Prisoner in San Juan de Ulloa Receives Irene’s Silent Hope
Clarence endures a dark dungeon in San Juan de Ulloa as Father Rondo delivers messages from Irene St. Marc. Irene, in Valladolid and then Mexico, sends courage and plans, hoping for release when the war turns. The priest visits often, and Clarence marks March days, awaiting a sign of freedom as the city braces for a distant rising.
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Clarence
San Juan de Ulloa
Father Rondo
Gonzales
Irene St. Marc
Calypso
Senor
Mexico
Valladolid
Irene
Peter
Rondo
Siege and Capture at Vera Cruz Touches War News
Clarence Howard, a young Texan captain, faces siege at Vera Cruz as General Scott advances with American forces. The defense, bombardment, and civilian carnage unfold with priest Father Rondo recounting horrors while How ard plans to join the Mexican capital advance.
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Gonzales Rondo
United States
Winfield Scott
Clarence
Vera Cruz
Landero
Surface Pressure Of A Hurricane Flight
A hurricane moving at eighty miles per hour exerts about eighteen and a half pounds of pressure on each square foot of surface.
Better than a Deed on a Coal Bed Claim
A Virginian recounts living thirty years in a log cabin with a seven person family on forty acres claimed as coal bed land. He has no deed or papers but defends squatting, noting that three would-be owners who challenged him were killed rather than evict him, while his gun serves as his right.
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Frances M. Anderson
Perna
la Grippe
Samuel M. York
Union Grove
Ala
Sir
Caroline J. Kahl
Otisco
Ind
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Washington Post
Hat on crooked becomes moment of courage
A Philadelphia Bulletin passage records a woman facing a tense moment as a man speaks softly from a crowded street. He urges bravery and strength, then reveals a small, ironic correction about her hat. The exchange turns on a mundane detail amid emotional stakes.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Rain Ends 1870 Tien-tsin Massacre Mob
Leslie's Weekly notes Chinese rain superstition that mobs fear rain, recounting the 1870 Tien-tsin massacre where rain halted a mob attacking the French consulate cathedral and orphanage, killing a consul and several priests before dispersing.
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Leslie's
Tien-tsin
Sisters of Charity
Taku
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T. Burlin
Igame Ross
Bach
Ed Clarencé
Rais “Charley
Clarence Howard
Ed Shaut
Jand Wien
T ‘Lone Star
Howard Entet
Scott
Seneral
Trene
Capain
Pamand
SSS
Cor EeDoea Ae
The
Washington
Ttrs
Frances
Anderson
Judge Anderson
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Higher Educational League
Peruna
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