Romance and Siege at Poindexter House in Revolutionary Charleston
In a Charleston plantation scene during the Revolution a British artillery captain corners Miss Poindexter and her loyalist lover Captain Webb. As marauding soldiers close in, Poindexter uses wit and danger to shield Webb while hinting at romance, loyalty, and looming battle near Guilford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Miss Phiebe
Ashouhd
Guilford Hally
Greene
Mountains of
Boosh
Arnold
Steen
Cornwallis
Fayette
Poindexter
An WuiEegen Iermman
Webb
Miss Poindexter
New York
The Broken Plate Club's Odd Brotherhood Origins
A London Telegram report recounts a quirky Nevada tale of the Broken Plate Club formed after a dining mishap where a plate shattered into fragments matching the guests. Members split fragments as keepsakes, with the last survivor joining the plate back together before burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the
Nev
London Telegraph
Cape Horn Gold Diggings and the Perilous Quest for Treasure
The article traces Tierra del Fuego gold lore, detailing Cape Horn camps built by Julius Popper and the Port Arenas to Punta Arenas route. It describes pay streaks at Sloggett Bay and Parawa, storm-driven sand renewal, dangers, and how greenhorns left with little. The piece notes repeated failed expeditions, the temptations of gold, and calls for a steam dredge outlet to make the field viable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Pe
Tierra del Fue
John
G. D. Putnam's Sons
Australia
California
Tierra del Fuego
Punta Arenas
Straits of Macvelay
San Francisco
Virginia City
Nevada
Mr. Speers
Cape
Ponta Arenas
Siozcett Bay
Sloxz
Panta Arenas
Tie Bay
Poisman
Ant
Cape Flora
Laggett Bay
Slogets Bay
Massachuset
Heavily Loaded Soldiers and Carrying Loads for Distances
A New York Sun report describes Gere man War Office experiments on soldiers carrying heavy loads. It states an ordinary man weighing up to forty eight pounds could carry twenty five miles at temperatures up to sixty degrees with no injury, but at ten degrees higher temperature the same load harms organisms. Sixty pounds could not be carried twenty five miles without serious danger, while eighty eight pounds proved unworkable for daily twenty five mile runs over several days.
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Gereman War Office
New York Sun
Mysterious Idol Found On Prince of Wales Island
A traveler from Alaska reports visiting a village on Prince of Wales Island where a peculiar sacred stone idol, believed to ward off harm, was discovered by locals. The discovery sparked talk of a protective deity among the tribe and drew attention from the expedition party.
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Alaska
Topekan
Breanas
Prince of Wales Island
Frince of Wales Island
Coverel
Uresnau
Victoria Beitien Colas
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TY Bell
Tuhd Sand Tostand
Hiberty
Xavide Te Lin the Strife
Captain Webb
Carolings
Georgia
Marion
Ialr
Carteia Pickens
Fee
Out
Wes
Threbe
Gallon
Wawi
Miss Poindester Anibher
Miss Poindester
Phebe
Sumter
Johny
Gardesid
The
Broken Plate Club
Hird
Cape Jioan Gold
MRA
Pailend
South America
Rizas
Cape Virgin
Parawa
W.ter
Haasens
Tierra del Pasco
Port Pantaloons
Cape Virein
Emery
Arenas
Ports Arenas
Port Pantaloonus
Europe
Sega
Caneera
Slozgett Bay
del Puzo
Ti Miies
la Maire
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