A Gentle Complication at Inchmarew House
At Inchmarew House Corsican Captain Bellenden submits to a day of moorland exploration with Geraldine while her grandmother forgives an earlier misstep. Jerry bonds with Bellenden over natural history as Cecil and Raymond observe, and plans for future outings deepen the charm of this holiday gathering.
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Geraldine
Cecil
Bellesden
Jerry
Granny
Capt. Bellenden
Granby
Wns
Ptarmigan
Bellenden
Raymond
Capt. Gellenen
Cecil Raymond
Inchmaven
Amon
Oxford
Oxonians
Inchmarew
Mrs. Campbell
Mackenzie
Charlotte
Forgetful Lawyer Tricks Bank Attaches
An actor's box office receipts were twice targeted for attachment during local theater seasons. A sharp lawyer counseled one plan to hand over receipts legally, which failed the second time when the creditor prevailed using the trick he had taught for the first case. The manager outsmarted the lawyer with the same ploy, exposing the scheme.
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Sharp
Buffalo Express
Recollections of Civil War Tales and the Constitution
A collage of Civil War reminiscences recounts Johnny Murphy’s march with vivid camp life and marches to Rich Mountain. It follows Keelan the Confederate spy’s daring career and ends with reflections on the Constitution ship and a Chancellorsville hospital fire episode.
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Burns
Mack
Johnny Murphy
American Tribune
Big Corner in Wheat Stirs Chicago Market Action
Chicago wheat surged on Saturday with the July option at 64.44 cents, up 19.5 cents from Friday. Reports say P D Armour controls all available wheat, with William H Wallace linked to the stock. influence cited as driving the advance while bears note ample supplies unseen in the visible 68,000,000 bushels.
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Chicago
the Post
P. D. Armour
William H. Wallace
New York
Armour
Phillips
Minneapolis
Duluth
Atlantic
A Soldier Fortytwo Years Gen McCook Retires
Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook retires after forty eight years in U S service. He was the last survivor in a family devoted to the military with four sons who fell in battle. He entered West Point in 1847, graduated, and joined the Third Infantry in 1852. He led the First Ohio Volunteers at Bull Run and earned a brevet as major for bravery.
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Chancellorsville
Fifth Corps
Chancellorsville House
Hooker
Washington
Commissariat
Mephistopheles
McCook
Sam
Alexander McD
United States Military Academy
Third Infantry
Ohio Volunteers
Bull Run
Military career of General McCook detailed in 19th century service
The text traces George Crook style career milestones of General McCook from 1862 major general of volunteers to major general in 1894. It covers command of the Twentieth Corps Army of the Cumberland, later roles in the Twenty-sixth and Tenth Infantry, aide to Sherman, colonel of the Sixth Infantry, brigadier general in 1890, command of the Department of Arizona, and final promotion to major general on November 9, 1894.
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Shiloh
Volunteers
Twentieth Corps
Army of the Cumberland
McCook
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Tenth Infantry
Sherman
Sixth Infantry
Department of Arizona
Texas hailstones and other stray notes from a busy era
A quirky Fairfax Digest style roundup notes hail in Texas, a $1200 Iowa swindle, poets shying from finance, Canada annexation critics, Missouri Pacific train robber alerts, Wagner season buzz in St. Louis, Booth and Victoria references, a New Jersey bank cash heist, Michigan students in calico gowns, and a nod to new women’s magazine ideas.
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Texas
Iowa
Poets of
Canada
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Chicago
Old Town
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Queen Victoria
Albert Edward
New Jersey
University of Michigan
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Vie
Parson White
Keelan
James Keelan
Kansas City
Missouri
Price
Jefferson City
Mississippi River
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Baltimore and Ohio
Constitution
United States
Victory
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Congress
Ireland
Brooklyn Navy Yard
G. W. Benjamin
St. Nicholas
New York Herald
Sacramento River
M.cook
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