Micah Clarke Faces Execution Flight Behind the Beam
In a Gommatch mill scene during Jack Ketch era sieges, Captain Micah Clarke is strapped for hanging after capture. The hangman and two troopers prepare the scaffold while a sergeant loyally defends Clarke and recalls Colonel Mackay’s strict code. Clarke survives as Major Ogilvy’s influence looms.
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Master Tetheridge
Corporal
John
Mask
Buskins
Henderson
Tetheridge
Brodenck
Gommatch Ibh
Tyburn
Old Solomon Sprent
Sarsfield
Bridgewater
Kirke
Sirrah
Micah Clarke
Ogilvy
Horse Guards Blue
Major Oglivy
Thay
Jack
Gredder
Gommatch Church
Monmouth Rebellion Prisoners and Aftermath Reflections
In a Somerset village setting the narrative recalls night scenes in a church taken as a makeshift prison after a battle. Priests and soldiers tend the wounded as Major and two companies guard prisoners. Feversham and Kirke are blamed for brutality while Churchill's leadership is praised. The account ends with a note on pending continuation.
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Gommatch
Dumbarton’s Foot
Gredder
the Hague
Bridgewater
St. Mary’s Church
Monmouth
Feversham
John Churchill
Privy Council
Sluggard Feversham
Kirke
West
Who Will Pay for the War Taxes
Analysis of the new war taxes discusses who bears the burden. It notes shifts to consumers from tobacco and beer but highlights monopolies like sugar and oil likely to absorb costs. The piece cites Max West and contemplates price effects and temporary increases to discourage reliance on gross receipts taxes.
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Europe
Seligman
Sugar Trust
Standard Oil Company
Max West
Ameriae Monthly Review of
Uly
Washington's Wealth and Dining Room Ambitions
The Buffalo News considers Washington's wealth debated yet notes his careful finances and shrewd land bets. It recalls Mt. Vernon inheritance, marriage wealth, and Western land ventures, plus his lavish entertaining and the state dining room he advised for the White House.
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Washington
Mt. Vernon
Lawrence Washington
Lawrence
George
John Parke Curtis
White House
Buffalo News
What War Means
A well dressed man asks Colonel Greene to grant a day furlough for his son in the Seventy first to visit a dying mother. Greene refuses, sharing that his own father lies dying. The mother is already dead, having died from bursting a blood vessel. The chaplain will inform the boy today.
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Colonel Greene
New York Sun
Lady Arnold of Japan Jewel of the Dark Nation
Married Sir Edwin Arnold, the noted English traveler and poet. Lady Arnold, a Japanese bride born November 21, 1869, is likely the sole bearer of an English title from her nationality. Her family name, Kurokawa, is described as "Jewel of the Dark."
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Sir Edwin Arnold
C. 5
Edwin
Japan
England
Lady Arnold
Kurokawa
Siete
Jewel
Girl Telegraph Operator Emma Vanselow Wins Prize
The telegraph tournament celebrated Miss Emma Vanselow of Western Union for rapid dispatch. She sent 241 words in five minutes with only eight errors and won second prize of $60, earning lasting parade for speed and accuracy.
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New York
Emma Vanselow
Western Union Telegraph Company
Facts About Lake Superior From St Nicholas
The largest fresh water lake, Superior stays remarkably pure and cold. Its bottom sits on rock, with little seasonal temperature change, and Nipigon and other streams replenish its level. A veteran captain notes a slow, centuries-spanning receding trend, while tides were discovered in 1860 and are self regulating.
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Lake Superior
Superior
New
St. Nicholas
Elton Lee Portrait Reveals Consul-General’s Daughter
Miss Elton Lee daughter of the renowned consul-general in Cuba is described as tall slender and auburn haired. While her father served in Havana she lived with the Lee family in Richmond and faced alarming Havana reports without fear noting her father’s cheerful letters helped keep the family brave.
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Elton Lee
Cuba
Lee
Havana
Richmond
Alteration of Metals in Sea Water
Civil engineer M Lidy reports from Brest dredging finds sea water slowly degrades brass and iron internally, while bronze resists for centuries. Gold and silver stay intact. brass softens, loses strength with longer immersion, and may appear lightly rusted on the surface.
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Brest
M. Lidy
Ingenieurs Civils
Paris
Literary Digest
Sententious Sayings From a Chicago News Column
A collection of sharp witticisms contrasts women's aims with outcomes and comments on persuasion, opportunity, fashion, men’s beliefs, art, and widowhood, presented in a Chicago News style. The lines mock social norms with pithy, satirical observations.
World Famous Wooden Chainless Wheel Invented in Australia
A fence inspector John Gilgays from a station near Bourke New South Wales built a peculiar wooden chainless rustproof bicycle. The machine uses a spogee bag saddle and stringy bark ties, with bolts replacing traditional stays and spindles. It claims to require less effort per mile than conventional bikes and has drawn attention from Sydney and London publications.
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John Gilgays
Bourke
New South Wales
Sydney
Cycling Gazette
Mechanical Engineer
London
Gilways
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A. Conan Doyle
Mackay’s
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Sergeant Gredder
Sedgemoor
Aliea
Milverton
Wiveliscombe
Minehead
Colyford
Somersetshire
Lee’s Baugh
Universal
Miss Ellen Lee
Chicago News
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