Skobeleff Drives Into Plevna Redoubt Clash
A London Daily News correspondent recounts General Skobeleff leading a bold, multi-regiment assault on the Plevna redoubt. He personally directs reserves, inspires troops, and endures heavy casualties as Turks counter, reinforcements fail to arrive, and the desperate battle extends all day. Skobeleff sustains severe losses yet remains unbroken, finally lamenting lack of reinforcements and declaring it the will of God.
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London Daily News
Skobéleff
Loftcha Road
Plevna
Kriloff
Maler i Ta
Vladimiruki
Zooxelski
Skobeleff
Libansky
Verstchagin
Dobrovolsky
Sherpshooters
Karapatkin
Gen. Levitsky
India
Lovdhs Road
Efort
Tregret
Gen. Skobeleff
St. George
Noted claim on male-line descendants among famed English figures
The statement asserts there is no living male-line descendant of a long list of prominent authors statesmen and scientists including Chaucer Shakespeare Milton Pope Cowper Scott Byron Swift Addison Johnson Fox Burke Hume Newton Bacon Locke Hogarth and others. The fragment ends with garbled text.
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Chaucer
Shakespeare
Spenser
Milton
Cowley
Butler
Dryden
Pope
Cowper
Goldsmith
Scott
Byron
Moore
Philip Sidney
Walter Raleigh
Drake
Cromwell
Hampden
Monk
Peterborough
Nelson
Stafford
Ormond
Clarendon
Addison
Swift
Johnson
Walpole
Bollingbroke
Chatham
Pitt
Fox
Burke
Grattan
Canning
Bacon
Locke
Newton
Davy
Hume
Gibbon
Macaulay
Hogarth
Joshua Reynaliade
Pete the fire alarm cat guards Chicago office
An unusual cat named Pete lives at a Chicago fire alarm central, inspecting the alarm room, relays, dials, and battery jars each watch. She accompanies relief crews at changeovers, purrs by the switchboard, and rides the alarm process, even guiding a gang away toward the armory after sensing trouble. Her episodic vigilance earns her the title of soul of the night watch.
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Chicago
Pete
Paddy
Permanent Exhibitions Promote Global Industrial Harmony
The article notes permanent exhibitions diffuse a love of industry and peaceful emulation worldwide. Since 1854 Britain has shown at Sydenham, France at Palais de lIndustrie, and American handicraft at Philadelphia. It contrasts British displays focusing on lithography, printing, and technology with other nations, highlighting agriculture, manufactures, mechanics, and hydraulics.
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Indus
Great Britain
Sydenham
France
Palais de l'Industrie
Philadelphia
Crystal Palace
Wanderer from Forest County Tells Tale of Gold Rush
A ragged man named John Cunningham, claiming Forest County roots, wandered into the Allegheny lockup in Pittsburgh seeking food. He recounted travels from timber cutting earnings to a Black Hills gold rush, Dakota diggings, Indian attacks, a Sydney to Allegheny trek, and a later life near destitution before a collection provided meals and lodging.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
John Cunningham
Forest County
Pennsylvania
Black Hills
Sioux City
Bismarck
Dakota
Cunningham
Sydney
Keystone State
Turnkey Askey
The Singular Life of Howard the Philanthropist
A historical portrait describes Howard as uniquely ascetic with damp sheets and cold towels, avoiding coats in cold climates. He kept fixed schedules for years and never ate fish or meat for sixteen years while touring relentlessly from place to place. He moved from misery to misery without regard for obstruction or danger.
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Howard
Prise
Judge Dying Upon the Bench in Crawford County
About six o'clock Thursday evening during a Supreme Court session in Knoxville Crawford County Georgia Judge Barnard Hill suddenly slumped in his chair after a larceny trial verdict. He attempted to correct an incomplete verdict and collapsed, his death ensuing before aid could reach him. The room filled with alarm as attendees reacted to the unforeseen event.
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Supreme Court
Knoxville
Crawford County
Georgia
Jude
Barnard Hill
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