Talavera Battle Tale of Hush and Hunger in War
In a fragment from Abilene Reflector style narrative, Dick Blackthorn endures Talavera's chaos. He guards regimental colors amid French and Spanish carnage, survives a night among corpses, and saves a wounded English comrade from a vulture-like scavenger as moonlight shows the field’s grim truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Marshal Victor
Wolf
Dick Blackthorn
Quiet Leys Croft
Titsus
Blackthorn
Tula
Escalons
Talavera
Escalona
Dick’ Blackthorn
Sone
Patience
NO FLAT-IRONS IN CHINA. CHINESE LAUNDRY TALE OF ORIGINS
The article explains that ironing is unknown in China and laundry work is menial there, while in the United States laundry work is valued and well paid. It recounts the Chinese arrival due to California gold and railroad labor demand, with Mongolian workers imported for high pay, then displaced as mines declined. Wah Lung of San Francisco popularized a laundry business in 1852, inspiring others to imitate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
China
Arava Avis
Middle Kingdom
United States
America
California
Golden Gate
West
Hong Kong
Canton
Union
Central Pacific
Wah Lung
San Francisco
Grant's Love for Horses and His Notable Riding Skills
An historical portrait of Ulysses S. Grant as a daring horseman from boyhood on a Georgetown farm to West Point. It notes his extraordinary riding, survival tactics in Mexico, and prized Arabian horses gifted by the Sultan, shipped to New York and admired in sporting circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gant
Georgetown
West Point
Grant
Mexico
Washington
General Heal
Turkey
New York
Carp
Cleveland
What Men Fall in Love With
A reflective essay on why men fall in love, arguing that attraction goes beyond beauty and virtue. It posits love arises from a mysterious force, with Titanias and men in various fables cited to illustrate irrational magnetism. A note claims Virginia City’s ground has shifted since 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Titanias
Virginia City
Nevada
Chicago
Seed Time and Harvest in the Department of Agriculture
Were seed stocks mismanaged under Commissioner Colman. large beet sugar and sorghum seed on hand with insufficient funding for packing and distribution. The chemist says prices paid were inflated, and a formal inquiry has not been undertaken amid broad seed-room staffing and budget issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Colman
D. C
Treasury
New York
Nebraska
Baltimore
Theodore Lear
William Street
Lear
Richard E. Crist
Baker, Bros. & Co
Vulva Glass
Condie Stevens Ride From Persia to England
Sir Peter Lumsden's dispatch bearer Condie Stevens left Meshed Persia on April 23 on short notice. He traveled six days and nights by horse, covering about a hundred miles daily, reaching the Caspian Sea and then catching a train to the Western shore. He reached Tiflis after a 27 hour railway journey and received extensive aid from Russian officials including horse relays. He disputes a Pensdeh battle causing British retirement and says camp at Tirpal was arranged long before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Peter Lumsden
Lospon
Condie Stephen
London
Meshed
England
Caspian Sea
Caspian
Tiflis
Stephen
Pensdeh
Tirpal
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Strother Bros
Banes
Stephen Harlow
Pathenee
Dragoons
Larknet
Stephen Marlow
Fick Blackthorn
Spain
Harry
of Talavera
Condie Stevens
Preas Gang
Wasursetox
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Yeaterday
Philadelphia
Robert A. Warke
Southeastern
Williingston
Fortress Monroe
Cape Charles
Cie.Go
Michael Brand & Co
Elston and
Fullerton Avenues
B. Ross
GIR
Ross & Cish
Physicians and Surgeons
Hawk & Gleissner
M. Hunter
M. D
Grovir & Hunter
W. P. Seeds
Abilene, Kansas
Stambaugh & Hurd
Attorneys AT Law
Soxedrake, Pres, Tao
Mosuen,c
First National Bank
Orankerw
Abilene Bank
Incorporated Banka
Lebold, Fisher & Co., Bankers
Thomas Kirby
Dh Busil
Ines Wat Cigar Factory
Wmn
Kirby's Bank
J. L. Potter
Woodbine P. D
Kansas
C. W. Liggett
Acowencan
Frank A. Smalley
EB Wilson & Son
Ollowin
Fireman’s Fund, of
Union, of California
North German Insurance Co
Merchants’, of
Newark
Mattoon Life Insurance Co
Illinois
Hartford Life and Annuity
Hartford
Connecticut
Western Home Nursery
Dethroit
Xaraas
Hose
Vermont
Eicholtz
Detroit
Over Smoky River
Af Enterprise
Barton & Wachenfeld
East Third Street
Cannes
Learance Sale
Sewell
Mason & Hamlin
Western Cottage
Eldridge
White
Estey
Singer
T. E.sewell
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