Turbulent Global Notes and Military Upgrades
Coverage surveys varied topics from U S politics and Persian diplomat Mofakhamed Dowleh to Turkey reform back doors. It notes a 1,100 yard rifle range for marines near Gettys Station Virginia and Seaboard Air Line. It details Italy US trade, art imports, Booth on unemployment, and Russia czarina embroidery markets. It also previews France navy expansion to 1907 with battleships cruisers destroyers and submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettys Station
Portsmouth
Seaboard Air Line
Navy Yard
Heroic stand at Catubig convent in Samar siege
A Philippine War account recalls the three day siege of Catubig on Samar where 31 U S soldiers held a convent against about 600 Filipinos. It details brutal fighting, heavy casualties including several sergeants and corporals, and a nighttime raid to drive the enemy out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samar
Washington
Otis
Felipe Guardez
Catubig
Dustin L. George
William J. Hall
Herbert H. Edwards
John F. J. Hamilton
Cook Burton E. Hess
Burton R Wagner
Trefflie Penslow
Otto B. Loose
Stephen Aperti
Joseph Noeil
John E. Kuhn
Ralph H. Zim
Edward Braman
Chester A. Conklin
W. E. Collins
J. J. Kerins
Henry du
Gan
Manila
Luzon
Philip Saling
George A. Slack
Forty-third Infantry
Ethan Allen
Vermont
Meade
Forty-third
Henry T. Allen
Allen
Uncle Sam
Sweeney
McArthur
Bishoping and other cruel tricks in horse trading expose frauds
The article details deceptive practices used by horse dealers including bishoping lame horses by altering teeth and applying hot iron, beaning to hide lameness, gingering to excite a horse, and eye filling to conceal age, with additional methods to distort a horse’s condition during sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lord Playfair and the rise of Britain’s public life
A North American Review sketch highlights Lord Playfair as a central figure in Britain’s public sphere over the last fifty years. His work spurred major sanitation reforms, the modern system of technical education, and the creation of open half-penny letters later called post cards. He also helped shape an equitable Britain America accord during the Venezuelan crisis under President Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Lord Playfair
North American Review
England
Playfair
America
Cleveland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pronzer Pustistine Co
J. E. Sheridan
Montana
Mofakhamed-Dowleh
Turkey
Constantinople
United States
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Dingley
Charles Booth
Russia
Czarina
Emma
Holland
France
Milwaukee
Hoboken
New York
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Buffalo
Newark
Cincinnati
Jersey City
Cricks
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