Progress in American ordnance and gun development
Brig Gen William Crozier reports progress in U S ordnance with gains in seacoast fortifications and mobile artillery readiness. Notes shortages of funds delay heavy gun models, adoption of light and siege howitzers, and tests of automatic pistols and smokeless powder. Highlights include efforts to improve rifle ammunition, mountings, and grenade projectiles while maintaining ammunition reserves and extending gun life.
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Wiliam Crosler
United States
Ins Har
Tin Coleg
Ratuhl Shea
den Croxter
Best Battle Practice Reports Record Ship Gunnery Results
A historic naval gunnery drill reveals high hit percentages across calibers at long range. Ships fired from about 9,000 yards with 6 inch and 8 inch guns showing limited effectiveness, while larger calibers achieved better accuracy. Tests used a triangular canvas target, with results highlighting relative weapon performance during the Atlantic test.
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Connecticut
Atlantic
Hartle
Wath Saneh Pune
Delightful Sport Art at New Stenting Rink
The new skating rink at Convention Hall Historia 3 offers a complete overhaul with a smooth surface like a frozen lake. Patrons enjoy expert instruction, furnished skates, and sessions in morning, afternoon, and evening. Lockers and wardrobe checks ease visits, with local management ensuring a pleasant three hours free of distractions.
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Convention Hall
Hang St
Schwab Eyes Future Of Amor Iron Works In San Francisco
Charles M Schwab, former U S Steel president, arrived in the city to decide whether to keep operating the Amor Iron Works or close it. He warns there is no government plan to take the plant, notes three years of losses totaling about 2.1 million dollars due to labor shortages and industrial troubles while managing contracts for three warships.
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Schwab Hay Hot
Appetite Surge Aboard Kaiser Wilhelm II Voyage
Reports from the Kaiser Wilhelm II voyage detail immense provisioning. On a five day trip with 220 aboard, 34 000 eggs and 32 000 pounds of meat were consumed plus large quantities of milk, bread, flour, vegetables, fruits, and canned goods. The ship carries 50 000 pounds of ice and maintains nine refrigerated vaults.
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Hatsert Wilhelm
Wealth Found Hidden In Bed After Dying Man’s Estate
A Newville resident, J D McDurmon, died at seventy five leaving a fortune believed hidden in his house. Authorities located about £29000 in thousand-dollar bills and a gold amethyst valued at several thousand dollars. The widow is suspected of knowing the location but neighbors were trusted to uncover the hoard. Meanwhile Middlesex jail in Sayresville received a South American monkey confessed from disorderly conduct. The animal, taught to drink beer, now resides among inmates. A Norristown incident reports a brutal bulldog attack on Anne Rodeegh leading to her death shortly after the fight.
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Slevin
J D McDarmoni
Newville
McDurmord
Middlesex
South Iver
Sayresville
Sally
Norviatown Dispatch
Philadelphie
Kean Street
Anne Rodeeghter
George Hall Bods Carpenter
Norristown
Ung
St West Airy Istraet
Sturgeon Abundance Recalled At Astoria Port Visit
The report recalls historic sturgeon fortunes near Astoria noting once vast catches and high use of the fish and other resources. It contrasts past plentiful stocks with modern scarcity and warns Oregonians not to overlook natural wealth.
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Astoria
Earthquakes Record Seismic Motion Across Distances
Officials report a violent Wednesday earthquake followed by another shock yesterday. The Seismograph at Cheltenham and Goettingen logged tremors with times and displacement, estimating a center hundreds of miles away. Data suggest a distance of about 390 miles from Cheltenham, with notes on differing calculations and a possible broader seismographic effort.
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Weather Bureau of
Offic
Congress
United States
Cheltenham
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Pas
O'Maury
Cheltenhem
San Francisco
Baltimore
Altimera Ma
Washington
Johns Hopkins University
Berlin
Goettingen
A Word to the Wise From Cortelyou's Messenger
Secretaries inner circle includes Weaver and George Fitts the colored messenger. George controls access to Cortelyou by screening visitors and directing would be callers. A newspaper man learns a lesson when George remarks a word to the wise is a warning at the Treasury door.
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Cortalyou
Chicago
Tritane
Treasury
Georgi B
Cortelyou
George
Republican National Committee
Treasury Department
Mr Cortelyou
Mr Shaw
Johnson
Ron
Metcalf Views Dry Dock Site At Brooklyn Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard to inspect Dry Dock No 4 excavation and assess delays in the project. He met with Admiral and officers, then toured ships. Officials seek to prosecute contractor Spear’s bondsmen amid a long stalemate over the dock.
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Spacalso
Washington Peat
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Manhatter
Adbatrat Goodrich Tarriage
Washington
Hartman on Prosperity and Marriage in Harriman Speech
Hartman rejects praising Roosevelt and dismisses Wall Street panic as minor. He argues marriage is not a business, urges young men to work honestly, marry early, have children, and seize opportunities. Harriman likens money to a liquid, warns against capital obstruction, and calls for calmer views on corporations and railroads.
