War Love Rekindled Aboard the Blue Hills
A Civil War narrator recalls childhood love with Aunt Jane Merriam who loved him back. After his comrade Charlie Ferguson dies at Gettysburg, an uncleared letter reveals Aunt Jane’s confession of love and her refusal to wed Charlie. The tale ends with the narrator marrying Aunt Jane at home in Marcelline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Hills
Jane Merriam
Marcelline Homestead
Jane
Jennie
Richmond
Lee
Ines
Aunt Jane
England
Lucy Gordon
Lucy
Charlie Ferguson
Marcelline
New York
Gettysburg
Chancellorsvile
Culpeper
Charlie
Culp
Oharle
Seminary Ridge
Laan
Tlove
Ben Lutiff
Boston
Ben
Utica Globe
Recent Inventions Show Practical, Quirky Patent Ideas
A survey of new gadgets includes a tub fastener for washboards using a rod and clamps, a circle shaped bicycle frame with adjustable headgear, and a violin music holder wired to grip across strings. Also listed are a railcar unloading tube system, a NZ bicycle with pumps on the rim, a Virginian torpedo carrying balloon with a slow fuse, a twine take up device, and a string take up pulley mechanism.
Largest Congregation in America At St Stanislaus Kostka
The largest congregation in America is the St Stanislaus Kostka church in Chicago with 30 000 communicants. Sunday services attract more than 15 000 attendees. The text notes forty four miles of shelves in the new Congressional library and laments vanity in people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
St. Stanislaus Kostka
Chicago
New Congressional Library
Mauser bullets and savage warfare rules debated
The Pittaburg Times discusses Mauser bullets used by Spain at Guantanamo and asserts they caused horrific wounds. It claims bullets can be engineered to explode or mushroom and condemns the violation of humane warfare norms. The piece also reflects on coal’s historic impact and iron and steel ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guantanamo
Spain
United States
T Will
Chitral
Pittaburg
Paper Horseshoes From Chicago Blacksmith Shops
Paper horseshoes are being used by Chicago blacksmiths. The process involves saturating paper with oil or turpentine, layering with a cement of Venetian turpentine chalk linseed oil and lacquer, stamping nail holes while moist, pressing under hydraulic pressure, then fitting by filing. The result is claimed to be stronger than iron and to reduce slipping on slick roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
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New Zealand
Big Man
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Republic of the Islands
Ido
Antonio Maceo
Rivera
Dewey
Army of Revolution
Singapore
Hong Kong
Spencer Pratt
Sngapore
Fueture
Great Britain
Gen
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