Voyage to Versailles and a Louisiana Captain
Captain Placide de Mouret, visiting Versailles in disguise, meets the king Louis XV and Duke of Orleans while seeking aid for Bienville's governorate. He witnesses court intrigue, guards, and courtly vanity, earns a potential audience with the king, and plans to press colonial interests with Milde Serigny's guidance.
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Versailles
Place d'Armes
Grand Court
M. de Serigny
wiMibde Serigny
Phou
Louisiana
Milde Serigny
Serigny's
Monsieur
Montreal
Dacotah
Louis
Istill
Dé Brienne
Colonies
the Holy Ghost
Red Order of St Louis
Placide de Mouret
Bienville
Louisana
de Brienne
Duke of Orleans
France
Maine
Orleans
de Serigny
Serigny
Stern Bienville
Chamillard
de Mouret
Department of War
Uncle Sam's New Rifle Springfield To Replace Krag Jorgensen
The National Guard replaces the old black powder Springfield with the Krag Jorgensen. The new Springfield, now in service tests, is a 30 caliber magazine rifle with clip feeding and a rod bayonet that doubles as a cleaning rod. It fires a 220 grain bullet with smokeless powder, energy at muzzle 2581.6 foot pounds, and an effective range around 200 yards with riot cartridges.
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Springfield
National Guard
Journal of the Military Service Institution
How a Ball Is Curved Says Professor Thompson
Yale lecturer J J Thompson explains that a pitched ball curves due to axis and revolution. He notes downward horizontal axis causes drop, upward axis causes rise, and vertical axes produce outcurves or incurves depending on rotation. The effect depends on how the ball leaves the hand.
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J. J. Thompson
Cambridge
Eng
Benjamin Silliman
Yale
Oxford
Blind heiress wins the man who loves her
A wealthy man with a disfigured face and ruthless dream of buying a wife encounters a blind girl named Marjorie Brooke. Her innocence and grace melt his cynicism as he helps her after a mistaken street encounter. He learns to value life and love beyond money, and they form a deep bond.
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Nature
Dhed
Blake
Richmond
James
India
Russia
Africa
Marjorie Brooke
Mr. Brooke
Inattentive Waiters and a Jersey Savings Bank Notice
A light exchange about waiter attentiveness mirrors an old New Jersey notice stating savings banks hold unclaimed amounts totaling 0.8 dollars. The dialog references a bill of fare instruction to report inattention to the cashier and a distrustful joke about reporting inattentive service.
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Baltimore
New Jersey
Japan Deigs Patience in Face of Russian Aggression
Tokio reports a nation united in patience yet ready for war if needed as Russia presses Korea and Manchuria disputes. Citizens from nobles to coolies blame Moscow, with editorials in Port Arthur stirring youth to action. Prime ministers and generals may lean toward arms, while merchants face bankruptcy and schools boost anti Russian sentiment.
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Tokio
Jan
Russia
Jingoes
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
Admiral Alexieff
Port Arthur
Nova Kral
Progressive Party
Czarina
Balkan
Siberia
Asiatic
England
Mr. Balfour
United States
China
Shansi
Kinshin
Danny
East
Philippines
India
Persian Gulf
Somaliland
School For Foreign Languages
Yokohama
Admonition on Charley’s frugality and cigars
Mrs Perkins praises Charley for economy and jokes about quitting smoking to save money. He replies that tobacco firm competition may lower cigars soon, so he will delay quitting for a year or two. The note ends with a remark on coffee as a strong antiseptic and its effect on microbes.
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Washington Star
Charley
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Celeste
America
Oresty
Holy Earth
Uncle Sam
W.r.hearst
Great Britain
Blakes
Mikako
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