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Posted inDaily News Maritime & Naval History

Woman Swimmer Saved After Passing Five Hours at Night in the Atlantic

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., June 12.—Miss Svea Bohman, 27 years old, of New York, believed to have been drowned off shore here late yesterday in attempting to save an unidentified man from drowning, returned here shortly after noon today, after being rescued in the Gulf Stream.

Miss Bohman, while in the surf, responded to the cries of a man in distress almost a mile from shore near the Government Jetties.

Posted inBlack History US Civil War

June 12, 1863 – Negroes as Soldiers

We have been permitted to make use of the following extract from a letter of a highly intelligent and competent officer of a Massachusetts regiment at Baton Rouge. The letter is under date of April 30, 1863 :

“And now for the most important feature, the negro troops. I have seen two regiments of them, and I must say that I have seen many white regiments that will not compare with them. They very far exceeded my expectations. I much prefer them to white troops. They obey ail orders given to them cheerfully and with alacrity. They drill remarkably well and their camps are neat and clean. One regiment was officered by white officers entirely, and in the other the field and staff officers only were white, the officers of the line being black. The feeling of the generality of officers here is in favor of blacks, and if we get as good a set of men as those in the regiments we have seen, we shall be perfectly satisfied. The feeling here in regard to them is rapidly changing in their favor. We look upon the whole matter as a fixed fact.

Posted inDaily News Labor & Unions Local Histories

Girls To Leave Their Bosses Flat

Professional Women to Hold State Meeting in Yakima—Ten Go from Here

A lot of business men will be forced to care for their own business about Friday of this week, because a lot of business girls who have been doing a lot of business for their bosses in the local business world, are going to Yakima to attend the state meeting of the Business and Professional Woman’s club.

Posted inDaily News Local Histories Science

Royal Observatory In No Serious Danger From Generator

Is all well with the meridian of Greenwich? The Astronomer Royal answered the question rather vaguely at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory yesterday. His visitors included some of the greatest scientists in the land, and he had to pick his words.

He expressed general satisfaction with the report of the experts upon the relations between the Observatory and the neighbouring electrical generation station of the County Council. He trusted that if the recommendations were strictly carried out the work of the Observatory would not be seriously interfered with. At the same time he confessed that further experience when the generating station was completed and in full work might modify his view.