Drum head court martial ends with near execution reveal
A Union scout recounts capture by rebels and a drum head court martial. McClellan ordered execution at sunrise but a drunken general’s misread telegram delayed the sentence. The escape from death came only after intense doubt about his own identity and a last minute rescue.
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Tam
McClellan
Pally Hag
Ald
Gena
Geo
Fiet
Toall
Haries
Ashe
Thi Tal
Subterranean Fire Control at Ophir Mine
An Ophir mine report details using a carbonic gas flooding method to smother a long burning timber fire. A 40,000 cubic feet daily gas furnace drives gas through a water-filled incline to the bulkhead, displacing toxic gas and sealing off the affected sections for up to two months.
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Comstock
Ian de Quills
Ophir
Roar
Interior Five
Consolidated Virginia
T Tt
Walter
Fry
New Steel Plant Opens for Slag Fertilizer Use in Bilston
A new industry forms in South Staffordshire with a complete plant at Staffordshire Steel and Iron Ingot Co. Bilston for grinding blast furnace slag into fertilizer. A slag house 140 by 60 feet houses winding machinery and the process yields fine material passing through a thousand holes per square inch, composed of lime and phosphates, valued as agricultural fertilizer.
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South Staffordshire
England
Staffordshire Steel and Iron Ingot Company
Bilston
What the Queen Wanted
The Argonaut recounts a young Victoria reacting to her accession by asking a royal lady in waiting if she is truly queen. She insists on choosing, requests green tea, and drinks three cups, experiencing shivers and a lasting dislike for tea.
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Victoria
William
Mamita
Ling
Fragmented memoir description of Ellen Torry image traits
Charles Reade offers a jagged memoir note describing Ellen Torry with odd phrasing. He mentions eyes, nose, mouth, complexion, hair and a lean figure, deeming her at times attractive despite clumsy phrasing and distorted wording.
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Charles Reade
Ellen Tort
Ellen Torry
Curious Things From Havana Sidewalks and Love Behind Bars
A fragment from a Havana street scene notes narrow stone sidewalks and barred windows where couples, including a Cuban engaged to an American, cannot be alone in privacy. The piece contrasts American freedom with Cuban restrictions and includesantecedents about social life, humor, and salon gossip, interwoven with an ad for Nasby’s Carbolic Salve and health notes.
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Havana
Persops
Imo
United States
Free America
Cupid
John
Chicago
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