The Comfort Troop and the Silent Serpent Smile
Captain Wilton returns to the Sixteenth Cavalry to lead L Troop as five six tiny replicas of Sorner bring calm and loyalty. A Moro assault tests the unit in Zambales with Wilton wounded and Sorner remaining unflinching guiding the troops through a jammed automatic gun and a deadly hillside assault.
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Federmass
Sixteenth Cavalry
Sorner
Federmuss
Bew
Sixteenth
Zambales
Philippines
Fred Wilton
Lreop
Wilton
Buap
Varsity
West Point
Court of
Austria
Dolman
Ford
Nck
Dobbins
Germany
Pord
L Troop
Gabtain
Lerner
Gretchen
Allah
Lorner
Captain Sixteenth Cavalry Troop L Outpost Scene
A fragment describes Captain Sixteenth Cavalry of Troop L at a southern outpost on a mountain slope. The speaker reflects on past hesitation, the force of fate, and the ash heap like a dead volcano with dark boulders and debris near a jagged crater rim.
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Sixteenth Cavalry
L Troop
Prom
Ancient Methods for Locating Springs Described by Vitruvius
The article explains Vitruvius de Architectura Book VIII methods to find subterranean water. It covers lying face down at dusk to watch for earth vapor, sinking a five foot hole with a metal vessel or potsherd to test moisture, and using heated earth vapor to reveal springs.
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Vitruvius Pollio
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Signs and Superstitions Hangover Card Sings Foreboding
A postcard title hints at bad luck as a Mona Lisa framed print above the bed slips and falls on your nose at midnight. The event is described as a sure sign of a heavy blow that could alter the course of things materially for you.
Dr Hamilton's Pills Endorsed by Valencia Woman
MrsAnna Rodriguez of Valencia endorses Dr Hamilton's Pills claiming they restored strength and alleviated headaches, dizziness, and rheumatic pains after kidney misdiagnosis. She urges others to use Mandrake and Bitternut formula and notes the medicine cures digestion constipation liver and kidney issues. Sold by Catarrhozone Company Kingston Ont at 25 cents per box or five boxes for a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rodriguez
Valencia
Dr. Hamilton
Superstitions About Water Sound and Morning Storm Omens
A playful survey lists varied beliefs from burst pipes and piano sounds signaling plumbers and tuners, to laundry soap presaging falls, among college dorm pranks and sailor warnings. It notes practical jokes and social quirks of students and workers, ending with a tongue in cheek anecdote about a wife and bridge games.
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Harvard
Yale
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Charchings
Lena
Ellis Island
Voice
Bridge
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