Captain T Remains Wife Thrilling Revolution Tale
A dramatic Albany era romance chronicles Edith Tremain and her perilous voyage to find her wounded husband Roland Tremaine after a British assault on New York. Lord Dunbarton aids their escape, Washington’s dangers unfold, and Edith endures fever, loss, and resilience before a hopeful union.
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Washington
Edith
Congress
Hudson
New York Congress
Harry
Hulda
Ursula
Urbula
Lord Dunbarton
Lord Dunkerton
Jersey
New York
Sandy Hook
Staten Island
Roland
Roland Tremaine
Long Island
General Washington
Roland Tremain
Lower Broadway
Arusla
Valley Forge
Miss Bessie
England
Brother
Eary
Hudson River
Bessie
Lord and Lady Dunbarton
Canals in Central Europe proposed to aid European farmers
The Vienna Corn Exchange president urged Europe to build a canal network to lower transport costs and counter imports from the United States, India, and Australia as grain farming loses profitability. Also notes ROTHSCHILD paid 25 000 Austrian for butterflies and a proverb about facing danger and storms at sea.
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Europe
Vienna Corn Exchange
United States
Inia
Australia
Lorp Rothschild
New Preservative Coats Metal Surfaces With Lead-Infused Oil
Inventors Philip Helbig and Hermann Bertling describe a process using one gallon of cottonseed oil and twenty pounds of molten lead poured in, creating a paint like coating. Repeated pouring absorbs lead, yielding a durable oil that adheres to iron, steel, wood and ships bottoms to resist rust, barnacles, and water exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Helbig
Hermann Bertling
Baltimore
Hatcheries Spur Sea-Fish Growth Across Nations
International report notes successful sea and shell fish hatcheries in Scotland and the United States. Mass sightings off Massachusetts are linked by fishermen to Fish Commission efforts. Norway’s Flodevigan hatchery released 192 million young cod along coastal fishing grounds this year, with last year’s Dildo Island hatchery also contributing.
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Scotland
United States
Massachusetts
Fish Commission
Flodevigan
Norway
Dildo Island
Topography of California Reveals Marvels Beyond Rails
Fragment from a 19th century travel essay argues California's real wonder lies in its topography not tourist sights. It notes natural forces shaping the landscape from lava to glaciers, and suggests travelers should seek knowledge before perception, with railways guiding but not defining exploration.
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Los Angeles
Mount Shasta
Yosemite
el Capitan
California
W. Morrow
Lippincott’s
Apples as Medicine Says German Analysts
The article states apples contain fiber, albumen, sugar, lime, water and high phosphorus, aiding brain and nerve renewal. It notes acids help sedentary livers, prevent heaviness, and counteract acidity. It mentions apple sauce with pork and goose, and that ripe apples without sugar reduce stomach acidity, with sauces and juices forming alkaline carbonates.
The Future of Coal as a Fuel
A historical forecast argues coal will become antique as energy demand grows. It notes Britain’s heavy past consumption, predicts dramatic shifts to other fuels and energy forms, and highlights petroleum research and ongoing questions about resource permanence.
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J. E. Taylor
IP. L. S
Great Britain
Caspian Sea
Slum cellars grow mushrooms and farm dreams in London
A nuisance inspector reports a cellar mushroom bed formed from ten or twelve carts of manure beneath living rooms. He also notes occult farming practices in cellars and bedrooms with fowl pigs donkeys birds and rabbits. The piece laments DIY farming in homes and calls for sanitary knowledge.
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Nuisarre
London
Plagiarism Across Eras Apertures In Literature
The article surveys literary theft by Henry Mackenzie’s The Man of Feeling and its imitators, recounting Eccles the Bath clergyman’s fraud and legal action by publishers. It notes Mme de Genlis copying works for Bout and plagiarized feuilletons, labeling her acts as extreme and revealing a pattern of kleptomania.
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Henry Mackenzie
Eccles
Bath
Mackenzie
Adam Bede
Mme. de Genlis
Bout
Yenfance
M. Dasscha
Faris
Hidden Toba Trap Revealed by Disguised Tree
During South American exploration It Moyed notes six fatigued watch days. A sentinel nearly slept at his gun. A moving tree, used by a Toba spy to ambush him, yielded to a raised gun and a shot. The wounded Toba lay grasping the branch that hid him.
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Thouar
South America
Toba
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Tryon
Great Sion
Harry Shipton
Shipton
Washin
Col. Shipton
Tremain
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Ofb
Treyeas
Sland
Eddy
Ula
Ana
Washody
The
Authors’ Alliance
Newfoundland
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