Military euchre revives game with fort themed play
The article describes a reimagined progressive euchre variant called military euchre. Players move between card forts named Fort Sumter Fort Hancock Fort Hamilton Fort Schuyler with two pairs per fort and a host called the general. Games begin as drums announce play and players attach and attack forts, with teams defended by opposing bands and a lively party atmosphere.
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Tims
Fort Sumter
Fort Hancock
Fort Hamilton
Fort Schuyter
Gaums
Volomerce
Moonlight River Voyage Ends in Rescue and Tragedy
In a New England village on the River, a moonlit ferry trip ends when the narrator nearly drowns and a companion, Miss Martina, drowns. The captain's swift rescue saves the narrator, who survives after life-saving measures. Miss Martina's body is later found and sent home.
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Miss Martiz
Misa Martin
New Heunawick
Kissell
Wildly Tangled Text Fragments Reveal Cable Wartime Action
Readable passages describe a naval engagement off Cienfuegos with the Nashville and Windom engaging Spanish forces to cut Havana Santaiga cable. Boats landed for cable work under fire from shore batteries and Spanish troops as observers note fortifications and heavy counterfire.
Ambiguous excerpt from New York World quoted text
Fragmentary line from a New York World page includes garbled phrases about a person named Werkes and odd questions. The readable text provides no clear event, date, place, or identified individuals beyond the authoring newspaper.
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Not enough readable facts to form a coherent summary. The readable fragment mentions a World newspaper reference and unclear phrases. No identifiable persons, organizations, dates, or events are present to anchor a factual news card.
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New York World
Spaniards Hit by Gunnery as Cable Cut at Cienfuegos
American forces under Lt Winslow and Ensign Magruder from the Marblehead and Nashville cut the cables at Cienfuegos on May 11 amid heavy fire from Spanish rifles and batteries. One sailor died, six wounded, including Lt Maynard and others. lighthouse fort and batteries were silenced as ships endured repeated hits. Cable lines from Havana to Key West remained in use via other routes.
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Cienfuegon
Winslow
Magruder
Marblehead
Nashville
Patrick Reagan
Auillary Orciner Windom
Cownander Maynard
Laulabout
Windomaslao
tMany Marke
Cierfuegos
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Cuba Submarine Company
West India Panama Company
United States
Havana
Key West
Crisp
Cooper
Fashionable garters replace old elastic bands in women stockings
Readers learn about evolving stocking supporters from elastic bands to garters with modern wide elastic, buckles, and gems. The piece notes health concerns about circulation, changes in design from knee to waist or side attachments, and argues for simpler, old fashioned garters as the most practical and comfortable option.
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Joseph
Two Mecers Foes Explain Water Fire Reaction
The passage describes a theory that water forms are altered by fire and that air components like oxygen and hydrogen enable combustion. It presents a speculative explanation of how fire interacts with water and boiling, suggesting a structure built from elemental gases.
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Dierent
Wall Paper & Landwoee
Betyechments in the Ergimerce Foreseen by Lords
A fragment notes a governance dispute during a parliamentary session in the house of lords. It hints at a formal process or measure related to an ergimerce and its impact on Betyechments in Scotiend, with emphasis on procedure and potential outcomes.
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New England
Mias Martina
Mr. Russell
Pigasure
House of Lords
The Czar’s Household Humour and Etiquette
The article contrasts the late czar of Russia and Nicholas II noting the former’s intimacy with his wife and the latter’s stricter court habits. It describes the imperial couple’s private moments with ministers and their seating, conversation, and embroidery as a sign of domestic administration.
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Fue
Sig
Wes
Erforre
Nicholas II
Recs
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