The Captain's Three Iv
The narrator recounts a perilous pursuit after Travers escapes, finding dispatches with plans to trap Lafayette. He is captured by Captain Hollister and Captain De Courcey but outwits them, regains control, and escapes with the crucial papers. He delivers the dispatches to Marquis Lafayette, aiding a possible counter move against Cornwallis and Arnold. the tale ends with reflection on Dorothy, his wife, and the looming Yorktown victory.
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Travers
James
Lafayette
Lord Corvallis
General Arnold
Leutenant
Cornwallis
Arnold
Marquis de Lafayette
the James
Holister
Ever
Anow
Hollister
de Courcey
Marquis
Monsieur
Helllater
Captain Hollister
Capt. Hollister
Moncieur
America
Gardey
Frechman
Mon Ami
Quatre
Ferce
DeCourcey
Dorothy
Travers Lafayette
Yorktown
States
Murely
The Parkhurst Crusade in London’s Wickedest City
Barnard Barrett reports from London on Lord Bishop Mandell Creighton and his wife Mrs Creighton driving a reform campaign against social vice. The piece notes the bishop’s late night social purity meetings, Mrs Creighton’s influence, and her view of the ideal clergyman’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard Barrett
London
Washington Post
Parkhurst
New York
Mandell Creighton
West End
Paria
Berlin
Vienna
St. James
Piccadilly
Bishop of
Fulham Palace
Fulham
Hereford
North Country
Contingencies of a Tupelo Youth and Goats for Sale
In 1896 a traveler heard a tall tale of a 14 year old boy hauling water with billy goats to his father's cabin. The boy boasted wages of fifteen cents a day and joked about selling the goats for two dollars, noting their value would rise with a Bryan victory to five dollars and beyond. The crowd reacted, hinting at political influence on prices and futures in a rural community.
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Tupelo
John Allen
Washington
Bryan
Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Woman Ailments
A marketing notice extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female health issues including prolapsed uterus and related weakness. It cites a Miss A. Lee Schuster of Box ta Rhode Island, Jefferson Co. Mississippi, praising rapid improvement after using the remedy and reporting near full recovery after three bottles. It frames the product as safe relief enabling wifehood and motherhood.
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Old London
Bishop Creighton
Mra. Creighton
Bishop
Alaska
Fairbank's
W. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Eray
Radway
Draggists
Starling
Pennsylvania
Mercereau & Connell
Wyoming
Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Taniat
Mansfield State Normal School
Sovarie Bas
Specia
Ice Corps
S. H. Albro
Mansfield, Pa
Germania
Hammondsport
Rheims
N.Y
Delaware
A. E. Rogers
Lackawanna Avenue
Stetson
Wolf & Wenzel
Age Adams Ave
Richardson Boynten
Dr. Peal
Ir. Peal
Peat Medicine Co
Cleveland
John H. Phelps
Wyoming Avenue
Cruce
Barbour’s Home
Credit House
Lackawanna Ave
Anchore
Atlantic Refining
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