Taking the Fort and a Soldier’s First Battle Memoir
A veteran’s vivid reminiscence from a Greek campaign details a new officer’s grim first action. The narrator chronicles a brutal assault on the Cheverino redoubt, the captain’s omen of heavy losses, and a brutal melee that leaves only a few survivors including the narrator who is forced to assume command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Ilis
Jena
Cheverino
Cheverine
Prosper Merimee
Strand Magazine
Fielding a Southern Dream amid Roosevelts and Rail deals
Edgar Julian and Rosalie Chenier drift through Savannah to London Paris and Amsterdam while a Dutch syndicate plots a railroad push. Rosalie and Colonel Warren Talbot meet, sharing romantic tension as the South and North collide in mansion life, social schemes, and distant estates like Chateau Chenier.
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Amsterdam
France
Edgar Julian
London
Paris
Papa
le Chateau Chenier
Apt
Avignon
Julian
Rosalie
Tam
la Chateau Chenier
Chicago
Put-in-Bay
Saratoga
Newport
New York City
Savannah
Mr. Largely
New York
Georgia
Pocket
Frank Ellis
Li Fain
Mims Fain
Virginia
Miss Fain
Warren Walbot
Min
Roosevelt Mansion
Mr. Roosevelt
Warren Talbot
Miss Pain
Roosevelt Place
North
South
North Georgia
Ond
Church Schedule Notes at St Philip's and Nearby Parishes
The Baptist Church and St Philip's Episcopal Church announce weekly services led by Rev. Wilberforce Wells. Martins and Evensong planned, with Holy Communion on the first Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Other Sundays and Holy Days at 7:30 a.m. Sunday School at noon. Seats are free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bennett
Ponte
OW. Bertihy
ST. Philip’s
Wilberforce Wwells
Wis
Poem Excerpt On Grief From Chambers Journal
A reflective verse by M C Salmon contemplates deep grief and mourning. The speaker urges silent rest beneath sorrowful shrouds, listening to rain while fearing no other sorrows like the corroding pain already endured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Salmon
Chambers’ Journal
Widow’s Pension Mixup Sparks Clergy Certificate Confusion
The widow of an English army officer sought her pension at the pension office. She produced a clergyman’s certificate stating she was alive, but the official rejected it for dating July 21 while the pension was due July 15. She was asked for a certificate proving she was alive on July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberley
Gordon
Engineering Magazine
Sherman
Rosalie
An Annoying Mistake at Delmonico's Restaurant
A humorous exchange in Munsey's Weekly shows a distinguished patron asking for Ward McAllister while a head waiter asserts his own status in a witty clash. The vignette highlights social pretensions and restaurant etiquette of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmoneggo’s
Ward McAllister
Munsey’s
Roanlie Tours Thunderbolt Bonaventure in Quiet Summer Ride
In a shaded Bonaventure drive, Roanlie and friends enjoy a tranquil outing along a shell road to a river view. Colonel Talbot observes Rosalie’s beauty and character while Mrs Farley debates her charm, noting she is intelligent, unsophisticated, and of striking naïveté.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mille Not
Roanlie
Thunderbolt and
Bonaventure
St Iss Drive
Whitemarsh
Rosalie
Colonel Talbot
Mrs. Farley
Mra. Farley
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New York Sun
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Maurie S- Thompson
Roosevelt
Pulaski House
Jacksonville
Fernandina
St. John’s
Mies Fgin
Ireland
Lane Nee
Harper's Bazar
Michigan
United States Post
THE
Belmont
Weekly Dispatch
Belmont, Allegany
N.Y
N. Y
BR. R.& .G. Helme
Ansariisans
Church Directory
Churcit
Presbyterian Church
J. G. Snyder
F. M. Church
M. E. Brown
ST. Mary's
Rev. P. Berkery
Teelmont Lodge
NO. 171
W. Bowen
Ile
Revere Vest
Jas. Jginson
PS. Lieve
Adjt
A.O. Ulw
M. Berpich
M. Rol
F.G
Gio
Peek
Knight's Legion
Wilkexson
W. P. Chakx
Weed. U
Baptist Church
V. A. Millard
L. & N. Society
Frank van Camven
Pres’t
Belmont Union
E. A.U
Beng. Newton
Ace
G.T
Hammond
C.T, Hi
Davis
Sec'y
J. Elwioty Engine CO
E. A. Newton
Foreman
Lonnie Hammond
Ec’y
H. A. Barney, M. D
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I ‘Gov
N. South
Gourt Streets
W.J. Hardy,m. D
Momgopathic
M. W. Sortore
COR. Norton & Mill Sts
Belmont, N. Y
Ysters
J. DR. Holden
Bellmont
Belmont Dispatchs
Amity Mills
Hood & Bradley
Belmont, N.Y
Photos
E. L. Lewis
South St. Stuarg
Bélmont and Vicinity
MRS. G. A. Palmer & CO
Chas. Simons
Henry Voorhies
Sanitary
Bronson
Itc
Carpenters
Wellsville, N. Y
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