The Rise and Fall of Mussard the Grand Schemer
A former college companion Mussard escapes a staid life by spinning endless schemes to wealth. He moves from duels and tilburies to political posts and a count title, then to Congo gold mines via a theatrical ruse. The narrator visits a lavish dinner, witnesses Mussard’s sudden fortune, and finally discovers the con in a tense exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
Marseilles
Toulouse
Mussard
Congo
Musgard
Loulou
Maroko
Grand Hotel
Royal Apartments
Bois
Paris
Monsieur
Remarkable Coast Artillery Accuracy at Fort Rosecrans
Company 115 of the coast artillery corps at Fort Rosecrans California fired four shots from two ten inch guns at a moving target 30 by 60 feet five miles away. All four rounds hit within 1 minute 20 seconds with three through the target and one four yards left. A radius 11 yards circle would cover all hits. At Fort Rodman Massachusetts Company 52 fired four shots from an eight inch battery at a moving 30 by 60 foot target four miles away. All four struck, first shot cutting the target in two. a radius 15 yards circle would cover all hits. Interval between shots 36 seconds.
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Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Rosecrans
Cal
Gill
Company 52
Fort Rodman
Mass
Harper’s Weekly
Hunting tales at New York horse show dinner
Lord Algernon Gordon Lennox recounted hunting stories in New York, praising women as advocates of hunting while noting a stern caveat. He cited a January incident where a woman caused both riders to fall into icy water. she saved nothing but her hat and pressed the man to remount for her hat retrieval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algernon Gordon Lennox
New York
Tam
Sarcasm in a cruel horse driver sparks a city ferry clash
A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals activist chastises a South Jerseyman over a malnourished horse aboard a river ferry between the city and Camden. The owner defends the horse, joking it lacked time to don its gear. The piece also notes Pepys era Lent fish debates and a broad critique of illegible handwriting, urging better penmanship.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Camden
Pepys
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F. M. Shriver Surgical and Mechanical Dentist
Glenwood
Iowa
Dyar Block
Northwest Corner Square
H. G. de Garzon
McCluskey Drug
Glenwood Bell
Theo. W. Ivory
Carl H. Otis
Ivory & Otis
Amos Dean
Carpenter & Contracto
Glenwood, Iowa
Chas. W. Rathke
Opera
North Side Square
W. F. Meyers Merchant
Mickelwall Building
L. H. Anthony
Otis Livery Barn
Advo
F. G. Day
W. 8. Lewis
Mills County National Bank
Menwood State Bank
W. M. Lamb Bank
Byron Lad
Pat Crow
Black Jack
Thos. Young Hastings
Glenwood Library
Epie
Eale
Red Cross Drag On
Friend Mussard
By Ludovic Haley
Righted By Short Stories Co. Ltd
Tilbury
Abyssinia
Louis
Garibaldi
Italy
Sardou
Winehouse
America
Bordeaux
Hotel de France
Dijon
Morocco
Chambord
Gambetta
Plevna
Monsieur le Comte
Count Mussard
Dr.price
South Jerseyman
Philadelphia Telegraph
For Itself
Canada
Canadian Pacific Ry. Co
Bow River
Baskatchewan River
Alberta
Saskatchewan River
Bow River Valley
Timothy
Dai
Macalister & Canning
Allway
Bhatis
Booka
Shane
Howe
Nies
Auston
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