Last Stand at Solferino Narrated by Agostino Ginocchio
A veteran account describes the Solferino battle from dawn to dusk, detailing a brutal bayonet assault on San Martino, heroic acts, a water-fetching mother and infant mishap, French Italian and Austrian actions, the storming of trenches, and the costly victory that followed. The narrative also notes royal observers, battlefield logistics, and the dramatic sunset as troops claimed Solferino and San Martino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solferino
Agostino Ginocchio
San Martino
Tere
Solferina
Majenta
Victor Emmanuel
Barretta
Austria
Goito
Conent and Casino
Verona
Guna
How Stamps Are Gummed In Washington Facility
A description of the gumming process for postage stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. Stamps receive gum after printing, travel over steam heated coils for drying, and require careful temperature and thickness control. Seasonal adjustments use different grades of gum to prevent sticking and cracking, with tests on workroom conditions. The piece also includes a short memorial poem titled In Memoriam praising a life lived with courage and sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Unlucky days and signs and wheat study in Ontario report
A Ontario Agricultural College bulletin details autumn sown crops trials across Ontario. It covers 265 winter wheat varieties tested over 21 years with results on yield per acre, grain weight, straw strength, and bread quality. Highlights include Dawson's Golden Chaff high yield and Grand Prize top 53.6 bushels, with hybrids from crossings and effects of green manures and formalin-smut control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultu College
Emmet
Harry Vetches
A. Zavitz
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Ont
Ontario
Geneva
Kentucky
Turkey
Tuscan Island
MacPherson
Dawson's Golden
Genesee Reliable
Genesee
Banatka
Northwester
Rudy
New Perfection
Kharkov
Buda Pesth
Farmers’ Friend
Michigan
Scott
Yaroslav
Tasmania
College
Dawson's
Washington
Tennessee
Experiences With the Indians in Western Canada
The article blends two long narrative threads. It recounts Captain Robert Scott's June Royal Institution talk on reaching the South Pole, detailing phases, transport limits, and instruments from Trughos & Son, plus sun altitude methods, and notes October start. Interwoven is a first person account of early western Canada exploration, meeting Cree and other tribes, encounters with Sitting Bull figures, traders, braves, and a comic misadventure involving a potential tribal marriage and an interpreter, with vivid scenes of plains life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pole
South Polar
West India Docks
Thames
Robert Scott
Royal Institution
Scott
Great Barrier
Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton
Ean
Arctic
North Pole
Trughos & Son
Opticians
Penchureh Street
Antarctic
Toiseliss
Cooper
Tie
Souris Plains
Moose Mountain
Willy
Nick
Eorth
Dedian
Caele Sam
Tree Pisstoy
Bailiwick
Sam
Eri
Rising Sun
Jmny
Roof Garden at West London Police Court Featured
A roof garden atop the West London Police Court is described as a blaze of color despite the lack of sun. The maintenance was carried out by the housekeeper, Mr. Bde wir Swift, highlighting an unusual horticultural display in a government building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West London
Bdewir Swift
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pass
Jane
Ital
Piedmont
Prussia
Mary
Iimee
San Cas Sue
Inferinog
Lombardy
Ubury
Solfering
Hliex
Pyle
Loti
Merlino
Yeeiment
Teth
Judas
Pall Mall Gazette
Western
Canada
Landay
Michael Iseph Barry
Dublin
Aendsed
Barry
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