A Southern Cottage Welcome Amid War’s Aftermath
Elsie and Marion arrange six rooms at the Lenoir cottage in Piedmont South Carolina as the Stoneman party seeks rest after the war. The Cameron family helps them settle amid poverty debt and threats of loss while Marion guides Elsie through the estate’s nature and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
South Carolina
Elsie
Phil
Charleston
Ulster County
North Carolina
Shire
York
Ireland
America
New England
Virginia
Carolina
Great Britain
George III
Patrick Henry
Old Dominion
North Carolna
New World
Mecklenburg
Scotland
Southland
Lenoir
Stonemans
Marion
Papa
Mrs. Lenoir
Washington
River Falls
Calhoun
Margaret
Cameron
Ben
Nashville
Clan Cameron
Mrs. Cameron
Captain Stoneman
Richmond
Mama
Ben Cameron
Columbia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Lover's Leap
Dreaming Elsie Faces Looming Conflict in a Town
Elsie witnesses tensions as Silas Lynch warns Gus and Ben Cameron faces threats from former masters. Dr. Cameron guides healing while Phil, a Yankee, falls for Margaret Cameron amid Southern politics and Reconstruction fears.
A Useful Cigar and a Captain's Calm Escape
A London Standard tale tells of a sea captain who died years ago while commanding a transatlantic liner London to Lisbon. During a shipboard fire the captain kept his cool and, to avert panic, lit a cigar with burning rope, delaying the crew momentarily and guiding passengers to safety. His ruse succeeded and all escaped without catastrophe. The remark closes with a proverb: The man whose life leads nowhere is never late in getting there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Cameron
Old Aleck
Gus
Margaret
Marion
Jeannie
Nashvile
Washington
Presbyterian
Elsie
Cindy
Sam Ross
Sam
Papa
London
Lisbon
London Standard
Cape Henlopen
Beaufort
N. C
Charleston
New Orleans
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Cavite
Navy Department
Marconi
Secretary of the Navy
Italy
Great Britain
Nantucket Shoals
New York Herald Company
Nantucket Island
Weather Bureau
Navy
American DeForrest Wireless
de Forrest
St. Louis Exposition
Portland
New Haven
Manhattan Beach
Broadway
New York City
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Cape Hatteras
Savannah
Key West
Havana
Galveston
Purdue University
Shoemaker
de Forrest Company
Slaby
Charlottenburg
Count Arco
Berlin
Slaby and Arco
Braun Company
General Electric Company
Germany
Telefunken
Chefoo
Japan
Slaby-Arco Company
England
France
United States
William BH
Curtis
Wireless progress and tests reveal long distance
William E. Curtis details the U S Navy wireless program from Washington to the fleet, noting night range, 1050 mile reads, 1600 mile reach from San Juan, and plans for coast to coast and Pacific chain. He explains why night signals exceed day range, lists stations, and compares Marconi Telefunken and US systems amid expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Galveston
New Orleans
Guantanamo
San Juan
Key West
West Indies
Atlantic
Pacific
San Diego
Bellingham Bay
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
Philippines
Secretary of the Navy
Dobinson
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Cape Elizabeth
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Cape Ann
Mass
Boston Navy Yard
Cape Cod
Highland Light
Nantucket Shoals
Newport Torpedo Station
Montauk Point
R. I
New York Navy Yard
Highlands
Navesink
N. J
Annapolis Naval Academy
Washington (D. C
Norfolk Navy Yard
Cape Henry
Diamond Shoals
Pensacola Navy Yard
Porto Rico
Culebra
Cuba
Colon
Panama
Mare Island
California
Farallon Islands
Cal
Yerba Buena Island
Honolulu Naval Station
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The
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas Dixon, JR
Doubleday, Page & Co
Tno
Marlon
Silas Lynch
de House
Augustus
Lynch
Miss Stoneman
Stoneman
League
Argustus Caesar
Camerons
Court House
Hugh McAlpin
Presbyterian Church
North Carolina Line
Crawford Long
Georgia
Edinburgh
Paris
Richard
Gettysburg
South
Augustus Caesar
Wireless
William E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Wasshington
Admiral Brownson
Naval Service
Admiral Evans
New York
Washington Navy Yard
Maryland
Maine
High Seas
Bob
Chesapeake Bay
Galileo
West Virginia
Norfolk
Piedmont Country
South Atlantic States
Long Island
Concho
Mallory Line
Newport
St. Augustine
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