Roundhouse in Somerville Proved Circular Construction Best
The circular house built by Enoch Robinson on Spring Hill Somerville Massachusetts over 50 years ago used no timber walls but planks in a 40 foot circle. It featured sliding windows skylights and a spiral stair to a 13 foot rotunda and 15 interior chambers. Despite full craftsmanship the project cost less than a conventional house and remains unchanged outside with minor interior repairs.
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Somerville
Mass
Enoch Robinson
Robinson
Spring Hill
Mr. Robinson
Senator Clark Named In $150,000 Suit For Breach Of Promise
New York socialite Miss Mary McNellis alleges in supreme court that Montana senator William A. Clark, the copper king, promised marriage after a July 1896 meeting in Chicago. Clark, 60, widower with five children, denies any marriage pledge. The case seeks public trial after secrecy kept the matter private for more than a year.
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William A. Clark
Montana
Mies
Mary McNellis
New York
Supreme Court
Miss McNellis
James L. Bishop
Chicago
Eliot Danforth
Clark
Danforth
Senator Clark
Miss McNeilis
Stokes Battery patent for floating defensive fortress
Anson Phelps Stokes of New York has secured a patent on a floating battery he designed. The device appears as the upper third of a gray iron sphere and is heavily armored to resist hits. It is towed into position and held by a mushroom anchor, with a fixed gun and elevation controlled by ballast changes.
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Anson Phelps Stokes
New York
United States
New York Custom House
Born to Lead and the Seminole Wagon Train Tale
Edmund Pettus, 82, Alabama senator, recalls a Mexican War voyage and a private’s leadership during a Seminole raid. He describes a moment when one private assumed command to save the wagon train, proving some are born to lead. Fire alarms in St. Petersburg use black balls and red lanterns, with delayed response times.
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Edmund Winston Pettus
Alabama
Plains
California
Washington
Chicago Post
Congressional
Senator Pettus
Capitol
Monument
Irecall
Anp
Fort Smith
St. Petersburg
New Doorknob Revisions Spark Access Concerns
A revised doorknob is said to be unpopular yet aims to remove the need for a latch key. By turning the knob within the same mapper as a safe knob and securing the proper combination, the door can be opened. The lock reportedly allows 100000 combinations, leaving those who know or forget the correct one unable to gain entry.
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Tepers
Baldwin Denies Quoted Filipino and Negro Soldier Remarks
Washington's war department opened a formal inquiry into Gen. Frank D. Baldwin's disparaging remarks about Fili pinos and Negro soldiers. Baldwin denied making the statements. He recently led the Colorado Department from Denver after Funston and is slated for retirement July 26, 1906.
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War Department
Washington
Frank D. Baldwin
Department of
Colorado
Root
Gen
Baldwin
Philippines
Funston
Ballwin
Michigan
Regular Infantry
Herbert G. Squiers Named U S Minister to Cuba
The article notes Herbert G. Squiers as the first United States minister to Cuba following his distinguished service as Secretary of the U S legation in Peking during the Boxer uprising. It highlights his wartime defense of the legations, recognition by foreign delegates, and his Canadian birth with long American citizenship.
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United States
Cuba
China
Merbert G. Squiers
Peking
Squiers
Canada
Herbert G. Squiers
Cuban Republic
Pershing Labeled Datto in Philippine Moros District Title
Captain John J. Pershing is hailed as a datto by the Moro people in Mindanao Lake Lanao district. He governs with paternal authority, earning reverence from Moros who bring gifts and seek his counsel as a protector and mediator. His command followed a September campaign that subdued Macias camps.
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Ram
Sulu
Chicago
Ligon
Lake Lapsa
Min~donag
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Datio Pershing
Capt. Pershing
United States
Dotto Pershing
Mindanao
Lake Lanoa
Datto Pershing
Morobelles
Datto
Capt
German Crown Jewels Worth Millions
The German crown jewels valued at about 1.25 million dollars are mostly crown property sent to the empress. Only 500000 dollars are her private property. The empress avoids jewels in daily life and wears them mainly on state occasions.
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London
Sunday ordained evangelist by Chicago presbytery
William A. Sunday formerly of Chicago baseball joins the Presbyterian church as an ordained evangelist after a thorough questioning by theology professors and church elders. The Iowa native, aged forty-one, recounted his life, denied quitting baseball for money, and noted twelve years in religious work with seven years as a revivalist of notable power.
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William A. Sunday
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Herrick Johnson
Sunday
Mr. Sunday
Iowa
Marshalltown (Jo
Old
Anson
Sunday Haw
Fleischmann as Ohio governor candidate and Cincinnati banker
Julius Fleischmann, 20, son of Charles Fleischmann, is a leading Cincinnati Republican seen as a strong future for Ohio's governorship. He sits as president of the Market National Bank and director in several firms while living no less than grandly in Cincinnati.
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West
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Julius
Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles Fleischmann
Market National Bank
Union Hay & Grain Company
Episcopal Church
Julius Fleischmann
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Uhe
Clare
York
Censon
Unique Cran
Pettus
Alabar
E. W. Peltus
Baldwin Denies
Feral
F. D. Baldwin
Nathan Ballinger
Newcastle
Ind
Edward Beaupre
Wormer
Marc Helles
Datte of
Evangelist Sunday
Mer Dall Pisyer
Chiempo Presbytery
William A. Bundat
Bull
Bia
Mei Cinclanath
Lloyds
Im~ Surere
England
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