The Burning of Batoum Ends in Night of Fire and Fury
In Batoum, the oil refining hub of the Caucasus, Nihilist insurgents move to halt a refinery strike by threatening Caspian, then execute a brilliant ruse. Nikolai and Summers expose a planned explosion by diverting oil and gas lines to ignite a citywide blaze, igniting flames from refineries to harbor and palace in a dramatic, deadly gambit.
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Russia
Batoum
Caucasus
Tratoum
New York Harbor
Glasgow
Nikolai
St. Petersburg
Kaulbars
Povernor
Ganaral
Exile in the Caucasus and a night march to safety
The narrator reflects on exile in the Caucasus and questions whether Nikolai was involved in a revolutionary plot. As Kaulbars remains still, they retreat with bewildered soldiers, then escape through darkness across fields to reach safety in the city.
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Caucasus
Nikolai
Kaulbars
Chinese of the Occident and the American Ideal
In this essay the author argues Americans now revere the business man over soldiers and politicians. Citing the Sherman law disclosures and rising business schools at Harvard and Dartmouth, the piece suggests the nation is like the Chinese of the Occident, glorifying commerce and neglecting military virtue as industry shapes national ideals.
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Shakespeare
Antonio
Shylock
Harvard
Dartmouth
Stupid Vice of Swearing in Newspaper Life
A former printer's devil recalls learning to swear in a country newspaper office where profanity was common and unremarkable. He recounts spitting on the floor, picking up type, and becoming expert in oaths before giving up the habit. He argues against profane expressions in McClure's Magazine unless absolutely necessary for truthful character portrayal by a credible author.
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Val- Paraiso
McClure
Good Losers, Not Winners, Cited by Major Beck
A Kansas City Star column quotes Maj. M. M. Beck arguing that true fighters for principles do not deserve the label good loser. He cites abolitionists, temperance reformers, Grant, Thomas, and Roosevelt as examples who faced defeats yet pressed on. The piece defends persistent campaigning for equal rights and better conditions.
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Maj. M. M. Beck
Congress
Grant
Pittsburgh Landing
Lee
Richmond
Thomas
Rock of Chickamauga
Roosevelt
Kengas City
Fragmented dialect note hints at postoffice talk
A distorted early morning speech recounts a white man speaking about a Mrs Pankyburst and Hoglishsuffern, with an elder voicing skepticism and asking whether the meaning can be deciphered from the garbled words. The fragment preserves local color and character without clear events.
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Summers
H. M. Egbert
W. G. Chapman
Thia
Jean
Igner Council
Nikolas
Presbyko ® Street
Black Hundred
Skobeloff
Witl
Summera
Nikola
Tetfag
Kaulhara
Ofd
Kaulbara
Revolutionary Party
Erlad Kaulbare
Kalibars
Presbykoff Street
Skobelof
United States
New Republic
Birlke
Postoffice
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