Rescue mission at Betsworth priory wall siege
Tom Dimsdale, Major Clutterbuck, and Von Baumser join two Nihilist agents to storm Betsworth priory. After delays and a wall climb plan, they position at the gate as a muffled approach signals potential danger inside the grounds. The group prepares for a nighttime raid as a storm subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Prochiotea
Russia
Portsmouth
Baninser
Inneh
von Staumasur
Girdlestone
Diplicstone
Von _Baumser
von Baumser
Flying Bull
Colin
Vor
Trullo
Leap Year Proposals and Shopping Tricks
A light collection of dated quips on marriage cost, bread and cheese romance, and shopping tactics. Jokes reference a cautious suitor, a witty wife, hats, cars, and fashion chatter from Baltimore and Philadelphia papers.
Burma Crop Prospects and Trade Notes in 1908
The Times of Coxton reports Burma plans expand groundnut cultivation amid drought use and new export royalties. A 1906 peanut acreage reached 18 743 acres and the sector aims to grow in the dry zone. The East India Railway debt near 8.3 million pounds is nearly settled. The Burma agriculture department promotes American tobacco and distributed Habana Virginia seed across districts and Shan states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times of
Coxton
Golombo
Burma
East-Indiia Railway Company
Fit
Burma Agricultural Department
Virginia
Shan States
Cuba’s garrote executions and a life prisoner’s pay
A period describe the garrote used for capital punishment in Cuba. It notes a life prisoner earns 17.50 per execution and a prideful, private viewing of the device. An interpreter invited Americans to try it, which they declined, and also recounts a case where the executioner demanded payment in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turure
Asia
Ezra
Grechim
Drealfy
Cistee
Cuba
Progress of the Day Inventions and World Events
A collage of early 20th century notices covers electric traction tests in Italy and Boston, steel production capacity of United States Steel, auto speed controllers debate in England, land sale restraints in Norway, a California jade mine discovery, a Nigerian railway plan by the British, peat briquettes in Massachusetts, and Europe’s traction lag. Also notes on Liv erpool area density, streetcar car output, and stray humorous lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Ithe -Hahdurade
Wateh
Boston
United States Steel Corporation
England
Europe
Siskiyou County
Gal
Liverpool
Germany tops Europe in honey production at 20000 tons
A Ghent police brigade of women is formed for service. Only mature women are accepted for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ghent
Night pushcart life on New York's East Side
The article describes pushcart merchants on Manhattan's East Side who stake gutter positions along Monroe and Hester streets. They sleep beside carts to protect spots, evacuate for passing street cleaners, and return afterward, with charcoal ovens warming them in winter. Families bring meals from tenements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Diwa
Monroe
Hester
Ratio
Spow
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Firdlestone
A. Conan-Doyle
Bulow
Niel
Fon
Bedsworth
Tom Dimsdale
Tobias Clutterbuck
Yenne Dimsdale
Hasseb
Ezra Girdlestone
Kate
Tle
Anne Plauen
Ieavas
Bétsworth
Baltimore American
George
India
Estelle
Mother—Company
Ptah
Weinrich Bros
West First Street
Wisconsin
Kewanee
Ill
Cambridge
Porte Stambol
Ile
Bonnie Mack Jr
Patchen Gentry
Jenssy
Patchen Woilkes
Joe Patchen
Idan Patch
Jennie Nell
John R. Gentry
Ed. Rae
Black Trotter
Lindan Rec
Aslerton
Hilsah Vol
Combat
Ed Rae
Kewanne
Bay Pacer
Dan’Patch
Jennie Neff
Lizzie Rider
Rose Croix
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