A Colonial Fort Meeting Before the Civil War
At Hampden Port Gates a mixed crowd gathers as Commodore Breeze arrives to assume command. Tensions rise between Preston’s social circle and naval officers over loyalties, patriotism, and looming South is secession as rehearsals of welcome songs mix with political undercurrents.
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Hampden Fbor
Maryland UN
Maryland
Hampden
Etary Lloyd
Theo
Georgia
Jampden
Randolf Phitterlip
Lieut Anson Garold
New York
Aunt Blutterlip
Concord
Denly
Harold
Charley Oakland
Oakland
Franklin
Cowes
Breeze
Floyd
Preston
Commodore
Frank
Longest Seaweeds Reach Over Six Hundred Feet
Seaweeds are the longest plants, with a tropical variety reaching at least 600 feet when fully grown. They gain nourishment from air and dissolved minerals in seawater rather than sediment. Also reported is a fireproof paper invented by M. Meyer of Paris that survived 1148 hours in a furnace with only slight damage.
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M. Meyer
Paris
Battle on the James River Ashuelot Heroism and Loss
The Ashuelot commanded by Captain Lee Jordan duels three Confederate pursuers the Yorktown Potomac and Virginia. John Drummond loses an arm and is mortally wounded yet keeps the ship aloft while Ashuelot’s crew battle fires and flood. Drummond urges to press on as the pilot dies and the ship escapes damaged with heavy casualties.
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Ohn Drummond
Adam Barret
the James
Lee Jordan
James River
Jordan
John Drummond
Drummond
Potomac
Virginia
Hampton Hoads
Yorktown
Jordin
Barret
Ashelot
New York World
Hampton Legion
Hampt Legion
Ford
Supreme Court Rules 50 Percent Royalty In Leases On Rental Machines
The Goodyear Silk Manufacturing Company vs Selz Schwab case holds that the royalty under lease of shoe machinery is 50 percent of the specified rate. The court finds the discount provision part of rent fixing and declares any greater late-payment sum a penalty or usury. The ruling impacts many manufacturers using rented machines nationwide.
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Supreme Cay
Goodyear Sy Manufacturing Company
Selz-Schwab Company
Shuemakers
Goodyear Company
Selz-Schwabpany
Notic
Tea Schwab Company
Goodyt Company
Written in His Dreams About a New Sea Song
Curiosity surrounds the inception of the sea song Bonnie Lora Mac Coy. The tale ties music critic Alan Dale and Alan Hamlin to a dream inspired plot with Broadway figures, a piano, a desk, and a banjo backed by a quirky chorus. Imperial Muse Hall promoter Yo e McDonough predicts the song will be a hit, likening it to Nancy Lee.
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Stanley Wood
C. J. Hamlin
New York Advertiser
Alan Dale
Evening World
Lonnie Lora MacCoy
Beg
Hamlin
Mr. Hamlin
Broadway
Alan
Eas
Alan Dyé
Yoe McDonough
Imperial Muse Hall
Bonnie
Lora MacCoy
Nancy Lee
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Plitterlip
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Flutterlip
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Tecumseh King
Darky
Miss Preston
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Jackson
John C. Calhoun
New England
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Breakland
Vresion
Oak
Platterlip
Franklin Breeze
Bivo
Gray Review
106Th Pennsylvania Regiment
Fair Oaks
Pless
Ward
Maine
John Wood
Rondds
Gen. Wilson
Capt. Wood
Res
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Count de Paris
McClellan
Pleasanton
York River
Greenland
Arctic
Eskimos
I Or
Jeer Pay Usu
Ake
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