Noted Confederate Secret Service Drama in Richmond
In a dramatic scene set in Richmond during spring 1865 Edith Varney helps Capt Thorne avoid deployment while a prisoner, Henry Dumont, is killed in a staged confrontation. Thorne maintains calm as a crowd panics over the death and the suspected identities swirl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. WeeaRy
Eneral
Wilfred
Richmond
Edith Varney
Davis
Thorne
Edith
Caroline Mitford
Arrelsford
Secret Service
Jonas
4Zawis Dumont
Federal Secret Service
Henry
Libby
Caroline
Varney
Harry
Henry Dumont
Mrs. Varney
Martha
Miss Mitford Seeks Private Telegram in War Office
In a dilapidated war department telegraph room Caroline Mitford asks to send a private telegram. Lieutenant Foray and Lieutenant Allison manage operations as she demands a message to General Lee and the president, then presses for private dispatches demanding friends at the front join battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Foray
Richmond Grays
Petersburg
Home Guard
War Department
Lee
Derry
Therp
Charlie
Caroline Mitford
Martha
Caroline
Miss Mitford
Department Telegraph Office
Axwell
Wwe
Department
Selwin
Nellie Barton's Kitchen Scandal Ends Quietly
A domestic quarrel unfolds around Nellie Barton and Ronald as old college friend Mr. Stowell recalls meals and praises, stirring envy and pride at the Barton home. Mrs. Barton and Nellie face the social scrutiny of the evening, ending with Nellie learning her status in a lifetime lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soas
Ef Spears
Higgins
Tyeli
Arigensin
Nellia
Mirai Wornett
Ronald
Aera
fQuarrel
Nellié
Nellie
Cand
Hex
Mie Stowell
Mrs. Dorsett
Mr. Stowell
Barton
Stowell
Melley Y
Elias
oGuess
Atroit
Attie
Mrs. Barton
Nellie Barton
W. G. Chapman
Cold light in war time and military searchlights
A fragment describes cold light as useful for military and naval searchlights and signals. It notes experiments in Paris with a minister of war, aiming to aid wounded, search ruins, and aid disaster response. Mentions French colonial service and attempts to supply searchlights and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Emma Peel
Athe Boulévard Dé
Charonné
Ari
Miément
Ithe
Ithat
Istead
Ion Eleht
Mules
Breathing before bed and a surgeon's orange blossom anaesthetic
Patients are advised to inhale deeply through the nose then hold air with a handkerchief for about fifteen seconds. The method is repeated four to eight times at half to eight minute intervals. A Baltimore surgeon claims an orange blossom based anaesthetic may aid etherizing women patients.
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Cyrus Townsend
Brady
Edgar Bert Smith
Dopp, Mrap and Company
Confed- Roy
Itgaltihorse
Islebiora
Oldlersy
Tal
Woedita
Rae
Qeep
Lea Soo Lee
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