Treason in the Russian Army Sparks Widespread Dissent
A Russian War Office circular reveals growing disaffection within czarist forces. Military officers and ordinary soldiers circulated seditious tracts, with cases of propaganda among infantry and cavalry, including the Army League and a Military Revolutionary Organization. Police and decoy pamphlets fail to curb the spread as loyalty tests prove uneven, while a Odessa court exposes a gang that mutilates recruits to dodge service.
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St. Petersburg
East
Manchuria
M. Kuropatkin
Empire
Soliers
Moscow
Boutyrski
Bialorousski
Ekaterinoslav Regiment
Grenadiers
Imperial Guard
Alchansky
Passko
Poltava
Army League
Military Revolutionary Organization
Krasnoyarsk
Sevastopol
Mohiloff
Social Democrats
Petite Republique
Russia
Nicholas II
Odessa
Kirk & Co
Kirk
Davidovich
Melnuchanski
Kabatnikoff
Had Him Guessing in Small Town Postal Gambit
Postmaster Silas Shakem notes Mandy Hayrick received a postal card from city seller rebuffing questions as to engagement. Reuben Corntessel-Wal questions the outcome while Shakem reports she answered by letter, unclear if she accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Shakem
Mandy Hayrick
Reuben Corntessel
Judge and Deacon clash at church meeting in dialect tale
Unc Mose notes Lije Hossfut was shamed at the recent church meeting and expelled from the gathering. The narrator frames Deacon Hossfutyassuh as once a pillar, yet now marginal to the group. The exchange highlights tension and a single moment of public rebuke.
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Yassuh
Unc
Mose
Shadowed Castle romance of Olive and Lord Dinover
In a British manor Olive D Arcy confronts secrets of her sister Kitty and a reckless nobleman Lord Dinover. He arrives amid a family rift caused by an engagement to a regiment subaltern. Olive tends the wounded Lord Dinover and learns the truth about her sister and a past deception. Olive confesses deep love for Dinover, amid revelations of deception and reconciliation.
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Olive
Larry
Kitty
Lord Dinover
Dinoyer
Guy Randal
Dublin
Old d'Arcy
Dinover
D'Arcy Castle
Molly
Miss D' Arcy
Olive Rose
Miss D'Arcy the Elder
Ter
Guy
Sky Blue color explained by sunlight and air particles
Scientific American recounts Tyndall and Rayleigh experiments showing sky blue arises from tiny atmospheric particles reflecting blue light. Water vapor, oxygen, and nitrogen form clouds and high-altitude reflections. sunsets stem from lower water vapor absorption. Atmosphere reaches about 130 miles, extending beyond prior estimates.
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Isaac Newton
John Herschel
Newton
John Tyndall
Tyndall
Lord Rayleigh
Cambridge
Eng
King Edward
Order of Merit
T. J. J. Lee
United States Navy
Egypt
Greece
Arizona
Mississippi Valley
Lee
Homer
Job
Smarter Thief Nabbed By Parasol Trick At Station
At Jersey City PA railroad station a portly man tied an umbrella to a bench with a chain and padlock after boasting of travel. A sharp observer freed the umbrella with a file, then warned the presumed thief that the smarter man would return from the farm.
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New York Times
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Public nicknames of historic British figures noted
The London Chronicle observes that modern public men lack memorable nicknames. It cites past notables such as Campbell-Bannerman as C B, Wellington as Beau, Peel as Spinning Jenny, and Greville as Punch, with King George III called Old Nobs and William IV Our Billy.
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London Chronicle
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
C.B
Creevey
Herbert Maxwell
Duke of Wellington
Beau
Robert Peel
Jenny
Lord Merston
Cupid
Charles Greville
Punch
George III
Nobs
Billy
William IV
Thomas Creévey
Greville
Shylocks in Washington and clerks debt trap
New York Herald reports Washington clerks live beyond their means with usurious lending as social life tempers spending. Officials earning $400 monthly to $4,000 yearly borrow at 120 percent annual rate through fees and renewals. Congress struggles with laws, but lenders keep profits as clerks pay high interest to loan companies that require two signatures and target regular-salary borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Washington
Treasury Department
Politic
Bureau
Mrr. Blank
Congress
Candy and Gossip. Undoing of Women Employees at Grand Trunk
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports that Grand Trunk railway will discharge all women stenographers for alleged confections addiction gossip and lack of future focus. The piece argues men fault women and that candy lunches and chatter hinder business while praising women when absent men.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Grand Trunk Railway
Garden of Eden
Making Water Gas
The article explains how steam passed over hot carbon yields a combustible gas mix. Water splits into hydrogen and oxygen. carbon acts as a reducing agent, forming carbon monoxide and freeing hydrogen, both gases being combustible.
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Engineering Magazine
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Grand Opera
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