The First Battle of Concord and Lexington Retold
In Concord on April 18 1775 news spreads that 800 British regulars march toward Lexington and Concord to seize munitions and capture Adams and Hancock. Minute men rally under Maj. Buttrick amid fire at North Bridge where the first shots kill Acton’s Luther Blanchard and Concord’s Jonas Brown, then spread through surrounding towns. The British retreat toward Boston as reinforcements arrive, while colonists press through Meriam’s Corner and along the Lexington road. Casualties favor the Americans with forty nine killed and thirty six wounded, while British losses run higher with seventy three killed and many wounded or missing.
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Concord
Boston
King George
Massachustts
Lexington
Dr. Prescott
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Gen
Gage
Adams
Hancock
Hancock-Clark House
Revere
Dawes
James Barrett
Col. Barrett
Maj
Buttrick
Alty
Qld Hill
William Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Willawalt
Salem
Hattrick
Lexington Road
William Emerton
Parker
Minuteman
Lexington Common
Col. Smith
Capt
Lawrence
North Bridge
Laurie
Parsons
Pitcairn
Wright
Teddy
Paul Revere
Acton
Isaac Davis
Luther Blanchard
Jonas Brown
Abner Hosmer
Charlestown
Meriam’s Corner
Lord Percy
The Bell of Liberty in the Declaration Era
In June 1776 Richard Henry Lee called for independence and John Adams supported the move. After debate the Declaration of Independence was drafted and approved on July 4. Philadelphia bells rang out as crowds celebrated, New York tore down the George III statue, and Boston echoed with cannon fire.
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J. T. Headley
Congress
Richard Henry Lee
Great Britain
John Adams
State House
England
Philadelphia
New York
Bowling Green
George III
Mjesty
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Prince of Wales Wins Four Mile Race in Ireland
The Prince of Wales once rode his own horse Rupee in an Irish four mile and a half race. Known to spectators as Captain Melville he rode white colors to victory amid seasoned rivals. The event occurred nearly forty years ago with Rupee the Prince’s own horse and the aim to win accomplished.
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Wales
Prince of Wales
Ireland
Rupee
Capt. Melville
Prince
Bim
European Renegades in Far Warfronts Across Empires
The author notes European renegades aiding African and Asian campaigns, including in Cochin China and Sudan. He recounts Cassade at Hanoi, Osman Digna’s clever fortifications, and various ex-French, Austrian, and Prussian officers who joined local conflicts.
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Paragea
Cochin
China
Cassade
Hanoi
Baring
Joseph Nisbet
Rouen
Normandy
Egypt
Hie
Alexandria
Digna
Batsted Om Hia
Daman Digna
Cairo
Osman Digna
The Pompom Gun in Boer War Warfare
A British writer describes the pomp om gun as an automatic Maxim weapon firing one pound shells at 300 per minute. Cartridges resemble large rifle rounds with iron shells and percussion fuses that shatter into up to twenty fragments. At three thousand yards it creates enormous moral and material impact, delivering five shells per second at a single target.
Terrible Ride as Two Boys Leap Onto Express Roof
East Cambridge youths George Huxon aged eighteen and John Corkey aged seventeen ran onto a Grand Central footbridge roof to hitch a ride on a New Haven Boston midnight express. Mistaking the Montreal express for Boston, they clambered onto a mail car, endured smoke and heat in a tunnel, Corkey injured and nearly nude, Huxon dust covered and bleeding. Seized at Spuyten Duyvil, they were taken to Yonkers, Corkey to St John’s Hospital, arraigned and remanded.
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New York
Chicago
Inter Ocean
George Huxon
John Corkey
East Cambridge
Mass
New Haven
Forty-eighth Street
Grand Central
Boston Midnight Express
Montreal Express
Boston
Corkey
Spuyten Duyvil
Mald
Huxon
Yonkers
James Nolan
St. John's Hospital
Meaning Dudes Evangeline Circle Query
Evangeline asks Angeline if she knows many young men in their circle and references a few things known to them. The exchange hints at familiarity and curiosity within their social group.
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Evangeline
Angeline
Napoleon and the Press Hearld Quote on Elba Offers
The Century reports Napoleon saying after Elba that Bourbons newspapers paid editors 6000 francs monthly plus 100 copies, with offers to write for pay. He regrets not accepting, acknowledging English papers shaped public opinion and calling it wrong. He notes editors proposed news insertion and sending funds to France.
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Herald
Elba
Napoleon
Times
France
England
Automobiles for Depot Service Introduced by B&O
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway establishes an automobile service at Washington DC connected to its trains. It is believed to be the first railroad to regularly offer this transport to and from a railroad station. An electrical system is used with small trunks carried on supports and extra baggage atop the vehicle. The Washington streets are in fine condition, supporting a successful launch.
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Bersice
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
Washington, D.C
Washington
Rocking Seat Aids Royal Carriage Bowing
A historic note on a rocking seat in royal carriages helps ease the perpetual bowing during public drives. Queen Victoria reportedly used such a seat in her Dublin carriage to prevent headaches during long life of public appearances.
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Victoria
Dublin
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Oliver
Henri Ro
New Yor
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Omdurman
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Pou
Turkey
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Olf Cherif Pasha
de Selves
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Ald Sefer Pasha
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