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Roonsvelt
Hartman
Wall Street
Willie
Harriman
Princeton plans revised on campus housing and visits
Princeton NJ Oct 11 trustees of Princeton University today withdrew President Wilsons plan for residential quads citing impracticability. Former President Grover Cleveland attended with a cane. Announcement: British Ambassador James Bryce will visit Princeton Oct 31 for sundial dedication exercises. Andrew Carnegie may attend Princeton regatta. Carnegie and Mrs Carnegie reportedly traveling from Europe. William Allen Butler, 72, of New York chairs the graduate advisory board on rowing. details of the regatta to be finalized at tomorrow meeting. Sir Antony Patrick MacDonell sails to New York with Antony Bryce to Washington.
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Princeton NJ
Princeton University
Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
James Bryce
Frincston
William Mather
Pararmant
Andrew Carnegie
Princeton
Carnegie
Europe
Tigers
Lake Carnegie
Wiliam Allen Butler
New York
Graduate Advisory Board
Mc Carnegie
Prinetton
Ghino
Princeldly
Filet House
Zenheldiary
Liverpool
Andrew Carnes
Sir Antony Patrick MacDonne
Lord Mentenant
Ireland
Baltie
Sir Antony
Ambassador Bryce
Washington
Sleep and Sleep Waste in Modern Life
A 19th century style note laments reduced sleep due to electric lights and reading. It argues people now stay up late, wasting years in bed, citing a sixty year old who has spent about twenty years sleeping and questions the habit. It references Napoleon and calls for reflection on daily rest.
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Napoleon
Ian
Speech Fragments From a Damaged Dialog
A garbled exchange shows Mithina and Windig arguing about belief and truth. The fragments reveal skepticism and a tense verbal clash without clear context or outcome.
Lovejoy Stump Speaker Moves Crowd in Old Time Tale
In Coles County a stump speaker portrays abolitionist Owen Lovejoy with vivid memory and emotion. He frames Lovejoy as a vote maker who challenged mob violence and slavery, recounting the station master tale and urging action from listeners now.
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Jos
Appleton
Fsj
Owen Lovejoy
Greenup
Coles County
Ming
Mr Cannon
Lovejoy
Tates
Wtmost
Alton
Mississippi
Casey Wuld Lovejoy
Cannon
Olivehook
Southland
Tinos
Princeton
Morthland
Helf
Cancan
Lovejey
Linc Toln
David Davin
John Baptist
Legderad
Repubiic
Lincoln
Lovejou
Gary
Wife Seeks Divorce Over Husband Liquor Habit
Mrs Hendall petitions for divorce from Alfrsd Hendall amid claims of habitual drunkenness and fear for their fouryearold child. She alleges the husband uses liquor and tobacco, exposes the child to nicotine and spirits, and kisses the baby despite the danger of harm.
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Benya
Bert Boaga
New Yorks World
Jing
Alfrsd Handall
Hendall
Shoe
National Spiritualists Association session on suffrage and mediums
The National Spiritualists Association debated women’s suffrage with Mrs Zaida from Baltimore arguing for equality. The afternoon opposed unaffiliated mediums with a six month probation plan under presidents’ supervision. Messages from spirits were delivered by Mrs Kates and George H Brooks. The annual officers election was set for today with candidates Schism of Maryland and Dr Warne of Minnesota.
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Nog
Zaida
Baltimore
National Spiritualists Association
Rodder
Kates Iscure
Bute
Weolt
Opera Hong
Kates
George H Brooks
Btata Association of
Wisconsin
Schism
Maryland
Warne
Mingmisi
Barret
Run Down Doctor Advice On Ager's Sar A Tent Tie
Fragmentary ad copy urges readers to consult a doctor for a blood purifier nervetonic and other tonics sold as a remedy for fatigue pallor and nervousness. It promotes Ager's product with no alcohol or stimulation and claims direct medical opinion.
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Ager
Across the Staked Plains by a Woman of 1868 Trek
A widow Mrs Kele Mudlin recalls crossing the plains from Texas to California in 1868. She describes the hardships of the eight month journey, starting with 1100 cattle and 150 horses, living on water shortages, night travel, and dangerous channels, and the aid of another wagon train before reaching the Pecos River and onward toward California.
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Danvar
Gud
Plains
Iscarcely
Kele Mudlin
California
Texas
Gattle Range
Tee
Onitie
Jeboler
Pecos
Phe Ateck
Inez
Eros
Death of Mrs Sheperd's Poodle Sparks Vault Ceremony
A public obsequy will announce the death of Mrs Stanley Allan Shepherd’s poodle. The dog, flown from Los Angeles to New York for treatment, died days after arrival. The coffin lay in a satin lining before interment in Hartsdale canine cemetery.
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New York
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