Jerry’s early wake up scheme for a Moorland raid
Jerry, a 14 year old girl at Inchmaren, secretly plans to join Capt. Bellenden and Cecil on a dawn shoot. She frets over her unseen role, hopes to borrow a morning, and longs for approval from her stern grandmother, while the heather moor and castle loom in the morning light.
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Jerry
Bellenden
Ethel
Alicia
Cecil
Kerry
Bor Cecil
Akhd
Haif
Capt. Gellenden
Howe
Inchmaven
Argyllshire
Raymond
Granny
Bellew Jen
Inchmaren
Kincraig Moor
Lel Jenden
Kineraig
Gellenden
Phee
Capt
Benlenden
Raymonds
Geraldine
Capt. Bellenden
Blue and the Gray recollections at wartime convention
A Civil War era reminiscence collage recounts Lincoln Grant unity at a national convention and Missouri’s loyalist roll call, followed by a New Orleans veteran’s death sentence turning into a heroic defiance for the flag. It surveys anecdotes of soldiers, discipline, and a humorous ice cream episode with Imboden.
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Maine
Abraham Tincoln
New Hampshire
Missouri
United
U.S. Grant
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Hume
Thrave Maynard
Henry J. Raymonn
Columbia
Noah Brooks
James P Wilson Dead A Long War Leader Passes
United States Senator James P. Wilson died at 9:40 p.m. at his Fairfield home after weeks of illness. Born October 19, 1828 in Newark Ohio he moved to Fairfield Iowa, helped frame Iowa’s 1856 57 constitution, chaired the Senate in 1861 and served in Congress for three terms. He aided abolition and civil rights measures, played a role in Johnson impeachment, and ended his public career as Iowa attorney for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad. His early work during the war era defines his legacy.
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United States
James FP. Wilson
Ivairfield
Jillmes P. Wilson
United States Senate
Congress
Thadsdeus Stevens
James G. Blaine
Ile
Ohio
Newark
Iown
Iowa City
Fairfield
Senate
House
Ife
Wilson
Johnson
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road
Gov
Gear
James I’. Wilson
The Letters of Erasmus and a Sixteenth Century Journey
A condensed study review of Erasmus letters revealing court life, patronage, and travel hardships. The piece notes Erasmus’s journey from Basel to Leuven with frail health, delays, tavern fare, and risky plague fears, ending with a quip about doctors and recovery.
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Erasmus
Basle
Louvain
Aix
The
Gentleman’s Magazine
An Interesting Discovery Near Pompeii Unearthed House
A recently unearthed Pompeii house is praised as more perfect than any found before. It features several large rooms and three bathrooms with sculptured marble basins and bronze-finished lead pipes. The three rooms align with calidarium tepidarium and frigidarium, typical of first class homes. The roof spans about forty four feet, and archaeologists celebrate the find after Vesuvius’ AD 79 eruption left previous discoveries largely rootless.
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Pompeii
Anch
That and This Reflect on Perception and Ambition
A reflective snippet contrasts how we are seen with who we think we are and notes Emerson on thought. It cites 1541 England adoption of dancing by cinque paces from Italy and ends with a question about usefulness of ascent without a path to follow.
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Virginia
Ilu
Goww
Tie
Kiefer
Tle
Emerson
England
Italy
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Imboden
Tanepeck
Curr
Carr
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Rawlinson
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