test where a dummy torpedo misses, underscoring the periscope's critical role and the craft's stealth.
America’s Wonders Promised as Rail Travel Booms
Philadelphia readers learn that 8,000,000 Americans may tour the United States before autumn, with Pullman adding 2,000 sleeping cars to meet demand. Travel spending could reach 50 million dollars, boosting seaside and mountain resorts and drawing Western visitors east, while staunch old giants like California’s giant sequoias evoke timeless awe.
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America
Philadelphia
North American
United States
Pullman Company
Americas
Earth
California
Israel
Red Sea
Babylon
Euphrates
Europe
Origin of June Weddings in Ancient Rome
Ancient Romans first deemed June sacred to Hymen the god of marriage and chose it as the most propitious time for wedlock. They believed June weddings most likely to be happy, especially on full moon days or when the sun and moon align. May was avoided due to spirits feared to disrupt marriages. These beliefs persisted through the Middle Ages and into modern times.
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Dharmesala
Gurditta Singh
Huzoor
Sahib
Esmith Sahib
Melout
Bagris
Bikanir
Patrala
Esmith Sehib
Dabwali
Ugecome (Edgecombe) Sa
Gunda Singh
General Webb
Gettysburg
Stegman
New York
Jimmy Colon
Sammy McCoy
Colon
McCoy
Hymen
Heppy Housenol
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Pacific Ocean
Bull Run
Matt Simmons
Elias Summerfield
Phileew
Sam
Lou
Philadelphia Public Ledgeration
Elphin
Twoes
Avial
Telar van Elven
Amsterdam
van Than Ta Elven
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