The Highwayman and the Sussex Hunt at Alfriston
Mistress Winifred Horden aids a distressed stranger among the gorse on the Cuckmere downs. He is Will Burke the highwayman whom pursuers seek, and she helps him mount then hides him as the hunt closes in. He thanks her with a ring before riding away toward the coast as dragoon pursuit mounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Horden
Cuckmere Haven
Sussex
Mistress Horden
Blatchington
Alfriston
Squire Horden
Gorse
Winifred
Downs
Will Burke
Lewes Road
Burke
Chichester
Rye
Wibplifred Horden
Rhim
Cueckmere
Mistress Winifred
Hizhwarman
Friston
Jevington
Senire Horden
Major Oakes
Dragoons
Posquire
Jmice
Fferdivy
Thomas Hoerden
le Maitre
Emelish
Cuckmere
Thomas Horden
Comtesse le Maitre
Louire Horden
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Ragging of Hazlewood Ends With Stand by Subaltern
In Hong Kong, Tom Hazlewood refuses to be ragged by fellow officers over a mess bill and his romance with Muriel Gaston. He defends his stance, confronts the ringleaders in a bath defense, and the attempt ends as he preserves his rank and later marries Gaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Gaston
Tom Hazlewood
Miss Gaston
Tom
Hong Kong
Southdown Fusiliers
England
War Office
Tropics
Hazlewood
Speathdowns
Horace Jardine
Jardine
Jack
Fletcher
Wirch
Birch
Kirch
Sandhurst
Forest
Jack Forest
Raz
Our Share in Global Prosperity and Trade
An analysis from Harper’s Weekly argues the United States has not captured its fair share of world growth. It compares import and export gains from 1896 to 1906 across nations and urges freer trade to match peers like Canada and Argentina while noting UK and German gains outpaced US in many sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Argentina
Canada
Mexico
Denmark
Egypt
China
Japan
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Arecentina
Australia
Austria
Seagoing Railroad Opens Miami to Knight's Key Line
January 16 marks the opening of Henry M Flagler’s sea crossing extension from Miami to Knight's Key, the longest stretch of the Florida East Coast Railway. The project, begun May 17, 1905, will reach Key West 128 miles farther south, crossing 509 keys with major concrete viaducts and embankments. The line, single track with seventy pound rails, employs 4,000 workers and is expected to boost Key West as a Cuban trade port and a winter tourism hub. The harbor will accommodate 40 deep sea vessels, with new land created by dredging and pumping mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Flagler
Miami
Knight’s Key
Florida East Coast Railway
Somestead
Fla
Key West
Concorete
Conch Ker
Galveston
Mobile
New Orleans
Havana
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Panama Canal
Nother Flagler
Wall Street Journal
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the ‘“‘Ragging’”’ of Hazlewood
Southdown Regiment
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